Region 4 RYC #3 at The Fencing Center San Jose, CA Results

Y14 Men's Foil 59 Competitors, C2 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Tran, Andrew SILICONVLY D2014 C2015
2 Hadler, Benjamin SFFC E2015 D2015
3 Bermender, Cameron NORTHBAYFA C2015
3 Snytsheuvel, John Evan GOLUBITSKY C2014
5 Yang, Andy SILICONVLY U E2015
6 Gu, Darren SILICONVLY D2014
7 Shih, Benjamin TOUCHE E2014 E2015
8 Martinez, Donavyn FFA U E2015
9 Rovere, Dante SOUTHCOAST D2014
10 Mattingly, Henry GGFC D2014
11 Li, Gabriel MTEAM E2014
12 Curley, Sebastian SFFC U
13 Mohamed, Yaseen MTEAM OC E2014
14 Knight, Ethan SILICONVLY D2014
15 Urodovskikh, Evan SILICONVLY U
16 Fernandes, Zain CALIFFENCI E2014
17 Mulligan, James SSC D2014
18 Sheen, Grant GOLUBITSKY D2015
19 Ivanov, Nicholas SFFC E2014
20 Tsutaoka, Jake SFFC U
21 Adams, Luke SILICONVLY U
22 Chung, Andrew MTEAM OC U
23 Tom, Jonathan GGFC U
24 Tulyag, Fyze FFA D2014
25 Song, Lawrence TOUCHE U
26 Insley, Mathias SILICONVLY U
27 Yu, Ethan SFFC E2014
28 Shin, Ian Hyoungjin SILICONVLY U
29 Ramamurthy, Sriram SILICONVLY U
30 Carter, Lucas SFFC U
31 Sohn, Christopher MTEAM U
32 Gupta, Shiven UNAT U
33 Lombardi, Leo SPORT U
34 Lui, Sebastian MTEAM U
35 Shih, William TOUCHE U
36 Runke, Andrew TOUCHE U
37 Feng, Stuart SILICONVLY U
38 Bellitto, Quentin CALIFFENCI U
39 Zheng, Alan CALIFFENCI U
40 Sood, Kishan CALIFFENCI U
41 Kong, Kenneth SFFC U
42 Thai, William MTEAM OC U
43 Lee, Maxwell HALBERSTAD U
44 Sherman, Marco SPORT U
45 Yu, Brandon SFFC U
46 Paek, Alex MTEAM OC U
47 Fung, David CALIFFENCI U
48 Mao, Connor AFM U
49 Wilkens, Zach SOUTHCOAST U
50 Huang, Stephen SILICONVLY U
51 Liu, Justin CALIFFENCI U
52 Ho, Austin SILICONVLY U
53 Choi, Ethan CALIFFENCI U
54 Chan, Anthony SOUTHCOAST U
55 Wu, Andrew TOUCHE U
56 Hall, Harper GGFC U
57 Uzgiris, Sarunas WFA U
58 Lam, Jadon LASPOSITAS U
59 Silberman, Justin SOUTHCOAST U
Y14 Men's Saber 15 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Mendoza, Jacob Francis CARD D2014
2 Park, Donghwan PREMIERFA U
3 Baldauf, Fritz HALBERSTAD U
3 Rozek, Logan B. PREMIERFA U
5 Chien, Phillip ZFLA U
6 Chu, Sean FORTUNE U
7 Ding, Benjamin IFA - CA U
8 McLaughlin, Peter CARD U
9 Orpilla, Apolo Alexander HALBERSTAD U
10 Paluru, Abhijeet HHH U
11 Schweitzer, Bret TFC U
12 Francis, Tay MFC U
13 Heathcock, Antonio CARD U
14 Berg, Nathan UNAT U
15 Chang, Jehan UNAT U
Y12 Men's Epee 27 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Moosekian, Stafford SWORDSFS U
2 Walker, Jared HDFA U
3 Hofman, Andre FFA U
3 Levy, Zachari FFA U
5 Kuligowski, Bartosz AFM U
6 Vijay, Sriram FFA U
7 Lee, Nathan FFA U
8 Keihl, Konrad LASPOSITAS U
9 Pohl, Merik GPS U
10 Sharma, Sanil AFM U
11 So, Andrew LAIFC U
12 Chu, Ethan AFM U
13 Scribner, Aidan GGFC U
14 Fyrst, Espen EBFG U
15 Stroh, Ethan DELTA U
16 Zhang, Michael AFM U
17 Shur, Yakov AFM U
18 Zhou, Keven LAIFC U
19 Campbell, William B GGFC U
20 Kamalvanshi, Kanishk TOUCHE U
21 Shamis, Mark AFM U
22 Rakhimi, Marat AFM U
23 Jensen, Leif LASPOSITAS U
24 Welder, Michael AFM U
25 Arabaci, Jack AFM U
26 Sanchez, Aiden LASPOSITAS U
27 Fuller, Miles GGFC U
Y12 Women's Epee 11 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Lewis, Sophia HDFA U
2 Hoge, Natalie EBFG U
3 Bulavko, Sonia AFM U
3 Ding, Sandra IFA - CA U
5 Lam, Christy GGFC U
6 Popovici, Astrid TOUCHE U
7 Myers, Jeanelle Christina GFS U
8 Oganesian, Alice SWORDSFS U
9 Myers, Helen Sophia GFS U
10 Hojabri, Kiana AFM U
11 Taylor, Audrey AFM U
Y14 Women's Saber 16 Competitors, D1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Floyd, Pattama SCRMNTO B2014
2 Yap, Madeline HALBERSTAD E2015
