USA Fencing

Team USA includes 16 veterans of the 2011 Junior and Cadet squads, including six returning medalists in men’s and women’s foil.

Athletes were named to the team based on their position on the USA Fencing National Team Point Standings at the conclusion of the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships in Salt Lake City on Monday.

The junior team includes three athletes in each of the six weapons that will compete in the individual event as well as a fourth athlete who will be included in the team event.

As there is no team event at the Cadet World Championships, there are three individual athletes in each of six weapons who constitute the cadet team.

Three alternate athletes are named for each weapon squad.

The complete athlete roster is as follows (Members of the 2011 Junior and Cadet World Teams are noted with an *):

Junior Men’s Epee Team
*Alexander Eldeib (Burke, Va.)
Joseph Rafidi (Hidden Hills, Calif.)
Dylan Nollner (Ogden, Utah)
Team Fourth: Garrett McGrath (Maricopa, Ariz.)
Alternate 1: Spencer Amann (Westminster, Colo.)
Alternate 2: Garrett McGrath (Maricopa, Ariz.)
Alternate 3: Joseph Wiley (Houston, Texas)

Junior Men's Foil Team
*Race Imboden (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 2011 Junior World Team Champion
*Alexander Massialas (San Francisco, Calif.), four-time Junior World medalist
Michael Dudey (Bellaire, Texas)
Team Fourth: *Jerry Chang (Mountain View, Calif.)
Alternate 1: *Jerry Chang (Mountain View, Calif.)
Alternate 2: Turner Caldwell (San Francisco, Calif.)
Alternate 3: Michael Woo (Wayne, N.J.)

Junior Men’s Saber Team
Alexander Ryjik (Alexandria, Va.)
*Eli Dershwitz (Sherborn, Mass.)
Michael Costin (Culver City, Calif.)
Team Fourth: John Hallsten (Sacramento, Calif.)
Alternate 1: John Hallsten (Sacramento, Calif.)
Alternate 2: Isaac Buchwald (El Granada, Calif.)
Alternate 3: *Will Spear (Wyantskill, N.Y.)

Junior Women’s Epee Team
*Anna Van Brummen (Houston, Texas)
*Katharine Holmes (Washington, D.C.)
*Audrey Abend (New York City, N.Y.)
Team Fourth: Ashley Severson (Franklin Lakes, N.J.)
Alternate 1: Ashley Severson (Franklin Lakes, N.J.)
Alternate 2: Isabella Barna (Bend, Ore.)
Alternate 3: Aleina Edwards (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Junior Women’s Foil
*Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Ky.), 2011 Junior World silver medalist (individual and team) and Cadet World silver medalist
*Nzingha Prescod (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 2011 Junior World Champion (individual) and Junior World silver medalist (team)
*Margaret Lu (Greenwich, Conn.), 2011 Junior World silver medalist (team) and Junior World bronze medalist (individual)
Team Fourth: *Jacqueline Dubrovich (Riverdale, N.J.), 2011 Junior World silver medalist (team)
Alternate 1: *Jacqueline Dubrovich (Riverdale, N.J.), 2011 Junior World silver medalist (team)
Alternate 2: Sara Taffel (New York City, N.Y.)
Alternate 3: Luona Wang (Birmingham, Ala.)

Junior Women’s Saber
*Francesca Russo (Wayne, N.J.)
*Skyla Powers (Atlanta, Ga.)
*Margaret McDonald (Atlanta, Ga.)
Team Fourth: Sage Palmedo (Portland, Ore.)
Alternate 1: Sage Palmedo (Portland, Ore.)
Alternate 2: *Celina Merza (Wayne, N.J.)
Alternate 3: Lena Johnson (Peachtree City, Ga.)
 

Cadet Men’s Epee Team
*Alexander Eldeib (Burke, Va.)
Garrett McGrath (Maricopa, Ariz.)
Spencer Amann (Westminster, Colo.)
Alternate 1: Conor Shepard (Colleyville, Texas)
Alternate 2: Anton Piskovatskov (Houston, Texas)
Alternate 3: Inaki de Guzman (Fairfax, Va.)

Cadet Men’s Foil Team
Stephen Mageras (Darien, Conn.)
Axel Kiefer (Lexington, Ky.)
Raymond Chen (Dallas, Texas)
Alternate 1: Spicer Emge (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Alternate 2: Jeffrey Chen (Cupertino, Calif.)
Alternate 3: Drew Johnston (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Cadet Men’s Saber Team
*Eli Dershwitz (Sherborn, Mass.)
Michael Costin (Culver City, Calif.)
Andrew Mackiewicz (Westwood, Mass.)
Alternate 1: *Peter Pak (Roslyn, N.Y.)
Alternate 2: Isaac Buchwald (El Granada, Calif.)
Alternate 3: Jonah Shainberg (Rye, N.Y.)

Cadet Women’s Epee Team
*Audrey Abend (New York City, N.Y.)
*Jessie Radanovich (Tollhouse, Calif.)
Victoria Wines (Mahopac, N.Y.)
Alternate 1: Madeline Kehl (Valencia, Calif.)
Alternate 2: Amanda Sirico (Bowie, Md.)
Alternate 3: Maria Alejandra Trumble (Cambridge, Mass.)

Cadet Women’s Foil
Sara Taffel (New York City, N.Y.)
Sabrina Massialas (San Francisco, Calif.)
Morgan Partridge (Swansea, Mass.)
Alternate 1: Jessie Laffey (Glen Ridge, N.J.)
Alternate 2: Julia Lee (Montville, N.J.)
Alternate 3: Miranda Litzinger (Los Gatos, Calif.)

Cadet Women’s Saber
*Francesca Russo (Wayne, N.J.)
*Skyla Powers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sage Palmedo (Portland, Ore.)
Alternate 1: Lena Johnson (Peachtree City, Ga.)
Alternate 2: Adrienne Jarocki (Middle Village, N.Y.)
Alternate 3: Erica Zhao (Plano, Texas)