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2022 Summer Nationals: Day 9 Recap

07/10/2022, 8:45pm CDT
By Bryan Wendell

Devyn Anthony woke up feeling confident, even telling his parents, “I’m gonna go for the gold.” About 12 hours later, he had done just that — earning the 2022 Y-12 men’s saber national championship.


Devyn V. Anthony (Cobra Fencing Club LLC / Peter Westbrook Foundation) maintained a strong performance from start to finish on Sunday. (Photo by Serge Timacheff)

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Devyn Anthony (Cobra Fencing Club LLC / Peter Westbrook Foundation) woke up feeling confident. 

“I just felt good,” he says. “I told my parents this morning, I'm gonna go for the gold.”

About 12 hours after that optimistic start to his day, Anthony had done just that — earning the 2022 Y-12 men’s saber national championship and that gold medal.

“I always think that I can win,” he says. “Even if I lose a bout, I say, ‘I'll get them next time.’”

Anthony earned one of eight national titles on the line during the ninth day of the 2022 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge, or Summer Nationals.

Up 14-4 in his final bout, Anthony might have been tempted to try something fancy — to alter his game to get that 15th point. But he avoided the temptation.

“You have to finish them out,” Anthony says. “I've always seen comebacks in all different sports — fencing, basketball, races. You don't want to get too cocky because the person could come back. A lot of fencers try to do fancy movements. I try to finish.”

And that’s just what he and seven other champions did on Sunday. Other gold medals were earned by:

  • Y-10 Women’s Epee: Navya Neelam (Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA))
  • Y-10 Men’s Foil: Francesco Fedeli (Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing)
  • Y-10 Women’s Saber: Zitong (Meya) Lei (Laguna Fencing Center)
  • Y-12 Men’s Epee: Christopher Davoodian (Swords Fencing Studio)
  • Y-12 Women’s Foil: Sara Amr Hossny (South Brooklyn Fencing)
  • Division II Men’s Foil: Matthew Li (AIC Fencing Club)
  • Division III Women’s Saber: Siwen Liao (Miracle Fencing Club / Nazlymov Fencing Foundation)

Day 9 Results

Y-10 Women’s Epee

Gold and National Champion: Navya Neelam (Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA))

Silver: Sama Abuelfutuh (Kaizen Academy LLC)

Bronze: Gloria Lee (Elite Fencing Academy (VA) / Elite Fencing Academy (GA))

Bronze: Katerina Borotko (Medeo Fencing Club)

5th: Jessica Xu (Academy of Fencing Masters (AFM))

6th: Sophia Habek (East Bay Fencers Gym)

7th: Avital Tismensky (Windy City Fencing-Chicago)

8th: Julieanne Qi (Guanyi Fencing Academy)

 

Y-10 Men’s Foil

Gold and National Champion: Francesco Fedeli (Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing)

Silver: Charles Yang (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

Bronze: Bradley Li (Star Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Kai Toomre (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) / Fencers School Of Connecticut)

5th: Mason Bieler (Elite Fencing Club / United Fencing Academy)

6th: Eric Jonathan Chang (Golubitsky Fencing Center)

7th: Hanson Chen (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)

8th: Gaven Hou (Star Fencing Academy)

 

Y-10 Women’s Saber

Gold and National Champion: Zitong (Meya) Lei (Laguna Fencing Center)

Silver: Anne Cong (Halberstadt Fencers' Club)

Bronze: Veronika Gonzalez (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

Bronze: Joy Gong (International Fencing Club)

5th: Ellie Kang (Halberstadt Fencers' Club)

6th: Alexandria Fan (Miracle Fencing Club)

7th: Rei Nemorin (Cobra Fencing Club LLC)

8th: Tara Kaul (Nellya Fencers)

 

Y-12 Men’s Epee

Gold and National Champion: Christopher Davoodian (Swords Fencing Studio)

Silver: David Dodin (New York Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Andy Zheng (Guanyi Fencing Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club)

Bronze: A.J. Trull (Ocean State Fencing Club)

5th: Tudor Hamza (Kaizen Academy LLC)

6th: Zhengyang Chen (Swords Fencing Studio)

7th: Ravin Singh (Penta Olympic Fencing Club)

8th: Jayden Kim (Battle Born Fencing Club)

 

Y-12 Women’s Foil

Gold and National Champion: Sara Amr Hossny (South Brooklyn Fencing)

Silver: Caterina S. Fedeli (Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing)

Bronze: Rachel Kim (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

Bronze: Ella Calise (Fencing Academy Of Westchester / Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester))

5th: Ava Mcsherry (Fencers Club Inc. / Peter Westbrook Foundation)

6th: Viviene E. Goor (Massialas Foundation (M Team))

7th: Renee Chen (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)

8th: Iris Yang (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester))

 

Y-12 Men’s Saber

Gold and National Champion: Devyn V. Anthony (Cobra Fencing Club LLC / Peter Westbrook Foundation)

Silver: Luke Vaid (Nellya Fencers)

Bronze: Evan Kang (Dynamo Fencing Center Inc.)

Bronze: Semeon Ermakov (Fencing Academy of Denver)

5th: Nicholas Mehan (Stamford Fencing Center LLC)

6th: Jeein Joo (South Bay Fencing Academy)

7th: Nathan Munguia (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)

8th: Lucas Holz (Premier Fencing Academy LLC)

 

Division II Men’s Foil

Gold and National Champion: Matthew Li (AIC  Fencing Club)

Silver: Willem Joseph (Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club / East Coast Fencing Club)

Bronze: Ryan Y. Kim (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

Bronze: Joshua J. Shin (Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club)

5th: Derek A. Kim (Golubitsky Fencing Center)

6th: Kazu Z. Honda (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

7th: Owen G. Traugot (Manhattan Fencing Center)

8th: Matthew D. Mejia (Space City Fencing Academy)

 

Division III Women’s Saber

Gold and National Champion: Siwen Liao (Miracle Fencing Club / Nazlymov Fencing Foundation)

Silver: Jayna M. Davis (High Desert Fencing Alliance)

Bronze: Haojiao Xiong (The Fencing Center)

Bronze: Eve Scott (Capital Fencing Academy)

5th: Jaslene Lim (PDX Fencing)

6th: Brooke Deng (Sigma Fencing Academy)

7th: Ella Nguyen (Manhattan Fencing Center)

8th: Sadhika Mulagari (The Fencing Center)

 

Find full results on Fencing Time Live.

Tag(s): Updates  2022 Summer Nationals