Canada’s Top Young Fencers Excel at the Kansas City North American Cup
Canadian Fencing Federation – Canada’s top young competitive fencers travelled to Kansas City this past weekend to take part in the North American Cup (NAC) for Y14, Cadet and Junior fencers.
A total of 25 Canadian fencers achieved top 16 results in events that had as many as 225 fencers. Five fencers came home with medals, including:
David Gornovsky, Y14 Men’s Epee, SWP, ON – GOLD
Ariane Leonard, Junior Women’s Epee, OLM, QC – SILVER
Jessica Guo, Y14 Women’s Foil, HHF, ON – SILVER
Zi Shan Guo, Junior Women’s Epee, VGO, ON – BRONZE
Daniel Gu, Junior Men’s Foil, EFC, AB – BRONZE
Following is a summary of the athletes who finished in the top 16:
Cadet Women’s Epee (172 fencers)
Ariane Leonard, OLM, QC – 2nd
Zi Shan Guo, VGO, ON – 3rd
Michelle Kutik, SWP, ON – 8th
Junior Women’s Epee (194 fencers)
Cindy Gao, TFC, Harvard, ON – 5th
Justine Boudreau, OLM, QC – 8th
Zi Shan Guo, VGO, ON – 9th
Shirley Wang, VGO, ON – 14th
Cadet Women’s Foil (221 fencers)
Jessica Guo, HHF, ON – 15th
Cadet Men’s Saber (206 fencers)
Nicholas Dinu, BSC, ON – 16th
Cadet Men’s Epee (226 fencers)
Benedek Szabo, SWP, ON – 5th
David Gornovsky, SWP, ON – 6th
Steven Grams, UNA, QC – 12th
Nicholas Deguchi, HBF, ON – 15th
Junior Men’s Sabre (217 fencers)
Angelo Chiara, BRE, QC – 14th
Y14 Women’s Epee (94 fencers)
Tessa Mierczuk, SWP, ON – 9th
Marie Frederique Millette, CEE, QC – 15th
Angela Lilla Mucsi, SWP, ON – 16th
Y14 Men’s Saber (119 fencers)
Matis Pastor-Jobin, SPA, QC – 11th
Y14 Women’s Saber (84 fencers)
Tamar Gordon, DYN, BC – 11th
Junior Men’s Foil (249 fencers)
Daniel Gu, EFC, AB – 3rd
Y14 Women’s Foil (116 fencers)
Jessica Guo, HHF, ON – 2nd
Y14 Men’s Epee (94 fencers)
David Gornovsky, SWP, ON – 1st
Nicholas Deguchi, HBF, ON – 7th
Riley Xian, VGO, ON – 11th
Lucas L’Esperance, CEE, QC – 14th
Congratulations to all athletes and their coaches!
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Canadian Fencing Federation