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September Results: Congratulations to all of our fencers who competed this month! We had fencers travel to Colorado and Texas, up north to San Francisco, and down south to San Diego! Irving Texas Round Up SYC Mens Y14 Ryan Lin - Bronze Womens Y12 Zoe Kim - 5th Denver RJCC Juniors Mia Wu - Gold - earned her A rating Cadet Mia Wu - Bronze Back to School RYC - Treasure Island Womens Y14 Mia Wu - Gold Natalie Leung - Bronze Bay Cup - San Jose Div1A Irene Yeu - Gold Emily Beihold - 8th SDFC RYC - San Diego Junior Womens Mia Wu - Gold Nora Wang - 5th Helen Myers - 6th Cadet Womens Irene Yeu - Gold Nora Wang - 5th Junior Mens Jackson Norbutas - Bronze Ryan Lee - 5th Cadet Mens Ryan Lin - Silver - earned his C18 Ryan Lee - 6th Little Musketeers RYC - Thousand Oaks Mens Y14 Jackson Norbutas - Silver Womens Y14 Mia Wu - Bronze Natalie Leung - 5th Y12 Mens Epee Chris Dekermanji - Bronze Y12 Womens Epee Camille Barbara - 6th Tallulah Nguyen - 8th
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National and International End of Year Recap Swords fencers won a total of 23 national medals in 2017-18, taking home medals at every single North American Cup (NAC) and Junior Olympics, Irene brought home the Silver USA team medal from Austria! Swords coach Tigran Shaginian received the Coach's Medal at the Junior Olympics. Gold - 7 Silver - 5 Bronze - 4 5th Place - 3 6th Place - 2 7th Place - 1 8th Place - 1 Jim Beihold Summer Nationals and July Challenge Vet 60 - 5th Stephen Ewart Junior World Team Member - National Ranking - #2 in the US Competed in Junior Men's Epee World Cups in Greece, Italy Competed in Senior Men's Epee World Cup in Germany October NAC Div 1 - Gold November NAC Juniors - Gold January NAC Juniors - Bronze Junior Olympics Juniors - Gold (Tigran awarded Coach's Medal) April NAC Div 1 - Silver Summer Nationals and July Challenge Juniors - Gold Zoe Kim March NAC Y10 - Silver Summer Nationals and July Challenge Y10 - SIlver 1st in Region - Y10 Aidan Kung December NAC Div 1 Classification - 7th Ryan Lee October NAC Div 2 - Bronze March NAC Y14 Team - Bronze Melody Lo October NAC Div 2 - Silver Stafford Moosekian Competed in Cadet World Cup in Austria November NAC Y14 - 6th March NAC Y14 Team - Gold Y14 - 5th Summer Nationals and July Challenge Juniors - 8th Cadet - 5th Y14 - Silver 1st in Region Y14 Mia Wu March NAC Div 2 - Gold Div 3 - Bronze April NAC Div 2 - Gold 3rd in Region - Y14 Irene Yeu Competed in Cadet World Cup in Austria, ,Finland, Poland (Placed 9th) Austria - USA Team - Silver Junior Olympics Cadet - 6th Additional Achievements: Throughout the season, Swords fencers of all ages and levels earned regional and local medals, reached personal goals, learned valuable lessons, and celebrated a lot of "firsts"! We want to recognize and congratulate all of our fencers for their tenacity, determination, and hard work. It pays off in so many ways. Here are a few examples (and thank you parents and fencers for sharing!): Emily Beihold, 18 years old, fencing 10 years At the Western Fencing Conference Championships on Jan. 14, 2018 (her very first NCAA competition), Emily went 8-0 for the day against the other WFC fencers, leading the UCSD women’s team to claim the Conference title. Emily qualified for and competed in the NCAA Championships, which were held at Penn State on March 22-25. She