New Haven, CT (September 25-26) — Tim Morehouse Fencing Club saber fencers made bronze the color of the weekend at the Neil Lazar DivIA/Div II/Vet ROC at the Floyd Little Field House here.
Shaun Kim, Gabriel Babayev, and Lisa Marsh earned bronze medals in Division II Men’s Saber and Vet Women’s Saber, respectively.
Kim, fifth after pools, pushed hard through his DEs, winning 15-11, 15-11. He came up short in his final bout, 15-12 to the second place finisher.
Marsh was also fifth after pools, and won her first DE against TMFC teammate Seunghee Schulze, 10-6, to reach the medal stand (only top three received medals in this event).
Coach Dan Bass was on hand, juggling both the saber and the foil fencers with ease.
TMFC Chelsea Piers’ coach Ahmed Abdellah was also at the tournament, serving as a referee.
Congratulations fencers!
Results from the Neil Lazar Div 1A/Div II/ Vet ROC
Division IA Men’s Saber/37
14 - Gabriel Babayev
16 - Gabriel McCarthy
Division IA Women’s Foil/42
12 - Alina Zhang
37 - Harini Thiruvengadam
Division II Women’s Foil/39
16 - Caroline Slaski
23 - Harini Thiruvengadam
Veteran Women’s Saber/7
3rd - Lisa Marsh
6 - Seunghee Schulze
Division II Men’s Saber/25
3rd - Shaun Kim
3rd - Gabriel Babayev
13 - Seth Edelman
18 - Matthew Fields
Division II Men’s Foil/66
43 - Jonah Lee
Division II Women’s Saber/18
11 - Seunghee Schulze
18 - Lisa Marsh