Melissa Zarris, 14, and Chelsea porter, 9, each came away with two golds at the tournament as well. “I was happy to see a lot of women. I usually see mostly guys,” Zarris said. “It was kind of neat to see women in the majority for once.” Others competing at the International Tournament include Melissa Cisneros (team and demo captain), Melissa Pierce, Jane Batlett, Tiffany Ledgerwood, Elizabeth McGuffe, Christina White, Shanna Molin, Karen Domingo, Krystal Arlequew, Lauren Pyle, Aparna Chandrashekar, Candace Shanks, Juanelda Johnson, Lvonda Trail, Lelis Henriquez, Ana Henriquez, Sussi Flores, Maria Norton, Gracie Lopez, Isabel Cervantes, Brenda Song, Rocio Cueva, Tara Abueg, Natalie Acosta and Christol Helpingstine. For Zarris and Porter, the International Tournament was just a continuation of their championship experiences at the Junior Olympics in San Antonio on July 10-15. Zarris, a sophomore at Quartz Hill High, turned her national debut in 1999 from a third-place finish in poomse into a first in sparring and third in poomse this year.  The sparring gold was Zarris’ toughest competition so far. “I thought it was a really good fight.” said Zarris, who will test for her black belt in October. “I’m not sure I would have made it. David (Reynolds) helped me a lot. It was my third time going to nationals. So I was pretty excited when I won 7-4. I was hoping to do well. I was not exactly sure what was going to happen. I was hoping for a medal.” Zarris, who said the national competition was tougher than the international, is hoping to someday be a part of a national team. Reynolds feels the 2004 Olympics is entirely possible for Zarris. “I think she is a real Olympic contender,”  Reynolds said. “She has really been working hard and is an incredible athlete. Next year, she will probably compete as black belt and the U.S team trials are right after that. We’ll see.” Before her double gold at the international meet, Porter won gold in poomse, competing among 19 girls at the national competition. Porter, a fifth-grader at Barrel Springs Elementary, takes her Tae Kwon Do seriously. The gold and silver winner at the State tournament in Anaheim in April did not place at the 1999 Nationals. Two other national champions from Yin’s were Domingo and Jeremiah McGuffe. Domingo took first in poomse and second in sparring. McGuffe won gold in sparring and took third in poomse. “I may have to make a push (on the students) to be a little more aggressive,’ Reynolds said. “We had four ties and the decision went the other way each time. The kids did great and had great technique.”