SVF's fencers had a good weekend in San Francisco, taking home four medals and three new ratings!
Geoffrey Tourrette and Michael Li took the top two places in the Y14 Boys' Foil competition, while Sergio Valente rounded out the top-8 and earned an E2011 rating. Sidarth Kumbla earned his C2011 with a top-8 finish in the Junior Men's Foil competition. Michael Schwiebert won the Senior D-and-Higher Mixed Foil competition, earning his A2011 rating in the process, with Jeffrey Chen taking a bronze medal.
Great job to all of our fencers who competed in Austin! Isabel Wei earned a medal for her top-8 finish in Y14 women's foil, and Geoffrey Tourette made a very good top-16 finish in his first Cadet NAC event, as well as a top-16 finish in Y14. Congratulations, Isabel and Geoffrey! Other good results included Taylor Chin's top-32 finish in Junior Women's Foil, and SVF alumnus Robbie Moore's top-32 finish in Junior Men's Foil. Full results below.
Y14WF:
8. Isabel Wei - earning her D rating and a podium place!
Cadet WF:
35. Taylor Chin
66. Isabel Wei
Junior WF:
28. Taylor Chin
Y14 MF:
10. Geoffrey Tourette
18. Rafael Vinluan
33. Sidarth Kumbla
41. Michael Li
64. Sergio Valente
Cadet MF:
16. Geoffrey Tourette
42. Jeffrey Chen
67. Michael Li
69. Henry Walter
74. Rafael Vinluan
104. Jonathan Hong
Junior MF:
31. Robbie Moore
45. Michael Schwiebert
59. Jeffrey Chen
88. Henry Walter
164. Sidarth Kumbla
179. Rafael Vinluan
We've updated our Introductory Class schedule for Winter 2011-2012! You can find the updated class schedule for the months of November, December, and January on our Introductory Class page. If you're looking for an indoor sport or a workout during the winter months, come give fencing a try at SVF!
Congratulations to SVF fencer Jeffrey Chen, who took a bronze medal in the Cadet Men's Foil event at North American Cup A in Richmond!
Jeffrey went undefeated in pools and seeded 7th before working his way through the tableau, including a tense come-from-behind overtime victory in the round of 16. The third-place finish is his highest yet in a national cadet competition. Great job, Jeffrey! Rafael Vinluan also made a good showing, going 5-1 in pools and finishing 36th. In Cadet Women's Foil, Taylor Chin also had a strong pool at 6-0. She finished in the top 32, taking 18th place.
Great job to all of our fencers who made the trip and competed over the weekend, and welcome home.
SVF's youth fencers had another great weekend on the local tournament circuit!
Geoffrey Tourette parlayed a perfect pool (6-0, +30) into a gold medal performance in the Y12 Boys' Foil, with teammate Michael Li taking the silver. Nihar Mitra and Blake Broszus also finished in the top 8.
In the Y10 Boys' Foil, Ashton Daniel took the silver medal and teammates Gabriel Li and Cole Johnson also finished among the top 8 fencers. Good job, boys!
Y12 Boys' Foil (35 fencers):
1. Geoffrey Tourette - GOLD
2. Michael Li - SILVER
6. Nihar Mitra
8. Blake Broszus
10. Drew Wadsworth
12. Andrew Tran
14. Eric Wei
15. Ashton Daniel
18. Gabriel Li
30. Ethan Knight
Y10 Boys' Foil (22 fencers):
2. Ashton Daniel - SILVER
5. Gabriel Li
6. Cole Johnson
9. Ethan Knight
Congratulations to Michael Schwiebert, who took the gold at the season's second Junior Men's Foil Bay Cup in San Jose this weekend with a dominating performance. Henry Walter finished in the top 8 after his furious comeback bid from 11-5 down ran short of time at 12-14.
Also congratulations to Michael Li and Sidarth Kumbla, who worked through a tough field in the Y14 Bay Cup to take silver and bronze, respectively. Sidarth overcame a 0-5 start to his quarterfinal bout to post a 13-10 victory. Rafael Vinluan also finished in the top 8. Nice job, guys!
Pictured: Sidarth and Michael with their medals, and Aleksei. Full results below.
Junior Men's Foil (22 fencers):
1. Michael Schwiebert - GOLD
5. Henry Walter
14. Rafael Vinluan
19. Jonathan Hong
SVF fencers Jeffrey Chen and Taylor Chin competed in the season's first designated event on the European Cadet Circuit, in Budapest, Hungary!
In the men's foil event, Jeffrey finished 52nd out of 196 fencers. After winning four of his six pool bouts and seeding 65th, Jeffrey won his first direct elimination bout before bowing out to top-seeded fellow American Axel Kiefer (Lexington, KY).
Taylor placed 47th out of 131 women's foilists, likewise winning four of her six pool bouts. Taylor won her first DE before losing a close bout in the round of 64 to American Bryce Koester (Dallas, TX).
Well done to Taylor and Jeffrey, and welcome home.
