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Rocky Point, NY (April 29 - May 1, 2022) — It was “Go Big or Go Home,” for the fencers from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club.

Mission SYC, one of the last events of the 2021/2022 fencing season, saw some incredible fencing performances from the younger members of TMFC.

The gold started with Y-10 Men’s Saber, with Zihou Dai taking first place. Teammates Miles Chambers took silver, Alexander Mermegas took fifth and Timothy Chang took seventh.

There was also gold in Y-12 Men’s Foil with Jackson Wong taking first place. TMFC Teammate Brendan Lee earned at fifth place medal.

There were numerous silver medals as well. In addition to the aforementioned Chambers, Kai Toomre won second in Y-10 Men’s Foil, with teammate Michael Grigoriev earning sixth place. Iris Yang also won silver in Y-12 Women’s Foil, with Zizi Dai winning bronze in the same event.

In Y-10 Women’s Saber, Veronika Gonzalez earned bronze and in Y-12 Women’s Saber, she earned seventh place with teammate Pompie Yannopoulos taking eighth place.

In Y-10 Women’s Foil, Amabel Wang earned the sixth place medal with Savannah Li following in seventh place.

In a deep field of 77 fencers, Y-14 Men’s Saber fencer Enzo Bera was able to make the medal stand in eighth place, earning his E22 rating.

All-in-all, more than 25 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club fencers earned national points over the weekend, moving most up in the national standings.

Congratulations fencers, coaches and parents!