BY SASHA HELLER
Managing Editor
edi...@portisabelsouthpadre.com
Olympian Taekwondo Academy students, from left, (front row) Aaron Villareal, Mack Stackwell, Ian Galvan and Evan Galvan; (back row) Tom Kuhn, Maya Rausch, Bethany Martinez, Elliot Carter and Coach Peter Caceras will compete this week in the National Championship representing Port Isabel.
Former Olympian Peter Caceres this week will lead a team of nine taekwondo students to compete in the National Championship in Chicago, Ill.
The team members, who study at the Olympian Taekwondo Academy on Maxan Street, range in age from 7 to 65 years old and will fight in various divisions, which are broken down by belt colors and weight.
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