April 2025 NAC, Day 3: Manifesting Gold

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by Nicole Kirk & Rachel Luce

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - On the third day of the 2025 Division I National Championship, Parafencing National Championship, and April North American Cup the mindsets were right to get to the top of the podium and claim gold medals.


Julie Seal (Valkyrie Fencing Club) claimed golds in both vet age categories in foil and saber. She got to the top of the podium winning the Vet-50 Women’s Saber category and it was all about her mindset.

“It was hard, I was here until almost nine o’clock. So today wasn’t really about physical recovery, it never is, it is always about mental recovery. And today I had to recover every single bout. I had to be like ‘Okay, try again. Do it better. Let go of the mistakes, concentrate on what you’re going to do this time.”

A common theme among fencers is not only keeping the right mindset throughout competition, but also keeping a routine. Once you find what works for you at NAC’s and your recipe to success, it’s not often that it changes up.

Following along with doing exactly what he knows works for him is Paralympian Noah Hanssen. He claimed the Parafencing Men’s Saber National Championship.

“I have what I do. I get up, and get here two, two and half hours before to warm up. I don’t think anything too crazy, but it’s worked so far. ”

Day 3 Results

Junior Women’s Foil

Gold: Jia Chen (V Fencing Club)

Silver: Ella Calise (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

Bronze: Lana Lee (Elite Fencing Club)

Bronze: Kaitlyn Tan (Star Fencing Academy)

5th: Joy Liu (Golubitsky Fencing Center)

6th: Hailey Eyer (Manchen Academy Of Fencing)

7th: Lydia Shen (Star Fencing Academy)

8th: Euran Cho (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)


Junior Women’s Epee

Gold: Sarah Gu (Medeo Fencing Club)

Silver: Jolie Korfonta (Savage Fencing Club & DC Fencers Club)

Bronze: Adriana Ferreira De Melo (South Florida Fencing Club & Carrollton Fencing Club)

Bronze: Chok Weng Wat (Battle Born Fencing Club)

5th: Scarlett Lee (New York Fencing Academy)

6th: Alisa Yang (Guanyi Fencing Academy)

7th: Avni Shiv (Alliance Fencing Academy)

8th: Fei Li (Cavalier Fencing Club)


Junior Men’s Saber

Gold: Eric Kwalwasser (Stamford Fencing Center)

Silver: Silas Choi (Globus Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Aydan Lee (Nazlymov Fencing Foundation)

Bronze: Noah Shoman (Manhattan Fencing Center)

5th: Shaun Kim (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

6th: Gabriel Babayev (Stamford Fencing Center)

7th: William Lim (Southern California Fencing Academy)

8th: Jason Bae (Boston Fencing Club)


Junior Team Women’s Saber

Gold: California Roll (Sahana Gautam, Sydney Liu, Isabel Schmidt and Angelina Tse)

Silver: Dual Coast Sisters (Alexia Anthony, Reya Ghayalod, Grace Ker and Sophia Mann)

Bronze: South Bay Fencing Academy (Mirka Bonis-Ramirez, Maya Golovitser, Jiayi Wang and Lea Yang)


Parafencing Women’s Saber

Gold: Shelby Mitchell (Valkyrie Fencing Club)

Silver: Alanna Flax-Clark (United Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Cora Weeks (German Fencing Academy)

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

5th: MariaIsabel Hinds (Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation)

6th: Marley Timko (Denver Fencing Center)

7th: Kimberlee Dodd (United Fencing Academy)

8th: Aine Mallory (United Fencing Academy)


Parafencing Women’s Saber

Gold: Shelby Mitchell (Valkyrie Fencing Club)

Silver: Alanna Flax-Clark (United Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Cora Weeks (German Fencing Academy)

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

5th: MariaIsabel Hinds (Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation)

6th: Marley Timko (Denver Fencing Center)

7th: Kimberlee Dodd (United Fencing Academy)

8th: Aine Mallory (United Fencing Academy)


Parafencing Men’s Saber

National Champion: Noah Hanssen PLY

Silver: William Schoonover PLY (Valkyrie Fencing Club)

Bronze: Abe Kaplan (Greensboro Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Kevin Reeve (Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation)

5th: Sam Long (Denver Fencing Center)

6th: James Downing (Denver Fencing Center)

7th: Nicholas Badeaux (Fencing Institute Of Texas & Invictus Fencing)

8th: Timothy Birt (Shepherd Swords Fencing Club & Auburn Fencing Club)


Veteran Women’s Foil

Gold: Morgane Bhatt (Halberstadt Fencers' Club & West Berkeley Fencing Club)

Silver: Carolyn Granholm (Canada)

Bronze: Georgina Love (Space Coast Olympic Fencing)

Bronze: Polina McGrath (Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy)

5th: Elizabeth "Badger" Merritt (Capitol)

6th: Margaret Kerr (Worcester Fencing Club)

7th: Judith Bassik (Ohio Fencing Center)

8th: Cornelia Jolitz


Veteran Men’s Foil

Gold: Marek Wyszynski (Fencers Club Inc.)