finished 20th, winning a third of her bouts, including victories over silver medalist Veronika Zuikova of St. John’s, and bronze medalist Amanda Sirico of Notre Dame. (Sirico is the current National Champion and a member of the US team that just won the World Championships.) On May 20, Emily was named “UCSD Fencing Team 2017-2018 Rookie of the Year.” Joshua Ferriere, 11 years old, fencing for 1 year Won his first Gold medal at the RYC in Denver, CO. Goal next season? He hopes to earn a medal in Y12 and qualify to compete in Summer Nationals. Natalie Leung, 13 years old, fencing for 1 year Goals Accomplished: When I started to fence, my first goal was to qualify for Y12 and Y14 Women’s Epee at Summer NACS through regional points, which I achieved. (medals listed below) Torrey Challenge RYC Y12- Silver Treasure Chest RYC Y12 - Gold The Fencing Center RYC,Y12 - 5th The Fencing Center RYC, Y14 - Bronze My next goal that I achieved was receiving national rankings in Y12 and Y14 through National Points, which I achieved. (medals listed below) 2018 Rain City Super Youth Circuit Y12 - 8th Escondido SYC Y12- 6th I went to my first Summer Nationals and made it to Top 32 in Y12 after a year of fencing experience. Goal next season? For next season, I aim to qualify for JO’s and get a higher national ranking in Y14. Lexiss Morgan, 17 years old, fencing 3 years In Div 2 Nationals, Lexiss Morgan faced a fencer who was much taller and heavier. The opponent overpowered Lexiss, almost pushing her off the strip with full force while scoring points. Lexiss was down 1-5 after the 1st period. She seemed startled and unsure about how to deal with her opponent. In the 2nd period, Lexiss scored only one touch against her opponent. With her coach strip-side, constantly encouraging her to score “one touch at a time,” Lexiss started fighting back, incredibly agile, focused, with great point control, quickly adding 11 touches while her opponent scored only 4. In the third period the score went from 2-10 to 13-14. Unfortunately, the bout ended with a heartbreaking double touch, and she lost 14-15. This bout was by far, the best fought one by Lexiss without giving up, and was one of the most valuable discoveries of what she is capable of doing in such difficult situations. She lost a bout, but she was never defeated. I could not be more proud of my daughter, Lexiss. - By Chae, Lexiss’s Mom Jackson Norbutas, 14 years old, fencing 4 years San Diego SYC - Gold Qualified and fenced in the Junior Olympics Started the season as an unrated fencer, ended the season by earning his B18. Goal next season? This coming year he hopes to win his first medal at a National event! Tallulah Nguyen, 11 years old, fencing just over 1 year Competed in her first Summer Nationals Rain City SYC - Bronze - Personal Best Goal next season? She hopes to qualify to compete in Summer Nationals. National Results March North American Cup - Baltimore, Maryland Y14 Women's Epee Lauren Mclane - 8th Amelia Wu - 40th Nora Wang - 67th Natalie Leung - 111 Y14 Team Men's Epee Stafford Moosekian (SoCal Super Team) - Gold Ryan Lee (Ian's Ream) - Bronze Div 3 Women's Epee Amelia Wu - Gold Lauren Mclane - Bronze Y12 Men's Epee Darius Kim - 15th Chris Dekermanji - 40th Y14 Men's Epee Stafford Moosekian - 5th Ryan Lee - 33rd Ryan Lin - 34th Aaron Liang - 60th Chris Dekermanji - 127th Darius Kim - 177th Y12 Women's