USAT CEO David Askinas has appointed Dr. Misha Thackrey and Mr. Bob Maves to serve as Head Coach and Coach, respectively, for the 2008 U.S. National Taekwondo Poomsae Team, which will compete at the 3^rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championship December 12 - 14 in Ankara, Turkey. U.S. National Taekwondo Poomsae Team athletes include Lilian Angel (CA), Barbara Brand (CA), Mariel Canilog (CA), Maisey Canilog (AK), Dure Chang (AK),  Muhammad Chishti (CA), Garth Cooley (IN), Matthew Dunlap (OR), Jason Hwang (CA), Young-A Kim (CA), Madison Motoyasu (CA), Anthony Nguyen (AZ), Johnny Nguyen (AZ), Jim Null (CA), Aline Salzberg (CA), Ronald Southwick (MI), Noreen Thackrey (CA), Anacleta Thorne (CA), David Turgeon (CT), Judith Turgeon (CT), Thomas Vo (CA), and Tara Zielenski (CA).