Rachel Lee (AGFC, left) blocks out Sarah Innes-Gold (UCSB) in Div II Women’s Saber.
Fifty-three SoCal fencers qualified for the 2018 Summer Nationals in the qualification tournament held at Hoover High School in Glendale on Saturday, Feb. 24. The Summer Nationals, which will crown champions in Div 1A, Div II, Div III, Y10, Y12 Y14, and Veteran events, will be held in St. Louis, MO from June 28 to July 7, 2018. For more information, see here.
Congratulations to all our qualified fencers and good luck in St. Louis!
Qualified fencers are listed below. For full results, see here.
Qualified Fencers - Men
| EVENT | PLACE | NAME | PRIMARY CLUB | QUALIFIED FOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div II Men's Foil | 1 | Zachary Wharton | UFA | DV2MF DV3MF |
| Div II Men's Foil | 2 | Justin Ho | UFA | DV2MF DV3MF |
| Div II Men's Foil | 3 | Ethan Hodess | LAIFC | DV2MF DV3MF |
| Div II Men's Foil | 4 | Case Avron | LAIFC | DV3MF |
| Div II Men's Foil | 5 | Julian Amico | UFA | DV3MF |
| Div II Men's Foil | 6 | Ilyas Molina | UFA | DV3MF |
| Div II Men's Foil | 11 | Duane Chan | Conejo | VETMF |
| Div II Men's Epee | 1 | Thomas Moore | Swords | DV2ME DV3ME |
| Div II Men's Epee | 2 | Jackson Norbutas | Swords | DV2ME |
| Div II Men's Epee | 3 | Neekon Koohpareh | Swords | DV2ME DV3ME |
| Div II Men's Epee | 4 | Saam Mohebi | Swords | DV3ME |
| Div II Men's Epee | 5 | Juan Manuel Velo | Swords | DV3ME |
| Div II Men's Epee | 6 | Alec Zhou | LAIFC | DV3ME |
| Div II Men's Epee | 10 | Olivier Gauriat | BHFC | VETME |
| Div II Men's Saber | 1 | Sean Chu | AGFC | DV2MS DV3MS |
| Div II Men's Saber | 2 | Matthew Limb | AGFC | DV2MS DV3MS |
| Div II Men's Saber | 3 | Benjamin Kim | AGFC | DV2MS DV3MS |
| Div II Men's Saber | 4 | Joshua Li | WCFA | DV3MS |
| Div II Men's Saber | 5 | Troy Richardson | AGFC | DV3MS VETMS |
| Div II Men's Saber | 6 | Trevor Trinh | AGFC | DV3MS |
| Y-14 Men's Foil | 1 | Adam Selivanov | UFA | Y14MF |
| Y-14 Men's Foil | 2 | Carson Schinning | SWLA | Y14MF |
| Y-14 Men's Foil | 3 | Zander Vazquez | UFA | Y14MF |
| Y-14 Men's Epee | 1 | Holden Fees | BHFC | Y14ME |
| Y-14 Men's Epee | 2 | Sterling Kim | BHFC | Y14ME |
| Y-14 Men's Epee | 3 | Christopher Dekermanji | Swords | Y14ME |
| Y-14 Men's Saber | 1 | George Philipe Ghenea | AGFC | Y14MS |
| Y-14 Men's Saber | 2 | Hank Bauer | LAIFC | Y14MS |
| Y-14 Men's Saber | 3 | Joshua Yoo | LAIFC | Y14MS |
Qualified Fencers - Women
| EVENT | PLACE | NAME | PRIMARY CLUB | QUALIFIED FOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div II Women's Foil | 1 | Samantha Yeh | LAIFC | DV2WF |
| Div II Women's Foil | 2 | Blanche Yang | LAIFC | DV2WF DV3WF |
| Div II Women's Foil | 3 | Lena Foellmer | LAIFC | DV2WF DV3WF |
| Div II Women's Foil | 4 | Madalyn Macarr | WCFA | DV3WF |
| Div II Women's Foil | 5 | Audrey Young | UFA | DV3WF |
| Div II Women's Foil | 6 | Harriet Eckstein | Presidio | DV3WF VETWF |
| Div II Women's Epee | 1 | Emily Zhou | Swords | DV2WE DV3WE |
| Div II Women's Epee | 2 | Gabrielle Yacobi | BHFC | DV2WE DV3WE |
| Div II Women's Epee | 3 | Alice Oganesian | Swords | DV2WE DV3WE |
| Div II Women's Epee | 4 | Sue Mohebi | Swords | DV3WE VETWE |
| Div II Women's Epee | 5 | Josephine Lieber | LAIFC | DV3WE |
| Div II Women's Epee | 6 | Marie Voskanyan | Swords | DV3WE |
| Div II Women's Epee | 7 | Irene Tong | Fortune | VETWE |
| Div II Women's Epee | 8 | Olga Ivanova | Swords | VETWE |
| Div II Women's Saber | 1 | Madalyn Macarr | WCFA | DV2WS |
| Div II Women's Saber | 2 | Emily Yee | D'Asaro | DV2WS DV3WS |
| Div II Women's Saber | 3 | Sarah Innes-Gold | UCSB | DV2WS DV3WS |
| Div II Women's Saber | 4 | Carolina Geyer | KAFF | DV3WS |
| Div II Women's Saber | 5 | Rachel Lee | AGFC | DV3WS |
| Div II Women's Saber | 6 | Sawako Iizuka | AGFC | DV3WS VETWS |
| Y-14 Women's Foil | 1 | Phoenix Abe | SWLA | Y14WF |
| Y-14 Women's Foil | 2 | Audrey Young | UFA | Y14WF |
| Y-14 Women's Foil | 3 | Zoe Browne | Points West | Y14WF |
| Y-14 Women's Epee | 1 | Jade Gauriat | BHFC | Y14WE |
| Y-14 Women's Epee | 2 | Marie Voskanyan | Swords | Y14WE |
| Y-14 Women's Epee | 3 | Mickey Zhang | Swords | Y14WE |
| Y-14 Women's Saber | DNF | Aisling Treacy | AGFC | Y14WS |
Y14 Men’s Epee: Chester Thompson (Allez, right) lands one on Holden Fees (BHFC).
Edward Lee (Swords) takes on Stanley Zhou (LAIFC) in Y14 Men’s Epee.
Div II Women’s Saber: Carolina Geyer (KAFF, left) scores on the wrist of Rachel Lee (AGFC) in the table of 8.
Div II Men’s Foil: Case Avron (LAIFC, right) has his blade go all wobbly as he scores a touch against Ilyas Molina (UFA) in the round of 8.
Div II Men’s Foil: Joshua Piesner (UFA) scores against Lucas Nichols (Presidio) in the round of 16.
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