USA Fencing

HONG KONG, China — USA collegiate fencers competed in a two-day invitational competition in Hong Kong on Aug. 11 and 12, winning five of six individual events in men’s and women’s epee, foil and saber.

On the second day of competition, a mixed-team event was held. More than 30 students from 10 U.S. schools participated, fencing against students from three Chinese universities. The event was co-hosted by the Absolute Development and Exchange Foundation (ADAEF) and Hong Kong Baptist University, where the competition was held.

This event previously took place annually throughout Asia, having paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past few years. The last event was in Singapore in 2019.

“We are happy to be back and sponsoring our yearly invitational collegiate tournament,” says ADAEF President Gary Lu. “With this event, our U.S. college fencers take part in an enriching fencing and cultural experience unlike any other, competing internationally and making new friends with other students from home and abroad. We very much appreciate working with everyone at Hong Kong Baptist University to make this a success for everyone.”

In the individual events on the first day, winners included Sabrina Cho (Univ. of Pennsylvania) taking gold in women’s foil; Jasper Levy (Princeton Univ.) winning men’s foil; Justin Haddad (Columbia Univ.) winning men’s epee; Chloe Gouhin (Columbia Univ.) taking women’s saber; and Donghwan Park (Stanford Univ.) winning men’s saber. Nuo Zu (Tsinghua Univ.) won women’s epee.

The second day featured a mixed-team event, held in an “Italian relay” style, which has six-person teams (three weapons, men and women) fencing one-another to potential maximum of 30 points (up to five points in each bout). Fencers are randomly paired with students from different universities and countries playing on each team.

In the round-robin event, each team fences each team throughout the day, with the teams winning the most victories and indicators taking gold, silver and bronze medals.

The full results are available on Fencing Time Live, and here are the medalists:

Women's Foil:

1 CHO Sabrina Noelani, University of Pennsylvania

2 CHAN Nok Sze Daphne, Unattached

3T QI Wu Si, Shanghai Lixinshu Financial Institution

3T FERRARI Christina Mary, Duke University

 

Men's Foil:

1 LEVY Jasper Gold, Princeton University

2 BROSZUS Blake Johannes Gerhard, University of Pennsylvania

3T EVANS Cameron Raleigh, Duke University

3T BINDER Zachary Bryan, Columbia University

 

Women's Epee:

1 ZU Nuo, Tsinghua University

2 WANG Karen Pujun, Northwestern University

3T VERMEULE Emily Dickinson, Harvard University

3T PIRKOWSKI Amanda Lee, University of Notre Dame

 

Men's Epee:

1 HADDAD Justin Robert, Columbia University

2 CANDELA Nicholas Ghanem, University of Notre Dame

3T HANSEN Jonas Bernard Seiderman, Harvard University

3T VINNITCHOUK Theodore V, Yale University

 

Women's Saber:

1 GOUHIN Chloe Tortience, Columbia University

2 KONG Vera, Columbia University

3T WILLIAMS Jadeyn Erica, University of Notre Dame HKG

3T ANGLADE Alexis Clarissa, Princeton University

 

Men's Saber:

1 PARK Donghwan, Stanford University

2 WIND Nicholas Erik, University of North Carolina

3T ZAU Calvin, Stanford University HKG

3T ZHANG Chenwei, Tsinghua University

Find photos on the Absolute Development & Exchange Foundation Facebook page.