Washington, DC (March 15-18, 2024) — It was a silver moment.
Iris Yang kicked off her March SJCC at the Washington Convention Center with a silver medal in Cadet Women’s Foil. The other TMFC women’s foilists all finished the day in the top-64, for s great showing.
In Junior Women’s Saber, both Keira Lauri and Varvara Mankova made the top 16, with Mankova earning her B24 rating.
Jonah Lee made the top-32 in Junior Men’s Foil, with Brendan Lee and Jackson Wong following close behind in the top-64.
In Cadet Men’s Foll, the Lee brothers made the top-32, with Leon Shapiro, Ethen Chen and Wong making the top-64.
Keira Lauri made the top-16 in Cadet Women’s Saber with Charlotte Choi following closely in the top-32.
Ethan Kim just missed the medal stand, coming in ninth. Connor Chung made the top-16 and Gabriel Clark, the top-64.
In Junior Men’s Saber, Gabriel McCarthy made the top-64.
And in the final event, Junior Women’s Foil, all of the TMFC fencers competing made the top-64, with Alina Zhang making top-16, Eleanor Li making the top-32.
This event took place concurrently with the 2024 Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Foil Grand Prix, which drew some of the best foil fencers in the world.
Congratulations fencers, coaches and families.
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club fencers at the March SJCC:
Cadet Women's Foil/85
2nd - Iris Yang
30 - Eleanor Li
33 - Zizi Dai
45 - Selena Zhang
49 - Amabel Wang
Junior Women’s Saber/110
10 - Keira Lauri
15 - Varvara Mankova, earned B24 rating
92 - Olivia Mermegas
Junior Men's Foil/186
21T - Jonah Lee
41 - Brendan Lee
57 - Jackson Wong
76 - Maxim Piterbarg
98 - Ethan Chen
109 - Leon Shapiro
Cadet Men’s Foil/139
18 - Brendan Lee
20 - Jonah Lee
42T - Leon Shapiro
56 - Ethen Chen
57 - Jackson Wong
117 - Kai Toomre
Cadet Women’s Saber/83
12 - Keira Lauri
27 - Charlotte Choi
73 - Olivia Mermegas
Cadet Men’s Saber/117
9 - Ethan Kim
15 - Connor Chung
58 - Gabriel Clark
87 - Marcus Pinto
107T - Ilan Arouna
107T - Kinoti Kiara
Junior Men’s Saber/160
55 - Gabriel McCarthy
77 - Matthew Fields
96T - Connor Chung
141 - Marcus Pinto
Junior Women's Foil/110
11 - Alina Zhang
18 - Eleanor Li
45 - Catherine Zhou
50 - Zizi Dai
57 - Amelia Whelan
64 - Selena Zhang