Summer National 2015 Results

Edward Lee with an amazing flesche to get to top 32!   (Credit to Jim Beihold for most of the pics!)

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We had a great week of results with several top 32 finishes and finished with a final medal count of 8. 
Day 1 - We had top 32 finishes in Cadet Women's Epee with Nicole Agob placing 18th and Emily Beihold finishing 25th out of a field of 79 fencers.
Day 2 - Div I Men's Epee was a tough competition with Joey Rafidi missing out on top 32 by 2 touches and finishing 34th.
Junior Women's Epee was also tough but Caitlin Mckenna finished a strong 29th in a field of 130 fencers.

Day 3 - In Div I Women's Epee, Nicole Agob placed a tough 40th after a tough fought bout against top level fencer, Lindsay Campbell, where she lost 15-11. 

Day 4 - Junior Men's Epee had a field of 176 fencers in which Cadet fencer, Stephen Ewart Jr, placed a solid 31st in his quest for Cadet Men's Epee Team this year. 
In the first Vet event, Vet 50 Men's Epee, James Beihold fought hard and ended up just shy of a medal with a strong 9th place finish. 

Below: Team Dinner even though we are missing quite a few of our fencers and coaches!

Stephen Ewart flying into action

Day 5 - We had a strong Div IA Women's Epee showing with 3 top 32 finishes. Olivia Xu placed 24th, Jamie Bang 27th, and Esther Ruiz 30th. They all fought hard and Jamie Bang lost a close bout to Gold medal winner Natalie Vie.

Day 6 - Cadet Men's Epee was our first bronze medal with Stephen Ewart Jr taking home the medal after a tough loss to Sean Wilson. It was a great finish after beating Cadet number 1, Jonathan Piskavatskov in the round of 16 with a 15-8 score. Great job Stephen.

Day 7 - We had a total of 5 medals for the day, one in each event! In Div III Men's Epee, we got our only silver medal with Alan Shen taking the silver in a field of 145. It is his first medal at the national level, so congratulations Alan!
Mary Huang placed in 7th in Vet 50 Women's Epee, Loy Grotts finished 6th in Vet 60 Women's Epee and Michele Chimienti placed 5th in Vet 40 Women's Epee. Way to go to our Veteran Women's Epeeists!!
In Y12 Women's Epee, Irene Yeu took home our 2nd bronze medal and earned her E15 in her first Summer Nationals ever in a field of 71 fencers! Great job and keep up the good work!

Day 8 - In Y10 Men's Epee, Edward Lee finished a strong 28th and Rowen Hicks placed 31st in his first Summer Nationals!

Day 9 - Div II Women's Epee was our 3rd bronze medal with Emily Beihold earning her B15 and a medal! Rachel Bang missed her medal by one touch and finished 15th overall in a field of 104. Great job girls and keep up the good work!

Annette Lee and a nice touch!
Our fencers put in a lot of hard work and fenced beautifully. We are excited for the upcoming season and wish all our fencers the best. We have several tournaments and camps coming up! Keep up the good work and let's keep going!

Our Y10 Men's Epeeists warming up for DEs.


Day 10 - Our final bronze medal was in Y14 men's Epee with Aidan Kung working hard to clinch his first medal at a Summer Nationals Championships. He earned his A15 in a field of 161 fencers. Great job!

Aidan Kung with a great flesche and touch!.

Emily Beihold in her quest to the semi-finals!!!

Alan Shen closing out his opponent and scoring a great and simple touch.






Right: Irene Yeu and Coach Sorah Shin after Irene's Bronze medal finish and earning her E15!