Metuchen, NJ (April 9-10, 2022) — It was a great weekend to be a young fencer!
The youngest fencers from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club earned the most medals this weekend at the Garden State RYC at the Sportsplex in Metuchen, NJ.
Starting with the Y-10 fencers, Amabel Wang won gold in Women’s Foil, while teammate Savannah Li took seventh. Veronika Gonzalez also took gold, in Women’s Saber. On the men’s side, Timothy Chang took bronze in Men’s Saber while teammate Elijah Roper took fifth. Michael Grigoriev and Hauchen Yu rounded it out in Men’s Foil, coming in seventh and eighth respectively.
In Y-12 Men’s Saber, TMFC fielded an enormous team of 13 fencers and rounded out the top-eight with Aram Clark in sixth place, Connor Chung in seventh place and Miles Pinto in eighth place. Pompie Yannopoulos earned sixth place in Y-12 Women’s Saber.
Brendan Lee won silver in Y-14 Men’s Foil and Ethan Chen joined the medal stand at fifth. Alexander Francois earned bronze in Y-14 Men’s Saber and was joined by teammates Enzo Bera at sixth and Gabriel Clark at eighth.
The Garden State marked the passing of a baton of sorts with both TMFC international fencers Shaun Kim and Gabriel McCarthy joining the staff as strip coaches for the weekend.
“I love to see our fencers growing up and taking leadership roles in the club,” said Tim Morehouse. "TMFC Community at work!”
“It was Timmy’s first time having Gabriel McCarthy and Shaun Kim help coach,” said Tina Chang, mom to Y-10 Men’s Saber bronze medalist Timothy Chang. “It was so nice to have them there as role models for the younger boys. Timmy learned a lot from Gabriel!”
Congratulations fencers, parents, and coaches.
TMFC Fencers at the Garden State RYC:
Y-14 Women’s Foil/37
12 - Reese Wang
15 - Eleanor Li
Y-14 Women’s Saber/44
9 - Coco Given
21 - Keira Lauri
Y-12 Men’s Saber/57
6th - Aram Clark
7th - Connor Chung
8th - Miles Pinto
11 - Hartigan Deely
16 - Alexandre Gimbere
19 - Sawyer Cheng
21 - Isaac Yook
27 - Timothy Chang
28 - Viraat Sarwahi
32 - Aidan Song
46 - Morgan So
56 - Dylan So
57 - Peyton So
Y-10 Women’s Foil/17
1st - Amabel Wang
7th - Savannah Li
Y-10 Women’s Saber/30
1st - Veronika Gonzalez
12 - Lilia Wilson
19 - Charlotte Choi
24 - Sienna Young
25 - Anna Willer
29 - Angela Lau
Y-14 Men’s Foil/39
2nd - Brendan Lee
5th - Ethan Chen
Y-12 Women’s Foil/30
14 - Amabel Wang
21T - Savannah Li
24 - Yunong Lin
Y-12 Women’s Saber/49
6th - Pompie Yannopoulos
23 - Veronika Gonzalez
26 - Olivia Mermegas
33 - Callie Zisson
36 - Chloe Garbutt
38 - Charlotte Choi
Y-14 Men’s Saber/68
3T - Alexander Francois
6T - Enzo Bera
8th - Gabriel Clark
27 - Connor Chung
33 - Marcus Pinto
50 - Hartigan Deely
61 - Nathan Hickox
Y-10 Men’s Saber/40
3T - Timothy Chang
5th - Elijah Roper
11 - Alexander Mermegas
13 - Royce Zhao
14 - Morgan So
15 - Aidan Song
20 - Gabriel Francois
29 - Dylan So
31 - Benjamin Halper
34 - Peyton So
37 - Parker Young
Y-10 Men’s Foil/29
7th - Michael Grirgoriev
8th - Haochen Yu
12 - Ancen Wang
21 - Lucas Ma