Clubs: New York Athletic Club and Columbia University
Coach: Alexander Abend
Family: Parents Ralph and Kara Mecke, sister Alastair Mecke
Favorite Fencing Memory: Receiving his acceptance to Columbia while at the Heraklion Junior World Cup
Something People Would Be Surprised to Know: He was born and lived in Paris for 12 years, was in a choir and sang for the pope on New Year's, and he's afraid of the suburbs.
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 3 (Junior), No. 18 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 50 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2019 (Silver - Team)

Results

2019:

Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Belgrade Junior World Cup (Team)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Bronze - January North American Cup (Division I)
Ninth - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Ninth - Basel Junior World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - Basel Junior World Cup (Team)
22nd - January North American Cup (Junior)
34th - Belgrade Junior World Cup (Individual)

2018:

Seventh - July Challenge (Division I)
15th - November North American Cup (Junior)
17th - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
19th - January North American Cup (Division I)
27th - July Challenge (Junior)
28th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
33rd - December North American Cup (Division I)
35th - October North American Cup (Division I)
35th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
42nd - Riga Junior World Cup
51st - January North American Cup (Junior)

2017:

Silver - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Team)
Seventh - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Individual)
Ninth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
11th - January North American Cup (Division I)
20th - December North American Cup (Division I)
23rd - January North American Cup (Junior)
35th - July Challenge (Junior)
42nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
55th - November North American Cup (Junior)
61st - Heraklion Junior World Cup

2016:

Silver - Grenoble Cadet European Cup (Team)
Bronze - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Team)
Bronze - July Challenge (Cadet)
Ninth - December North American Cup (Division IA)
10th - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Individual)
13th - November North American Cup (Junior)
18th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
18th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
28th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
40th - July Challenge (Junior)
44th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
47th - Grenoble Cadet European Cup (Individual)
55th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
61st - July Challenge (Division I)

2015:

Seventh - November North American Cup (Cadet)
10th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
14th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
26th - April North American Cup (Y14)
29th - November North American Cup (Junior)
37th - Copenhagen Cadet European Cup
48th - July Challenge (Cadet)
57th - December North American Cup (Division I)

2014:

27th - March North American Cup (Y14)
30th - November North American Cup (Y14)
56th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)

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