Empire United Fencing

EUF Fencers Return From World Championships with Medals

sean — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:49:41 +0000

Four fencers from Empire United represented the U.S. at the Junior/Cadet World Championships in Amann, Jordan. Three of them returned with medals.

Race Imboden (17, Brooklyn, NY) placed 9th in the Junior Men’s foil event and brought home a gold medal in the Men’s Foil Team Event. At last years Championships Race won a bronze medal in the Cadet men’s foil event. Brian Kaneshige (17, Maplewood, NJ) also brought home a gold medal in the Junior Men’s foil team. Both Brian and Race are a part of history as the U.S. Men’s Foil Team became the first American Men’s team to succesfully defend a World Title by besting Italy in the final the last two years. Margaret Lu (16, Greenwich, Conn.) finished 9th in the Cadet Women’s Foil event. Margaret also was a part of history as the U.S. Women finished one, two, and three for the first time in Junior Womens Foil Individual. The U.S. women lost a close match to Italy (45-43) in the Team final and brought home the silver medal. Brian Ro (16, Westchester, NY ) making his championship debut in the Cadet Men’s Epee event placed an impressive 10th.

We want to thank all of you at the club who give your best in practice each day to create an environment where these kind of results are possible. Congratulations to all the EUF fencers.

NCAA 2011 Fencing Championships

sean — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:28:23 +0000

The National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships which were hosted by Ohio State University last March 24-27 included individual events in each of the six weapons : men’s foil, men’s epee, men’s sabre, women’s foil, women’s epee, women’s sabre. A field of 144 fencers, 24 for each of the just mentioned weapons battled each other over the long weekend that just passed. But to get to this Championship level meant a long and arduous journey for these lucky few. There were eighteen different NCAA championships that took place during the winter, each one testing the skills of hundreds of College fencers to come up with the 24 best.
EUF is very proud to announce that 8 of our fencers made it to the Championships, 6 of which are College Freshmen. These College Freshmen are as follows:
April Whitney, Cornell University, Northeast Region, Women’s Foil
Bo Charles, Columbia University, Northeast Region, Men’s Foil
James Weiss, Drew University, Mid-Atlantic/South Region, Men’s Foil
Peter Cohen, Yale University, Northeast Region, Men’s Epee
Anthony Green, Penn State University, Mid-Atlantic/South Region, Men’s Epee
Alen Hadzic, Columbia University, Northeast Region, Men’s Epee
We also had 2 returning College Epee fencers, Nicholas Vomero St. John’s University (New York), Northeast Region, and 2-time NCAA Men’s Epee Champion, last year and this year, Marat Israelian, St. John’s University (New York) Northeast Region.
We congratulate Marat and the rest of our College fencers for such wonderful achievement.

EUF’s Double Silver and Bronze Medals at Junior Olympics

sean — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:52:58 +0000

All roads led to Dallas, TX for qualified American Cadet and Junior fencers for the US Fencing Association’s Junior Olympics during Presidents’ Day Weekend. Amongst them were 20 EUF fencers, and they did not come home empty handed and we congratulate each and everyone for their stellar performance and show of best efforts.
Brian Kaneshige earned a Silver Medal and Michael Woo placed 5th in Junior Men’s Foil from a field of 182 young men, a very commendable result for both. Other EUF fencers who placed in the Top 32 in JMF were Justin Lee at 12th place and Harrison Bergman at 32nd place.
Another Silver Medal was earned by Michael Woo while Justin Lee bagged a bronze medal in Cadet Men’s Foil from a field of 198 young foilists. Other Top 32 finishers were Harrison Bergman at 14th place, Adam Mathieu at 24th place and AJ Szilagyi at 26th place.
In Cadet Women’s Foil, Samantha Lee earned a 7th place finish form a field of 162 young women and placed 28th in Junior Women’s Foil from a field of 145 women foilists.
In Junior Men’s Epee, Alen Hadzic placed 10th and Brian Ro placed 11th from a field of 213 Junior epee fencers.
In Cadet Men’s Epee, Justin Wan finished in 5th place, a very impressive result out of a field of 210 young men. Three other EUF cadet epeeists finished in the Top 32, coincidentally one after each other, Justin Hahn, Brian Ro and Andrew Kim ended up as 22nd, 23rd and 24th placers, respectively.

