December SJCC & Para NAC: Day 3 Recap

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by Nicole Kirk

ATLANTA, GA. -  The final day of the December SJCC & Para NAC wrapped up with more gold medals, and lots of smiles.

Heartlyn Tabangay (Midwest Fencing Club) claimed gold in cadet women’s saber on the final day of competition, and had also competed prior in the weekend. Her first day of competition didn’t work out the way she was hoping, so she set out for a redemption tour on the final day.

“Well, what was really running through my mind was why I was here, and it's kind of a rare occasion for my dad to take me to a tournament, because it's not all the time. So yeah, you know, even if I lose, I'm still gonna have people that are gonna love me. So I was like, Okay, I'm really into parry five. Like, I love parry five. So I just, I just went for it. I was like, okay, you know what? Just have some confidence. You don't have really, you don't really have anything to lose. Yeah. So, yeah, I was happy.”

Martin Nguyen (LA International Fencing) claimed his first national medal on the final day of competition in the junior men’s foil event. 

“It feels really good. I have never won a national event before. Yesterday I didn’t do so good, so I’m really happy."

After a tough day yesterday, Ngyuen said “I had to reset my mindset. I was pretty tired yesterday.” The reset worked wonders for Ngyuen, and now he plans on celebrating his gold medal with a nice family dinner.

Catherine Witter (Elite Fencing Academy VA) had a tough final as she faced a familiar opponent. She said “It was a little harder. I mean, I knew what she did, which is good, but, like, there's definitely some history there.”

In a comeback victory, Witter said “in the final, I was down for a lot, and luckily she got, like, a couple red cards, and it kind of saved me. And then, like, I fenced her a lot before. I've known her since I was young, and so I just, I started going back. I started doing, like, attack on prep. I paid attention to what her best action was, and was trying to avoid that one.”

December SJCC & Para NAC: Day 3 Photos#

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Parafencing Women’s Saber

Gold: Olivia Scott (Louisville Fencing Center Inc.)

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

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


Parafencing Men’s Saber

Gold: Abe Kaplan (Greensboro Fencing Academy)

Silver: Kevin Reeve (Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation)

Bronze: Tareq Alqallaf (Zeljkovic Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Rick Swauger (Columbus International Fencing Academy & Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC)

5th: Nicholas Badeaux (Fencing Institute Of Texas & Invictus Fencing)

6th: Timothy Birt (Shepherd Swords Fencing Club & Auburn Fencing Club)

7th: Matthew Pevoto (Houston Sword Sports)

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


Junior Men’s Foil

Gold: Martin Nguyen (LA International Fencing)

Silver: Ivan-Asen Radoslavov (Fencers Club Inc.)

Bronze: Leor B. Sadovsky (LA International Fencing)

Bronze: Xilong Lin (LA International Fencing)

5th: Bradley Li (Star Fencing Academy)

6th: Youlong Lin (LA International Fencing)

7th: James G. Lin (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)

8th: Julian Wyman (Massialas Foundation M Team)


Cadet Women’s Epee

Gold: Catherine Witter (Elite Fencing Academy VA)

Silver: Alexandra Smuk (Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club)

Bronze: Luxi Guo (Yang Fencing Club)

Bronze: Navya Neelam (Elite Fencing Academy GA & Elite Fencing Academy VA)

5th: Ziqi "Yoyo" Wang (Swords Fencing Studio)

6th: Zoe Wang (Cavalier Fencing Club & Denver Fencing Center)

7th: Tessa Camama (Academy Of Fencing Masters)

8th: Nour Azmeh (Olympia Fencing Center)


Cadet Women’s Saber

Gold: Heartlyn Tabangay (Midwest Fencing Club)

Silver: Evelyn Jiang (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)

Bronze: Amari Pantaleon-Mazola (Nellya Fencers)

Bronze: Hannah Liu (Sigma Fencing Academy)

5th: Jolene Chan (West Coast Fencing Academy)

6th: Gloria Ruoyan Wang (Culver Military Academy & Southern California Fencing Academy)

7th: Charlotte Choi (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

8th: Lynn Uemoto (Durkan Fencing Academy)

Cadet Men's Epee

Gold: Karol Karnas (Fencing Center Of Chicago)

Silver: David Dodin (New York Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Lance Headrick (Elite Fencing Academy VA & Elite Fencing Academy GA)

Bronze: Joshua Riggins (Elite Fencing Academy GA & Elite Fencing Academy VA)

5th: Alan Lam (ASER International Fencing Academy)

6th: James Boudreaux (Elite Fencing Academy VA & Elite Fencing Academy GA)

7th: Alex Wolfe (Savage Fencing Club)

8th: Ilia Tikhonov (Cardinal Fencing Academy)

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