Mauians take 44 Oahu Open medals

HONOLULU – Athletes from Kiffmann Tae Kwon Do of Maui won 44 medals at the Oahu Open Taekwondo Tournament on Sunday at Pearl City High School.

Matt Daniels and Jimmy Yanos both won two gold medals. Other Kiffmann students who won gold medals include Noah Auweloa, Imelda Castro, Colin England, Elena Jones, U’i Jones, Miles Kiffmann, Kavyka Souza, Matthew Torres, Andrea Thyne and Ciara Thyne.

R.J. Agoran, Michael Balderas, Jones, Kiffmann, Michael Minkler, Scott Peterson, Christina Torres, C. Thyne and J. Thyne won silver medals.

Jamal Jones, Darren Nakanelua and Michelle Rosen won two bronze medals each. The bronze medalists were Balderas, Reyna Baldera, Ian Blakeslee, Castro, Sean Coullahan, England, Joshua Hiwatashi, E. Jones, Minkler, Peterson, Souza, C. Torres, M. Torres, A. Thyne, Marcus Wendell and Tim Wood.