Tim Morehouse Saber Fencers hit the Lucky 13 at the Morris Cup RYC

Varvara Mankova

Metuchen, NJ (March 18-19, 2023) — Lucky 13.

Fencers from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club hit the lucky number of total medals won by fencing hard and often at the Morris Cup RYC/RJCC.

Starting with gold medals, Aram Clark topped Y-12 Men’s Saber and Miles Chambers took the top spot in Y-10 Men’s Saber.

Silver medalists include Gabriel McCarthy in Cadet Men’s Saber, Marcus Pinto in Y-12 Men’s Saber and Connor Chung in Y-14 Men’s Saber. Bronze medalists include Varvara Mankova in Cadet Women’s Saber and Ethan Kim in Cadet Men’s Saber, both of whom earned their D23 ratings. Miles Chambers took bronze in Y-12 Men’s Saber and Enzo Bera did as well in Y-14 Men’s Saber.

Other medalists include:

• Connor Chung, fifth place in Cadet Men’s Saber, his second medal of the weekend;

• Royce Zhao, fifth place in Y-12 Men’s Saber;

• Alexander Francois, seventh place in Cadet Men’s Saber, earned E23 rating;

• Sienna Young, eighth place in Y-10 Women’s Saber.

Over 100 fencers from the Tim Morehouse Fencing Club competed in this tournament. All three weapons were represented. This is a new record for the club, in its sixth year.

Congratulations fencers, coaches and families.

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club saber fencers competing at the Morris Cup RYC/RJCC:

Cadet Women’s Saber/51

• 3T - Varvara Mankova, earned D23

• 39 - Olivia Mermegas

Y-12 Women’s Saber/55

• 11 - Eunjae Kim

• 30 - Lily Laffy

• 31 - Amber Liao

• 36 - Charlotte Choi

• 37 - Luna Hagn

• 39 - Sienna Young

• 44 - Nora Louisa McCarthy

• 53 - Lilia Wilson

• 55 - Bianca Sager

Cadet Men’s Saber/73

• 2nd - Gabriel McCarthy

• 3T - Ethan Kim, earned D23

• 5th - Connor Chung

• 7th - Alexander Francois, earned E23

• 16 - Marcus Pinto

• 39 - Enzo Bera

• 54 - Graysen Kmeta-Suarez

• 61 - Maximilian Buck

Y-10 Women’s Saber/34

• 8th - Sienna Young

• 9 - Charlotte Choi

• 10 - Nora Louisa McCarthy

• 16 - Emma Fadel

• 21 - Angela Lau

• 22 - Anna Willer

• 26 - Keira Wang

• 27 - Ella Altimare

• 29 - Grace Chang

• 30 - Isabella Paraiso

• 31 - Katherine Ong

Y-12 Men’s Saber/71

• 1st - Aram Clark

• 2nd - Marcus Pinto

• 3T - Miles Chambers

• 5th - Royce Zhao

• 15 - Adhijay Arvind

• 17 - Alexander Mermegas

• 22 - William Lucas

• 32 - Samuel Lottner

• 37 - Tiger Wang

• 57T - Rhys Brazil

• 60 - Leo Shapiro

• 62 - Lucas Lee

• 68 - Lee Blake

Junior Women’s Saber/59

• 37 - Aishwarya Merchant

• 46 - Varvara Mankova

Y-10 Men’s Saber/48

• 1st - Miles Chambers

• 9 - Blake Lee

• 13 - William Lucas

• 14 - Campbell Blair

• 19 - Mason Kim

• 22 - Lucas Lee

• 25 - Leo Shapiro

• 32 - Maximilian Hagn

• 39 - Harrison Wang

• 41 - Bennett Sabino

Junior Men’s Saber/103

• 28 - Gabriel McCarthy

• 38 - Connor Chung

• 43 - Enzo Bera

• 48 - Alexander Francois

• 71T - Graysen Kmeta-Suarez

• 93 - James Kauffman

Y-14 Women’s Saber/64

• 41 - Olivia Mermegas

• 56 - Madeleine Eng

Y-14 Men’s Saber/88

• 2nd - Connor Chung

• 3T - Enzo Bera

• 14 - Ethan Kim

• 15 - Marcus Pinto

• 21 - Aram Clark

• 24 - Alexander Fadel

• 36 - Isaac Yook

• 44 - Vick Tan

• 46 - Royce Zhao

• 47 - Jonas Broening-Chai

• 48 - Kinoti Kiara

• 53 - Hartigan Deely

• 70T - Timothy Chang