At the North American Cup held in Atlanta, Ga., sixteen-year-old Jerry Chang (Mountain View, Calif.) took top honors in the Division I Men’s Foil event on Sunday and Ibtihaj Muhammad (25, Maplewood, N.J./Westbrook Found.) won the Division I Women’s Saber.
In Monday’s action, Aleksander Ochocki (20, Clark, N.J./Manhattan FC) won the Division I Men’s Saber event and Ania Garina (33, Chicago, Ill./Windy City Fencing) took the Division I Women’s Epee. It was the men from Salle Mauro who won the Division I Men’s Foil Team event, defeating the Fencing Academy of Westchester 45-25.
For complete results, check out http://usfencing.org/events/5168/page/11062.
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About North American Cups: NACs held by USA Fencing each year at changing locations around the country. NACs are selection competitions for World Championship teams in the Cadet (Under-17), Junior (Under-20), Senior (Division I), Veteran, and Wheelchair divisions. USA Fencing also holds developmental NACs for Youth in three different age groups, and developmental Division II and Division III events which are open to all ages.
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