February NAC 2026 Day 4 Recap: Final Day of Fencing
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by Nicole Kirk
Cincinnati, Ohio - The 2026 February North American Cup wrapped up with another seven gold medalists crowned. There were all smiles as the event rounded out, and champions stood at the top of the podium for the final day.
Julie Seal (Valkyrie Fencing Club) reached her fifth gold medal of the weekend in the Veteran Women’s Saber event. Five gold medals in one weekend was accomplished by her daring herself.
“You know what, it was a dare. You know,I thought to myself, ‘I wonder if I can get six out of six?’ I came really close.”
She said in order to get six there were some things she could still work on. “ I think there's still room to make it tighter. I think there's still room to do more with my footwork. I think there's still room in mindset, and I think there's still room in just controlling the frequency of all things in the universe.”
Kai Liu (Shoreline Fencers Club & Medeo Fencing Club) had some tough bouts, “I definitely had a lot of comebacks today, like I had to grind some of these touches, some of these bouts in the top 32 and the top eight and top four. So, it was a long day.”
Despite it being long days of fencing, everyone left with smiles on the final day. Each event’s top eight finishers stood tall on the podium, proud of their accomplishments.
The next national competition is back in Ohio featuring younger age categories, March 6-9, 2026.
Day 4 Results
Junior Men’s Foil
Gold: Borys Budovskyi
Silver: Caleb Jeon (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)
Bronze: Ben Rose (Apex Fencing Academy & AIC Fencing Club)
Bronze: Bradley Li (Star Fencing Academy)
5th: Nickolas Rusadze (University of Notre Dame & Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester))
6th: Castor Kao (Star Fencing Academy)
7th: Derek Liu (Star Fencing Academy)
8th: Aaron Wang (Bluegrass Fencers' Club)
Junior Men’s Saber
Gold: Silas Choi (Globus Fencing Academy)
Silver: Semeon Ermakov (Fencing Academy of Denver & Nellya Fencers)
Bronze: Elijah Kim (Globus Fencing Academy)
Bronze: Shaun Kim (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)
5th: Nazir Primus (Peter Westbrook Foundation & Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)
6th: Daniel Wang (Dynamo Fencing Center Inc.)
7th: Jeein Joo (South Bay Fencing Academy & Globus Fencing Academy)
8th: Aiden Tse (Premier Fencing Academy)
Div I Women’s Épée
Gold: Kai Liu (Shoreline Fencers Club & Medeo Fencing Club)
Silver: Alexandra Rakhovski (New York Fencing Academy)
Bronze: Natalya Cafasso (Olympia Fencing Center)
Bronze: Christina Watrall (New Jersey)
5th: Tierna Oxenreider (New York Athletic Club & New York Fencing Academy)
6th: Leehi Machulsky (Academy of Fencing Masters (AFM))
7th: Elizabeth Zigalo (New York Fencing Academy)
8th: Melinda Yao (Alliance Fencing Academy)
Parafencing Women’s Saber
Gold: Shelby Mitchell (Valkyrie Fencing Club)
Silver: Stephanina Michaelis (Valkyrie Fencing Club)
Bronze: Marley Timko (Denver Fencing Center)
Bronze: Ellen Geddes (Shepherd Swords Fencing Club & Orion Fencing)
5th: Cora Weeks (Denver Fencing Foundation & Denver Fencing Center)
6th: Leslie Irby (Nellya Fencers & Shepherd Swords Fencing Club)
7th: Mama T Dykes (American Adaptive Fencing Alliance & Zeljkovic Fencing Academy)
8th: Violet Pacheco-Morales (Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation)
Parafencing Men’s Saber
Gold: Tareq Alqallaf (Zeljkovic Fencing Academy)
Silver: Timothy Birt (Shepherd Swords Fencing Club & Auburn Fencing Club)
Veteran Men’s Épée
Gold: Keith Lichten (East Bay Fencers Gym)
Silver: Adam Maczik (Marx Fencing Academy)
Bronze: Kyle Yamasaki (East Bay Fencers Gym & San Luis Highlanders Fencing Club)
Bronze: Dan Krogh (Northwest Fencing Center)
5th: Joseph Deucher (DC Fencers Club)
6th: Nick Hallman (Austin Fencers Club)
7th: Jacob Gersen (Olympia Fencing Center)
8th: Noah Zucker (Cobra Fencing Club LLC & Arena Fencing Academy LLC)
Veteran Women’s Saber
Gold: Julie Seal (Valkyrie Fencing Club)
Silver: Kathryn Pierrynowski (Research Triangle Fencing)
Bronze: Eileen Foley (Denver Fencing Center)
Bronze: Agnieszka Koszyk (RedStar Fencing Club Chicago)
5th: Yelena Kalkina (Oregon Fencing Alliance)
6th: Leigh Altman (Globus Fencing Academy & Richmond County Fencing Center)
7th: Liz Enochs (United Fencers of Oakland)
8th: Nona Lim (United Fencers of Oakland)
You can find all of the great photos from day four here.
