December SJCC & Para NAC: Day 2 Recap

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by Nicole Kirk

ATLANTA, GA. -  Day two of the December SJCC & Parafencing NAC brought even more stand out moments. Fencers gave their all on the second day of competition.


Abe Kaplan (Greensboro Fencing Academy) captured a second gold medal across two days of competition, today in parafencing men’s foil. He faced the same competitor two days in a row, for two different weapons.


“I felt good about today. I was coming in ready. I was really wanting this one, foil is my main weapon.” 


On switching from one weapon to another, he said “I gotta forget about epee, it’s in the past, it happened. I have had to focus on today and nothing else but today. Flip the switch.”


Aiden Tse (Premier Fencing Academy & Halberstadt Fencers' Club), took home gold and said “It feels really rewarding, because I haven't had that many national results, but this feels good.”

In an intense gold medal match, it came down to one touch, “It was intense. Because, it’s 14-14, but I just tried to stay calm and, relax and just focus one touch at a time.”


Leslie Irby (Nellya Fencers & Auburn Fencing Club) won a gold in parafencing women’s foil, and said she was feeling“ Numb, very, very numb. It just hasn't set in yet. Not yet. I'm still shaking.” 

Through an afternoon of fencing, Irby had a few things going for her.

“Well, one listening to my coaches, and listening to my sidebar coaching/fencing friends, and just allowing you know the rhythm just to work. You know, fencing is a dance, so if I hear one motion do the next one, and just kind of put all of it together. It just kind of gelled at the very last moment. And it worked.”

December SJCC & Para NAC: Day 2 Photos#

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Parafencing Women’s Foil

Gold: Leslie Irby (Nellya Fencers & Auburn Fencing Club)

Silver: Cora Weeks (German Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Patricia "Mama T" Dykes (Orion Fencing & Zeljkovic Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Olivia Scott (Louisville Fencing Center Inc.)


Parafencing Men’s Foil

Gold:Abe Kaplan (Greensboro Fencing Academy)

Silver: Tareq Alqallaf (Zeljkovic Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Kevin Reeve (Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation)

Bronze: Etienne Tremblay (CAN)

5th: Timothy Birt (Shepherd Swords Fencing Club & Auburn Fencing Club)

6th: Nicholas Badeaux (Fencing Institute Of Texas & Invictus Fencing)

7th: Matthew Pevoto (Houston Sword Sports)

8th: Stephen Burch Jr. (Mission Fencing Center)


Junior Men’s Saber

Gold: Aiden Tse (Premier Fencing Academy & Halberstadt Fencers' Club)

Silver: Ethan Kim (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

Bronze: Nathan Qiu (Spartak)

Bronze: Daniel Wang (Dynamo Fencing Center Inc.)

5th: Gabriel McCarthy (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

6th: Maxim Lin (International Fencing Club)

7th: Kevin Liu (Manhattan Fencing Center & Bergen Fencing Club)

8th: Nathan Munguia (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)


Cadet Men’s Foil

Gold: Youlong Lin (LA International Fencing)

Silver: Hanson Chen (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Andy Xu (Fencers Club Inc. & Jovanovic Fencing)

Bronze: Adrian Suarez (Masters Fencing Club)

5th: Leon Shapiro (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

6th: Ethan Liu (Renaissance Fencing Club)

7th: Trevor Wu (Massialas Foundation M Team)

8th: Fletcher Mazaheri (Bluegrass Fencers' Club)


Cadet Women’s Foil

Gold: Yiran Wang (Star Fencing Academy)

Silver: Jenna Hu (CAN)

Bronze: Sophia Lai (Fencing Institute Of Texas & Austin Fencers Club)

Bronze: Nicole Pevzner (V Fencing Club)

5th: Yixi Wang (Star Fencing Academy)

6th: Julie Zheng (Jovanovic Fencing)

7th: Addison Ho (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

8th: Gianna Marisi (Lang Fencing Academy)


Junior Women’s Epee

Gold: Scarlett Lee (New York Fencing Academy)

Silver: Avni Shiv (Alliance Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Amy Ai (CAN)

Bronze: Maia Peck (Team Touche Fencing Center)

5th: Meredith Carrier (Wasatch Fencing & Schoolhouse Fencing)

6th: Emma Bush (San Diego Fencing Center)

7th: Vivian Young (Olympian Fencing Club)

8th: Trisha Balakrishnan (Alliance Fencing Academy)

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