2024 EVENT RESULTS

G-Force sent 6 athletes to USA Taekwondo Team Trials - and 3 are returning home as Team USA members!

Naomi Alade (Juniors) +68kg - GOLD

Naomi Alade (Seniors) +73kg - GOLD

Joshua Alade (Juniors) -78kg - GOLD

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - GOLD

Also, many congratulations to Raul Gonzalez on his BRONZE medal in Juniors -68kg, Taylor Jo Gavin for her hard earned SILVER in Cadet -51kg, and Jonathan Wang for fighting his way to the Junior -63kg quarterfinals.

Three athletes attended the GAU Training Camp and Open Tournament in Coppell Texas. 

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Taylor Joe Gavin (Juniors) -51kg - GOLD

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - SILVER

Raul Gonzalez  (Juniors) -63kg - SILVER

Addison Angada (Cadet) -59kg - BRONZE

This was a great opportunity for our athletes to work with members of Spain’s Olympic Sparring Team, Hankuk - including the 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist Adriana Cerezo as well as many of the top ranked athletes from all across the United States.

Naomi Alade, who is also a member of the AAU TOPS Team, traveled to Vancouver with TOPS to compete in the 2024 Canada Open.

Naomi Alade (Seniors) +73kg - GOLD

The Canada Open is an annual event and this year’s Kyorugi (sparring) competition hosted 550 athletes representing over 37 different countries.

Texas G-Force attended the 2024 US Open February 16-18 with 10 athletes and returned home with 8 medals, resulting in the best overall medal performance in G-Force team history!

Naomi Alade (Seniors) +73kg - SILVER

Naomi Alade (Juniors) +68kg - GOLD

Joshua Alade (Juniors) -78kg - GOLD

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - GOLD

Addison Anglada (Cadet) -55kg - BRONZE

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Sakeena Ahmed (Cadet) -47kg - GOLD

Derrick Morgan (Tiger) -30kg - SILVER

The US Open welcomed over 1600 registered athletes representing more than 80 different countries, and is considered the largest international taekwondo event held in the United States.

Four athletes traveled to Costa Rica for the 2024 President’s Cup and delivered outstanding performances, bringing home 4 medals!

Naomi Alade (seniors) +73kg- GOLD

Joshua Alade (Juniors) -78kg - GOLD

Jonathan Wang (Juniors) -63kg - BRONZE

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -168cm - GOLD

While Naomi and Joshua will already be attending the upcoming Pan Am Championships as members of Team USA, Taylor’s Gold medal at this year’s President’s Cup won her a wild card to attend the Championships as well! Congratulations Taylor!

The 2024 USAT Texas State Championships was a qualifying event for the upcoming USAT Nationals. In order to qualify, competitors had to win Gold.

G-Force qualified 5 athletes!

Eric Morgan (Juniors) -68kg - GOLD

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - GOLD

Sakeena Ahmed (Cadet) -47kg - GOLD

Sky Lara (Youth) +40kg - GOLD

Derrick Morgan (Tiger) -30kg - GOLD

Drake Vitelli (Cadet) -41kg - BRONZE

This tournament also hosted the Texas State Taekwondo Association Team Trials for Juniors and Seniors.  Eric Morgan fought in a combined division of -68kg to -73kg, defeated his opponent , and secured the team spot! 

Sofia Palmer and Taylor Jo Gavin traveled to San Luis Petosi, Mexico for the 15th Annual training camp and World Open Tournament.  Both athletes competed as Cadets on Saturday, winning all of their matches, and on Sunday they fought in the older division as Juniors, to gain additional experience with older competitors. Although neither won their matches, they both returned home as Champions!

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - GOLD

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg- GOLD

Sofia Palmer ( Juniors) -59kg - PAR

Taylor Jo Gavin (Juniors) -51kg - BRONZE

La Loma High Performance Altitude Training Center was host to more than 1,000 athletes representing over 18 countries.  G-Force is very proud of Sofia and Taylor for not only representing their home team, but for representing the United States as 2024 AAU National Team members!

G-Force athletes attended the AAU National Qualifier- Region 9 Championship in Huntsville.  Everyone that competed has qualified for 2024 AAU Nationals!

Black Belts:

Eric Morgan (Juniors) -68kg - GOLD

Jonathan Wang (Juniors) -63kg - GOLD

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - GOLD

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Sky Lara (Youth) +41kg - GOLD

Derrick Morgan (Tiger) -30kg - GOLD

Addison Anglada (Cadet) -59kg - SILVER

Drake Vitelli (Cadet) -41kg - SILVER

Colored Belts:

Sasha Kasatkin (Cadet) - SILVER

Sevena Qi (Tiger) - SILVER

Miles Moffitt (Dragon) - SILVER

Olivia Yang (Dragon) - SILVER

Glenn Rosso (Youth) - BRONZE

Gideon Gorrell (Dragon) - BRONZE

Wesley Frazier (Dragon) - BRONZE

Both Addison and Taylor also fought in the Junior division won GOLD!

