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Arya Panchal gets straight to the point against Greta Welch at the Qualifier for the 2026 Junior Olympic Championships in Brentwood, California on Nov. 9, 2025.

Brentwood School hosted this year’s Junior Olympic Qualifier on November 9, 2025.

Fencers who placed in the top 25% of their event earned the opportunity to compete at the 2026 Junior Olympic Championships, which will take place January 9–12 in Kansas City, Missouri.

All medalists (pictured below) qualified for the 2026 Junior Olympic Championships. In addition, several fencers received automatic qualification in events that were not contested due to low entry numbers:

  • Cadet Women’s Épée: Josephine Graziano (BHFC), Skyler Kennedy (SBFC), and Layla Raptis (Swords)
  • Cadet Women’s Saber: Alessandra Shackleford (AGFC), Sabrina Johnston (SBFA), and Arya Panchal (SBFA)

You can view the full results here.

Congratulations to all our qualified fencers, and best of luck in Kansas City!

Junior Men’s Epee medalists (L to R) – Silver: Ethan Schwartzman (LAIFC), Gold: Bryan Stafford (BHFC), Bronze: Adrian Fu (Swords/Harvard-Westlake)
Junior Men’s Foil medalists (L to R) – Silver: Erik Pontoppidan (Elite), Gold: Luke Young (LAIFC), Bronze: Jeremiah Smith (AGFC/Elite)
Junior Women’s Saber medalists (L to R) – Silver: Charlotte Ennis (AGFC), Gold: Genevieve Phan (WCFA), Bronze: Greta Welch (LAIFC/North Hollywood HS)
Junior Women’s Epee medalists (L to R) – Silver: Lyllia Uemura (LAIFC), Gold: Ruby Mae Graziano (BHFC), Bronze: Ella Pak (LAIFC)
Cadet Men’s Foil medalists (L to R) – Silver: Lucas Lee (LAIFC/AGFC), Gold: Nolan Dacko (LAIFC/Silverlake), Bronze: Mads Ward (AGFC)
Cadet Men’s Epee medalists (L to R) – Silver: Alexander Wong (LAIFC), Gold: David Ong (BHFC), Wizard Toussaint (Ace)
]]> https://www.socaldivision.org/junior-olympic-qualifier-results-3/feed/ 1 Southern California Division Membership Meeting https://www.socaldivision.org/southern-california-division-membership-meeting/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:22:03 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=5648 There will be a meeting of the members of the Southern California Division on Saturday, July 19, 2025, 12:00 pm. The meeting will be conducted online, through Zoom. All USFA Southern California Division members are invited to participate. If you are unable to attend, you may submit a vote by proxy. (Instructions below)

When: Jul 19, 2025, 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Please register in advance for this online meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_haQ4hHHTpa9JzEM26Vz5A

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers and directors for the Division year 8/1/2025 to 7/31/2026.

The members of the Division met in March for the semi-annual meeting. At this meeting, the following members were nominated to serve as officers of the Division for the 2025-2026 fiscal year:

Officers Nominated: (Vote for one for each position)

The election slate for 2025/2026

Current Board running for re-election:

Chair: James Beihold (Swords/UCLA)
Vice Chair: Karl Jordon (UFA/Points West)
Treasurer: Eric Speicher (Ace/Conejo)
Secretary: Karen Lieu (Avant Garde)

Additional nominations:

Chair: Tigran Shaginian (Swords)
Vice Chair: Nana Demerchian (Swords)
Treasurer: Swan Kim (Swords)
Secretary: Shelby Kim (Swords)

Executive Committee running for re-election:

Liz Geyer (KAFF)
Phil Hareff (Conejo)
Anna Jordon (UFA)
Tim Robinson (Presidio)
Greg Schiller (Bridgeport/VAPA)
Rudy Streitz (KAFF)
Daryl Taylor (Fortune)
Mike Vazquez (Elite)

These nominations, and any additional, will be subject to the membership vote in July. The time for nominations for officers for the 2025-2026 has expired. However, additional nominations for Directors (also known as Executive Committee members) may be made from the floor, at the July meeting, or by written nomination submitted to the Division Secretary, Karen Lieu, at email address kblieu@pacbell.net.

To be eligible to vote at the July meeting, Voter must be Southern California Division members, at least 18 years old, and have USA Fencing membership current as of February 2025. You may vote during the meeting or submit a Proxy (complete Proxy form from link below and submit to Southern California Division Secretary Karen Lieu by email at kblieu@pacbell.net Proxies must be received by Wednesday, July 16, 2025).

Proxy Ballot

We hope to see you at the July meeting, and we hope you will consider volunteering to join the Southern California Division leadership!

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Darius Gadhvi (BHFC) finds only air in his flèche attack against Wally Mosley (TeamK) in round 1 action of Cadet Men’s Epee at the SoCal Junior Olympic Qualifier on Dec. 7.

Twenty-three SoCal fencers qualified at the JO Qualifier on Saturday for the 2025 Junior Olympic Championships to be held on February 14-17 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Congratulations to all our qualified fencers and good luck in North Carolina!

Qualified fencers are listed below. For full results, go here.

Qualified Fencers – Men

EventNameClub(s)PlaceQualified for …
Junior Men’s EpeeNAZARIAN JonahBHFC1U20ME
Junior Men’s EpeeSTAFFORD BryanBHFC2U20ME, U17ME
Junior Men’s EpeePAINTER NoahBHFC3U20ME
Junior Men’s SaberSUNG JulianWCFA1U20MS, U17MS
Junior Men’s SaberCOBIAN RichardWCFA2U20MS, U17MS
Junior Men’s FoilKIM JonahElite / Piedmont1U20MF, U17MF
Junior Men’s FoilMCCARVILL CooperAGFC2U20MF, U17MF
Junior Men’s FoilSMITH JeremiahAGFC / Torrance FC3U20MF
Cadet Men’s FoilKARPMAN BennyElite1U17MF
Cadet Men’s FoilTRUJILLO JonahUFA2U17MF
Cadet Men’s FoilYOUNG Luke3U17MF
Cadet Men’s EpeePARKE NathanielTeamk1U17ME
Cadet Men’s EpeeSCHERZAY IanAce2U17ME
Cadet Men’s EpeeMOSLEY WallyTeamk3U17ME

Qualified Fencers – Women

EventNameClubPlaceQualified for …
Junior Women’s FoilAYUPOVA AmeliyaUFA1U20WF, U17WF
Junior Women’s FoilHUGHES OliviaElite2U20WF, U17WF
Junior Women’s FoilLAY ApolloniaAGFC3U20WF, U17WF
Junior Women’s EpeeCHEONG ChloeLAIFC1U20WE, U17WE
Junior Women’s EpeeROBLES ClaudiaElite2U20WE, U17WE
Junior Women’s EpeeSHETTY NanditaBHFC3U20WE
Cadet Women’s EpeeROBLES ClaudiaElite1U17WE
Cadet Women’s EpeeLUCENA YaretziBHFC2U17WE
Cadet Women’s EpeeUEMURA LylliaLAIFC3U17WE
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