Five athletes from Maui Taekwondo in Kihei brought home 11 medals from the 2007 U.S. National Championships and U.S. Junior Olympic Taekwondo Championships held earlier this month at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.

Alek Fredericksen won three gold medals overall, beginning with the forms division and elite sparring division, and then went on to win gold in the world-class sparring division the next day. Max Chamoun won two gold medals in the forms and elite sparring divisions.

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Championship Results

Maui Taekwondo in Kihei
John MacDougall
Second place, third dan forms; third place, 50-plus black belt sparring

Mei Chan
Second place, third dan forms; third place, 40-49 black belt sparring

Dylan Fredericksen
First place, forms; second place, elite sparring

Alek Fredericksen
First place, forms; first place, elite sparring; first place, world-class sparring

Max Chamoun
First place, forms; first place, elite sparring; fourth place, world class sparring