Cadet Men's Foilists Dominate at The Premier Challenge

It was a 1-2-3 win for Cadet Men’s Foil.

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