USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – When Team USA begins competition at the Junior and Cadet Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala this weekend, two Americans will be returning to the event with hopes of returning to the podium after winning gold in 2013.

Epee fencer Caira Moreira-Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y.) won her first major international title with a gold medal in the cadet event in 2013 and added a second gold when she helped Team USA win a junior epee team title. Since then, Moreira-Brown has competed on the Senior World Cup circuit and will be aiming for a third Pan Am title when she fences in the junior event in Guatemala.

David Hadler (San Francisco, Calif.) represented Team USA for the first time in 2013 when he won gold in the cadet men’s foil competition. This year, Hadler will attempt to repeat the feat as a junior in a field that also includes top-ranked U.S. fencer George Haglund (Califon, N.J.) who will be competing in Guatemala in his final international tournament before traveling to the Cadet World Championships in April.

Competition schedule is as follows:

Saturday, Feb. 22
Cadet Men’s Foil
Cadet Women’s Epee
Cadet Women’s Saber

Sunday, Feb. 23
Cadet Men’s Epee
Cadet Women’s Foil
Cadet Men’s Saber

Monday, Feb. 24
Junior Men’s Foil
Junior Women’s Epee
Junior Women’s Saber

Tuesday, Feb. 25
Junior Men’s Epee
Junior Men’s Saber
Junior Women’s Foil

Complete U.S. roster is as follows:

Cadet Men’s Foil
Keith Kan (Millbrae, Calif.)
Zachary Hammer (San Mateo, Calif.)
Andrew Li (San Francisco, Calif.)
Yueh-Ting Tsai (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Cadet Women's Foil
Danielle Ferdon (San Francisco, Calif.)
Xiao-Qing Tsai (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Cadet Men's Saber
Walter Musgrave (Escondido, Calif.)

Cadet Women’s Saber
Kara Linder (Chandler, Ariz.)

Junior Women’s Epee
Caira Moreira-Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Junior Men’s Foil
Matthew Branman (Villanova, Pa.)
David Hadler (San Francisco, Calif.)
George Haglund (Califon, N.J.)
Devon Reina (Stony Brook, N.Y.)

Junior Women’s Foil
Michelle Lee (San Francisco, Calif.)
Anastasiya Muravyeva (Fair Lawn, N.J.)
Xiao-Qing Tsai (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Junior Men’s Saber
Gabriel Armijo (San Diego, Calif.)
Jonathan Fitzgerald (East Brunswick, N.J.)
Marc Mendoza (Escondido, Calif.)
Walter Musgrave (Escondido, Calif.)

Junior Women’s Saber
Kara Linder (Chandler, Ariz.)