Members of Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Achieve Impressive Finishes at World Fencing Championships

Pictured: Jake Mcgillion-Moore, Katie Mcgillion-Moore, and Coach Slava at the World Fencing Championships 2019

Highlights:

• Nickoloz Lortkipanidze places 11th in Cadet Men’s Saber

• Jake Mcgillion-Moore places 56th in Cadet Men’s Foil and 101st in Junior Men’s Foil

• Katie Mcgillion-Moore places 133rd in Junior Women’s Foil and 81st in Cadet Women’s Foil

• Sylvie Binder places 33rd in Junior Women’s Foil

Torun, Pol (April, 2019) - Four Students of Tim Morehouse Fencing Club head to Poland to fence with the best at the 2019 World Fencing Championships. These fencers achieved strong finishes in the Cadet and Junior Categories.

Nickoloz Lortkipanidze placed 11th in Cadet Men’s Saber. Jake Mcgillion-Moore placed 56th in Cadet Men’s Foil and 101st in Junior Men’s Foil. Katie Mcgillion-Moore placed 133rd in Junior Women’s Foil and 81st in Cadet Women’s Foil. And Sylvie Binder, a NYAC student of Tim Morehouse Fencing’s Coach Slava, placed 33rd in Junior Women’s Foil.

Full Club Results Below:

Cadet Men’s Saber

• 11th Nickoloz Lortkipanidze

Cadet Men’s Foil

• 56th Jake Mcgillion-Moore

Junior Men’s Foil

• 101st Jake Mcgillion-Moore

Cadet Women’s Foil

• 81st Katie Mcgillion-Moore

Junior Women’s Foil

• 33rd Sylvie Binder

• 133rd Katie Mcgillion-Moore

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/44AD391FF59A4D81A73936D4B1CAF5E3#today

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Students Win Two Gold Medals and More at Rockland RJCC

Pictured: Nathan Andrews wears his Top-8 Medal in Junior Men’s Foil

Highlights:

• Gold Medal for Sabrina Fang in Cadet Women’s Foil

• Gold Medal for Madison Four-Garcia in Junior Women’s Saber

• Bronze Medal for Ethan Chin in Junior Men’s Epee

• Bronze Medal for Henry Zhang in Cadet Men’s Foil

• Bronze Medal for Adele Bois in Junior Women’s Saber

• Top-8 Medal for Nathan Andrews in Junior Men’s Foil

• Top-8 Medal for August Grossman in Cadet Men’s Epee

• Top-8 Medal for Josephine Chang in Junior Women’s Saber

Purchase, NY (April, 2019) - 35 members of Tim Morehouse Fencing Club participated in Junior and Cadet events in this weekend tournament at the SUNY Purchase Gymnasium.

Our fencers won two Gold Medals and three Bronze Medals. This includes a Gold Medal by Sabrina Fang in Cadet Women’s Foil, and a Gold Medal by Madison Four-Garcia in Junior Women’s Saber. Bronze Medals were awarded to Ethan Chin in Junior Men’s Epee, Henry Zhang in Cadet Men’s Foil, and Adele Bois in Junior Women’s Saber.

A number of our fencers achieved Top-8 Medals at the event, including Nathan Andrews in Junior Men’s Foil, August Grossman in Cadet Men’s Epee, and Josephine Chang in Junior Women’s Saber.

Congratulations everyone!

Full Club Results Below:

