Arndt, Big Sky Martial Arts land top honors in taekwondo

by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 22, 2010 2:00 AM

Big Sky Martial Arts was the top team in the final standings and also had the top individual performer at the Great Falls Taekwondo Championships on April 10.

BSMA’s Dakota Arndt was named Athlete of the Event. The 12-year-old Red Belt took first place in both forms and sparring. He was one of three BSMA competitors to place first in both events. Bella Waldher, 8, did it in Green Belt, and Josiah Kauffman, 7, in Senior Green.

Big Sky Martial Arts students earned nine first-place finishes in forms and sparring.

Team results follow:

Great Falls Taekwondo Championships

KK-Yellow

Harrison Sanders, 5 — 4. forms; 2. sparring

Connor Bullins, 6 — 2. forms; 3. sparring

KK-Green

Evan Sevaly, 6 — 3. sparring

KK-Red

Tali Miller, 5 — 1. forms; 3. sparring

KK-Black

Lou Bartlett, 6 — 3. forms and sparring

Charlie Hinchey, 7 — 1. forms; 2. sparring

Wylie Schroeder, 7 — 3. forms and sparring

Isaac Schroeder, 8 — 1. forms; 2. sparring

Senior White

Cheyanne Arndt, 7 — 1. forms; 2. sparring

Brandon Rach, 8 — 3. forms and sparring

Yellow

Alexis Pandina, 7 — 2. forms; 1 sparring

Meg Miller, 8 — 4. forms; 2. sparring

Cale Jones, 8 — 4. forms; 3. sparring

Senior Yellow

Kian Saadi, 8 — 3. forms; 1. sparring

Tracer Gislason, 8 — 2. forms and sparring

Sage Vanterpool, 8 — 4. forms; 1. sparring

Taylor Spaulding, 9 — 3. forms; 2. sparring

Green

Kennedy Kanter, 7 — 3. forms; 2. sparring

Bella Waldher, 8 — 1. forms and sparring

Kyah Gislason, 9 — 4. forms and sparring

John Hinchey, 10 — 3. forms; 4. sparring

Senior Green

Josiah Kauffman, 7 — 1. forms and sparring

Michael Bedford, 10 — 2. forms and sparring

Blue

Kali Hedges, 8 — 3. forms; 1. sparring

Senior Blue

Brady Kazmier, 9 — 2. forms; 1. sparring

Red

Adam Bartlett, 10 — 1. forms; 2. sparring

Hanna Brann, 10 — 4. forms; 3. sparring

Stevi Meade, 11 — 3. forms; 1. sparring

Dakota Arndt, 12 — 1. forms; 1. sparring

Senior Red

Danielle Smith, 15 — 1. forms; 2. sparring

Black

Cassidy Meade, 13 — 2. forms; 3. sparring

Sean Saadi, 41 — 2. sparring