Summer Nationals Day 4: Junior Men's and Junior Team, Women

Coaches Sara Vincenzin and Achiko Lortkipanidze flanking Nicka Lortkipanidze and his medal.

Philadelphia, PA (July 6, 2021) — It was a gold medal day for Tim Morehouse Fencing Club.

Nickoloz Lortkipanidze, known as Nicka, pulled off a gold medal win in a definitive victory at 15-11 in the Junior Olympics Men’s Saber today in Philadelphia.

This is a second gold for Nicka in the Junior Olympics — he won gold two years ago in the Junior Olympics, Cadet Men’s Saber in 2019 and was on the Cadet National Team.

Later in the day, in a moment of levity, the junior women’s saber team chose a slightly off-beat name: “Tmothy Frank Morehouse Fenciing Establishment.” One can only assume that Aria Bevacqua, Madison Duckett and Scotland Jenkins were poking fun with their misspellings.

Congratulations fencers.

TMFC Fencers Among the Top Finishers at the Summer National Championships

Junior Men’s Saber/237

• 1st - Nickoloz Lortkipanidze

• 27 - Henry Nadile

• 37T - William Morrill

• 63 - Justin Morrill

• 104 - Shaun Kim

Junior Men’s Foil/291

• 49 - Henry Zhang

• 62 - Matthew Breier

• 66 - Richard Lin

• 118 - James Flanagan

Junior Men’s Epee/305

• 15 - Connor Kravit

Junior Team, Women’s Saber/24

• 12th - Aria Bevacqua, Madison Duckett, Scotland Jenkins

Next up at Summer Nationals will be Y-14 Men in all weapons — saber, épée and foil — along with Women’s Vet-40 Foil.

Summer National Championships and the July North American Cup runs from Saturday, July 3rd through Monday, July 12 at the Philadelphia Convention Center in the Market East section of Philadelphia, PA.

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club qualified and sent more than 60 fencers to compete in all three weapons from Y-12 to Veteran events.