Epee Natalie Leung - 34th Nora Want - 35th Zoe Kim - 44th Div 3 Men's Epee Aaron Liang - 9th Y10 Women's Epee Zoe Kim - Silver Regional Tournament Results: Silicon Valley RYC Y14 Women's Epee Amelia Wu - Gold 10 Men's Epee Joshua Ferriere - Silver South Coast RYC and RJCC Y10 Men's Epee Daniel Oganesian - 6th Joshua Ferriere - 7th Owen Wang - 10th Y10 Women's Epee Zoe Kim - Gold Camille Barbara -Bronze Tallulah Nguyen - 6th Nikita Swenson - 8th Y12 Men's Epee Chris Dekermanji - Bronze Darius Kim - 14th Owen Wang - 28th Y12 Women's Epee Nora Wang - Bronze Natalie Leung - 7th Zoe Kim - 8th Camille Barbara - 12th Quinlan Cramer - 19th Tallulah Nguyen - 22 Y14 Men's Epee Ryan Lee - Gold Jackson Norbutas - Silver Saam Mohebi - 18th Darius Kim - 23rd Douglas Muir - 42nd Y14 Women's Epee Amelia Wu - Silver Nora Wang - 9th Amanda Dingman - 11th Mickey Zhang - 13th Natalie Leung - 17th Cadet Men's Epee Nathan Wang - Silver Wilson Zhu - 5th Jackson Norbutas - 10th Thomas Moore - 11th Stafford Moosekian - 12th Brian Ferrante - 15th Aaron Liang - 21st Saam Mohebi - 27th Cadet Women's Epee Natalie Leung - 10th Helen Meyers - 14th Amanda Dingman - 13th Alice Oganesian - 17th LAIFC RJCC Cadet Men;s Epee Wilson Zhu - Gold (renewed his A rating) Stafford Moosekian - 9th Brian Ferrante - 10th (earned his D2018) Jackson Norbutas - 11th Saam Mohebi - 13th Thomas Moore - 16th Nathan Wang - 22nd Ryan Lin - 24th Aaron Liang - 31st Cadet Women's Epee Amelia Wu - Silver (earned a C2018) Helen Meyers - 7th Alice Oganesian - 14th Nora Wang - 15th Junior Men's Epee Spencer Dingman - 13th Jackson Norbutas - 14th Nathan Wang - 16th Wilson Zhu - 18th Saam Mohebi - 23rd Aaron Liang - 24th Ian Ngo - 25th Brian Ferrante - 36th Juan Velo - 38th Junior Women's Epee Lexiss Morgan - 5th (earned her C2018) Helen Meyers - 14th Amelia Wu - 20th Alice Oganesian - 26th Amanda Dingman - 35th Local Tournament Results: Golden State Epee Youth Epee Cup #3 - Pasadena Y10 Mixed Epee Zoe Kim - Silver Daniel Oganesian - Bronze Y12 Mixed Epee Rollie Manalo - Gold Luke Lagarnia - Silver Quinlan Cramer - 6th Y14 Mixed Epee Alexander Cronin - 6th SoCal Youth Challenge Epee Series #3 - Monrovia Y10 Mixed Epee Tallulah Nguyen - Gold Camille Barbara - Silver Nikita Swenson - 5th Y12 Mixed Epee Kian Koohpareh - 6th Nikita Swenson - 7th Quinlan Cramer - 8th Tallulah Nguyen - 9th Joshua Ferriere - 10th Camille Barbara - 11th  Congratulations to Swords fencer Stephen Ewart and Coach Tigran! In February, Stephen was named to the 4 member 2018 Junior Epee team to represent the USA in Verona at the World Cup Championships at the end of March through the beginning of April! Stephen and Tigran will be traveling together to the tournament. We will send out a link for those who wish to follow the excitement live online. Photo above - Stephen with teammates Jonathan Piskovatskov, Alan Temeryaev, and Teddy Lombardo. National Results:Junior Olympics, Memphis, TN Junior Men's Epee Stephen Ewart - 1st Aidan Kung - 40th Wilson Zhu - 66th Ryan Lee - 105th Jackson Norbutas - 121st Spencer Dingman - 127th Stafford Moosekian - 205th Ryan Lin - 257th Thomas Moore - 278th Cadet Men's Epee Ryan Lee - 43rd Stafford Moosekian - 54th Thomas Moore - 114th Chris Kim - 121st WIlson Zhu - 122nd Jackson Norbutas - 125th Nathan Wang - 139th Junior Women's Epee Melody Lo - 60th Irene Yeu - 94th Emily Zhou - 126th Mia Wu - 165th