Gallery – SoCal Division https://www.socaldivision.org USA Fencing Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:03:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.socaldivision.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/cropped-NEW-LOGO-32x32.png Gallery – SoCal Division https://www.socaldivision.org 32 32 2017 Summer Nationals Results https://www.socaldivision.org/2017-summer-national-results/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:15:14 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=386

Div I Men’s Foil: Nick Itkin (left, LAIFC) sends Michael Li (M Team, NorCal) flying as Coach Itkin looks on.

The SoCal Division was represented strongly in Salt Lake City and we came away with medals galore. All of our top 8 finishers and their clubs are listed below. Full results can be found here.

Congratulations to all the fencers, their coaches, their clubs, and their parents!

SoCal Medalists

EVENTPLACEFENCERCLUBNEW RATING
Div I Men's Foil1stNick ItkinLAIFC
Div I-A Men's Foil5thEric YuLAIFCA17
Div I-A Men's Foil8thBryce LouieLAIFCA17
Div I-A Women's Foil8thKate YamaguchiUFA
Div III Women's Foil3rdZoe KalamarosPrecisionC17
Y-14 Men's Foil2ndBryce LouieLAIFCA17
Y-14 Women's Foil3rdKarina YaroshenkoLAIFC
Cadet Men's Foil3rdBryce LouieLAIFCA17
Vet-50 Men's Foil6thJamie DouraghyLAIFC
Vet-70 Men's Foil3rdDuane ChanConejo
Vet-70 Women's Foil1stPatricia BedrosianCouturier
Senior Team Men’s Foil3rdAyad, Itkin, Yu, ZapozdaevLAIFC
Div I Men's Epee2ndStephen EwartSwords
Div I Men's Epee5thJake RaynisLAIFCA17
Div I Men's Epee8thJustin YooLAIFCA17
Div I Women's Epee3rdKasia NixonLAIFC
Div I-A Men's Epee3rdBenjamin YehFortune
Div II Women's Epee8thAretha GaoLAIFC
Div III Women's Epee8thSophie BrillLAIFC
Y-10 Men's Epee2ndNicholas JinFortune
Y-10 Men's Epee3rdChristopher DekermanjiSwords
Y-10 Women's Epee8thZoe KimSwords
Y-12 Men's Epee5thRyan LinFortune
Y-14 Women's Epee2ndIrene YeuSwords
Cadet Women's Epee3rdClaire BeddingfieldLAIFC
Junior Men's Epee8thZach KravitzLAIFC
Junior Women's Epee3rdClaire BeddingfieldLAIFC
Junior Women's Epee7thKarolina NixonLAIFC
Vet-40 Women's Epee6thSue MohebiSwordsD17
Vet-50 Men's Epee5thDavid JensenLAIFC / Fortune
Vet-50 Men's Epee7thMark NixonLAIFC
Vet-60 Men's Epee2ndDaryl TaylorFortune
Vet-60 Men's Epee8thJim BeiholdSwords
Vet-60 Women's Epee3rdMary HuangSwords
Vet-70 Women's Epee3rdPatricia BedrosianCouturier
Div I-A Women's Saber3rdMikaela AvakianAGFC
Y-10 Women's Saber2ndJanna FreedmanD'Asaro
Y-14 Women's Saber7thMikaela AvakianAGFC
Junior Men's Saber7thDaniel KwakAGFCA17
Vet-70 Men's Saber3rdLucas DobrzanskiKAFFE17

 

Junior Men’s Epee: Aidan Kung (Swords) scores against Daniel Shifron (Team Touché, San Diego).

Junior Men’s Epee: Isaac Gomez (right, Fortune) sets up his next attack against Ben Wilson (HOF, Ohio).

Junior Women’s Foil: Karina Yaroshenko (LAIFC) lays one on Isabella Ahn (Fencers Club, Metro NYC) in round-two action.

Junior Men’s Epee: Infighting between Adi Thein-Sandler and Kevin Chao (both of LAIFC).

Div I Women’s Epee: Karolina Nixon (LAIFC) takes full advantage of her reach to score against Olympian Kat Holmes (NYAC, Metro NYC).

