Day NINE: Iris Yang, Marcus Pinto and Ethan Chen Earn Medals

Phoenix, AZ (July 8, 2023) — Two bronze medals and a seventh-place finish? We’ll take them.

The Y-12 events were very good to the Tim Morehouse Fencing Club fencers. In Y-12 Women’s Foil, Iris Yang put her World Cup experience to good use and earned a bronze medal. The Brazilian U16 champion Marcus Pinto is also the bronze medal winner in Y-12 Men’s Saber. And Ethan Chen fought for a seventh-place finish in Y-12 Men’s Foil.

In Division II Men’s Foil, Brendan Lee (28) made the top-32 and Jackson Wang (57) made the top-64.

In Division III Women’s Saber, Sofia Schaible (20) made the top-32 and Varvara Mankova (64) Made the top-64.

In Y-10 Women’s Saber, Charlotte Choi (26) made top-32, and Nora Louisa McCarthy (44T), Sienna Young (49) and Keira Wang (50) made the top-64.

In Y-12 Women’s Foil, Grace Feng (16) made the top-16 and Amabel Wang just missed it, coming in at 19T.

Y-10 Women’s Saber had Charlotte Choi (26) making the top-32 and Nora Louisa McCarthy (44T), Sienna Young (49) and Keira Wang (50) in the top-64. Not bad for Summer National newbies.

In Y-12 Men’s Saber, Aram Clark (13) and Miles Chambers (15) just missed the medal round. Tim Morehouse fencers dominated the top-64 with Isaac Yook (33), William Lucas (44), Royce Zhao (45) and Vedh Srivats (46).

In Y-12 Men’s Foil, Michael Grigoriev (30) and Hauchen Yu (43T) made the top-64.

The National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals) in Phoenix, AZ, will draw to a close on July 9. This signature tournament featured 96 events (and 96 medal ceremonies) over 10 days. Medals — and national championships — were on the line in every USA Fencing classification, from the youngest (Y-10) to the most seasoned veterans (Vet-80). 

Tim Morehouse fencers at Summer Nationals and July Challenge:

Division II Men’s Foil/216

• 28 - Brendan Lee

• 57 - Jackson Wang

• 102 - William Gerrish

• 134 - Dale Peterson

• 180T - Leon Shapiro

Division III Women’s Saber/121

• 20 - Sofia Schaible

• 45 - Varvara Mankova

Y-12 Women’s Foil/202

• 3T - Iris Yang

• 16 - Grace Feng

• 19T - Amabel Wang

• 73 - Sophie Huang

• 78 - Yunong Lin

• 109 - Anastasia Roberts

• 125 - Savannah Li

Y-10 Women’s Saber/92

• 26 - Charlotte Choi

• 44T - Nora Louisa McCarthy

• 49 - Sienna Young

• 50 - Keira Wang

• 68 - Isabella Parasio

• 69T - Grace Chang

• 80 - Nia Maluki

Y-12 Men’s Saber/216

• 3T - Marcus Pinto, earned E-23

• 13 - Aram Clark

• 15 - Miles Chambers

• 33 - Isaac Yook

• 44 - William Lucas

• 45 - Royce Zhao

• 46 - Vedh Srivats

• 69 - Zihou Dai

• 73 - Alexander Mermegas

• 101 - Sawyer Cheng

• 128 - Timothy Chang

• 134 - Adhijay Arvind

• 138 - Daniel Oren

• 149T - Dylan So

• 189 - Blake Lee

• 190T - Marcus Avery

• 194T - Parker Young

• 199 - Lucas Lee

• 211T - Aidan Song

Y-12 Men’s Foil/228

• 7th - Ethan Chen

• 30 - Michael Grigoriev

• 43T - Haochen Yu

• 86 - Kai Toomre

• 103T - Thomas Czarnecki

• 121 - Kenneth Chen

• 178 - Ancen Wang

• 220T - Ethan Zhang