Another National Champion at the Dallas Fencers Club!

Congratulations to Erica Zhao, the 2010 Youth 14 Women's Saber National Champion!

Erica is having a fantastic year at Nationals, she placed 9th in Cadet Women's Saber and 32nd in Division 1A Women's Saber as well!

Medals from the team event at the Saber Cave

Connor and jason at the saber cave

Mostly Full Results from Nationals

This years national championship was a huge success for the club, two national champions and a total of 22 top 32 finishes! I had to limit this post just to top 32 finishes because we had even more who made the initial cut after pools, but didn't advance to the 32. Here are the results:
National Champions
Blake Gordon 2009 Youth 14 National Champion
Waldek Czaja 2009 Veteran 40 National Champion
National Finalists
Arden Youngblood 2nd Place Division 1A Women's Saber
Jason Meng 3rd Place Youth 12 Men's Saber
Women's Junior Team Saber 8th Place
Top 32 Finishes
Henry Uldall 30th in Division 3 Men's Epee
Marshall Honaker 14th in Youth 12 Men's Epee
Khalil Lacy 13th in Youth 10 Men's Epee
John Shanks 12th in Veterans 40 Men's Foil
Mason Mitchell 19th in Division 1A Men's Saber
Blake Gordon 24th in Division 2 Men's Saber
Jason Meng 32nd in Youth 14 Men's Saber
Khai-Leif Nguyen-Hille 14th in Youth 10 Men's Saber
Mason Mitchell 30th in Junior Men's Saber
Connor Gibson 12th in Cadet Men's Saber
Senior Men's Saber Team 11th Place
Junior Men's Saber Team 12th Place
Avery Youngblood 10th in Division 2 Women's Saber
Erica Zhao 15th in Division 2 Women's Saber
Erica Zhao 19th in Division 3 Women's Saber
Isabella So 22nd in Youth 14 Women's Saber
Avery Youngblood 17th in Cadet Women's Saber
Senior Team Women's Saber 10th Place

The Champ and his fan club!

Another National Champion!

Congratulations to our coach Waldek Czaja, who won the Veterans 40 Saber event at the National Championships!

The 2009 Men's Youth 14 Saber National Champion!

Congratulations to Blake Gordon on winning the National Championship this year! With 137 fencers competing Blake was able to fence great in the pools and was flawless in the direct eliminations! I'll post some pictures as soon as I can track some down!

Connor at the National Championships

At the Cadet Saber event at the National Championships in Grapevine TX! Connor finished 12th out of 115! I'll post the rest of the results as they come in.

Pictures from the Dallas World Cup

Here is the first batch of pictures from the World Cup event at the Dallas Downtown Sheraton. The competitors were among the best in the world, and included several former Olympic medalists.