Div I Women’s Epee: Claire Beddingfield (LAIFC) scores a decisive touch against Ariana Mangano (NYAC, Metro NYC).

Div I Men’s Saber: Michael Costin (AGFC) flunges at Zaheer Booth (PWF, Metro NYC).

Div I Men’s Foil: Nick Itkin (right, LAIFC) on the move against Michael Li (M Team, NorCal).

]]> Team Results, Klagenfurt https://www.socaldivision.org/team-results-klagenfurt/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:33:00 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=325

SoCal was well represented at the team events in Klagenfurt, Austria.

First, congratulations to Porter Hesslegrave and Justin Yoo who were on the winning team, USA #1!

Next, congratulations to Kasia Nixon and Madeline Kehl who were on the girls team USA #1 and took second place!

In Individual Cadet Women’s Epee, Madeline Kehl took 5th place, Kasia Nixon took 26th place and Jennifer Horowitz took 31st place.

Congratulations to all our SoCal fencers in Klagenfurt, Austria!

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Left to right: Luis-Antonio Dealba-Yount (1st), Greg McIntyre (2nd), Stephen Ewart (3rd), Algird Szumlas (3rd).

Congratulations to our top four epee finalists for the first SoCal event of the season!

1st Place: Luis-Antonio Dealba-Yount (Swords) earned his A!
2nd Place: Greg McIntyre (Swords) earned his B!
3rd Place: Algird Szumlas (Fortune)
3rd Place: Stephen Ewart (Swords) earned his C!

]]> SoCal Open May 2012 Results https://www.socaldivision.org/socal-open-may-2012-results/ Sun, 20 May 2012 17:18:26 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=311 Congratulations to all attendees at the SoCal Open and particular congratulations to Justin Yoo who took first place and renewed his A rating!

The battle begins!

Luis Dealba-Yount and Justin Yoo putting on a show in the final (15-14).

Medalists: John Poremski (3rd), Madeline Kehl (3rd), Luis Dealba-Yount (2nd), and Justin Yoo (1st).

]]> Junior and Cadet World Championships: Congratulations, Joey Rafidi & Michael Costin https://www.socaldivision.org/world-championships-congratulations-joey-rafidi/ Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:12:17 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=307

Joey Rafidi

Congratulations to Joey Rafidi, who took 16th place in Junior Men’s Epee at the Junior and Cadet World Championships in Moscow!

And congratulations to Michael Costin as well, who took 24th place in Cadet Men’s Saber.

]]> Junior Olympics: SoCal Girls Clean Up https://www.socaldivision.org/jo-cwe-socal-girls-clean-up/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:07:43 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=301

From left to right: Madeline Kehl, 5th place (tie) Kasia Nixon, 5th place (tie) Jennifer Horowitz, 3rd place (tie) Claire Dinhut, 3rd place (tie)

Our SoCal girls won half of all the medals awarded in Cadet Women’s Epee at the Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City. Brava!

Congratulations to all our Junior Olympic medalists!

SoCal Medalists

EVENTPLACEFENCER
Junior Men’s Epee6thJake Raynis
Junior Women’s Saber6thAnastasia Pineschi
Cadet Men’s Foil3rdSpicer Emge
Cadet Men’s Epee8thPorter Hesslegrave
Cadet Women's Epee3rdClaire Dinhut
Cadet Women's Epee3rdJennifer Horowitz
Cadet Women's Epee5thMadeline Kehl
Cadet Women's Epee5thKasia Nixon
Cadet Men’s Saber3rdMichael Costin
Cadet Women’s Saber3rdAnastasia Pineschi
]]> Congratulations to Club Parmentier of Grenoble https://www.socaldivision.org/congratulations-to-club-parmentier-of-grenoble/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:34:11 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=290 The Cadet Women’s Epee tournament in Grenoble, France was the best organized and most stylish tournament the fencing beat reporter has had the privilege of attending. From the parade of the flags of participating nations to the champagne and cookies for everyone at the end, it was a class act all the way. Thanks, Club Parmentier!

Congratulations to Madeline Kehl for taking 7th place and to Katie Angen for taking 29th place!