Junior Men’s Foil

• 8th Andrews, Nathan

• 9th Lin, Richard

• 10th Zhang, Henry

• 29th Breier, Matthew

Junior Men’s Epee

• 3rd Chin, Ethan

Junior Women’s Epee

• 27th Zakharov, Anya

Cadet Women’s Foil

• 1st Fang, Sabrina

• 10th Lee, Bethany

• 16th Boodell, Ella

• 25th Zhang, Alina

• 31st Xu, Madison

• 33rd McKee, Alexandra

Cadet Men’s Saber

• 14th Morrill, Justin

• 24th Edelman, Seth

• 13th Slobodsky, Sasha

• 16th Neibart, Fiona

• 24th Nguyen, Ella

Junior Women’s Foil

• 17th Boodell, Ella

• 34th McKee, Alexandra

Cadet Men’s Foil

• 3rd Zhang, Henry

• 17th Lin, Richard

• 22nd Wang, Gerald

Cadet Men’s Epee

• 8th Grossman, August

Cadet Women’s Epee

• 19th Zakharov, Anya

Junior Men’s Saber

• 25th Parkhurst, Michael

• 26th Morrill, Justin

• 38th Li, Dongyue

• 43rd Chan, Alexander

Junior Women’s Saber

• 1st Four-Garcia, Madison

• 3rd Bois, Adele

• 5th Chang, Josephine

• 15th Neibart, Fiona

• 16th Slobodsky, Sasha

• 38th Lai, Sophie

• 40th Lockett, Audrey

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/69529C90DEBE49DB9DB8BE4EB53D6800#today

Syd Hirsch Captures Silver at the Junior Olympics to Lead Tim Morehouse Fencing Club

HIGHLIGHTS

• Syd Hirsch won a Silver Medal in Cadet Women’s Saber and also had a 7th place medal finish in Junior Women’s Saber

• Nicka Lortkipanidze led the boys with a top-16 in Junior Men’s Saber and a top-32 in Cadet men’s Saber

• 6 Members of the Club earned national points including Syd Hirsch, Josephine Chang, Amber White, Henry Nadile, Nicka Lortkipanidze and Owen Prevey Sullivan.

Memphis, Tennessee (February, 2018) 15 members of Tim Morehouse Fencing Club traveled to the 2018 Junior Olympics to participate in the annual championship which draws the best fencer’s in the country in the Under-17 Cadet and Under-20 Junior categories.

The four-day tournament was held at the Memphis Cook Convention Center and included over 2000 athletes.

Sydney Hirsch finished her Cadet career with a Silver Medal in the Under-17 category losing 14-15 for the championship in an exciting back and forth match with Avante Garde’s Ryan Jenkins.  Sydney finished the season 7th in the country in the Cadet national standings. In the Junior event, Hirsch had a strong 7th place medal finish and she currently stands 23rd in the country in the Under-20 standings.

In the men’s saber events, Nicka Lortkipanidze led the way with a top-16 finish in the Junior men’s saber event and a top-32 result in Cadet men’s Saber. In the Cadet standings, Nicka moved up to 3rd in the country in the “Aged Out” Cadet rankings and he is currently 46th in the country in Junior men’s saber.

Owen Prevey-Sullivan finished 22nd in a strong Junior men’s saber field with 256 competitors. He is currently ranked 45th in the country in Junior men’s saber. Henry Nadile also earned national points in both Cadet and Junior categories with two top-64 finishes. Henry is currently 12th in the country in the “aged out” Cadet men’s saber rankings.

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club fielded teams in the men and women’s Junior team event who both finished in 6th place out of the twenty plus teams that competed in these categories.

Full Results: http://www.usafencing.org/feb2018jo

FENCING RESULTS

Junior Women’s Saber (189 Competitors)
7th MEDAL- Sydney Hirsch (Earned National Points)
42nd Amber White (Earned National Points)
59th Josephine Chang (Earned National Points)
129th Rainer Dragon
156th Sophia Cannon
171st Grace Kelman

Junior Team Women’s Saber (22 Teams)
6th Place – Syd Hirsch, Josephine Chang, Rainer Dragon, Amber White

Cadet Men’s Saber (248 Competitors)
22nd Nicka Lortipanidze (Earned National Points)
57th Henry Nadile (Earned National Points)
69th Peter Hammer
91st Braden Vaccari
95th Phil Chien
119th Zach Wolin
176th Michael Parkhurst
197th Scott Wyche

Cadet Women’s Saber (175 Competitors)
SILVER MEDAL – Syd Hirsch (Earned National Points)
40th Josephine Chang (Earned National Points)
151st Josephine Cannon
159th Grace Kelman

Junior Team Men’s Saber (28 Teams)
6th Place – Owen Prevey-Sullivan, Henry Nadile, Nicka Lortkipanidze, Peter Hammer

Junior Men’s Saber (256 Competitors)
13th Nicka Lortkipanidze (Earned National Points)
22nd Owen Prevey-Sullivan (Earned National Points)
48th Henry Nadile (Earned National Points)
81st Braden Vaccari
114th Zach Wolin

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Students Win 3 Medals In Baltimore

Highlights:

• Silver Medal for Aria Bevacqua in Youth-10 Girls

• Bronze Medal for Shaun Kim in Youth-10 Boys

• Top-8 Medal for Zach Wolin in Division 3 men’s saber

• Top-16 finishes by Josephine Chang and Peter Hammer in Youth-14 and by Max Denner in Youth-12

• 7 TM-FC Fencers earned National Points

Baltimore, Maryland (March, 2018) - 31 Members of Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (TM-FC) traveled to USA Fencing’s Youth North American Cup tournament to compete against the best fencers in the country in the youth 10, 12 and 14 age categories as well as Division 3.

