(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – A bronze medalist at the Cadet World Championships in April, 17-year-old Skyla Powers (Decatur, Ga.) opened the women's Junior Saber World Cup season with another bronze in Sosnowiec, Poland on Saturday.
Although she finished the pools in 19th place, Powers still earned a bye into the table of 64 where she defeated Gabriela Drygala (POL), 15-9.
In the table of 32, Powers won her bout against Hungarian Luca Laszlo, 15-14 to advance to the table of 16 where she defeated Benedetta Baldini (ITA), 15-12.
After a 15-14 win over Ann-Sophie Kindler (GER) in the quarter-finals, Powers moved onto the medal rounds.
Powers fell one touch short of fencing for gold after her 15-14 loss to Mariya Ridel (RUS).
Four of Powers’s teammates placed in the top 16. The top seed after the pools, Adrienne Jarocki (Middle Village, N.Y.) placed ninth overall. Lena Johnson (Peachtree City, Ga.), Margaret McDonald (Atlanta, Ga.) and Emma Keehan (Erie, Pa.) finished 11th, 12th and 13th, respectively.
Competition continues on Sunday with the men’s saber event.
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Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:
Women’s Sosnowiec Junior Saber World Cup
1. Anna Marton (HUN)
2. Mariya Ridel (RUS)
3. Ella Kanukova (RUS)
3. Skyla Powers (Decatur, Ga.)
5. Tatiana Sukhova (RUS)
6. Ann-Sophie Kindler (GER)
7. Oleksandra Mamontova (UKR)
8. Kata Varhelyi (HUN)
9. Adrienne Jarocki (Middle Village, N.Y.)
11. Lena Johnson (Peachtree City, Ga.)
12. Margaret McDonald (Atlanta, Ga.)
13. Emma Keehan (Erie, Pa.)
21. Celina Merza (Wayne, N.J.)
25. Sophie Keehan (Erie, Pa.)
35. Sage Palmedo (Portland, Ore.)
37. Francesca Russo (Wayne, N.J.)
53. Alexa Antipas (Stony Brook, N.Y.)
55. Allison Lee (Saddle River, N.J.)
90. Anastasia Pineschi (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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