The Youngest Saber Fencers Shine at the Cobra Challenge

Samuel Sugiura

Secaucus, NJ (Nov 24-26, 2023) — The future is looking bright for the Tim Morehouse Fencing Club.

The youngest fencers made their marks at the Cobra Challenge SYC/RYC/Y-8 at the Meadowlands Expo Center.

Ethan Kim took a silver medal in Y-14 Men’s Saber.

In Y-8 Men’s Saber, Arthur Gimbrere won bronze as did William Lucas in Y-12 Men’s Saber. Zihou Dai also medaled in Y-12 Men’s Saber, taking sixth place.

Zoe Morehouse earned fifth place in Y-8 Women’s Saber, while her slightly older teammates, Emma Fadel and Anna Willer won seventh place and eighth place, respectively, in Y-10 Women’s Saber.

Finally, Samuel Sugiura made it onto the medal stand in Cadet Men’s Saber, taking eighth place.

There were so many top-16 and top-32 finishes for the Tim Morehouse fencers. In fact, many narrowly missed the medal stand.

Congratulations fencers, coaches and parents.

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club saber fencers at the Cobra Challenge SYC/RCC/Y-8:

Y-8 Men’s Saber/14

• 3T - Arthur Gimbrere

• 9 - Leonidas Constantine

• 10 - Jack Morehouse

• 11 - Henry Walker Passman

• 13 - Alexander Wu

Y-8 Women’s Saber/15

• 5th - Zoe Morehouse

• 13 - Akari Tomonari

• 14 - Rebecca Litowitz

Cadet Women’s Saber/95

• 13 - Varvara Mankova

• 60T - Charlotte Choi

• 70 - Olivia Mermegas

Y-12 Men’s Saber/119

• 3T - William Lucas

• 6T - Zihou Dai

• 11 - Royce Zhao

• 13 - Vedh Srivats

• 16 - Aidan Song

• 29 - Marcus Avery

• 40 - Blake Lee

• 43T - Timothy Chang

• 46 - Alexander Mermegas

• 48 - Alex Waxler

• 52 - Morgan So

• 57T - Gianni Mele

• 73 - Aidan Dattilio

• 82 - Harrison Wang

• 94 - Mason Kim

• 100 - Gabriel Guegan

• 105T - Eric He

Y-10 Men’s Saber/69

• 30 - Thomas Fernaine

• 32 - Francis Jia

• 42T - Harrison Wang

• 55 - Bennett Sabino

• 61 - Ken Frantz

• 65 - Boyan Kuljiev

• 67 - Julian Passman

Y-12 Women’s Saber/74

• 23 - Nora Louisa McCarthy

• 40 - Charlotte Choi

• 45 - Angela Lau

• 52 - Keira Wang

• 53 - Caroline Passman

• 57 - Sienna Young

• 63 - Bianca Sager

• 64 - Chloe Chen

• 68T - Amber Liao

• 68T - Isabella Paraiso

• 72 - Charlotte Moffitt

Y-14 Men’s Saber/146

• 2nd - Ethan Kim

• 11 - Connor Chung

• 31 - Isaac Yook

• 33 - Vedh Srivats

• 37 - Zihou Dai

• 52 - Hartigan Deely

• 53 - Viraat Sarwahi

• 58 - Tiger Wang

• 62 - Ryan Waxler

• 65 - William Lucas

• 66 - Sawyer Cheng

• 74T - Alexander Mermegas

• 78 - Timothy Chang

• 88 - Daniel Oren

• 92 - Jonas Broening-Chai

• 98 - Royce Zhao

• 99 - Aidan Song

• 135 - Marcus Avery

• 137 - Charles Jia

Y-14 Women’s Saber/115

• 9 - Pompie Yannopoulos

• 28 - Olivia Mermegas

• 38T - Charlotte Choi

• 72 - Lily Laffy

• 74 - Sienna Stedman

• 77 - Nora Louisa McCarthy

• 80 - Madeleine Eng

• 82 - Chuqing Shi

• 83 - Sophia Ng

• 104 - Keira Wang

Y-10 Women’s Saber/39

• 7th - Emma Fadel

• 8th - Anna Willer

• 11T - Alaia Varah

• 20 - Chloe Chen

• 24 - Ella Altimare

• 26 - Grace Chang

• 32 - Anita Gao

• 33 - Danielle Tom

Cadet Men’s Saber/117

• 8th - Samuel Sugiura

• 10 - Ethan Kim

• 20 - Connor Chung

• 31 - Isaac Yook

• 49 - Deely Hartigan

• 60 - Gabriel Clark

• 68 - Alexander Fadel

• 77 - Viraat Sarwahi

• 81 - Royce Zhao

• 93 - Tiger Wang

• 117 - Michael Engerran