National – SoCal Division https://www.socaldivision.org USA Fencing Mon, 10 Jul 2023 06:46:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.socaldivision.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-USA-Fencing-Logo-32x32.png National – SoCal Division https://www.socaldivision.org 32 32 2023 Summer Nationals – SoCal Results https://www.socaldivision.org/2023-summer-nationals-socal-results/ https://www.socaldivision.org/2023-summer-nationals-socal-results/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:15:47 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=4455 Fencers from the Southern California Division had a terrific showing at this year’s National Championships and July Challenge in Phoenix, Arizona, bringing home no fewer than 47 medals, and six National Titles! No other division of USA Fencing won more (the New Jersey Division also won six).

The newly minted National Champions from the Southern California Division, are:

Daryl Taylor – Vet-70 Men’s Epee National Champion
Howard Li – Y-12 Men’s Saber National Champion
Patricia Bedrosian – Vet-80 Women’s Epee National Champion
Regina Lee – Y-12 Women’s Epee National Champion
Regina Lee – Y-14 Women’s Epee National Champion (Yes, she won them both!)
Xuanyi Zhang – Y-12 Women’s Saber National Champion

Congratulations to all our medalists!

SoCal medalists are listed below. For full results, go here.

SoCal Medalists – Women

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB(S)
Div I Women’s Epee2Kasia NixonPWF / FC
Div II Women’s Saber2Mirka RamirezSBFA
Div III Women’s Saber6Michelle ChoSBFA
Div III Women’s Saber7Mirka RamirezSBFA
Y-10 Women’s Foil6TAbby YaoSCFC
Y-10 Women’s Saber6Evelyn JiangLAFAP
Y-12 Women’s Foil2Chloe SunSCFC
Y-12 Women’s Epee1Regina LeeSwords
Y-12 Women’s Epee2Yoyo WangSwords
Y-12 Women’s Epee6Camilla LeeSwords
Y-12 Women’s Saber1Xuanyi ZhangLAFAP
Y-14 Women’s Foil5TChloe ChenElite
Y-14 Women’s Epee1Regina LeeSwords
Y-14 Women’s Epee5Olivia LeeSwords
Cadet Women’s Epee3TZoe KimSwords
Cadet Women’s Saber2Charmaine AndresSCFA
Junior Women’s Saber2Charmaine AndresSCFA
Vet-40 Women’s Epee6Sue MohebiAce
Vet-60 Women’s Saber6Lydia FabryAGFC / SBFA
Vet-80 Women’s Foil2Patricia BedrosianCouturier
Vet-80 Women’s Epee1Patricia BedrosianCouturier

SoCal Medalists – Men

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB(S)
Div I Men’s Foil5Bryce LouieLAIFC
Div I Men’s Epee6Omar EmaraFortune / USAF
Div I-A Men’s Epee5Gabriel EversLAIFC
Div II Men’s Epee7Stanley ZhouLAIFC / No Fear
Div II Men’s Saber8Diego BarriosSBFA
Div III Men’s Saber5Lucas KroonSBFA
Div III Men’s Saber7Diego BarriosSBFA
Y-12 Men’s Epee2Allen ChenSwords
Y-12 Men’s Saber1Howard LiLAFAP
Y-12 Men’s Saber5TMichael AndresSCFA
Y-12 Men’s Saber5TJayden HwangLAFAP
Y-14 Men’s Epee7Jake LoSwords
Y-14 Men’s Saber8Howard LiLAFAP
Cadet Men’s Epee3TChaney GaoSwords
Cadet Men’s Epee5Jake LoSwords
Vet-40 Men’s Epee2Eric HansenLAIFC
Vet-40 Men’s Saber8Derek PlankAGFC
Vet-50 Men’s Foil2Oliver FoellmerLAIFC
Vet-60 Men’s Foil5Jamie DouraghyLAIFC
Vet-60 Men’s Foil7Gerald LeblancElite / LAIFC
Vet-60 Men’s Epee8David JensenFortune
Vet-70 Men’s Epee1Daryl TaylorFortune
Vet-80 Men’s Foil3TElmer Dean Martin IIILAIFC
Vet-80 Men’s Epee7James GallivanFortune / SDFA
Vet-80 Men’s Saber3TLucas DobrzanskiKAFF / Gryphon
Y-10 Men’s Saber2Hagan HwangLAFAP
]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/2023-summer-nationals-socal-results/feed/ 0 2023 Junior Olympic Medalists https://www.socaldivision.org/2023-junior-olympic-medalists/ https://www.socaldivision.org/2023-junior-olympic-medalists/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:22:48 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=4268 The 52nd annual Junior Olympic Championships, held this year at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, saw fencers from across America vie for medals in 24 individual Junior and Cadet events, as well as 12 Junior team events. Congratulations to our six Junior Olympic Medalists!

