USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Lewis Weiss (Houston, Texas) earned his best international result on Saturday when the 2013 Junior World Team member placed sixth in men’s epee at the Bratislava Junior World Cup in Slovakia on Saturday.

After a bye into the table of 128, Weiss won his first two direct elimination bouts by 15-12 scores over Daniel Huitar (CZE) and Florian Maunz (GER).

Weiss edged Paul Allegre (FRA) to become the only U.S. fencer to advance to the table of 16 where he defeated Alexandre Oberson (FRA), 15-11.

In the quarter-finals, Weiss lost to 2013 Junior World silver medalist Yulen Pereira (ESP), 15-7.

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Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:

Bratislava Men’s Epee Junior World Cup
1. Sandor Cho Taeun (HUN)
2. Yulen Pereira (ESP)
3. Lorenzo Buzzi (ITA)
3. Nelson Lopez Pourtier (FRA)
5. Gabriele Cimini (ITA)
6. Lewis Weiss (Houston, Texas)
7. Daniel Berta (HUN)
8. Mykyta Cherepakhov (UKR)

18. Garrett McGrath (Maricopa, Ariz.)
21. Ariel Simmons (Bellaire, Texas)
24. Gabriel Canaux (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
25. Alex House (Upton, Mass.)
42. John Cramerus (Sugar Land, Texas)
64. Joseph Guinan (River Forest, Ill.)
79. Jake Raynis (Chatsworth, Calif.)
99. Sam Freiman (Woodlands, Texas)
106. Porter Hesslegrave (Los Angeles, Calif.)
176. Samuel Koch (San Francisco, Calif.)
217. James Salem (Colorado Springs, Colo.)