Suffern, NY (April 8-9, 2023) — It’s 1-2-3.
Tim Morehouse fencers dominated the medal stand in the Cadet Men's Foil event at the Premier Challenge ROC/VET/RJCC at the Rockland Community College’s Eugene Levy Field House.
In this event, Jonah Lee took gold, Philip Matsakh took silver and Leon Shapiro took the bronze, also earning his D23 rating.
TMFC men’s saber fencers showed what was what in Division IA, earning two medals and ratings. Rafael “Fito” Western took the silver medal and earned his B23 rating, while Gabriel McCarthy earned sixth place and his C23 rating.
Foilist Eleanor Li was a double medalist: She took bronze in Division II Women’s Foil and fifth place in Cadet Women’s Foil.
Veteran Women’s Epeé fencer Joanne Gerrish won silver in her event, winning a DE against someone she lost to in pools. Matthew Fields earned a fifth-place medal in Division II Men’s Saber. Cadet Women’s Saber fencer Varvara Mankova also earned a fifth-place medal.
Congratulations fencers, coaches and families.
Tim Morehouse fencers competing at the Premier Challenge ROC/VET/RJCC:
Division IA Men’s Foil/92
73 - Jonah Lee
Division IA Women’s Saber/49
28T - Aishwarya Merchant
41 - Sofia Schaible
Division II Women’s Foil/28
3T - Eleanor Li
15 - Reese Wang
Cadet Women’s Epeé/41
35 - Gillian Ho
Division II Men’s Saber/69
5th - Matthew Fields
11 - Seth Edelman
25 - Samuel Sugiura
32 - Alexander Francois
33 - Enzo Bera
67 - Augusto Pinto
Junior Women’s Foil/61
20 - Grace Feng
23 - Ella Calise
27 - Zizi Dai
43 - Eleanor Li
58 - Reese Wang
Cadet Women’s Saber/54
5th - Varvara Mankova
46 - Olivia Mermegas
Cadet Men’s Foil/63
1st - Brendan Lee
2nd - Philip Matsakh
3T - Leon Shapiro, Earned D23
21 - Ethan Chen
28 - William Gerrish
32 - Alexander Harra
38 - Kai Toomre
46T - Alex Tang
Junior Men’s Saber/102
37 - Gabriel McCarthy
58 - Matthew Fields
64 - Maximilian Buck
67 - Matthew Kim
69 - Enzo Bera
79 - Seth Edelman
96T - Graysen Kmeta-Suarez
Veteran Women’s Epeé/4
2nd - Joanne Gerrish
Division IA Men’s Saber/76
2nd - Rafael “Fito” Western, Earned B23
6th - Gabriel McCarthy, Earned C23
26 - Matthew Fields
28 - Dylan Woodward
35 - Seth Edelman
52 - Samuel Sugiura
58T - Matthew Kim
Division II Women’s Saber/39
12 - Aishwarya Merchant
19 - Varvara Mankova
Junior Men’s Foil/76
24 - Jonah Lee
30 - Brendan Lee
60 - Leon Shapiro
Junior Women’s Saber/49
11 - Aishwarya Merchant
36 - Sofia Schaible
Division IA Women’s Foil/48
13 - Alina Zhang
15 - Grace Feng
34 - Eleanor Li
36 - Zizi Dai
Veteran Men’s Epeé/24
24 - Michal Kabata
Cadet Men’s Epeé/42
31 - Ray Cao
Division II Men’s Foil/43
11 - Leon Shapiro
17 - William Gerrish
Cadet Women’s Foil/29
5th - Eleanor Li
12 - Amabel Wang
21 - Reese Wang
Cadet Men’s Saber/45
33 - Graysen Kmeta-Suarez
37 - Vick Tan