SoCal Youth Fencers Dominate the Region

Every year, USA Fencing awards its highly coveted Regional Recognition Patches to the top three Regional Point holders in Y-10, Y-12, and Y-14 for each weapon in each of the nation’s six Regions. Regional Points are earned at Regional Youth Circuit (RYC) competitions. The SoCal Division resides in Region 4, which consists of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.

Fifty-six patches were awarded in Region 4 this year, and 14 of them went to SoCal Fencers. That means that 1 out of every 4 Regional Recognition Patches awarded in the entire six-state Region went to a SoCal Fencer! With results like these, the future of fencing in Southern California looks bright.

Congratulations to all of our Regional Recognition Patch Winners.

2016-17 Regional Recognition Patch Winners

WEAPON	PATCH	SOCAL FENCER	CLUB
Y-14 MF	Gold	Ilya Ayupov	UFA
Y-12 WF	Bronze	Kaila J Yi	UFA
Y-10 MF	Silver	Benjamin J Musher	LAIFC
Y-14 ME	Gold	Stafford Moosekian	Swords
Y-14 ME	Bronze	Wilson Zhu	Fortune
Y-14 WE	Gold	Irene Yeu	Swords
Y-12 ME	Gold	Jackson S Norbutas	Swords
Y-12 ME	Bronze	Ryan Lin	Fortune
Y-12 WE	Gold	Olivia Daniel	Fortune
Y-12 WE	Bronze	Lauren McLane	Swords
Y-10 ME	Gold	Nicholas Jin	Fortune
Y-10 ME	Bronze	Sebastien A Noel	BHFC
Y-10 WE	Gold	Ella P LaBrache	LAIFC
Y-12 WS	Silver	Riya Patel	D'Asaro

A full list of 2016-17 Regional Recognition Patch Winners for Y-10, Y-12 and Y-14 can be found here.