Fencing Canada – A number of Canadians have made the trip to Dallas, Texas for the US Fencing Association’s National Championships & July Challenge which runs from June 29^th to July 8^th with numerous age class and divisions in all weapons.

The top result so far for Canada is Kelleigh Ryan’s (Ottawa, ON) gold medal win over USA’s Margaret Lu by a close score of 15-14 in Women’s Division 1 Foil.   Canada’s other medal came from Shirley Wang (Canadian in US) who won Bronze in Women’s Cadet Epee.

A number of Canadians have had top 16 results in events that have well over 100 fencers. The following is a summary of Canada’s top 16 results in the tournament so far, with several days of competition remaining:

Kelleigh Ryan (Ottawa, ON) – Div. 1 Women’s Foil – 1^st (Gold)

Shirley Wang (Toronto, ON; TFC) – Cadet Women’s Epee – 3^rd (Bronze)

Blake Broszus (Canadian in US) – Div. 1 Men’s Foil – 5^th; Cadet Men’s Foil – 9^th

Cindy Gao (Toronto, ON; TFC) – Junior Women’s Epee – 5^th; Div. 1 Women’s Epee – 12^th

Dylan French (Richmond, BC; Dynamo) – Junior Men’s Epee – 5^th; Div. 1 Men’s Epee – 8^th

Fares Arfa (Laval, QC; MEC) – Div. 1 Men’s Sabre – 9^th

Shirley Guo (Toronto, ON; TFC) – Cadet Women’s Epee – 13^th   

Justine De Grasse (Canadian in US) – Junior Women’s Epee – 15^th

Congratulations to all!

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