This year a very small team made up of just 3 athletes traveled to Austin Texas for the 2009 USA Taekwondo Junior Olympics and Senior Nationals. Dylan Ardiana, Abbey Ardiana and Austin James all came home with Gold Medals.
Austin and Dylan both fought in the "Grassroots" Elite Open Division which you do not need to qualify to compete in, and they both won their respective sparring divisions. While Abbey qualified for both the 14-17 year old and 18-32 year old divisions. After losing her first fight in the Junior Division, she went on to win 4 fights to become the National Champion in the Women's Feather Weight Division. Becoming a National Champion from Montana has not been achieved by any Montanan in 12 years.
We congratulate you, Abbey, and are excited to see where your path will now take you. You are poised to accomplish all you set out to do, and we offer you our unwavering support.
We encourage all students and parents with any interest in Taekwondo Competition to join us at the Ice Cream Social August 5th at 6PM to begin planning for next year. This level of competition is a true enhancement to any Martial Arts Path.
from the desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky
