We had one fencer compete at the last Cadet World Cup of the season and he comes away with a top 8 finish!!!

Emon Daroian and Coach Tigran Shaginian traveled all the way to Bratislava to fence in the relatively tough Cadet World Cup. Emon fenced incredibly well and lost to the eventual Gold Medalist, Ryan Griffiths, in the top 8! Way to go! He finished an amazing 6th place out of 227 fencers.

Emon also fenced with the 2nd USA team and they ended up with a Silver medal out of 36 teams losing to Team USA 1! What a great tournament for Swords and the US! Congratulations to Emon and Coach Tigran! Let's carry this success into Junior Olympics as well!

The January NAC proved to be a tough but great tournament for many of our fencers. Congratulations to all those who competed in a tough Junior and Division I tournament!

Day 1
Junior Women's Epee
The day was tough but both of our fencers made the top 32 and earned national points. For Y14 fencer, Irene Yeu, it was her first top 32 finish in a Junior National event! Congrats to both Irene Yeu and Nicole Agob!

Results
25. Irene Yeu
30. Nicole Agob
out of 144 fencers

Day 2
Division I Men's Epee
We had a great day with a Bronze medal from Junior fencer, Stephen Ewart Jr! Joey Rafidi also put up a great fight and lost in the 16s to Rio athlete Egyptian Ayman Fayez, losing 13-15 after being down 6 points! Joey has placed in the top 16 or top 8 in every Div I competition this season! Cadet fencers, Emon Daroian and Aidan Kung, earned Div I national points by placing in the top 64 out of the tougher schedule. Congrats to all who competed!

Results
BRONZE  Stephen Ewart Jr
13. Joey Rafidi
50. Emon Daroian
54. Aidan Kung
175. Fulun Shen
209. Thomas Park
223. Spencer Dingman
298. Christopher Kim
303. Zhao Chen
out of 311 fencers

Day 3
Division I Women's Epee
With the tougher format with 2 rounds of pools, it was a long day. Congrats to Y14 fencer, Irene Yeu, for making the top 64 and earning her first Division I National points! Great job!

Results
60. Irene Yeu
93. Nicole Agob
out of 162 fencers

Day 4
Junior Men's Epee
After taking the Bronze in Division I, Stephen Ewart fell short of the top 8 in Juniors after a long flighted event, but did well overall. Congrats to Stephen for making to 16 and to Emon Daroian for making the top 32!

Results
9. Stephen Ewart Jr
17. Emon Daroian
77. Aidan Kung
99. Christopher Kim
126. Thomas Park
145. Stafford Moosekian
179. Fulun Shen
190. Spencer Dingman
222. Zhao Chen
out of 226 fencers.

Congratulations to all of our fencers! Keep up the hard work and we look forward to future results!

Zoe Kim was the only one who made it out to event, but it turned out to be a great one for the little 9-yr old. 

In Y10 Women's Epee, she finished with the Bronze medal! She fought hard and earned her spot in the top 4 with a strong 10-4 victory over her top 8 opponent.

In Y12 Women's Epee, she earned her first Y12 medal with an 8th place finish!! She fenced against bigger and more experienced girls and won her first Y12 medal even after a tough pool result. 

Congratulations Zoe and keep up the hard work!

Full results can be found here.