Other Results are as follows:
Junior Men’s Foil (182 fencers)
53 Petrie IV John A
54 Szilagyi Alexander
55 Mathieu Adam
79 Doherty Justin P
Cadet Men’s Foil (198 fencers)
71 Petrie IV John A
Junior Women’s Foil (145 fencers)
102 Szilagyi Heather J
Junior Men’s Epee (213 fencers)
36 Hahn Justin H
38 Senju Hikari
73 Wan Justin C
91 Xu Albert L
92 Rowland Hudson G
93 Revich Mitchell
131 Kim Andrew J
184 Im Alexander
Cadet Men’s Epee (210 fencers)
51 Xu Albert L
81 Im Alexander

Golden Harvest at NAC C, DALLAS, GOLD Medals from Harry Bergman, Race Imboden, Nick Vomero and Other Results

sean — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:51:31 +0000

EUF fencers brought home great honor from the North American Cup C held in Dallas, Texas from January 14th to the 18th of January. In Cadet Men’s Foil, Harrison “Harry” Bergman bested 127 other young men to get to the top of the podium with his Gold medal win. Justin Lee was not far behind with his 3rd place finish. Other Top 32 finishers were Adam Mathieu, 11th place, John Petrie IV, 24th place and AJ Szilagyi, 32nd place.
In Junior Men’s Foil, not only did Race Imboden won Gold out of a field of 189 competitors, but 4 other EUF fencers made the Top 8! Brian Kaneshige, Adam Mathieu, Michael Woo and Brendan Cusack captured the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th places, respectively. Other Top 32 finishers were Justin Lee at 17th place, Bolivar “Bo” Charles at 21st place and John Petrie IV at 26th place.
Another Gold Medal was brought home by , Nicholas “Nick” Vomero in Division 1 Men’s Epee from a field of 257 men epeeists, while Brian Ro placed 27th, and Justin Wan finished at 29th.
In Junior Women’s Foil, Margaret Lu earned a Bronze Medal from a field of 148 competitors and in Division 1 Womens’ foil, she placed 6th out of a field of 114 senior women foilists.
In Cadet Men’s Epee, Justin Wan placed 5th out of a field of 146 fencers, while Brian Ro finished at 13th place.
In Division 1 Men’s Foil, 4 EUF fencers placed in the Top 32 out of a field of 193 senior men’s foilists. Michael Woo finished at 14th, Brian Kaneshige placed 21st, Brendan Cusack at 23rd, and Andras Horanyi placed 25th.
In Junior Men’s Epee, Anthony Green finished at 15th, Alen Hadzic at 17th and Mitchell “Mitch” Revitch rounded off EUF’s top 32 finishers with his 32nd place finish, out of a field of 224 epeeists.
Other Results are as follows:
Cadet Men’s Foil (128 competitors)
36 Upbin William A
39 Turner IV James V
61 Kong II David
74 Faicco Joseph
Junior Men’s Foil(189 competitors)
34 Bergman Harrison
38 Doherty Justin P
78 Weiss James A
88 Szilagyi Alexander
103 Faicco Joseph
116 Siclare Lukas S
144 Upbin William A
149 Turner IV James V
151 Kong II David
Division 1 Men’s Foil(193 competitors)
33 Farrag Sherif G
33 Imboden Race A
39 Kennard Henry B
49 Weiss James A
62 Mathieu Adam
69 Kershaw Clinton E
75 Bergman Harrison
85 Lee Justin
97 Petrie IV John A
103 Szilagyi Alexander
105 Doherty Justin P
166 Siclare Lukas S
184 Turner IV James V
Cadet Women’s Foil(88 competitors)
36 Lee Samantha H
Junior Women’s Foil(148 competitors)
65 Whitney April V
82 Lee Samantha H
98 Szilagyi Heather J
Division 1 Women’s Foil(114 competitors)
92 Lee Samantha H
94 Whitney April V
Cadet Men’s Epee(146 competitors)
33 Xu Albert L
46 1 Greenfield Jack
49 Im Alexander
78 Revich Mitchell
Junior Men’s Epee(224 competitors)
32 Revich Mitchell