Silver: Dong-Ying Pai (Twin Cities Fencing Club)

Bronze: Carlos Junco (Mexico)

Bronze: James Flanagan (Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club & Center for Blade Arts)

5th: Stephen Jan (Metropolitan NYC)

6th: Michael Cho (Renaissance Fencing Club)

7th: Rey Lopez (Heartland Fencing Academy)

8th: Jean-Francois Sigouin

Vet-40 Women’s Saber

Gold: Aziza Hassan (Durkan Fencing Academy & Peter Westbrook Foundation)

Silver: Agnieszka Koszyk (RedStar Fencing Club Chicago)

Bronze: Kathryn Pierrynowski (Research Triangle Fencing)

Bronze: Laura Johnson (Nellya Fencers & DC Fencers Club)

5th: Giselle Martinez Elizalde (Mexico)

6th: Esther Duong (West Coast Fencing Academy)

7th: Jing Zhao (Las Vegas Fencing Academy)

8th: Clare Deming (Lilov Fencing Academy)


Vet-50 Women’s Saber

Gold: Julie Seal (Valkyrie Fencing Club)

Silver: Leigh Altman (Globus Fencing Academy & Staten Island Fencing Club)

Bronze: Jasmina Denner (Scarsdale Fencing Center)

Bronze: Yelena Kalkina (Oregon Fencing Alliance)

5th: Eileen Foley (Denver Fencing Center)

6th: Jamie Willemse (PDX Fencing & LA International Fencing)

7th: Shannon Dudnick (Fencing Academy Of Denver)

8th: Jody Ambalong (Premier Fencing Academy)


Vet-60 Women’s Saber

Gold: Robin Pernice (Dynamo Fencing Center)

Silver: Lydia Fabry (Avant Garde Fencers Club & Fortune Fencing)

Bronze: Beth Vance (Renaissance Fencing Club)

Bronze: Rebecca Freyre (Fencing Academy Of Denver & Denver Fencing Center)

5th: Jenny Yang (Nellya Fencers)

6th: Yoko Oishi (PDX Fencing)

7th: Miyako Derose (Metropolitan NYC)

8th: Robin King (Salle Auriol Seattle)


Vet-70 Women’s Saber

Gold: Heidi Runyan (Spartak)

Silver: Jennette Starks-Faulkner (Connecticut Fencers Club & Marx Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Karen Lum (San Francisco Sabre School)

Bronze: Jeannine Bender (Capital Fencing Academy)

5th: Judith "Jude" Offerle (RedStar Fencing Club Chicago & University Of Notre Dame)

6th: Cheryl Maslen (PDX Fencing)

7th: Gemin Channing (Capitol)

8th: Anne-Marie Walters (Masters Fencing Club)


Vet-40 Men’s Epee

Gold: Alexander Tsinis (New York Athletic Club & North Shore Fencers Club)

Silver: Kyle Yamasaki (East Bay Fencers Gym & San Luis Highlanders Fencing Club)

Bronze: Nicholas "Nick" Hallman (Austin Fencers Club)

Bronze: Sandor Mandoki (Halberstadt Fencers' Club)

5th: Solomon Liou (Medeo Fencing Club & New Jersey Fencing Alliance)

6th: Eric Pho (Fencers Club Inc. & Rockland Fencers Club)

7th: Tommi Hurme (Olympian Fencing Club)

8th: Justin Bronzo


Vet-50 Men’s Epee

Gold: Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu (East Bay Fencers Gym)

Silver: Keith Lichten (East Bay Fencers Gym)

Bronze: Andrew Prihodko (Vivo Fencing Club)

Bronze: Tobias "Toby" Lee (Metro Tacoma Fencing Club)

5th: Philip Hedges (Academy Of Fencing Masters)

6th: Aaron Gaines (No Fear Fencing & San Diego Fencing Center)

7th: Brian Clawson (No Fear Fencing & South Coast Fencing Center)

8th: Daniel Wheeler (DC Fencers Club)


Vet-60 Men’s Epee

Gold: Fred Frank (Northwest Fencing Center)
Silver: Walter Dragonetti (Battle Born Fencing Club & Hooked On Fencing)
Bronze: David Jensen (Fortune Fencing)
Bronze: Mark Nixon (LA International Fencing)
5th: Sean Ameli (Battle Born Fencing Club)
6th: Jeff Hudson (Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts)
7th: Eric Speicher (Ace Fencing Academy)
8th: Jeff Altman (Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy & Denver Fencing Center)


Vet-70 Men’s Epee

Gold: Daryl Taylor (Fortune Fencing)
Silver: Thomas Henzler (Alliance Fencing Academy & Escrime Du Lac)
Bronze: Dwain Blakley (Alliance Fencing Academy)
Bronze: Timothy Glass (Ataba Fencing Club)
5th: Mark Wheeler (Windy City Fencing-Chicago & Academy Of Fencing Masters)
6th: Matthew Simmons (Epee Miami Fencing Club)
7th: Tom Lutton (Denver Fencing Center)
8th: Robert Tkach (Bucks County Academy Of Fencing & Atlantic Fencing Academy)


Vet-80 Men’s Epee

Gold: Frank Hewitt (Cabrillo Academy Of The Sword)

Silver: Kazimieras Campe (DC Fencers Club)

Bronze: Dick Weber (Denver Fencing Center)

Bronze: Barry Leonardini (East Bay Fencers Gym)

5th: Robert "Rosey" Rosenthal (San Luis Highlanders Fencing Club)

6th: Jose Deolivares (Cardinal Fencing Academy)

7th: Lun-Hun Lin (Taipei)

8th: James Gallivan (Fortune Fencing)

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