Taylor Topples Dragonetti at April NAC

The Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah was the venue for this season’s Division I/Wheelchair National Championships and April NAC (April 12-15, 2019) where Southern California fencers made a fine showing, bringing home 20 medals in all.

Veteran fencer Daryl Taylor won gold in the Vet-60 Men’s Epee event, defeating five-time Veteran National Champion (and two-time Veteran World Champion) Walter Dragonetti 5-4 in the finals. This marked the fourth time that the two had met in the finals or semi-finals of a National tournament, but the first time that things went Daryl’s way.

Special recognition also goes to our two Division I National Championship medalists: Madison Zeiss (foil) and Kasia Nixon (epee). Each finished 5th.

Southern California Medalist are listed below. Full Results can be found, here.

SoCal Medalists - Men

EVENT	PLACE	FENCER	CLUB(S)
Div II Men’s Epee	3T	Patrick Burton	Fortune
Div II Men’s Epee	6	Alexander Moses	LAIFC
Div III Men’s Foil	8	Case Avron	LAIFC
Div III Men’s Saber	3T	Benjamin Kim	AGFC
Vet-40 Men’s Saber	6	Derek Plonka	D’Asaro
Vet-50 Men’s Foil	5	Oliver Foellmer	LAIFC
Vet-60 Men’s Foil	3T	Jerry LeBlanc	LAIFC/BHFC
Vet-60 Men’s Foil	5	Jamie Douraghy	LAIFC
Vet-60 Men’s Epee	1	Daryl Taylor	Fortune/Lancier
Vet-70 Men’s Foil	8	Paul Kazimiroff	BHFC
Veteran Men’s Epee	3T	Carl Loeffler	LAIFC
Veteran Men’s Epee	8	Daryl Taylor	Fortune/Lancier

SoCal Medalists - Women

EVENT	PLACE	FENCER	CLUB(S)
Div I Women's Foil	5	Madison Zeiss	LAIFC
Div I Women’s Epee	5	Kasia Nixon	Princeton
Div II Women's Epee	3T	Emily Gifford	Alamo FA
Div II Women’s Saber	5	Janna Freedman	D’Asaro
Div III Women’s Saber	7	Katherine Andres	D’Asaro
Vet-40 Women’s Epee	3T	Michele Chimienti	No Fear/Swords
Vet-40 Women’s Epee	7	Sue Mohebi	Swords
Vet-60 Women’s Saber	3T	Lydia Fabry	WCFA