SoCal medalists are listed below. For full results, go here. For past results check out our Results Archive.

SoCal Medalists

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB
Junior Men’s Foil2William KellyLAIFC
Junior Women’s Epee5Regina LeeSwords
Junior Women’s Saber2Katherine AndresSCFA
Junior Women’s Saber8Charmaine AndresSCFA
Cadet Women’s Epee5Tallulah NguyenSwords
Cadet Women’s Epee6Zoe KimSwords
Cadet Women’s Saber3TCharmaine AndresSCFA
]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/2023-junior-olympic-medalists/feed/ 0 2022-23 USA Fencing Schedule Announced https://www.socaldivision.org/2022-23-usa-fencing-schedule-announced/ https://www.socaldivision.org/2022-23-usa-fencing-schedule-announced/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2022 03:39:35 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=3590 ]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/2022-23-usa-fencing-schedule-announced/feed/ 0 Kasia Nixon Wins the 2022 Women’s Epee National Championship https://www.socaldivision.org/kasia-nixon-wins-the-2022-national-championship/ https://www.socaldivision.org/kasia-nixon-wins-the-2022-national-championship/#respond Fri, 15 Jul 2022 04:09:41 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=3564 Watch Kasia Nixon (formerly of LAIFC) defeat 5-time National Champion Courtney Hurley to win the 2022 Division I National Title in Women’s Epee. This bout took place on April 23, 2022 in Charlotte, NC. Full results can be found here.

]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/kasia-nixon-wins-the-2022-national-championship/feed/ 0 2022 Summer Nationals Results https://www.socaldivision.org/2022-summer-nationals-results/ https://www.socaldivision.org/2022-summer-nationals-results/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:22:26 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=3538
Christopher Davoodian lands the final touch to win Y-12 Men’s Epee gold at the 2022 Summer Nationals in Minneapolis. Photo: USA Fencing

The results are in and SoCal fencers will be returning from this year’s Summer Nationals in Minneapolis, Minnesota with 32 medals! Six of them gold!! Congratulations to all our medalists, especially our first-place finishers: Christopher Davoodian, Janna Freedman, Regina Lee, Chloe Sun, Tino Tani and Xuanyi Zhang.

SoCal Medalists are listed below. Full results can be found here.

SoCal Medalists - Men

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB(S)
Div I-A Men's Saber6Oliver BergerLAIFC, SCFA
Junior Men's Foil8Brandon KimLAIFC
Cadet Men's Epee3TNicholas JinFortune
Y-14 Men's Epee6Kyran LinFortune
Y-12 Men's Epee1Christopher DavoodianSwords
Y-12 Men's Epee6Zhengyang ChenSwords
Y-12 Men's Saber6Jeein JooSBFA
Y-10 Men's Foil5Mason BielerElite FC, UFA
Y-10 Men's Saber1Tino TaniSCFA, WCFA
Y-10 Men's Saber3THoward LiLAFA of Pomona
Y-10 Men's Saber5Phillip YangSBFA
Vet-40 Men's Saber3TDerek PlonkaAGFC
Vet-50 Men's Foil2Oliver FoellmerLAIFC
Vet-50 Men's Foil5Ken ChiltonLAIFC
Vet-50 Men's Epee7Elsayed EmaraFortune, PFA
Vet-60 Men's Foil3TJerry LeBlancElite FC, LAIFC
Vet-60 Men's Epee3TDavid JensenFortune
Vet-70 Men's Foil2Marek Piatkowski-NazarroElite FC
Vet-70 Men's Foil6Paul KazimiroffBHFC
Vet-70 Men's Epee3TDaryl TaylorFortune

SoCal Medalists - Women

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB(S)
Div I Women's Epee2Kasia NixonPWF, FC
Div II Women's Foil3TKonnie DuanElite FC
Div III Women's Epee2Olivia LeeSwords
Junior Women's Foil8Rowan ParkNU, LAIFC
Cadet Women's Saber1Janna FreedmanSBFA
Cadet Women's Saber3TKira EriksonSBFA
Y-14 Women's Saber5Charmaine AndresSCFA
Y-14 Women's Saber6Olympia ChristothoulouLaguna FC, LAIFC
Y-12 Women's Epee1Regina LeeSwords
Y-12 Women's Saber1Xuanyi ZhangLAFA of Pomona
Y-12 Women's Saber8Jolene ChanSBFA
Y-10 Women's Foil1Chloe SunOCFC
Vet-40 Women's Epee5Michele ChimientiNo Fear, Fortune
Vet-60 Women's Saber3TLydia FabrySBFA

