November NAC: Day 2 Recap

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by Nicole Kirk

LOUISVILLE, KY. - The second day of the 2024 November North American Cup, saw six more medalists awarded gold. What was the secret to success? It was all in the preparation.


The Cadet Men’s Saber Team event gold medalists, team One of Won (Christopher Guffey, Chris Hu, Eric Kwalwasser, and Jeffrey Tao) said, “so we kind of switched it up a bit. Usually we would just wake up like, you know, shower, get breakfast and come but today, we just decided to hit up some team bonding before this event. So we caught an Uber and we went to Bass Pro Shop outdoor world, and also Buffalo Wild Wings. And it was a grand adventure. We really reconnected with nature before our event, and I think that is really the difference that brought victory.” 


The team credits this bonding moment to getting to the top of the podium. They continued saying “I think the team bonding was really important because, you know, it's really important to have fun out there, and I think that's what we accomplished.”


Y-14 Men’s Epee gold medal winner Simon Shan (Dynamo Fencing), said his gold medal meant “I've worked hard since the last competition. I've trained, I've put in work and also performed well.”


To prepare for a tournament like the November NAC, Shan said the most important thing to him was making sure his body felt okay. 


“So, like this month was pretty close to the last tournament, the October NAC, so I don't really have much time, but going home, making sure my body feels alright. That's important, making sure my body feels alright. And going to training every day, still having lessons, stuff like that.”

November NAC Day 2 Photos#

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Day 2 Top 8 Results


Cadet Women’s Epee

Gold: Regina Lee (Swords Fencing Studio)

Silver: Chok Weng Wat (Battle Born Fencing Club)

Bronze: Alexandra Rakhovski (New York Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Yvette Xu (Yang Fencing Club)

5th: Ana Beckman (Windy City Fencing-Chicago)

6th: Phoebe Chisholm (Olympia Fencing Center)

7th: Melinda Yao (Alliance Fencing Academy)

8th: Chloe "CJ" Tolsma (Alliance Fencing Academy)

Cadet Women’s Saber

Gold:Xuanyi Zhang (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona & Spartak)

Silver: Julia Shi (Bergen Fencing Club)

Bronze: Natalie Tsui (Manhattan Fencing Center)

Bronze: Jasmine Attia (Boston Fencing Club)

5th: Yifei Liu (Manhattan Fencing Center)

6th: Elaine Lin (West Coast Fencing Academy)

7th: Zara Djamirze (Spartak)

8th: Evelyn Jiang (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)


Y-14 Women’s Foil

Gold:Zhihe Tie (SoCAL Fencing Center)

Silver: Renee Chen (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Soleil Zhang (Canada)

Bronze: Emma Yang (Star Fencing Academy)

5th: Emily Cascone (South Brooklyn Fencing)

6th: Ava McSherry (Fencers Club Inc.)

7th: Addison Ho (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

8th: Amabel Wang (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

Cadet Men’s Foil

Gold: Jia Bao "Bowen" Xu (Dynamo Fencing)

Silver: Aiden Siu (SoCAL Fencing Center)

Bronze: Luao Yang (Renaissance Fencing Club)

Bronze: Dylan Co (Massialas Foundation)

5th: Jason Qian (Epic Fencing Club & SCAD-Atlanta Fencing)

6th: Michael Lin (Jovanovic Fencing)

7th: Biaya K. Tiya (Atlanta Fencers Club Foundation & Peter Westbrook Foundation)

8th: Evan Parrish (AIC Fencing Club)

Y-14 Men’s Epee

Gold: Simon Shan (Dynamo Fencing)

Silver: Andy Zheng (Guanyi Fencing Academy & Twin Cities Fencing Club)

Bronze: Lucas Hu (Canada)

Bronze: James Boudreaux (Elite Fencing Academy)

5th: Joey Wang (Swords Fencing Studio)

6th: Michael "Junyi" Zhao (Dynamo Fencing Center Inc.)

7th: Dylan Elhusseini (Alliance Fencing Academy)

8th: Maxwell Tse (North Shore Fencers Club)


Cadet Team Men’s Saber

Gold: One of Won (Christopher Guffey, Chris Hu, Eric Kwalwasser, and Jeffrey Tao)

Silver: Rhode Island (Daniil Kovalev, Arthur Lincourt, Maximus Ngo, and Andrew Sun)

Bronze: California Roll (William Chow, Jono Gay, Evan Kang, and Aiden Tse)

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