61 Greenfield Jack
71 Sorkin Venedikt
77 Wan Justin C
118 Senju Hikari
133 Xu Albert L
153 Im Alexander
Division 1 Men’s Epee(257 competitors)
36 Hadzic Alen
47 Green Anthony T
79 Greenfield Jack
84 Kerkhof Peter L
238 Im Alexander

Margaret Lu’s Bronze Medal and Other Results from Pre-Holiday Tournaments

sean — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:43:36 +0000

As the rest of the world braved cold winds and busy malls to go about their pre-holiday activities, a number of our fenders traveled far and near to compete in some important tournaments. The third North American Cup this fencing season, dubbed “The NAC Before Christmas” was held in Atlanta, GA from December 18-20. This was a purely Division 1 or Seniors event, and as competitions go, “it does not get any tougher than this” in the domestic scene. In Women’s Foil, Margaret Lu placed third out of a field of 72 women while in Men’s Foil, Brian Kaneshige placed 7th out of a field of 148 competitors.

Other Top 32 finishers in MF were Andras Horanyi in 10th place, Race Imboden in 11th place, Harry Bergman in 15th place, Henry Kennard in 20th and Sherif Farrag in 22nd place.

In Men’s Epee, Nicholas Vomero made the Top 32, placing 21st out of a field of 170 epeeists.

The same weekend saw two of our young boys competing in the 4th Annual Barbara Lynch Regional Youth Circuit in Maplewood, NJ, and EUF is very proud of their results. Sean Li placed 5th and Alex Ju placed 16th out of a field of 35 young men in Y12. Way to go, boys!

The rest of the December NAC results are as follows:
Div 1 WF:
April Witney 38th
Samantha Lee 64th
Div 1 MF:
Sam Wunderlich 35th
Michael Woo 36th
James Weiss 58th
Justin Lee 65th
Adam Mathieu 72nd
Clinton Kershaw 76th
Justin Doherty 113th
Div 1 ME
Brian Ro 44th
Justin Wan 75th
Venedikt Sorkin 80th
Peter Kerkhof 111th

Race Imboden’s British Gold Medal and Other European Foil Results

sean — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:44:14 +0000

A very big honor was bestowed upon us when Race Imboden (17, Brooklyn, NY/Empire United) won the Junior “A” Men’s Foil Eden Cup in London, UK on the 4th of December. Race defeated Evgeniy Filippov of Russia in the final bout, 15-9. Race and Filippov are ranked in the Top 20 Junior Men’s Foilists in the FIE (Federation Internationale d’Escrime) World rankings. On the same day, in another Junior “A” Cup, this one in Women’s Foil held in Waldkirch, Germany, Margaret Lu (16, Greenwich, CT/Empire United) placed sixth, bringing up her FIE ranking to 6th in the World. Both Race and Margaret won over some of the world’s best junior foilists to get to their respective finishes.

And this past weekend, in the Cadet Men’s World Cup in Cabries, France, Harrison “Harry” Bergman (16, Tewksbury, NJ/Empire United) placed 5th out of a field of 189 young men. Three other EUF competitors were not far behind, with Adam Mathieu in 16th place, Michael Woo in 18th place and Justin Lee in 19th place.

Our heartfelt congratulations to Race and the rest of the gang.

Ro and Hadzic of EUF’s Epee Program Bring Home Medals

sean — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:20:32 +0000

EUF’s Epee Program, started its second year with great funfare. Last weekend, Brian Ro brought great honor to EUF by making the Top 8 in the European Men’s Epee Cadet Cup in Chalons, France. Brian led the group of American competitors by placing 7th out of a field of 146 young men from 14 countires. Another outstanding EUF epeeist, Alen Hadzic, a freshman at Columbia University earned a Silver Medal in the North American Cup B in Junior Men’s Epee from a field of 25 competitors. We congratulate Brian, Alen and Coach Alexey Cheremsky for such impressive results.

FOUR EUF FENCERS IN TOP 8 IN JUNIOR MF!

sean — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:37:23 +0000

Four of EUF’s fencers made the Top 8 in Men’s Junior Foil (193 competitors) in the just recently concluded North American Cup Tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Race Imboden led the pack with his 2nd place finish, Adam Mathieu, 3rd place, Brian Kaneshige, 5th place and Michael Woo, 7th place. Justin Lee rounded off our top 32 finishers by placing 11th. A second Silver Medal was earned in Junior Men’s Epee by Alen Hadzic, a very noteworthy feat as the field was very large at 205 men’s epeeists. In Junior Women’s Foil, with a field of 131, Margaret Lu placed 9th and Samantha Lee placed 23rd.

