December 27, 2024 — Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club! We hope you have had a restful break filled with family, good food, and memories. For those of you participating in our winter camp, we are happy to have you back for a 5-day session of rigorous training, college talks with Columbia University Head Coach Michael Aufrichtig, and a sports psychology lecture from Dr. Michelle Chung. For those of you still relaxing, we will see you next week for regular classes resuming on January 2! We wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the TMFC wins that took place at regional tournaments this past week. Although we were not able to send coaches to either event, we are tremendously proud of our athletes who still chose to represent TMFC at the Ultimate Fencing Cup RYC in Jersey City, NJ and the Austin Challenge SYC/RCC in Austin, Texas. Our fencers did an incredible job of harnessing the self-sufficiency and confidence that we expect and hope to build in our young athletes.

Additionally, we were happy to see some newer faces on the podiums at these events. Many of our fencers have made amazing strides this season and their efforts are paying off in the form of some great results.

Gianni Mele showing off his Top 8 medal in Jersey City, NJ.

AUSTIN RESULTS:

Aidan Song - 7th Place, Y12MS

Luca Yang - 6th Place, Y10MF

Anika Von Marie Kabiling - 8th Place, Y10WS

Charlotte Choi - 7th Place, Y14WS and 5th Place, Y12WS

ULTIMATE RESULTS:

Savannah Li - 2nd Place, Y14WF

Ella Zhu- 5th Place, Y14WF

Kai De Castro- 3rd Place, Y12WF

Owen Tardiff- 2nd Place, Y8MF and 7th Place, Y10MF

Lucas Lin - 8th Place, Y10MF

Lorenzo Mangini - 6th Place, Y10MS

Anna Willer - 8th Place, Y12WS

Gianni Mele - 8th Place, Y14MS

Marcus Avery - 5th Place, Y12MS

Michael Grigoriev - 6th Place, Y12MF

Ellie Paek- 7th Place, Y10WF

Lily Laffy - 6th Place, Y14WS

Sophia Ng - 7th Place, Y14WS

FIRST REGIONAL MEDALS + OTHER HONORABLE MENTIONS

Lorenzo Mangini, Ellie Paek, Anna Willer, Gianni Mele first regional medals
Eli Fields - first regional event with TMFC (top 32 Y12MS at Ultimate)

Kylee Demry- national points earned (top 32 Y12WS at Austin)

If we are missing anyone, do not hesitate to comment down below or reach out to us! We are happy to celebrate all of our fencer’s wins, whether it’s a medal earned or a challenge overcome.