Over 2000 students from around the country took part in the competition that was held March 9-12 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

The Club won 3 national medals including a Silver Medal won by Aria Bevacqua in Youth-10 girls saber, a bronze medal by Shaun Kim in Youth-10 boys saber and a top-8 medal finish by Zach Wolin in Division 3 men’s saber. The medals won by Bevacqua and Kim represent the first North Americn Cup medals won by the Club in these age categories.

Nine members of the Club earned national points including Josephine Chang (Youth-14), Peter Hammer (Youth-14), Adele Bois (Youth-14 and Youth-12), Aria Bevacqua (Youth-10), Alen Matsui (Youth-14), Max Denner (Youth-12) and Shaun Kim (Youth-10), Gabriel McCarthy (Youth-10) and Robert Wang (Youth-10).

The Club also fielded teams in the Youth-14 boys ad girls team competition and they placed in the top-16 respectively of those events. Josephine Chang, Peter Hammer and Max Denner also registered top-16 finishes amongst very competitive fields.

The Club fielded its largest group to-date at a national competition and this was the first North American Cup competition for 20 of the clubs 30 competing members. 

In the New National Rankings: (March, 2018)

• Aria Bevacqua is now ranked 5th, Catelyn So 16th and Alanna Guilfoyle 22nd in Youth-10 Girls Saber

• Shaun Kim 11th, Gabriel McCarthy 17th, Emilio Gonzalez 35th and Robert Wang 43rd in Youth-10 Boys Saber

• Max Denner 8th and William Morrill 43rd in Youth-12 Boys Saber

• Adele Bois 34th and Marina Ferrarri-Bridgers 39th in Youth-12 Girls Saber

• Josephine Chang 23rd in Youth-14 Girls Saber

• Peter Hammer 22nd in Youth-14 Boys Saber

Full Club Results Below:

Division 3 Men’s Saber (107 Competitors)
7th (Medal) Zach Wolin
34thScott Wyche
78th Alexander Sanfilippo-Scherer

Youth-14 Women’s Saber (139 Competitors)
14th (National Points) – Josephine Chang
64th (National Points) – Adele Bois
81st Marinella Ferrari-Bridgers
94th Sophia Cannon
97th Fiona Neibart
129th Amaya Javeri
132nd Caroline Sullivan

Youth-10 Girls Saber (39 Competitors)
Silver Medal – Aria Bevacqua
18th Catelyn So
21st Charlotte Young
25th Audrey Young

Youth-12 Girls Saber (90 Competitors)
29th (National Points) Adele Bois
34th Aria Bevacqua
39th Marinella Ferrari-Bridgers
61st Amaya Javeri
78th Madison Ducket

Youth-14 Boys Saber (214 Competitors)
10th Place (National Points) Peter Hammer
56th Pace (National Points) Alen Matsui
92nd Alex Chan
108th Justin Morrill
113th Max Denner
120th William Morrill

Youth-14 Girls Team (21 Teams)
13th Place (Josephine Chang, Eve Boise, Sophia Cannon and Marinelli Ferrari-Bridges)

Youth-12 Boys Saber (156 Competitors)
13th (National) Max Denner
74th William Morrill
76th Winston Chien
86th Dylan Vig
117th Robert Wang
126th Gabriel McCarthy
127th Shaun Kim
150th Charles Leonard

Youth-10 Boys Saber (63 Competitors)
Bronze Medal – Shaun Kim
22nd (National Points) – Robert Wang
26th (National Points) – Gabriel McCarthy
35th Emilio Gonzalez
42nd Enzo Bera
59th Myles Duckett

Youth-14 Boys Team
13th Place Max Denner, Alex Chan, Peter Hammer and Alen Matsui

Full Results: http://www.usafencing.org/mar2018nac