Congratulations to everyone that fenced this past weekend in San Jose! The club did great and we had a fantastic time! A special thanks to all the parents who made this trip possible, we couldn't have done it without you!
The Junior Men's team of Connor Gibson, Blake Gordon and team captain, Mason Mitchell had a strong showing against the Medeo Fencers Club team, but eventually lost 45 to 30. Our final ranking was 21st, which is great, especially when you consider that the Medeo team was so strong they had the winner of the Cadet event, Micheal Mills, as their back up fencer! He didn't event start!!!
In the individual events we had a strong showing as well as some tough draws. In youth 14 men's saber, Connor drew Will Spear, the number one ranked Y14 fencer in the country to get into the top 8, Connor was eliminated and Will went on to win the event. Connor's high seeding out of the pools gave him 10th place in the final rankings. Our friends from Houston also did great! Chris Ahn seeded 4th in Y14 after a fantastic round in the pools and finished 17th overall after the direct eliminations! Avery Youngblood also had a great tournament, she actually did better in the Cadet event, than in her own age group event! Her final rank in Cadets was 26th which will give her a lot of national points! Cait Schneider only had one event at nationals this year but has apparently sparked the interest of some college scouts, more on that as the details become available!
Here are the individual results we have so far;
Mason Mitchell:
27th out of 118 in Division 2 Men's Saber
48th out of 110 in Cadet Men's Saber
Avery Youngblood:
26th out of 81 in Cadet Women's Saber (also earns more national Cadet points!)
35th out of 80 in Youth 14 Women's Saber
Blake Gordon:
49th out of 118 in Division 2 Men's Saber
40th out of 127 in Youth 14 Men's Saber
Cait Schneider:
63rd out of 87 in Junior Women's Saber
Connor Gibson:
53rd out of 110 in Cadet Men's Saber
10th out of 127 in Youth 14 Men's Saber