The Senior Pan Am Championships held in Rio de Janeiro this year hosted the top senior athletes in our continental region.  Naomi Alade attended this prestigious event, representing Team USA‘s Senior Taekwondo National Team.

Naomi Alade (Seniors) +73kg - SILVER

At 16 years old, Naomi continues to show dominance in the ring.  Moving up in age divisions from Juniors to Seniors is giving her more valuable experience with with an increased level of competition.  She won her opening match against a Brazilian competitor and continued to dominate throughout her semi-final match against Mexico.  Although she didn’t win her final match versus Columbia, Naomi was quite impressive!

Congratulations Naomi!

G-Force is proud of you!

Seven G-Force members traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the USAT West Regional Grand Prix event, and returned home with five medals!

Jonathan Wang (Juniors) -63kg - GOLD

Eric Morgan (Juniors) -68kg - SILVER

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - SILVER

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Derrick Morgan (Tiger) -30kg - SILVER

All medalists above not only qualified for USAT Nationals in July, but will be invited to compete at the the USAT Final Grand Prix in Tulsa, OK in September.

Addison Anglada and Drake Vitelli also participated in this Regional event, qualifying for USAT Nationals as well.

The Gulf District Championship was the last event of the regular season for our team - qualifying each athlete for AAU Nationals!  Congratulations to everyone who attended and brought home medals!

Black Belts:

Raul Gonzalez (Juniors) -68kg - GOLD

Jefferson Lopez (Juniors) +73kg - GOLD

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - GOLD

Addison Anglada (Cadet) - 59kg - SILVER

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Drake Vitelli (Cadet) -41kg - 

Skylynn Lara (Youth) +40kg - GOLD

Colored Belts:

Miles Moffitt (Youth) - SILVER

Marcelo James (Youth) - BRONZE

William Garcia (Youth) - SILVER

Three G-Force athletes had the opportunity to travel and attend the Lux Open this June, gaining excellent experience competing with high level athletes from all over the world.

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Joshua Alade (Juniors) -78kg - PAR

Naomi Alade (Seniors) +73kg - GOLD

The Luxembourg Open welcomed over 1300 athletes, including past Olympic, World and European champions, and many current 2024 Paris Olympians!  Participating in events such as this, is great preparation for the upcoming US National Championships.

This year we had 12 athletes attend the 2024 AAU National Championships in Ft Lauderdale, FL and have eight medalists!

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - GOLD

Addison Anglada (Cadet) -55kg - GOLD

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Joshua Alade (Juniors) -78kg - GOLD

Eric Morgan (Juniors) -68kg - GOLD

Jonathan Wang (Juniors) -63kg - SILVER

Derrick Morgan (Tiger) +30kg - BRONZE

Skylynn Lara (Youth) -46kg - BRONZE

Cadets and Juniors that medal at AAU Nationals are qualified and invited to the AAU Junior Olympics to compete at Team Trials, with the goal of winning and becoming 2024/2025 National Team Members. This year we have six athletes qualified!  This team is outstanding and had phenomenal results at Nationals! We could not be more proud of them all!

2024 USAT Nationals was held in Ft Worth, TX.  Eight of our athletes managed to compete at both National events, but we had 9 total attend USAT.  Of the 9 that competed, 7 G-Force members are returning home USAT National Medalists!  Congratulations G-Force!

Naomi Alade (Seniors) +73kg - GOLD

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

Eric Morgan (Juniors) -68kg - SILVER

Joshua Alade (Juniors) -78kg - SILVER

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - BRONZE

Addison Anglada (Cadet) -55kg - BRONZE

Derrick Morgan (Tiger) +30kg - BRONZE

This year was tough having both Nationals within the same week, and while some athletes were in Florida, others were in Texas.  The perseverance of this team was unwavering and they did not let logistics hold them back or distract them from their ultimate goal.  Excellent work G-Force!

The 2024 Cadet and Junior Pan American Championships were held in Queretaro Mexico.  This championship event hosted the top youth athletes from the entire Western hemisphere.  G-Force had three National Team members and one Wild Card athlete representing the USA - and all four returned home medalists!

TEAM USA:

Naomi Alade (Junior) +68kg - GOLD

Joshua Alade (Junior) -78kg - GOLD

Sofia Palmer (Cadet) -59kg - BRONZE

WILD CARD:

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - BRONZE

USA dominated this event, winning Best Team, Best Athletes, Best Coaches… and we are so proud to have had four G-Force athletes represent the United States!

G-Force had six athletes qualify for AAU Team Trials this year.  Five were able to attend and compete at the Junior Olympics Team Trial event in Greensboro, NC. and FOUR athletes medaled!

2024/2025 National Team Members:

Joshua Alade (Junior) -78kg - GOLD

Eric Morgan (Junior) -73kg - GOLD

Taylor Jo Gavin (Cadet) -51kg - GOLD

2024/2025 National “B” Team Member:

Addison Anglada (Cadet) -55kg - SILVER

Congratulations G-Force!

AAU National Team members will have an exciting opportunity to travel to Romania 🇷🇴 in October for training and competition at the 2024 Dracula Open!

COMING SOON