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