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Summer Nationals 2025

2025 Summer Nationals, Day 3 Recap: Captivating Comebacks and Cultivating Community

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by Bryan Wendell & Nicole Kirk

A fencer celebrations in women's epee
Jasmine McGlade completed her comeback by winning gold on the third day of the 2025 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — After almost a decade away from the sport, Jasmine McGlade (Northern Colorado Fencers) began the steady climb back into fencing about a year ago.

And on Monday, the former Division I-A, Junior, Cadet and NCAA national champion reached her latest mountaintop moment: the Vet-40 Women’s Epee national championship, one of 11 gold medals awarded on Monday, the third day of the 2025 Summer Nationals. 

“I'm just unbelievably grateful,” she says. “I feel like these moments, honestly, are just like a celebration of all of the hard work that you've done, all of the therapy sessions where I was like, ‘why am I coming back to the sport? What am I doing?’ The sacrifice involved. I really wanted this so badl.” 

McGlade, like many Vet fencers, has to find time for fencing in her busy life — career, family, social life and more. 

“It's just a lot to juggle this, and at the end of the day, I absolutely love this sport,” she says. “The feelings of a win like this are what make it really worth it. So I'm just unbelievably happy.”

Sandra Marchant (Rogue Fencing Academy & The Phoenix Center) completed her own comeback on Monday. An injury had forced her to take two months off from fencing.

“I honestly didn't think I would get this far today,” she says. “I really haven't trained other than a little bit with [coach] Eric [Soyka] in a chair, yeah? And if it wasn't for my whole team getting me here, this would never have even happened. So it was a delight to even get as far as I did.”

Marchant’s next stop: the 2025 Veteran Fencing World Championships, where she’ll hope to use lessons learned from last year’s Worlds in Dubai — and from training in Europe the past two summers.

Vet Worlds is a unique competition because, unlike in Cadets, Juniors and Seniors, the competitors typically don’t see one another throughout the season. That makes opportunities like her European training session extra useful.

“I've learned a little bit more about how they fence, what they do, and their habits,” she says. “So I feel like bringing that with me is gonna help me in training.”

While reflecting on her national title, Valerie Asher (DC Fencers Club) praised the veteran fencers who have created an outstanding community within the fencing world. 

“The vets really have a strong sense of community,” she says. “It's a very welcoming community. It also offers you an incredible opportunity to age in the healthiest possible way.”

She reflected on the friends she’s had in fencing for 20-plus years. 

“But there are also people that, you know, I go to a tournament, it's in a far off place and we hang out, we have a great time,” she says. “And, you know, now we're friends.”

Day 3 Medalists — Top 8 #

Cadet Women’s Epee

Gold: CJ Tolsma (Alliance Fencing Academy)

Silver: Vivian Young (Olympian Fencing Club & Austin Fencers Club)

Bronze: Natalya Cafasso (Olympia Fencing Center)

Bronze: Katya Seregin (Marx Fencing Academy)

5th: Regina Lee (Swords Fencing Studio)

6th: Yanka Sobus (Canada)

7th: Maya Kozlowski (Woodlands International Fencing Club)

8th: Nicole Ganser (Medeo Fencing Club)

Cadet Men’s Saber

Gold: Collin Chon (Globus Fencing Academy)

Silver: Devyn Anthony (Peter Westbrook Foundation & Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

Bronze: Liangxuan Jin (China)

Bronze: Jeein Joo (South Bay Fencing Academy & Globus Fencing Academy)

5th: Jonathan Ng (Durkan Fencing Academy)

6th: Jacob Sanchez (San Diego Fencing Center)

7th: Oliver Cao (West Coast Fencing Academy)

8th: Ethan Kim (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

Junior Men’s Epee

Gold: Michael Bezrodnov (Medeo Fencing Club)

Silver: Simon Lioznyansky (Alliance Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Karol Karnas (Fencing Center of Chicago)

Bronze: Joshua Riggins (Elite Fencing Academy (GA) & Elite Fencing Academy (VA))

5th: Simon Shan (Dynamo Fencing/Canada)

6th: Caleb Eskridge (Alliance Fencing Academy)

7th: Ethan Chung (Dynamo Fencing/Canada)

