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