]]> NAC B Prep Results https://www.socaldivision.org/nac-b-prep-results/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:08:09 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=269 Congratulations to our Y-14 finalists.

1. Stephen Ewart (Thrust)
2. Nicholas Hoyer (Swords)
3. John Gardner (Conejo)
3. Rachel Bang (Fortune)
5. Chris Derhartouian (Swords)
6. Jamie Bang (Fortune)
7. Cara Auerbach (LAIFC)
8. Emon Daroian (Swords)

 

Congratulations to our finalists in Open Epee.

1. Tigran Shaginian (Swords)
2. Trevor Shepard (Swords)
3. Jim Beihold (Swordplay)
3. Luis Dealba-Yount (Swords)
5. Raymond Schorr (Swords)
6. Madeline Kehl (Swords)
7. Wesley Martinez (Masque de Fer-Chaminade)
8. Preston Maestri-Petnunas (Swords)

 

Congratulations to our Y-12 finalists.

1. Rachel Bang (Fortune)
2. Cameron Downs (Swords)
3. Kyle Lee (Swords)
3. Emon Daroian (Swords)
5. Andres Rodriguez (Thrust)
6. Arvind Karuppiah (Swords)
7. Anna Carlson (Swords)
8. Garron Ireton (Thrust)

 

Lots of photos for this one see the slideshow.

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Left to right: Frank Hewitt (3rd), Justin Yoo (3rd), Madeline Kehl (2nd), and Porter Hesslegrave (1st).

Congratulations to our finalists!

1. Porter Hesslegrave (LAIFC)
2. Madeline Kehl (Swords)
3. Frank Hewitt (Cabrillo)
3. Justin Yoo (LAIFC)

 

Shots from a great tournament:

Tigran Shaginian vs. Porter Hesslegrave

Semi-final: Justin Yoo vs. Porter Hesslegrave.

Semi-final: Madeline Kehl vs. Frank Hewitt.

Final: Madeline Kehl vs. Porter Hesslegrave.

]]> Results from Gore for the Gold https://www.socaldivision.org/results-from-gore-for-the-gold/ Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:54:39 +0000 https://www.socaldivision.org/?p=222

Open Epee Medalists (left to right): Vahram Tovmasyan (1st), Tigran Shaginian (2nd), Madeline Kehl (3rd), William Gelnaw (3rd), and Chris Getsla (5th).

Congratulations to the medalists in this year’s Gore for the Gold open epee event:

1. Vahram Tovmasyan (Swords)
2. Tigran Shaginian (Swords)
3. William Gelnaw (No Fear)
3. Madeline Kehl (Swords)
5. Chris Getsla (Cabrillo)
6. MacGregor Mooney (Fortune)
7. Trevor Shepard (Swords)
8. Ryan Farley (Fortune)

 

Women’s Epee Medalists (left to right): Meghan Pinchuk (7th), Lea Chang (6th), Shirley Luong (5th), Esther Ruiz (3rd), Belinda Mo (3rd), Anna Gooch (2nd), and Madeline Kehl (1st).

Congratulations to our medalists in Women’s Epee at this year’s Gore for the Gold:

1. Madeline Kehl (Swords)
2. Anna Gooch (Fortune)
3. Belinda Mo (Swords)
3. Esther Ruiz (Swords)
5. Shirley Luong (Fortune)
6. Lea Chang (Fortune)
7. Meghan Pinchuk (Swords)
8. Ashley Ridge (Cabrillo)

 

Congratulations to the medalists in this year’s Gore for the Gold Y-14 epee event:

1. John Gardner
2. Belinda Mo (Swords)
3. Simon Redding (Fortune)
4. Adrien Thein-Sandler (LAIFC)
5. Jamie Bang (Fortune)
6. Tristan Perez (Swords)
7. Shirley Luong (Fortune)
8. Parker Lack (Encinitas)

 

Scenes from the incredible Open Epee final between Vahram Tovmasyan and Tigran Shaginian, both of Swords Fencing Studio.

And the Women’s Epee final: Anna Gooch (Fortune) versus Madeline Kehl (Swords).

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