For full list of results visit: usfencing.org
January North American Cup 2015
Sal Lake City, Utah / January 9th – 12th, 2015
Highlights:
Alliance had 7 medalists over the weekend including 2 gold, 2 bronze, and more! Ari Simmons won the gold medal in Junior Men’s Epee! Go Ari! Barbara VanBenththuysen won bronze in Division 1 Women’s Epee, and she is still a cadet fencer! Go Barbara!
Medalists:
Courtney Hurley
Gold / Division 1 Women’s Epee
Ari Simmons
Gold / Junior Men’s Epee
24th / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Farrah Lee-Elabd (Olympian/Alliance)
Bronze / Junior Women’s Epee
Barbara VanBenthuysen
Bronze / Division 1 Women’s Epee
Kelley Hurley
6th / Division 1 Women’s Epee
Lewis Weiss
6th / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Sean Wilson
8th / Junior Men’s Epee
National Point Winners:
Francesca Bassa
9th / Division 1 Women’s Epee
TJ Petrosewicz
9th / Junior Men’s Epee
Anton Piskovatskov
9th / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Anna Van Brummen
11th / Division 1 Women’s Epee
Ally Ryf
12th / Junior Women’s Epee
Jonathan Piskovatskov
18th / Junior Men’s Epee
22nd / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Anton Piskovatskov
21st / Junior Men’s Epee
Ally Micek
27th / Junior Women’s Epee
Sean Wilson
28th / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Madi Antekeier
29th / Junior Women’s Epee
John Cramerus
33rd / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Darius Zacharakis
33rd / Junior Men’s Epee
43rd / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Aidan Antekeier
52nd / Junior Men’s Epee
Esteban Sanchez
56th / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Robin Cheong (Olympian/Alliance)
37th / Junior Men’s Epee
60th / Division 1 Men’s Epee
Patrick Satterfield
63rd / Junior Men’s Epee
Great job to the fencers, parents, and coaches on these amazing results! Currently the National Point Standings in the United States for Cadet and Junior are as follows:
Jonathan Piskovatskov
1st / Youth 14 Men’s Epee
3rd / Cadet Men’s Epee
Barbara VanBenthuysen
1st / Cadet Women’s Epee
Ari Simmons
2nd / Junior Men’s Epee
Anton Piskovatskov
3rd / Junior Men’s Epee
Madi Antekeier
4th / Junior Women’s Epee
Robin Cheong (Olympian/Alliance)
4th / Cadet Men’s Epee
Farrah Lee-Elabd
4th / Cadet Women’s Epee
7th / Junior Women’s Epee
Anna Van Brummen
4th / Senior Women’s Epee
Gigi Vierheller
5th / Cadet Women’s Epee
11th/ Junior Women’s Epee
Michael Popovici
7th / Junior Men’s Epee
TJ Petrosewicz
8th / Cadet Men’s Epee
Darius Zacharakis
9th / Junior Men’s Epee
Nicolas Wilson
10th / Cadet Men’s Epee
Sean Wilson
11th / Cadet Men’s Epee
The point standings will determine who will qualify to fence in the Cadet/Junior World Championships that take place this April in Uzbekistan. The final decision will be made upon the results of the Junior Olympics Fencing Championships that are taking place in Richmond, Virgina in just a few weeks! So stay tuned to find out who will be representing the US at Worlds!
To see the full list of the current point standings for all US fencers visit: usfencing.org/currentpointstandings
Go ALLIANCE!!! Go USA!!!
