Valley Forge, PA (April 16-17, 2002) — With more than 50 fencers competing, the Tim Morehouse Fencing Club had a banner weekend at the Duel of the East Coast RYC and RJCC.
The medals started early on Saturday morning at the Valley Forge Event Center, with Ainsley McKee earning gold in Cadet Women’s Saber, marking her return to competition by also earning her E22 rating.
After an all-TMFC final, Miles Chambers earned gold in Y-10 Men’s Saber and was joined on the medal stand by Zihou Dai with silver, Alexander Mermegas with bronze and Timothy Chang in seventh place. Morehouse fencers made up more than half of the total fencers in this event.
It was a Morehouse boys’ free-for-all again in the Y-12 Men’s Saber event with 15 boys competing. Samuel Kietlinski took silver, Alexander Fadel took fifth place, sixth place was Connor Chung and Marcus Pinto took seventh place.
Robert Wang took gold in Junior Men’s Saber and shared the podium with Erick Shi who earned bronze and his D22 rating. In Y-14 Men’s Saber, Wang again medaled, this time in fifth place.
Veronika Gonzalez took double bronzes, competing in both Y-12 Women’s Saber and Y-10 Women’s Saber, where Sienna Young also medaled in fifth place.
TMFC Fencers at the Duel of the East Coast RYC/RJCC:
Cadet Women’s Saber/11
1 - Ainsley McKee, Earned E22
Y-12 Women’s Saber/22
3T - Veronika Gonzalez
11 - Olivia Mermegas
12 - Madeleine Eng
13 - Charlotte Choi
18 - Alexis Mele
Cadet Men’s Saber/35
14 - Connor Chung
19 - Marcus Singer
Y-12 Men’s Saber/32
2nd - Samuel Kietlinski
5th - Alexander Fadel
6th - Connor Chung
7th - Marcus Pinto
9 - Zihou Dai
11 - Isaac Yook
12 - Miles Chambers
14 - Jonas Broening-Chai
15 - Viraat Sarwahi
20 - Daniel Oren
25 - Marcus Avery
26 - Dylan So
27 - Timothy Chang
30 - Morgan So
31 - Peyton So
Y-10 Women’s Saber/19
3T - Veronika Gonzalez
5th - Sienna Young
10 - Charlotte Choi
12 - Lilia Wilson
Y-10 Men’s Saber/17
1st - Miles Chambers
2nd - Zihou Dai
3T - Alexander Mermegas
7th - Timothy Chang
9 - Morgan So
10 - Dylan So
11 - Parker Young
12 - Avery Marcus
15 - Peyton So
Junior Men’s Saber/34
1st - Robert Wang
3T - Erick Shi, Earned D22
19 - Samuel Sugiura
Y-14 Men’s Saber/29
5th - Robert Wang
12 - Connor Chung
15 - Marcus Pinto