VIDEOS OF 2022 SUMMER NATIONALS BOUTS WITH SOCAL FENCERS
Y-12 Men’s Epee Semi-Final – Christopher Davoodian (SoCal) v A.J. Trull (New England)
Y-12 Men’s Epee Final – Christopher Davoodian (SoCal) v David Dodin (Metro NYC)
Y-10 Men’s Saber Semi-Final – Howard Li (SoCal) v Tino Tani (SoCal)
Y-10 Men’s Saber Final – Victor Liu (Georgia) v Tino Tani (SoCal)
Div III Women’s Epee Semi-Final – Olivia Lee (SoCal) v Kaitlyn Lee (CenCal)
Div III Women’s Epee Final – Grace Hicks (Westchester-Rockland) v Olivia Lee (SoCal)
Y-12 Women’s Epee Semi-Final – Chloe Tolsma (Gulf Coast) v Regina Lee (SoCal)
Y-12 Women’s Epee Final – Alexandra Smuk (New England) v Regina Lee (SoCal)
Y-12 Women’s Saber Semi-Final – Xuanyi Zhang (SoCal) v Sahana Gautam (CenCal)
Y-12 Women’s Saber Final – Xuanyi Zhang (SoCal) v Isabel Schmidt (NorCal)
Y-10 Women’s Foil Semi-Final – Chloe Sun (SoCal) v Enjia Sherry Liu (National)
Y-10 Women’s Foil Final – Aphrodite Tsimiklis (Long Island) v Chloe Sun (SoCal)

]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/2022-summer-nationals-results/feed/ 0 2021 Summer Nationals and Junior Olympics https://www.socaldivision.org/2021-summer-nationals-and-junior-olympics/ https://www.socaldivision.org/2021-summer-nationals-and-junior-olympics/#respond Sun, 18 Jul 2021 05:44:45 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=2981 This year’s combined Summer Nationals and Junior Olympic Championships took place in Philadelphia from July 3 to July 12, 2021. Congratulations to all our medalists (listed below). Full results can be found, here.

SoCal Medalists - Men

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB(S)EARNED
Div I Men's Foil1Nick ItkinLAIFC/Notre Dame
Div I Men's Epee6Adi Thein-SandlerLAIFC
Div III Men's Epee3Rohin PhukanSwordsC21
Y-10 Men's Saber3Daniil KovalevLaguna FC
Y-10 Men's Saber6Jayden HwangPomona
Y-12 Men's Foil6Nathan CanlasUFA
Y-12 Men's Saber6Michael AndresSouth Bay FA
Y-14 Men's Epee6Kyran LinFortune
Cadet Men's Epee3Max ZhuTeamK/YangA21
Junior Men's Foil3Eric YuLAIFC
Junior Men's Foil5Bryce LouieLAIFC
Vet-50 Men's Foil2Oliver FoellmerLAIFCB21
Vet-60 Men's Foil3Jamie DouraghyLAIFC/Elite

SoCal Medalists - Women

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB(S)EARNED
Div I Women's Epee5Kasia NixonFencers Club/LAIFC
Div I Women's Epee7Anna Van BrummenAllianceA21
Div I-A Women's Saber3Charmaine AndresSouth Bay FA
Div I-A Women's Saber5Stephanie CaoLaguna FC
Div II Women's Foil2Savannah LockeLAIFCB21
Div III Women's Saber1Kira EriksonSouth Bay FAC21
Y-10 Women's Foil3Chloe SunOCFC
Y-10 Women's Epee2Regina LeeSwords
Y-10 Women's Epee7Camilla LeeSwords
Y-10 Women's Saber3Xuanyi ZhangPomona
Y-10 Women's Saber6Jolene ChanSouth Bay FA
Y-12 Women's Epee5Regina LeeSwords
Y-12 Women's Epee7Olivia LeeSwords
Y-14 Women's Saber3Janna FreedmanSouth Bay FA
Vet-40 Women's Epee1Michele ChimientiNo Fear/Fortune
Vet-40 Women's Epee8Sue MohebiAce FA
Vet-60 Women's Saber2Lydia FabrySouth Bay FA
Vet-60 Women's Epee8Lydia FabrySouth Bay FAD21
]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/2021-summer-nationals-and-junior-olympics/feed/ 0 May NAC https://www.socaldivision.org/may-nac/ https://www.socaldivision.org/may-nac/#respond Mon, 10 May 2021 21:07:25 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=2884 Division I, Junior, Cadet, and Y14 events were all contested at the May North American Cup in Richmond, Virginia on May 6-9, 2021. Eleven SoCal fencers earned medals. Congratulations to them all!

