Today Jordan, Claire, Carissa, and Robert drove to Detroit Mercy to watch and support Tuuli and her Denison teammates who qualified at the NCAA individuals regionals. Tuuli didn't make the first cut by three points but she fenced well and was the highest placing fencer from Denison in women's epee.
We also got to stay and watch some great epee and sabre fencing from the ladies at Notre Dame, Northwestern, Cleveland State, and Ohio State.
It was an inspiring day and we had a lot of fun not only watching the fencing but also trying bubble tea for the first time!
Wednesday evening was the last of the Winter Youth Cup Series.
In the final bout of Y 10/12 epee, Mason beat Nolan by one point in an intense bout. Colton and Keller tied for third.
In the Y 12/14 epee, Braxton came out on top after a tough bout with Hayden. Evan and Adeline tied for third and Kostos took fourth.
The overall winner for Y 10/12 epee was Nolan! He ended up with 42 points, Colton and Mason tied for second with 36 each, Keller third with 24, Ten was fourth with 8, and Hans fifth with 8
The overall Y 12/14 epee winner was Hayden! He finished with 42 points, Adeline second with 36, Braxton and Evan tied for third with 30 each, Garrick was fourth with 20, Kostas was fifth with 8 and Hans was sixth with 4.
The overall sabre will be decided next week. The current standing is Kostas with 20 points, Achiel with 14, Evan has 8, and Mason 4.
We had a great turnout today at our competition in TC.
In the women's epee event, Claire Norconk placed first, Annie Myler was second and Ros and Marlene Schaff tied for third.
In the Youth epee event, Nathan Li took first, Jeremy Diepstra second, and Adeline DePauw was third
In Youth sabre, Nathan Li placed first, Luke Owen's was second, and Kostos and Jeremy Diepstra tied for third.
In mixed sabre, Chuku Oje placed first and earned his E2020, George Townsend took second, and Carrie Owen's and Craig Norconk tied for third
In the mixed epee with a total of 30 fencers, Dale Karolak took first and renewed his A rating, Brad Ochs placed second, and Annie Myler and Alex Florian tied for third. Annie renewed her B rating and Alex earned his B2020. Aidan Schlueder placed 5th and earned his C2020 and Jonas Smith was the highest placing U fencer. Well done everyone!
Big thank you to everyone who made the trip to fence with us today!
In the second day at Junior Olympics, Annie Myler placed 38th out of 264 in Junior Women's Epee, earning National points. We're Proud of her!! Aidan, Rowan and Carson participated in the Juniors Men's Epee Team, they fought well but lost in their first match. Over the weekend we did much introspection/discussion about our fencing through competing, watching tons of fencing and interacting other fencers/coaches.
