USA Fencing

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For Alexander Massialas OLY (Massialas Foundation — M Team), the plan in 2023 has been clear: Earn gold medals. Lots of them.

Massialas added to his tally on Saturday in Tokoname, Japan, winning the Tokoname Men's Foil World Cup. That’s two straight gold medals to start the 2023-24 FIE season for Massialas, who also won gold in November in Istanbul.

The medal is Massialas' 10th career gold at an FIE World Cup or Grand Prix event and fifth gold medal in the calendar year. 

More than 5,600 miles away, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Lee Kiefer OLY (Bluegrass Fencers' Club) started her 2023-24 FIE season off right with a silver at the Novi Sad World Cup. 

This was the 32nd World Cup/Grand Prix medal for Kiefer in her legendary career, and she — like Massialas — is ranked No. 1 in the world.

While Massialas and Kiefer earned Team USA's two individual medals this weekend, they weren't the only ones whose business trips were successful. Several Team USA fencers helped their standing on the road to the Paris Olympics with top 8, top 16, top 32 and top 64 finishes. Great job, team! 

Congratulations to these fencers and all who competed this weekend. And we can’t forget the teams behind the team — coaches, sports med providers, parents, teammates, clubmates and everyone else who ensures our athletes are at their best month after month.

Tokoname World Cup (Men's Foil)

Gold: Alexander Massialas OLY
9th: Gerek Meinhardt OLY
10th: Nick Itkin OLY
14th: Miles Chamley-Watson OLY
40th: Chase Emmer
54th: Marcello Olivares
58th: Ethan Gassner
61st: Andrew Chen
63rd: Bryce Louie
68th: Samarth Kumbla
74th: Sidarth Kumbla
83rd: James Bourtis

Novi Sad World Cup (Women's Foil)

Silver: Lee Kiefer OLY
7th: Jacqueline Dubrovich OLY
8th: Lauren Scruggs
14th: Zander Rhodes
43rd: Maia Mei Weintraub
69th: Stefani Deschner
103rd: Morgan Partridge
106th: Sabrina Cho
116th: Katerina Lung
124th: Sophia Shen
126th: Sara Taffel
160th: Sabrina Massialas OLY

Orleans Grand Prix (Saber)

Women

9th: Magda Skarbonkiewicz
22nd: Tatiana Nazlymov
26th: Maia Chamberlain
32nd: Nora Burke
35th: Elizabeth Tartakovsky
41st: Lola Possick
49th: Kara Linder
69th: Zoe Kim
72nd: Honor Johnson
74th: Vera Kong
100th: Maggie Shealy
120th: Chloe Fox-Gitomer

Men
18th: Eli Dershwitz OLY
20th: Mitchell Saron
37th: Grant Williams
43rd: Daryl Homer OLY
48th: Andrew Mackiewicz OLY
59th: Jared Smith
81st: Andrew Doddo
82nd: Cody Ji
90th: Filip Dolegiewicz
99th: Colin Heathcock
142nd: Antonio Heathcock
156th: Josef Cohen

Vancouver World Cup (Epee)

Women
23rd: Kai Liu
43rd: Kat Holmes OLY
47th: Kasia Nixon
66th: Michaela Joyce
84th: Miriam Grady
88th: Tierna Oxenreider
89th: Natalia Toby
99th: Anne Cebula
146th: Hadley Husisian
149th: Margherita Guzzi Vincenti
183rd: Francesca Bassa

Men
53rd: Samuel Imrek
57th: Stephen Ewart 
79th: Nicholas Lawson
91st: Christopher Chong
104th: Tristan Szapary
111th: Ethan Kushnerik
120th: Yeisser Ramirez OLY
134th: Sean White
137th: Dylan Nollner
143rd: Samuel Larsen
183rd: Mihir Kumashi
203rd: Jonas Hansen