SoCal medalists are listed below. For full results see here.

SoCal Medalists

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB
Div I Women's Epee5Kasia NixonLAIFC
Div I Men's Foil6Bryce LouieLAIFC
Div I Men's Epee6Stafford MoosekianSwords
Div I Men's Epee8Zeyad ElashryFortune
Div I Men's Saber8Quin BurgunderDurkan
Junior Women's Saber3Mikaela AvakianWCFA
Junior Men's Saber7Matthew LimbAGFC
Cadet Women's Saber3Janna FreedmanSBFA
Cadet Men's Saber6Andrew KimWCFA
Y-14 Men's Epee3Nicholas JinFortune
Y-14 Men's Epee6Kyran LinFortune
]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/may-nac/feed/ 0 The NAC is Back! https://www.socaldivision.org/the-nac-is-back/ https://www.socaldivision.org/the-nac-is-back/#respond Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:42:11 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=2783 Congratulations to all the SoCal fencers who came back from the first North American Circuit competition in over 15 months with shiny medals dangling from their necks. The tournament was held April 16-19, 2021 at the Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Over one thousand fencers from across the United States competed in Division I, Y14, Y12, and Y10 events.

SoCal Medalists are listed below. For complete results go here.

SoCal Medalists

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB
Div I Men's Foil5Bryce Louie
Div I Men's Epee8Ryan LeeSwords
Y-14 Women's Saber3Janna FreedmanSouth Bay FA
Y-12 Women's Epee5Regina LeeSwords
Y-12 Men's Epee6Jake LoSwords
Y-12 Men's Saber3Michael AndresSouth Bay FA
Y-10 Women's Foil2Chloe SunOrange County FC
Y-10 Women's Epee2Regina LeeSwords
Y-10 Women's Saber2Xuanyi Zhang
Y-10 Men's Saber1Michael AndresSouth Bay FA
Y-10 Men's Saber6Daniil KovalevLaguna FC

]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/the-nac-is-back/feed/ 0 SoCal Women’s Epee Team Wins 2020 Junior Olympics https://www.socaldivision.org/socal-womens-epee-team-wins-2020-junior-olympics/ https://www.socaldivision.org/socal-womens-epee-team-wins-2020-junior-olympics/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:34:51 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=2641
Junior Olympic Champions. Swords Fencing Studios Women’s Epee Team (l to r): Coach Trevor Shepard, Irene Yeu, Natalie Leung, Coach Tigran Shaginian, Amelia Wu, Nora Wang, Coach Luis Dealba-Yount, and Stephen Ewart. Photo: Kathryn Atwood.

SoCal fencers returned from this year’s Junior Olympic Championships in Columbus, Ohio, with medals in five epee events: three individual and two team. The Swords Women’s Epee Team bested 16 other teams to bring home the gold, while the LAIFC Men’s Epee Team finished ahead of 43 other teams to earn the Silver medal in their event.

Congratulations to all our Junior Olympic medalists!

SoCal medalist are listed below. For full results, see here.

SoCal Medalists

EVENTPLACEFENCER(S)CLUBEARNED
Junior Women's Epee5Karolina NixonLAIFCA20
Junior Men's Epee6Ryan LeeSwordsA20
Cadet Men's Epee8Alexander MosesLAIFCA20
Junior Team Women's Epee1Natalie Leung
Nora Wang
Amelia Wu
Irene Yeu		Swords
Junior Team Men's Epee2Aaron Lee
Hugh Milam
Alexander Moses
Wilson Zhu		LAIFC
Junior Olympic Medalists, Junior Men’s Epee. SoCal fencer Ryan Lee (blue jacket) finished 6th out of 394 competitors. Photo: Kathryn Atwood.
]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/socal-womens-epee-team-wins-2020-junior-olympics/feed/ 0 January NAC Results https://www.socaldivision.org/january-nac/ https://www.socaldivision.org/january-nac/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:52:23 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=2625 This year’s January North American Cup was held in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 3-6, 2020. Athletes competed in Division I, Junior, Parafencing, and Senior Team events. Congratulations to all our medalists!

SoCal medalists are listed below. Full results can be found here.

SoCal Medalists

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUB
Div I Women's Epee3TKasia NixonLAIFC
Div I Men's Epee5Justin YooLAIFC
Junior Women's Epee1Irene YeuSwords
Junior Women's Epee3TChloe DanielUPenn/Fortune
Junior Women's Foil3TKarina YaroshenkoElite
Junior Men's Foil3TBryce LouieLAIFC
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