Monroe Martial Arts/New Glarus Tae Kwon Do Athletes Represent the State of Wisconsin in 2017 State Games of America in Grand Rapids
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Photo courtesy of Dale Emmerton
Back Row (L-R): Travis Bowles, 1st Degree Black Belt Instructor – Gold Cement Block Breaking; Derek McDonald, TKD Student; Sadie Conway, Black Belt – Gold Sparring, Bronze Forms, Silver Board Breaking; Luka Thelen, Purple Belt Green Stripe – Gold Sparring, Bronze Forms; Alex Bobrowicz, Purple Belt Green Stripe – Silver Sparring; Chris Capps, Green Belt – Gold Sparring and Forms; Sara Hendrickson Engen, Green Belt – Gold Forms; Master Gregory Bowles, Head Instructor. Middle Row (L-R): Wyatt Emmerton, Brown Belt Red Stripe – Gold Sparring and Forms Silver Board Breaking; Gabriella Gobulov, 1st Dregree Black Belt – Gold Forms; Aden Gobeli, Red Belt – Gold Sparring and Silver Forms; Noah Lewis, Green Belt – Gold Forms and Board Breaking Bronze Sparring; Abby Gobeli, Brown Belt Red Stripe – Bronze Forms; Gwen Thelen, Purple Belt Green Stripe – Bronze Forms; Beth Hunt, Green Belt – Gold Sparring and Forms; Raven Neath, Red Belt – Gold Sparring and Forms. Kneeling (L-R): Shaylin Foster, Brown Belt Red Stripe – Gold Sparring and Forms; Andrew Gobeli, Brown Belt – Bronze Board Breaking and Sparring; Stefan Gobulov, Brown Belt Red Stripe – Gold Sparring and Forms; Julian Thelen, TKD Student; Justin Engen, Green Belt – Gold Sparring, Silver Forms. Missing from photo: Carrie Quinn, Brown Belt Red Stripe – Gold Sparring.
Monroe Martial Arts/New Glarus Tae Kwon Do had 19 students who qualified to represent the State of Wisconsin in the 2017 State Games of America in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on August 4-6, 2017. This event is an Olympic style event in which 48 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Canada participated, making this year's competition an International event. To qualify for the state games these athletes had to place first to third in the Badger State Games or place in the 2015 State Games, which were held in Nebraska. These 19 athletes brought home 34 medals; 22 Gold, five Silver and seven Bronze. The events were Sparring, Forms and Board/Cement Block Breaking. They have all contributed a great deal of time, hard work and dedication and the results showed.
Without the support from our sponsors, it would have been difficult for our students to participate in the State Games of America and represent the State of Wisconsin in this year's International event. Thank You sponsors for your generous donations: $1,000 Titanium Level: New Glarus Youth Visions Committee, Ott Haus; $250 Silver Level: New Glarus Brewing Company, Miller & Sons, ProBuild of Monroe, Dave Jones Heating & Plumbing, New Glarus American Legion, Bier Haus/Swiss Aire Motel, Culver's of New Glarus, Culver's of Monroe; $100 Bronze Level: Monroe Clinic, Hometown Auto Clinic, Complete Auto Glass, Sunbeam Bread, Kwik Trip, Jonathan and Linda Sheridan, Monticello Lions Club, Milwaukee Brewers, Heartland Graphics, and Anonymous.
