USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Seventeen-year-old Aleina Edwards (Los Angeles, Calif.) placed in the top eight of a junior international event for the first time at the Bratislava Junior Epee World Cup in Slovakia on Sunday.

After finishing the pools with a 3-3 record, Edwards was seeded 79^th. Despite her low seed, Edwards earned a bye into the table of 128.

Edwards defeated Evelin Zsargo (HUN), 15-12, in her first bout and won her next bout against 2010 Hungarian Senior World Team member Dorina Budai, 15-14.

In the table of 32, Edwards defeated Eugenia Falqui (ITA), 15-12, to advance to the table of 16 where she would fence U.S. teammate Katharine Holmes (Washington, D.C.)

Edwards won the bout against the 2009 Cadet World silver medalist, 15-9, but lost her quarter-final to 2011 Cadet World medalist Alberta Santuccio (ITA), 14-5, and finished eighth.

Holmes ended the day in 11^th – her fourth top-16 Junior World Cup finish of the year.

Competing in his first Junior World Cup, 19-year-old Dylan Nollner (Ogden, Utah) advanced to the table of 32 and finished 22^nd. Seventeen-year-old Justin Wan (North Hills, N.Y.) also entered his first Junior World Cup and placed 30^th overall.

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Women’s Individual Epee
1. Lauren Rembi (FRA)
2. Violetta Khrapina (RUS)
3. Erika Kiirpu (EST)
3. Alberta Santuccio (ITA)
5. Katrina Lehis (EST)
6. Berta Pena (ESP)
7. Nicol Foietta (ITA)
8. Aleina Edwards (Los Angeles, Calif.)

11. Kat Holmes (Washington, D.C.)
21. Anna Van Brummen (Houston, Texas)
26. Audrey Abend (New York City, N.Y.)
47. Nina Van Loon (Boulder, Colo.)
48. Amanda Sirico (Bowie, Md.)
49. Diana Tsinis (Little Neck, N.Y.)
53. Ashley Severson (Franklin Lakes, N.J.)
67. Jessica O’Neill Lyublinsky (North Salem, N.Y.)
76. Isabella Barna (Bend, Ore.)
115. Isis Washington (Parsippany, N.J.)
157. Jennifer Horowitz (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Men’s Individual Epee
1. Marco Fichera (ITA)
2. Balazs Hamar (HUN)
3. Alexey Kalinin (RUS)
3. Richard Schmidt (GER)
5. Louis Bourgeois (SUI)
6. Andrea Vallosio (ITA)
7. Peeter Turnau (EST)
8. Yusuf Bojte (TUR)

 

22. Dylan Nollner (Ogden, Utah)
30. Justin Wan (North Hills, N.Y.)
44. Logan Koester (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
56. Joseph Rafidi (Hidden Hills, Calif.)
58. Jake Raynis (Chatsworth, Calif.)
88. Spencer Amann (Westminster, Colo.)
91. Simon Jones (Louisville, Colo.)
92. Alex House (Upton, Mass.)
93. Clifford Fishler (Great Neck, N.Y.)
110. Alexander Eldeib (Burke, Va.)
114. Joseph Wiley (Houston, Texas)
148. Gavin Medley (Santa Fe, N.M.)