USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Thirty U.S. athletes have been named to the roster of fencers that will compete at the New York Saber World Cup in New York City from June 24-25.

Held at the New York Athletic Club, this will be the only World Cup Olympic qualifying event to be held on U.S. soil during the lead-up to the London Olympic Games.

Individual preliminary competition will be held on June 24. The table of 64 and all medal rounds will be conducted on June 25. A team competition will take place on June 26. Media interested in attending the event may download a credential application by clicking here.

The lineup is led by two members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team that won a silver medal in Beijing. A three-time World Cup medalist, Tim Morehouse (New York City, N.Y.) placed sixth at the 2010 New York World Cup in front of his hometown crowd. James Williams (New York City, N.Y.), a two-time Pan Am Championships individual medalist, has placed in the top 16 on the World Cup circuit this year, including a 15^th place finish at the Warsaw Grand Prix in Poland two weeks ago.

In addition to Morehouse and Williams, two other members of the 2010 Senior World Team will be competing in New York.

Twenty-year-old Daryl Homer (New York City, N.Y.) is a veteran of two Senior World Teams who placed 12^th at the 2010 Senior Worlds in Paris and finished 13^th in Warsaw. Homer is currently ranked 18^th in the world and could enter the New York World Cup as a top-16 seed.

Ben Igoe (Staten Island, N.Y.) has earned medals at both the Grand Prix and World Cup level and represented Team USA on both the 2009 and 2010 Senior World Championship Teams.

A complete roster of U.S. athletes participating in individual competition is as follows:

• Daryl Homer (New York City, N.Y.), two-time Senior World Team member and 2010 Junior World bronze medalist
• James Williams (New York City, N.Y.), 2008 Olympic silver medalist
• Tim Morehouse (New York City, N.Y.), 2008 Olympic silver medalist
• Jeff Spear (Wyantskill, N.Y.), two-time Junior World Team member
• Ben Igoe (Staten Island, N.Y.), two-time Senior World Team member
• Luther Clement (New York City, N.Y.), 2005 Junior World Team member and 2002 Cadet World Team member
• Avery Zuck (Portland, Ore.), 2009 Junior World Team member
• Mihail Etropolski (Floral Park, N.Y.)
• Sean Buckley (Secaucus, N.J.), 2011 Junior World Team member
• Aleksander Ochocki (Clark, N.J.), 2010 Junior World bronze medalist and three-time Cadet World Team member
• Daniel Bak (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), 2008 Junior World Team member
• Adrian Bak (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), 2008 Cadet World Team member
• Rhys Douglas (Apache Junction, Ariz.), 2011 Junior World Team member
• Jason Choy (Basking Ridge, N.J.)
• Peter Souders (Silver Spring, Md.)
• Will Spear (Wyantskill, N.Y.), 2011 Junior World Team member and three-time Cadet World Team member
• Eric Arzoian (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 2010 Junior World bronze medalist
• Andrew Fischl (Huntington, N.Y.)
• Allen Schneider (Fayetteville, Ga.)
• John Hallsten (Sacramento, Calif.)
• Evan Prochniak (Hudson, N.H.), 2010 Junior World bronze medalist and 2008 Cadet World Team member
• Zackery Brown (Watchung, N.J.)
• Alexander Ryjik (Alexandria, Va.), two-time Cadet World Team member
• Ewan Douglas (Apache Junction, Ariz.)
• Kaito Streets (Redwood City, Calif.)
• Daniel Kim (Upper Saddle River, N.J.)
• Dan Berliner (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
• Brad Baker (Pennsauken, N.J.)
• Adam Mandel (White Plains, N.Y.)
• Steven Yang (Princeton Junction, N.J.)