USA Fencing

PHOENIX, Ariz. —  Out of all of the excitement on day nine of Summer Nationals, eight gold medals and National titles were awarded to fencers who fought so hard for them. Through long days, and for some a long week, they collected their first national titles all the way to their third of the week.

Heartlyn Tabangay was one of the fencers who fought hard, and on her third straight day of fencing claimed the Division III Women’s Saber gold medal and National title. Staying consistent and taking it one bout at a time is the key to success for Tabangay as she claimed her third National title in three days. She is all about staying constant and “not thinking about winning and just be in the moment.” 

In her dominating win that claimed her third National title, she reflected on the fact that she hadn’t placed in every NAC she had competed in, and noted “this is a big week.” She continues to emphasize that she wants to fence internationally and continue to improve on her fencing.

Sophia Habek “trained super hard” for her Y-10 Women’s Epee gold medal and National title. Habek worked on multiple aspects of her fencing that played out in her journey to the medal stand and as soon as she got that final touch she couldn’t help but think to herself “this is amazing.”  

Andy Zheng collected a National title and gold medal in Y-12 Men’s Epee, his first gold medal at a national tournament. He has worked incredibly hard to earn this medal especially after fencing earlier in the tournament in the Y-14 event. He worked on staying warm today throughout the entire event after fencing in Y-14, “when I was fencing in Y-14 I was sitting, doing nothing, so today I decided to move around and to stay warm,” which ultimately helped lead him to the top of the medal stand.

Day 9 Results

Division II Men’s Foil

Gold Medalist and National Champion:Christopher Lee (Metro Tacoma Fencing Club)

Silver: Ethan Liu (Renaissance Fencing Club)

Bronze: Nathan Schlesinger (Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia / Massialas Foundation)

Bronze: Finn Mcisaac (Renaissance Fencing Club)

5th: Jason Qian (Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing)

6th: Bhrugu Setlur (Prime Fencing Academy)

7th: Luca Nicoletti (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

8th: Owen Cozine (Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club)

Division III Women’s Saber

Gold Medalist and National Champion: Heartlyn Tabangay (Midwest Fencing Club)

Silver: Sahana Gautam (Halberstadt Fencers' Club)

Bronze: Brooke Deng (Sigma Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Rachael Huang (Lilov Fencing Academy)

5th: Aubrey Testroet (Northwest Indiana Fencing Club)

6th: Michelle Cho (South Bay Fencing Academy)

7th: Mirka A. Ramirez (South Bay Fencing Academy)

8th: Nina Goldin (Salle Auriol Seattle)

Y-12 Women’s Foil

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

Silver: Chloe Sun (SoCAL Fencing Center)

Bronze: Emily (Euran) Cho (V Fencing Club)

Bronze: Iris Yang (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

T5th: Renee Chen (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)

T5th: Kaylin Hsu (Precision Athletics Fencing Club)

7th: Ava McSherry (Fencers Club Inc.)

8th: Emilia Shen (Star Fencing Academy)

Y-10 Women’s Epee

Gold Medalist and National Champion: Sophia Habek (East Bay Fencers Gym)

Silver: Anika Adyanthaya (Medeo Fencing Club)

Bronze: Una Zhu (Vivo Fencing Club)

Bronze: Bernardita Carceller (Epee Miami Fencing Club)

5th: Jane Zhang (Cavalier Fencing Club)

6th: Isabella Oluyole (Fencing Sports Academy, Inc.)

7th: Alexa Ramey (Alliance Fencing Academy)

8th: Chenxi Jiang (Cavalier Fencing Club)

Y-10 Women’s Saber

Gold Medalist and National Champion: Joy Gong (International Fencing Club)

Silver: JiaQi Wang (Platinum Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Jessie Long (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)

Bronze: Ashley Zhang (Platinum Fencing Academy)

5th: Rei Nemorin (Manhattan Fencing Center)

6th: Evelyn Jiang (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)

7th: Emily Wang (Capital Fencing Academy)

8th: Jayden Mak (Olympian Fencing Studio)

Y-12 Men’s Epee

Gold Medalist and National Champion: Andy Zheng (Guanyi Fencing Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club)

Silver: Zhengyang (Allen) Chen (Swords Fencing Studio)

Bronze: Samuel Borisenko (Windy City Fencing-Chicago)

Bronze: Dashan Xia (Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center)

5th: Evan Midyany (New York Fencing Academy)

6th: Levent Nakas (New York Fencing Academy)

7th: Bennett Corbin (Tampa Fencing & Tennis Academy)

8th: Kenneth Huang (Fencing Center Of Chicago)

Y-12 Men’s Saber

Gold Medalist and National Champion: Howard Li (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)

Silver: Nathanael Nardini (Cobra Fencing Club LLC)

Bronze: Alex Huang (Lilov Fencing Academy)

Bronze: Marcus Pinto (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

T5th: Michael Andres (Southern California Fencing Academy - SOCALFA)

T5th: Jayden Hwang (LA Fencing Academy of Pomona)

T7th: William CarringtonIV (Cobra Fencing Club LLC)

T7th: Ali Biviji (Cobra Fencing Club LLC)

Y-12 Men's Foil

Gold Medalist and National Champion: Alber Wu (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

Silver: Jonathan Chang (Silicon Valley Fencing Center)

Bronze: Dalton Sheng (AIC Fencing Club)

Bronze:. Oliver Vaden (Fencing Sports Academy, Inc.)

5th: Evan Parrish (AIC Fencing Club)

6th: Adam Zhao (Birmingham Fencing Club)

7th: Ethan Chen (Tim Morehouse Fencing Club)

8th: Timofey Simonov (Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy)

 

See the complete results on Fencing Time. 

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