Midwest Collegiate Taekwondo Conference

Overdue post alert ‼️🤗 Congratulations to all of the teams who competed in the Spring event, as well as everyone who competed at @nctakicks National Championship! Stay tuned for upcoming news about summer training and the Fall 2026 MCTC Championship!! #collegiate #taekwondo #regionals #nationals #competition

📣 NCTA PRESS RELEASE: MCTC CONCLUDES SEASON WITH SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP! 📣 The Midwest Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (MCTC) hosted the league’s second championship event of the 2024-2025 season. Northwestern University served as the host for the event on March 1, 2025. It was another historic event for MCTC, as teams competed for a second regional championship in the same season, a first for the league. “I was really impressed not just by the turnout of schools, but also the marked progress that all of the teams have made since the last event in the fall.” said Coach David Lee, President of MCTC. “It really speaks to the energy of the athletes and coaches in this region. Everyone here is dedicated to growing the size and quality of collegiate Taekwondo. There’s never been a better time to be involved!” Read the full press release (including results and All-Star team selections) on the NCTA website: /wordpress/2025/03/11/mctc-concludes-season-with-second-championship-demo-exhibition-all-star-team-selection/

📣 NCTA PRESS RELEASE: MCTC HOSTS FIRST ANNUAL CENTRAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY! 📣 Evanston, IL, October 26 – The Midwest Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (MCTC) held its first annual Central Championships at Northwestern University this past weekend, where 104 collegiate athletes from seven schools competed in an unforgettable tournament. The event marked major firsts for MCTC, including the debut of 3v3 team formats, true bracketing, and Collegiate National qualifications. “This was a historic event where MCTC made firsts happen, including 3v3 [team poomsae and sparring], true bracketing, and Collegiate National qualifications,” said David Lee, MCTC League Director. Full press release and event photos can be found at the NCTA website: /wordpress/2024/10/30/mctc-hosts-first-annual-central-championships-at-northwestern-university/

Announcing the 2025-2026 MCTC Poomsae All Star Team: ⭐️Aaron Hsieh - Ohio State University ⭐️ Abi Schwarz - Ohio State University ⭐️ Alana Heinrichs - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ⭐️ Connie Lee - University of Michigan ⭐️ Connor Ball - Michigan State University ⭐️ David Kim - University of Colorado Boulder ⭐️ Humza Qazi - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ⭐️ Thomas Martin - Michigan State University The 2026 All Star Team has the opportunity to travel to Boulder, CO for a sparring and poomsae training camp! The training camp will be open for registration for all collegiate athletes, including a collegiate discount! Stay tuned for registration link 🔗 Congratulations to all athletes, teams, and coaches! MCTC-Strong 💪 #taekwondo #collegiate #allstars #competition #sparring

Announcing the 2025-2026 MCTC Women’s Sparring All Star Team: ⭐️Arwyn Sullivan - Washington University in St Louis ⭐️ Kelia Naranjo-Champion - Northwestern University ⭐️ Maya Chan-Randall - Ohio State University ⭐️ Sara Alfarhan - Washington University in St Louis The 2026 All Star Team has the opportunity to travel to Boulder, CO for a sparring and poomsae training camp! The training camp will be open for registration for all collegiate athletes, including a collegiate discount! Stay tuned for registration link 🔗 Congratulations to all athletes, teams, and coaches! MCTC-Strong 💪 #taekwondo #collegiate #allstars #competition #sparring

Announcing the 2025-2026 MCTC Men’s Sparring All Star Team: ⭐️Alexandru Papadopol - Ohio State University ⭐️Eric Dare - Northwestern University ⭐️Jogi Katende - Michigan State University ⭐️Stavros Moustakeas - Michigan State University The 2026 All Star Team has the opportunity to travel to Boulder, CO for a sparring and poomsae training camp! The training camp will be open for registration for all collegiate athletes, including a collegiate discount! Stay tuned for registration link! 🔗 Congratulations to all athletes, teams, and coaches! MCTC-Strong 💪 #taekwondo #collegiate #allstars #competition #sparring

MCTC Spring 2026 Recap!! We had a great time at MCTC last weekend!! Huge thanks to all our athletes, coaches, and teammates who showed up to compete, support each other, and represent OSU. Congrats to all our competitors who contributed to our first place title as the MCTC Season Grand Champion!! 🥇Poomsae A, Women’s A, Women’s B, Men’s B Teams 🥈Poomsae B1 and B2 Teams 🥉Poomsae B3 and Men’s A Teams 📸 @lepstien @amandabranom #taekwondo #tkd #ohiostateuniversity #mctc #team

On #internationalwomenday we would like to thank our amazing Coach Stephanie. Thank you for building a program that these women have flourished under. Taekwondo is a beautiful art and the #universityofarkansas is privileged to learn from your experience. We appreciate all that you do to continue this sport.

Usually the spot light is on the athletes, this time lets take a look at the coaches

This past Saturday, we reached a monumental milestone in our club’s history: hosting our first-ever tournament. Our members dedicated months of effort to plan and execute the Spring MCTC, and we couldn’t be prouder!!! We’ll get sentimental in a minute, but first, a BIG shoutout to our athletes: Poomsae B1 – 2nd Place (Jocelyn, Morgan K, and Grace)
Sparring Men’s A1 – 3rd Place (Isaac, Joon, Rahul, and Dany)
Sparring Men’s C1 – 1st Place (Noah, Emmanuel, and Leo L)
Sparring Men’s C2 – 3rd Place (Nick, Chase, and Ik)
Sparring Women’s C1 – 1st Place (Sophie, Skye, and Morgan S)
Sparring Men’s C3 – Exhibition Match Victory (Arouna) And shoutout as well to our Poomsae A1 (Shailesh, Joon, Leo K), Poomsae A2 (Karen and Ethan), and Poomsae C1 (Sophie, Chase, and Skye) for their valiant efforts. None of this would have been possible without our incredible sparring and poomsae coaches: Treyver, Joon, Ronik, and Shailesh. We also want to recognize our tournament planners—Victoria, Ronik, and Leo K—who worked tirelessly coordinating between schools and bringing this event together. The tournament welcomed over 180 athletes from 15 schools and more than 150 spectators, which made the day even more special. Lastly, a huge thank you to all the volunteers who dedicated their time to help run the event. This tournament simply wouldn’t have been possible without your support! Thank you to our athletes for giving it their all, to our volunteers for dedicating an entire day to ensuring the tournament ran smoothly, to our planners for months of preparation, to MCTC for giving us the opportunity to host, and to all the schools and spectators who showed up and brought great energy!! We’ll carry this experience with us as we continue to grow as a club. PIL SUNG🥋💫

d UChicago Spring 2026 @umkcinkansascity #taekwondo #tkd #umkc

We couldn’t not post our biggest aura farmers on the team…. Sparring a1 is just like that 🤷🤷🤷 #michiganstateuniversity #collegiatetkd #msutkd #collegesports #collegetaekwondo