8th: Stewart Lee (Alliance Fencing Academy)

Junior Women’s Foil

Gold: Katerina Lung (Moe Fencing Club LLC)

Silver: Yiran Wang (Star Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Hailey Eyer (Manchen Academy of Fencing)

Bronze: Rebecca Cho (Top Fencing Club)

5th: Joy Zhaoyi Liu (Golubitsky Fencing Center)

6th: Victoria Pevzner (University of Notre Dame & V Fencing Club)

7th: Adeline Senic (Renaissance Fencing Club)

8th: Chloe Chen (Elite Fencing Club)

Vet-40 Women’s Epee

Gold and National Champion: Jasmine McGlade (Northern Colorado Fencers)

Silver: Caterina Rovati (Orlando Fencing Sports Center LLC)

Bronze: Lauren Dunseath (Forge Fencing Teams DUR & Apex Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Kira Hansen (Academy of Fencing Masters)

5th: Haejung Hofman (Academy of Fencing Masters)

6th: Meghan Pinchuk (Ace Fencing Academy)

7th: Marie Lawson (DC Fencers Club)

8th: Rebekah Jorgensen (Twin Cities Fencing Club)

Vet-50 Women’s Epee

Gold and National Champion: Sandra Marchant (Rogue Fencing Academy & The Phoenix Center)

Silver: Kristin Foellmer (DC Fencers Club)

Bronze: Carola Schmid (Salle Auriol Seattle)

Bronze: Angelica Brisk (Olympia Fencing Center)

5th: Monica Exum (Salle Auriol Seattle)

6th: Yuliya Ganser (Medeo Fencing Club)

7th: Ann Totemeier (Northern Colorado Fencers & Denver Fencing Center)

8th: Michele Chimienti (No Fear Fencing & Fortune Fencing)

Vet-60 Women’s Epee

Gold and National Champion: Valerie Asher (DC Fencers Club)

Silver: Cynthia Glover (Rain City Fencing Center & Salle Auriol Seattle)

Bronze: Lyn Christian (Denver Fencing Center & Valkyrie Fencing Club)

Bronze: Suzanne Bloomer (Academy of Fencing Masters & University of Alaska Fairbanks Fencing Club)

5th: Lydia Fabry (Avant Garde Fencers Club & Fortune Fencing)

6th: Toby Tolley (The Phoenix Center & Rogue Fencing Academy)

7th: Georgina Love (Space Coast Olympic Fencing)

8th: Louise Leighton (Escrime du Lac)

Vet-70 Women’s Epee

Gold and National Champion: Jennette Starks-Faulkner (Connecticut Fencers Club & Marx Fencing Academy)

Silver: Charlotta Bowie (Modern Duelists Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Cathy Kelley (Olympian Fencing Club)

Bronze: Lori Radich (Hangtown Saber Club & The Fencing Center)

5th: Anna Telles (Salle Auriol Seattle)

6th: Henri Gales (Charlotte Fencing Academy)

7th: Erica Julien (Forge Fencing Teams DUR)

8th: Jann Ream (Iowa City Fencing Center)

Vet-80 Women’s Epee

Gold and National Champion:Patricia Bedrosian (Salle Couturier)

Silver: Erica Julien (Forge Fencing Teams DUR)

Bronze: Bettie Graham (Chevy Chase Fencing Club)

Senior Team Women’s Saber

Gold: South Bay Fencing Academy (Ilaria Calviati, Janna Freedman, Francesca Romana Lentini and Jiayi Wang)

Silver: The Reunited Nations (Gloria Ruoyan Wang, Heartlyn Tabangay, Irmak Senoglu and Emilia Pabian)

Bronze: Bergen Ballerinas Part 2 (Olivia Dai, Anna Hu, Leila Probasco and Sarah Zeng)

Senior Team Men’s Foil

Gold: GSFA Red (Alessio Di Tommaso, Kian Dierks, Ethan Gassner and Akhmadillokhon Solikhojiev)

Silver: Team Eric Li (Sebastian Elwood, Eric Li, Ivan-Asen Radoslavov and Congyu Josh Sima)

Bronze: Magical Muffins (Jonathan Huang, Jason Park, Riccardo Sisinni and Leon Wujastyk)

Day 3 Photos #

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