Foiled! TMFC Foilists Bring Their Best to The 9-State Cup

Stamford, CT (Oct 7-8, 2023) — The Tim Morehouse Fencing Club foilists are fire!

They showed their mettle as they faced off against some of the best fencers in the 9-State region. From the youngest to the oldest, there was not a category left untouched by TMFC foil fencers.

Philip Matsakh brought home gold in Cadet Men’s Foil as did Iris Yang in Y-14 Women’s Foil.

Yang, along with her teammates Zizi Dai and Grace Feng, each had double medal weekends. Feng took silver in Y-14 and bronze in Cadet Women’s Foil. Dai took silver in Cadet Women’s Foil and seventh place in Y-14. And Yang’s second came with a sixth-place finish in Cadet Women’s Foil.

Leon Zhou earned a bronze medal in Cadet Men’s Foil along with his D23 rating. Ethan Chen took bronze in Y-14 Men’s Foil. Michael Grigoriev earned bronze in Y-12 Men’s Foil, with teammate Thomas Czarnecki sharing the medal stand in seventh place.

In Y-12 Women’s Foil, Savannah Li took seventh and Amabel Wang secured seventh place.

Finally, the youngest foil fencers showed toughness with Luca Yang winning a silver medal and Nicholas Czarnecki winning sixth place in Y-8 Mixed Foil.

Congratulations fencers, coaches and families.

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club fencers at the 9-State Fencing Cup RYC/RCC:

Y-14 Women’s Foil/63

• 1st - Iris Yang

• 2nd - Grace Feng

• 7th - Zizi Dai

• 23 - Savannah Li

• 25 - Yunong Lin

• 27 - Amabel Wang

• 40 - Sophie Huang

• 58 - Amelia Youm

Cadet Men’s Foil/60

• 1st - Philip Matsakh

• 3T - Leon Zhou, earned D23

• 11 - Ethan Chen

• 12 - Tyler Bleil

• 14 - Leon Shapiro

• 33 - Kai Toomre

• 43 - Alex Tang

• 44 - William Gerrish

Y-12 Men’s Foil/ 64

• 3T - Michael Grigoriev

• 7th - Thomas Czarnecki

• 11 - Kenneth Chen

• 22 - Declan Hary-Syed

• 23 - Ancen Wang

• 33 - Gavin Roth

• 38 - Ethan Zhang

• 49 - Tyson Youm

• 58 - Adam Roth

Y-10 Women’s Foil/27

• 23 - Ellie Paek

Y-8 Mixed Foil/14

• 2nd - Luca Yang

• 6th - Nicholas Czarnecki

• 12 - Crescent Yang

• Y-10 Men’s Foil/40

  • 8th - Emmett Chae

Y-14 Men’s Foil/58

• 3T - Ethan Chen

• 10 - William Gerrish

• 12 - Kai Toomre

• 15 - Alexander Harra

• 16 - Michael Grigoriev

• 25 - Kenneth Chen

• 30 - Thomas Czarnecki

• 38 - Ethan Chen

• 41 - Ancen Wang

• 43 - Declan Hart-Syed

• 53 - Tyson Youm

Cadet Women’s Foil/59

• 2nd - Zizi Dai

• 3T - Grace Feng

• 6th - Iris Yang

• 18 - Eleanor Li

• 26 - Selena Zhang

• 29 - Amabel Wang

• 47 - Sophia Huang

• 56T - Eliana Thomas

• 56T - Jenna Otterman

Y-12 Women’s Foil/41

• 6th - Savannah Li

• 7th - Amabel Wang

• 11 - Yunong Lin

• 13 - Amelia Youm

• 22 - Mila Paek

• 28 - Ella Zhu

Y-10 Men’s Foil/40

• 8th - Emmett Chae

• 22 - Luca Yang

• 25 - Ziyue Lin

• 33 - Crescent Yang

• 40 - Cooper Moore