TKD State Champion

 

Timothy Colanta of Canton won the Massachusetts State Tae Kwon Do (TKD)  Championship, 7 and under lightweight division, recently contested at U. Mass Lowell.    A red belt, Timothy competed in his first state championship.  Timothy represents Lee's Tae Kwon Do College in Canton and captured three gold medals for Forms, Breaking and Sparring.  Billed as the beginning of the Road to the Olympics, over 400 Junior and Adult competitors met at the Lowell campus on March 16 to compete for the right to represent Massachusetts in national competition this year. 

 

Timothy is also a member of the New England TKD Demonstration Team, which performs throughout the New England region at various tournaments and cultural functions.   A first grader at Thacher Montessori in Milton, Timothy will represent Massachusetts at the Junior Olympics in Orlando, Fla. on July 2, 2003.