O'ahu taekwondo athletes strike gold

Advertiser Staff

Jaime Cajimat, the current U.S. junior national champion, helped the O'ahu Tae Kwon-Do Center team capture six gold medals at the Tekno/Poos Bros. Taekwondo Championships last weekend in Oklahoma City.

Cajimat, a 13-year-old from St. Joseph School in Waipahu, won the 12-13 age division at 89 pounds and below.

Also winning gold medals were: Jarred McKee, 14, in the 14-17 flyweight division; Brassie Anderson, 21, in the featherweight division; Cale Horibe, 22, in the finweight division; Jensen Ishida, 13, in the 12-13 middleweight division; and David Deponte, 14, in the red belt division.

Winning silver medals were: Kaitlyn Connolly, 14, in the 14-17 flyweight division; Anju Jason, 17, in the open division; and Jaysen Ishida, 12, who lost to his brother, Jensen, in the 12-13 middleweight division.

Jason Sam, 14, won the bronze in the 14-17 flyweight division.

The O'ahu Tae Kwon-Do Center team will next compete at the United States Senior Nationals and Junior Blackbelt Festival next month in Colorado Springs.

Anyone interested in helping to sponsor the team may call 486-2500.