Nanaimo's Woo Kim Taekwondo club celebrats the coming of 3 students, two of whom earned medals at the last 2009 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships in Las Vegas. About 1,700 constestants from 59 countries participate in the largest U.S. Open ever.
Three-time Canadian junior champion Jeffrey Cromack also had won bronse in the 14-17 year-old male black belt 2nd Poom lightweight forms league while former B.C. champion Michael Lowe won the top-15 in the 18-32 year-old male black belt 3rd Dan Forms Division. He was thrown by the 2008 U.S. national forms champion.
Turning to synchronized swimming, the Nanaimo Diamonds had three groups to the regional routine meet in Coquitlam and all 3 were coming home with first-place match victory..
The Diamonds Tier Six team, playing at the provincinial level, and the Tier Three and Tier Five teams, in there 1st routine of the season all had win their divisions. The Tier Six team qualified for Western Canadian championships, which commenced at Nanaimo Aquatic Centre on March 26-29.
Meghan Dougan had won the figures event in her age division while her partner Nicole Dean had a personal-best fourth-place finish. Nanaimo's Tier One, Three and Five teams competed in the regionals at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.
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Taekwondo, synchro swim athletes shine
