The Dallas Fencers Club Team Blog

Thursday, March 22, 2007

10 Medals at the Super Youth Circuit in Houston


The club did fantastic at the Houston Super Youth Circuit event! Congratulations to Blake Gordon and Connor Gibson for their first place finishes! Connor won the Y14 Saber event and Blake won the Y12 Saber event. Those weren't the only medals though! In Y12 Women's Saber Allie Gordon got the bronze, in Y14 Women;s Saber Arden Youngblood got the Silver and her sister Avery got the Bronze, in Y14 Men's Saber Mason Mitchell got Silver, and in Y10 Men's Saber Jason Meng got the Silver. We also had a couple of very good top 8 finishes. Dylan Black finished 7th in the Y12 Men's Saber, George Neal finished 6th in Y14 Saber and Blake Gordon finished 8th! Since this was a SYC event all the kids who placed will earn national points!

Monday, March 05, 2007

Congratulations to Nathan Cho at the Junior Olympics in Denver!

Nathan had a fantastic day in the Cadet men's saber at the Junior Olympics. He finished 22nd out of 169 fencers! Not only is that a great finish but it earned him more national points, so he is now ranked 34th in the nation in Cadet Men's Saber!

Sunday, March 04, 2007

2nd Place for Nick and Cait at the SSCC #4

Congratulations to Nick and Cait, they each took second place in their events! The rest of the club didn't do too bad either, all our kids finished in the top 16!