Minneapolis, MN (July 11, 2022) — It was a banner day for the youngest foil fencers at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club.

Y-10 Women’s foilist Grace Feng reached the medal stand in fifth place. Her teammates fought hard to come out in the top-16 (Amabel Wang at 15), top-32 (Yunong Lin at 20) and top half of the 99 competitors (Savannah Li at 40T).

Brendan Lee reached the medal stand in Y-12 Men’s Foil in eighth place, leading the pack of Tim Morehouse foil fencers.

In saber fencing, Pompie Yannopoulos made the top-64 (56) in a field of Y-12 Women’s Saber competitors many of whom were making their Summer Nationals debut. The same goes for Y-10 Men’s Saber — it was filled with fencers competing on a national level for the first time. Miles Chambers (15) and Timothy Chang (16) made the top-16. Morgan So (21) and Zihou Dai (27) made the top-32.

Congratulations fencers, coaches and parents.

The 2022 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge were held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota from July 2–11, 2022. More than 4,500 competitors from 45 states and 12 foreign countries competed in more than 100 events over 10 days. Fencers ranged from age seven to 84, competed in events that started at Y-10 and ran to Veteran-80 with all imaginable categories of age, gender, and weapon in between.