USA Fencing

For Immediate Release
11 January 2011

USA Juniors Earn Silver, Two Bronze

USA Fencing juniors continued their winning ways around the globe last weekend at FIE Junior World Cups in Europe. Race Imboden (17, Brooklyn, N.Y./Empire United) captured his second Junior “A” Cup medal of the season, a silver at Alpe Adria Cup men’s foil competition in Lignano, Italy. Brian Kaneshige (17, Maplewood, N.J./Empire United) won bronze in Lignano, and two more Americans – Nobuo Bravo (16, San Francisco, Calif./Massialas) and Alexander Massialas (16, San Francisco, Calif./Massialas) – placed sixth and seventh, crowding out all other nations in the top eight.

In addition, Skyla Powers (15, Decatur, Ga./Nellya) won a bronze at the same event in the women’s saber competition. This is her second medal in as many competitions; she also won a silver at a Junior “A” Cup in Madrid in November.

Also this weekend, Grace Neveau (19, San Francisco, Calif./Golden Gate Fencing) placed sixth at a Junior “A” Women’s Epee cup in Dijon, France.

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RESULTS
Jan. 8-9, 2011

Alpe Adria Cup, Junior “A” Men’s Foil
Lignano, Italy, 8 January 2011
113 competitors
1 TRANI Francesco  ITA
2 IMBODEN Race  USA
3T ROSOWSKY Husayn  GBR
3T KANESHIGE Brian  USA
5 LUPERI Edoardo  ITA
6 BRAVO Nobuo  USA
7 MASSIALAS Alexander  USA
8 SERRI Cedrik  FRA
14 CALDWELL Turner  USA
28 CHANG Jerry  USA
30 NUNZIATO Robert  USA
31 DUDEY Michael  USA
37 GOLDSTEIN Jeremy  USA
66 PENSLER Alexander  USA
95 CHEN Rodney  USA

Alpe Adria Cup, Junior “A” Women’s Saber
Lignano, Italy, 8 January 2011
110 competitors
1 VARHELYI Anna  HUN
2 CIARAGLIA Marta  ITA
3T POWERS Skyla USA
3T SHATALOVA Alexandra  RUS
5 KIRIYANOVA Elizaveta  RUS
6 BOULAY Beline  FRA
7 TITOVA Ekaterina  RUS
8 MARTON Anna  HUN
24 THOMPSON Kamali  USA
27 RUSSO Francesca  USA
51 KASTOR Tiki USA
58 GOMEZ Alisha  USA
61 MERZA Celina USA
66 MCDONALD Margaret  USA
69 PALMEDO Sage  USA
79 PINESCHI Anastasia  USA
85 KULMACZ Claudia USA
89 GLON Nicole USA
91 LEE Allison USA

Alpe Adria Cup, Junior “A” Men’s Saber
Lignano, Italy, 9 January 2011
125 competitors
1 SZABO Matyas  GER
2 AFFEDE Leonardo  ITA
3 OKUNEV Artur  RUS
3 GIANI Amedeo  ITA
5 HONEYBONE James  GBR
6 AUGUSTE POGGIOLI Aurelien  FRA
7 KINDLER Maximilian  GER
8 BARRUYER Philemon  FRA
22 PROCHNIAK Evan USA
26 BAK Adrian  USA
31 RYJIK Alexander  USA
40 BUCKLEY Sean  USA
46 SPEAR Will  USA
66 DOUGLAS Rhys  USA
72 COCCIA Alexander  USA
78 DUKHVALOV Denis  USA
88 GOKEA Rienzi  USA
92 MILLS Michael  USA
93 WIEST Michael  USA

Tournoi de la ville de Dijon
Junior “A” Women’s Epee
Dijon, France, 9 January 2011
124 competitors
1 JACOB Louise  FRA
2 BAKHAREVA Yulia  RUS
3T BRIASCO Brenda  ITA
3T REMBI Lauren  FRA
5 FIAMINGO Rossella  ITA
6 NEVEU Grace  USA
7 KOCK Catharina  FIN
8 SANTANDREA Federica  ITA
9 HOLMES Katharine  USA
21 KOPECKY Lydia  USA
23 BARNA Isabella  USA
28 BAZARBAYENA Dina  USA
29 SAFFORD Hannah  USA
37 ABEND Audrey  USA
38 SEVERSON Ashley  USA
42 BASSA Francesca  USA
51 VAN LOON Nina  USA
60 PETERSON Emma  USA
100 WASHINGTON Isis  USA

For More Information Please Contact:
Cindy Bent Findlay * 614.746.6733 * PR@USFencing.org
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