TMFC Saber Fencers Earn 12 Medals at the Winter Thrust

Suffern, NY (Feb 3-4, 2024)—You want bling? Tim Morehouse has bling of many colors.

An enormous battalion of saber fencers turned out for the Winter Thrust RYC/RJCC in Suffern, NY and it paid off. TMFC fencers brought home 12 medals for all the hard work.

Alexander Francois won gold in Cadet Men’s Saber, earning his C24 rating. Also, in this event, Samuel Sugiura won bronze, and Isaac Yook won an eighth-place medal and his E24 rating.

Madison Duckett also won gold, in Junior Women’s Saber, along with her A24 rating. Teammate Brynnley McKee won silver in this same event.

The third gold came in Y-10 Women’s Saber when Chloe Chen took the top spot and Alaia Varah won bronze.

Ryan Waxler won a silver medal in Y-14 Men’s Saber while Viraat Sarwahi won a sixth-place medal and Sawyer Cheng took seventh place in the same event.

Marcus Avery won bronze in Y-12 Men’s Saber. Leo Shapiro won a fifth-place medal in Y-10 Men’s Saber.

Congratulations to fencers, their families and coaches.

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Saber fencers at the Winter Thrust RYC/RJCC:

Cadet Men’s Saber/64

• 1st - Alexander Francois, earned C24 rating

• 3T - Samuel Sugiura

• 8th - Isaac Yook, earned E24 rating

• 17 - Marcus Pinto

• 24 - Hartigan Deely

• 39 - Ryan Waxler

• 52 - Kinoti Kiara

• 59 - Viraat Sarwahi

Y-14 Women’s Saber/85

• 17 - Pompie Yannopoulos

• 23 - Lily Laffy

• 41 - Luna Hagn

• 44 - Charlotte Choi

• 61 - Sophia Ng

• 62 - Keira Wang

• 65 - Chuqing Shi

• 66 - Ava Dibadj

• 67 - Janice Lee

• 72 - Sienna Stedman

• 75 - Sienna Young

Y-10 Women’s Saber/27

• 1st - Chloe Chen

• 3T - Alaia Varah

• 10 - Emma Fadel

• 15 - Anika Von Marie Kabiling

• 17 - Grace Cheng

• 22 - Danielle Tom

Junior Women’s Saber/53

• 1st - Madison Duckett, earned A24 rating

• 2nd - Brynnley McKee

Y-12 Men’s Saber/90

• 3T - Marcus Avery

• 12 - Morgan So

• 14 - William Lucas

• 22 - Aidan Song

• 26 - Blake Lee

• 31 - Timothy Chang

• 37 - Gabriel Francois

• 41 - Leo Shapiro

• 45 - Gianni Mele

• 54 - Maximilian Hagn

• 62 - Aidan Dattolio

• 75 - Jeffrey Lee

• 78T - Gabriel Guegan

Junior Men’s Saber/62

• 29 - Maximilian Buck

• 34 - Marcus Pinto

Cadet Women’s Saber/85

• 45 - Charlotte Choi

Y-10 Men’s Saber/40

• 5th - Leo Shapiro

• 15 - Maximilian Hagn

• 34 - Julian Passman

• 38 - Bennett Sabino

• 39 - Boyan Kuljiev

Y-12 Women’s Saber/65

• 14 - Charlotte Choi

• 21 - Sienna Young

• 39 - Charlotte Moffitt

• 40 - Keira Wang

• 48 - Bianca Sager

• 50 - Chloe Chen

• 54 - Ava Dibadj

• 60 - Caroline Passman

• 65 - Isabella Paraiso

Y-14 Men’s Saber/94

• 2nd - Ryan Waxler

• 6th - Viraat Sarwahi

• 7th - Sawyer Cheng

• 9 - Avram Clark

• 17 - Jonas Broening-Chai

• 32 - Andrew Wasco

• 33 - Isaac Yook

• 36 - Zihou Dai

• 38 - Kinoti Kiara

• 39 - Hartigan Deely

• 40 - Marcus Avery

• 47 - Daniel Oren

• 55 - William Lucas

• 56T - Alexander Fadel

• 58 - Ian Forsted

• 63 - Morgan So

• 70 - Timothy Chang

• 89 - Whit Burg

• 93 - Thomas Mencin