Lexiss Morgan - 186th Women's Cadet Epee Irene Yeu - 6th Helen Meyers - 53rd Mia Wu - 85th Emily Zhou - 176th Regional Results:Torrey Pines RYC, San Diego Y10 Women's Epee Zoe Kim - Gold Y10 Men's Epee Joshua Ferriere - Bronze Daniel Oganesian - 15th Y12 Women's Epee Nora Wang - Gold Natalie Leung - Silver Camille Barbara - 15th Quinlan Cramer - 20th Y12 Men's Epee Darius Kim - 9th Chris Dekermanji - 11th Y14 Women's Epee Amelia Wu - Silver Emily Zhou - Bronze Nora Wang - Bronze Amanda Dingman - 9th Marie Voskanyan - 12th Natalie Leung - 17th Y14 Men's Epee Stafford Moosekian - Gold (renewed his B and earned the USA Regional Gold patch) Ryan Lee - Bronze Ryan Lin - 7th Aaron Liang - 11th - renewed his E rating Chris Dekermanji - 15th Darius Kim - 23rd Max Zhu - 31st LAIFC RJCC Cadet Men's Epee Wilson Zhu - Gold Stafford Moosekian - 9th Brian Ferrante - 10th Jackson Norbutas - 11th Saam Mohibi - 13th Thomas Moore - 16th Nathan Wang - 22nd Aaron Liang - 31st Cadet Women's Epee Mia Wu - Silver Helen Meyers - 7th Alice Oganesian - 14th Nora Wang - 15th Junior Men's Epee Spencer Dingman - 13th Jackson Norbutas - 14th Nathan Wang - 16th Wilson Zhu - 18th Saam Mohibi - 23rd Aaron Liang - 24th Ian Ngo - 25th Juan Velo - 38th Junior Women's Epee Lexiss Morgan - 5th Helen Meyers - 14th Mia Wu - 20th Alice Oganesian - 26th Amanda Dingman - 35th SYC of the Rockies Y10 Men's Epee Joshua Ferriere - Gold Y10 Women's Epee Camille Barbara - 6th Y12 Men's Epee Joshua Ferriere - 9th Y12 Women's Epee Camille Barbara - 6th Dean Alexander Memorial 2018: DV 1A, DV 2, Vet ROC - Chandler, AZ C and Under Women's Epee Lexiss Morgan - Gold Div1A Senior Women's Epee Lexiss Morgan - Bronze Local Tournaments: Linkmeyer Invitational
Senior Mixed Epee Aidan Kung - Gold Ryan Lee - 9th Jim Beihold - 10th Melody Lo - 11th Stafford Moosekian - 19th Brian Ferrante - 24th Ryan Lin - 25th Ryan Lin - 25th Wilson Zhu - 25th Spencer Dingman - 30th Juan Velo - 31st Saam Mohibi - 34th Aaron Liang - 36th Jackson Norbutas - 37th Thomas Moore - 43rd Nathan Wang - 44th Senior Women's Epee Mia Wu - 7th Sulmas Mohibi - 8th Lexiss Morgan - 12th Olga Ivanov - 17th Alice Oganesian - 20th SoCal Division Summer National Qualifiers Y14 Men's Epee Chris Dekermanji - Bronze Edward Lee - 6th Y14 Women's Epee Marie Voskanyan - Silver Mickey Zhang - Bronze Quinlan Cramer - 5th Michelee Zhou - 7th C and Under Senior Men's Epee Thomas Moore - Gold ( renewed E rating) Jackson Norbutas - Silver Neekon Koohpareh - Bronze Saam Mohibi - 4th Juan Velo - 5th Martin Volk - 8th Edward Lee - 9th C and Under Senior Women's Epee Emily Zhou - Gold Alice Oganesian - Bronze Sulmas Mohibi -4th Marie Voskanyan - 6th Olga Ivanov - 8th Michelle Zhou - 10th Orange Coast Division 3 Weapon Open Saam Mohibi - Bronze Sulmas Mohibi - 6th U.S. Junior Team member Stephen Ewart will compete in the World Cup Championships in Verona, Italy with his coach at his side, reports www.swordsfencingstudio.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Burbank, CA)--Swords Fencing Studio is pleased to announce some exciting news to share with the world. Stephen Ewart, who started fencing with Swords Fencing Studio and Coach Tigran Shaginian at the young age of seven, will have the opportunity to compete in the World Cup Championships in Verona, Italy in April, with Tigran at his side. |
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