In Cadet Men’s Foil, (169 competitors) Justin Lee medaled at 6th place. Other top 32 finishers were Michel Woo, 17th place, AJ Szilagyi, 20th place, and Adam Mathieu, 21st place. In Cadet Men’s Epee, (167 competitors), Brian Ro placed 13th, and Justin Wan placed 19th.

In Y14 Boys Foil, our youngest competitors showed some amazing results, with Carroll “Rusty” Fields placing 9th and William “Willie” Upbin placing 11th out of a field of 108 young men.

Other results are as follows:
Junior Men’s Foil
AJ Szilagyi 34th
James Weiss 79th
Justin Doherty 81st
Harry Bergman 92nd
John Petrie IV 93rd
James Turner IV 128th
Joseph Faicco 132nd
Junior Men’s Epee
Brian Ro 42nd
Justin Wan 102nd
Venedickt Sorkin 116th
Jack Greenfield 126th

Cadet Men’s Foil
Harry Bergman 33rd
John Petrie IV 40th
James Turner IV 43rd
Willie Upbin 100th
Joseph Faicco 104th
Rusty Fields 107th
Cadet Men’s Epee
Alexander Im 40th
Jack Greenfield 48th
Cadet Women’s Foil
Samantha Lee 77th
Alexander Im 140th

Bronze Medal for Margaret Lu and Other Luxembourg Results

sean — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:03:08 +0000

The Federation Internationale de Escrime (FIE) opened its 2010-2011 Junior(20 y.o. and Under) Season with the November 6 tournaments in Luxembourg. In the Ier Challenge Colette Flesch Women’s Foil competition, Margaret Lu placed 3rd out of a field of 63 competitors. She won over the No.1 ranked German Junior female foilist and the No. 4 ranked Italian Junior female foilist to get to the podium. Simultaneously, a very well-attended Junior Men’s Foil competition was held, the X Challenge J.-B.Coulon. EUF’s Race Imboden placed 14th, Brian Kaneshige placed 15th and Brendan Cusack placed 17th out of a field of 119 competitors. We congratulate the above four fencers for a job well done.

Silver Medal for Race Imboden at NAC A and other Results

sean — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:54:23 +0000

The NAC A weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio from October 15-18 proved to be a very good but tough one for the Elite fencers of EUF. Race Imboden earned a Silver Medal in Division 1Men’s Foil out of a field of 188 Men’s foilists. In Top 8, he fenced and beat 2 members of this year’s Men’s Foil World Championship Team, Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-13 to go to Top 4 and Kurt Getz, 15-10 to go to the Finals. Race fenced 2008 Olympian, Gerek Meindhart in the Gold medal bout where he lost 11-15. Our heartfelt congratulations to Race fo a job well done!

Other Top 32 finishers in Division 1 Men’s Foil were Andras Horanyi, 13th place, Sam Wunderlich, 22nd place, and Sherif Farrag, 30th place. In Division 1 Women’s Foil, Margaret Lu placed 11th out of a field of 109 Women’s foilists. In Division 1 Men’s Epee, Alen Hadzic placed 12th, while Brian Ro placed 19th out of a field of 253 Men’s epeeists.

Other NAC A Results are as follows:
Division 1 Men’s Foil (188 Fencers)
39th James Weiss
41th Brian Kaneshige
42nd Harrison Bergman
44th Henry Kennard
53rd Michael Woo
59th Justin Lee
70th Lukas Siclare
79th Adam Mathieu
88th Jose Samora
114th Justin Doherty
Division 1 Women’s Foil (109 Fencers)
92nd Samantha Lee
Division 1 Men’s Epee (253 Fencers)
99th. Nicholas Vomero
109th Peter Kerkhof
143rd Justin Wan
146th Alexander Im
151st Hikari Senju
Veteran’s Women’s Foil, 50-59 Age Group (21 Fencers)
10th Michelle Verhave