Tim Morehouse Saber Fencers Were Out in Force at the Duel of the East Coast

Ainsley McKee

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