The Young Tim Morehouse Fencers are Learning to Compete

New York, NY (Jan 28, 2024) — Competition was fierce at the TMFC Youth Saber Cup.

Fencers from Y-8, Y-10, Y-12 and the open category competed at the second TMFC competition of the season at the Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in Manhattan.

Chloe Chen and Maximilian Hagn each took two gold medals, competing in both the Y-10 and Y-12 events. Jonas Broening Chai won gold in the Open Saber event. Y-8 gold medalists were Lorenzo Mangini and Akari Tomonari.

In addition, the Westchester version of the TMFC Youth Saber Cup took place on Jan 26 in Port Chester. Fencers in Y-8 Men’s Saber finished first, Ethan Zhang, second, Marcus Taur (FAW), Jack Pulerwitz (FAW) and Aarav Bajaj in 3T and Chase Fabrizio in fifth place.

In Y-10 Men’s Saber, Boyan Kuljiev finished first, Ethan Zhang, second, Simon Perez and Lucian Devine in 3T and Nicholas Huang (Manhattan FC) in fifth place.

Y-12 Men’s Saber was Ethan Dai in first versus Anand Shah in second.

Finally, in Open Mixed Saber, Liam Wong took gold, Josh Meadow took silver, Mateo Quintero and Sebi Auerbach shared 3T and John Daly took fifth place.

All who participated received valuable time competing on the strip. This experience helps prepare these young fencers for regional and national competitions.

Congratulations to the fencers, coaches and families.

Fencers at the TMFC Youth Saber Cup #2, Manhattan:

Y-8 Men’s Saber/6

  • 1st - Lorenzo Mangini

  • 2nd - Leonidas Constantine

  • 3T - Conrad Silverzweig

  • 3T - Alexander Wu

  • 5th - Henry Usifer

  • 6th - Jake Mendoza

Y-8 Women’s Saber/5

  • 1st - Akari Tomonari

  • 2nd - Isadora Blair

  • 3T - Harper Brown

  • 3T - Emily Paik

  • 5th - Coco Zegar

Y-12 Men’s Saber/10

  • 1st - Maximilian Hagn

  • 2nd - Aris Simeonidis

  • 3T - Campbell Blair

  • 3T - Harrison Wang

  • 5th - Samuel Cohen

  • 6th - Francis Jia

  • 7th - Gabriel Guegan

  • 8th - Hudson Brown

  • 9 - Christian Gaw

  • 10 - Zachary Gaw

Y-12 Women’s Saber/4

  • 1st - Chloe Chen

  • 2nd - Charlotte Moffitt

  • 3T - Jiyoung Lee

  • 3T - Ava Dibadj

Y-10 Men’s Saber/7

  • 1st - Maximilian Hagn

  • 2nd - Harrison Wang

  • 3T - Bennett Sabino

  • 3T - Francis Jia

  • 5th - Nate Jung

  • 6th - Jack Degregorio

  • 7th - Rhys Nguyen

Y-10 Women’s Saber/6

  • 1st - Chloe Chen

  • 2nd - Katherine Ong

  • 3T - Alaia Varah

  • 3T - Grace Chang

  • 5th - Anita Gao

  • 6th - Sophia Thomas

Senior Mixed Saber/10

  • 1st - Jonas Broening Chai

  • 2nd - Daniel Oren

  • 3T - Philippos Simeonidis

  • 3T - Hal Yarn

  • 5th - Aduago Ejiogu

  • 6th - Thomas Mencin

  • 7th - Victor Henniaux

  • 8th - Samuel Niejadlik

  • 9 - James Au

  • 10 - Mateo Ours