Livingston's Whye Jing Ong brought home three gold medals from the 2026 USA Taekwondo National Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina, capping a season that earned him a spot on Team USA for the World Poomsae Championships in South Korea this fall.

Ong, a rising senior and class president at Seton Hall Prep, competed in the poomsae discipline at the nationals, which ran July 1 through July 5. He won gold in the Junior Male Individual, Junior Male Team, and Mixed Pairs Junior divisions, according to a Seton Hall Prep announcement posted Tuesday, July 15.

The triple gold caps a dominant 2026 season for the 15-17 age group competitor. In February, Ong swept the same three divisions at the USA Taekwondo National Team Trials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, clinching his Team USA selection. He followed that in March with two more golds at the U.S. Open Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Las Vegas, winning Junior Male Individual and Junior Male Team.

Ong is listed on the official 2026 U.S. National Taekwondo Team roster as a Recognized Individual in the Male 15-17 category, per USA Taekwondo.

As a sophomore in 2025, he won two gold medals at the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championship. In 2024, he earned gold in male junior team poomsae at the USATKD Final Championships while competing with Apex Tigers.

Ong will represent the United States at the 2026 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, scheduled for Wednesday, September 16, through Saturday, September 20, in Chuncheon, South Korea. The event will be held at the Air Dome 111 venue in Gangwon State, according to TaekwondoCalendar.com.