8 February 2011
For Immediate Release
It was a gold and silver weekend for US Juniors traveling to World Cups February 5-6.
Nzingha Prescod (18, Brooklyn, N.Y./Westbrook Found.) won the Junior “A” Women’s Foil cup in Lyon, France this weekend, which jumps her to the #3 spot in the Junior World Cup standings.
Prescod advanced through the table of 64 with convincing victories. No opponent earned more than 6 touches against her until she met her US teammate Ambika Singh (18, Skillman, N.J./Tiger Z Fencing) in the quarterfinals, defeating her 15-13. She then took down Francesca Palumbo of France 15-6 in the semis, and beat Camilla Mancini of Italy 15-6 to earn the gold.
James Kaull (19, Washington, D.C./DCFC) came away from Sweden with a silver medal this weekend from the Junior “A” Men’s Epee World Cup there.
Kaull tore through the table of 64, landing in the quarterfinals through a 15-12 defeat of Lorenzo Locci of Italy. He beat Jack Hudson of Great Britain 15-11 to advance to the semis, and Ido Herpe of Israel 15-10 to get to the gold medal match. There, he lost to Andrea Vallosio of Italy 14-5.
Also in Goteborg, Anna VanBrummen (16, Houston, Texas/Alliance Fencing) had an excellent 6th-place finish in the Junior “A” Women’s Epee event there. Finally, Jeremy Goldstein (18, Westport, Conn./Fenc. Acad. Westchester/Penn State) placed sixth at a Junior “A” Men’s Foil cup in Madrid.
RESULTS
Feb. 5-6, 2011
Vigor Challenge
Junior “A” Men’s Epee
Goteborg, Sweden, 5 Feb. 2011
235 competitors
1 VALLOSIO Andrea ITA
2 KAULL James USA
3 HERPE Ido ISR
3 TRUBACHEV Alexey KAZ
5 BINO Gabriele ITA
6 HUDSON Jack GBR
7 ESPOSITO Simone ITA
8 MILAK Dino NOR
41 ELDEIB Alexander USA
59 RAYNIS Michael USA
61 MILLER Jeffrey USA
65 RO Brian USA
78 AMANN Spencer USA
106 KELLEY Edward USA
130 JONES Simon USA
143 BADGER Peregrine USA
147T WEISS Lewis USA
156 HOUSE Alex USA
171 SCHORR Raymond USA
Vigor Challenge
Junior “A” Women’s Epee
Goteborg, Sweden, 5 Feb. 2011
181 competitors
1 BATINI Camilla ITA
2 BRIASCO Brenda ITA
3 SANTUCCIO Alberta ITA
3 WERNER Ines GER
5 STAEHLI Laura SUI
6 BELJAJEVA Julia EST
6 VAN BRUMMEN Anna USA
8 FERNANDEZ Clementine FRA
9 HOLMES Katherine USA
14 ABEND Audrey USA
27 WASHINGTON Isis USA
35 BARNA Isabella USA
42 O'NEILL-LYUBLINSKY Jessica USA
46 TSINIS Diana USA
47 NEVEU Grace USA
50 KOPECKY Lydia USA
52 VAN LOON Nina USA
65 SEVERSON Ashley USA
127 ADRAGNA Olivia USA
Junior “A” Men’s Foil
Madrid, Spain, 6 Feb. 2011
83 competitors
1 CHOUPENITCH Alexander CZE
2 KROEPLIN Moritz GER
3 LUPERI Edoardo ITA
3 TRANI Francesco ITA
5 SCHIAVONE Saverio ITA
6 GOLDSTEIN Jeremy USA
7 LLAVADOR Carlos ESP
8 KONTOCHRISTOPOULOS Nikolaos GRE
16 NUNZIATO Robert USA
18 BLITZER Max USA
22 DUDEY Michael USA
30 WOO Michael USA
33 KANESHIGE Brian USA
37 MEYER Bill USA
42 CHEN Rodney USA
45 ELKASSAS Adam USA
48 CURIOSO Wilfred USA
50 ARK Andrew USA
53 CHIANG Alexander USA
Junior “A“ Women’s Foil
Lyon, France, 5 Feb. 2011
105 competitors
1 PRESCOD Nzingha USA
2 MANCINI Camilla ITA
3 PALUMBO Francesca ITA
3 MANA Marie FRA
5 JELINSKA Martyna POL
6 MONACO Beatrice ITA
7 SINGH Ambika USA
8 THIBUS Ysora FRA
11 DUBROVIC Jacqueline USA
17 SHAITO Mona USA
20 TAFFEL Sara USA
40 MCKEE Nicole USA
57T PARMACEK Sarah USA
62 WANG Luona USA
68 YAMIN Jennifer USA
Glaive d’Asparoukh
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 5 Feb. 2011
Senior “A” Men’s Saber
134 competitors
1 MONTANO Aldo ITA
2 KOVALEV Nikolay RUS
3 DUMITRESCU Rares ROU
3 YAKIMENKO Alexey RUS
5 SZILAGYI Aron HUN
6 KONIUSZ Marcin POL
7 KIM Jung Hwan KOR
8 PASTORE Giampiero ITA
22 IGOE Benjamin USA
39 HOMER Daryl USA
46 SPEAR Jeff USA
50 WILLIAMS James USA
83 ETROPOLSKI Mihail USA
87 BAK Daniel USA
90 MOREHOUSE Timothy USA
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