3 Stelz, Kaelee SCRMNTO D2015
3 Tom, Kristen HALBERSTAD E2015
5 Tang, Cathy PEN U
6 Besedin, Hannah CFC E2014
7 Viloria, Alexis PREMIERFA U
8 Haq, Iman CARD U
9 Puckett, Samantha HALBERSTAD E2014
10 Chernomorsky, Alexandra CFC U
11 Daniel Moran, Lauren CFC U
12 Chernomorsky, Maria CFC U
13 Kohlmyer, Roxanne CFC U
14 Gray, Chloe MFC U
15 Lee, Andrea SCRMNTO U
16 Rogers, Pauline CARD U
Y12 Women's Foil 49 Competitors, D1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Cho, Sabrina SFFC D2015
2 Hung, Juliana SFFC E2014
3 Terdiman, Joya SFFC U
3 Uyanik, Nerine TFC U
5 Iben, Claire TEAMTOUCHE U
6 Yamaguchi, Kate UFA U
7 Knight, Skylar SILICONVLY U
8 Yankovskiy, Anastasia SILICONVLY U
9 Tan, Elisha GOLUBITSKY U
10 La Rosa, Ludovica CARD U
11 Szego, Clara TOUCHE U
12 Buckey, Julia SPORT U
13 Hobson, Leena MTEAM U
14 Gomes, Rafaella MTEAM U
15 Fernandes, Thea CALIFFENCI U
16 Yu, Seneca MTEAM U
17 Lange, Catherine AFM E2015
18 Lee, Alina LASPOSITAS U
19 Cao, Arianna CALIFFENCI U
19 Lee, Brianna SILICONVLY U
21 Kim, Alyssa CALIFFENCI U
22 Kalamaros, Zoe S. LAIFC U
23 Lee, Aemi CALIFFENCI U
24 Choi, Lenna GOLUBITSKY U
25 Khoo, Lauren MTEAM U
26 Raman, Tanvi SILICONVLY U
27 Li, Phoebe SILICONVLY U
28 Wang, Catherine MTEAM U
29 Frank, Skye SPORT U
30 Hill, Zoe MFA U
31 Petrova, Kristina SILICONVLY U
32 Whiting, Rosalie SPORT U
33 Taylor, Kelsi SSC U
34 Fong, Amelia TFC U
35 Kong, Olivia SFFC U
36 Lee, Aebby CALIFFENCI U
37 Garcia, Isabella FFA U
38 Rodriguez-Bell, Sophia WBERKELEYF U
39 Sun, Laura CALIFFENCI U
40 Cole, Leah Emma MTEAM OC U
41 Lee, Shea NORTHBAYFA U
42 Venford, Annetta TOUCHE U
43 Hellman, Olivia GGFC U
44 Frank, Jayna SPORT U
45 Wiberg, Naledi SPORT U
46 Ho, Haley TOUCHE U
47 Wei, Yiyun CALIFFENCI U
49 Fencer Excluded
49 Fencer Excluded
Y10 Men's Foil 59 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Park, Luke GOLUBITSKY U
2 Martos, Jimmy MTEAM U
3 Chen, Ziyuan SFFC U
3 Grant, Lachlan MTEAM U
5 Jeon, Alexander GOLUBITSKY U
6 Levy, Jacob FFA U
7 Yu, Anders MTEAM U
8 Chen, Alex SILICONVLY U
9 Li, Raphael MTEAM U
10 Chung, Jinwoo SILICONVLY U
11 Jain, Aditya TEAMTOUCHE U
12 Lou, Darren MTEAM U
13 La Rosa, Federico CARD U
14 Muruhin, Yaroslav SILICONVLY U
15 Wong, Nicholas MTEAM U
16 Au, Marcus CALIFFENCI U
17 Wu, Conrad CALIFFENCI U
18 Zhang, Luke CALIFFENCI U
19 Shypertt, Andreas SFFC U
20 Lorenz, Ethan AFM U
21 Zeng, Lucas SILICONVLY U
22 Chen, Bryce AFM U
23 Dankar, Neel TOUCHE U
24 Chirashnya, Adam AFM U
25 Glasson, Joseph MTEAM U
26 Kumbla, Samarth SILICONVLY U
27 Jayasekara, Hiran AFM U
28 Somers, Sean SFFC U
29 Fodor, Mikey AFM U
30 Ng, Kenneth LASPOSITAS U
31 Logue, Ethan LASPOSITAS U
32 Wang, Andrew SILICONVLY U
33 Dariano, Noah CALIFFENCI U
34 Maroulis, Alexander CARD U
35 Miller, Nicholas NORTHBAYFA U
36 Chopra, Rohan SILICONVLY U
37 Mascari Dumont, Alexandre SILICONVLY U
38 Huang, Kevin SILICONVLY U
39 Duong, Enoch LASPOSITAS U
40 Miller, Duncan NORTHBAYFA U
41 Golden, Samuel SFFC U
42 Alfaro, Justus FFA U
43 Hou, Kenneth AFM U
44 Wong, Luke FFA U
45 Kenny, Oliver MFC U
46 Mascari Dumont, Louis SILICONVLY U
47 Kuo, Elvin LASPOSITAS U
48 Scacco, Nicholas TOUCHE U
49 Popovici, Andrew TOUCHE U
50 Alten, Kenta SILICONVLY U
51 Friedman, Michael GPS U
52 Chen, Aidan SFFC U
53 Lee, Ryan SILICONVLY U
54 Hobson, Aaron MTEAM U
55 Amacker, Grant AFM U
55 Zhang, William AFM U
57 He, Coen SFFC U
58 Choi, Matthew CALIFFENCI U
58 Lee, Linus TOUCHE U
Y10 Mixed Saber 20 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Griffin, Nicholas HALBERSTAD U
2 Tang, Alex YM PEN U
3 Heathcock, Colin CARD U
3 Kong, Isabel HALBERSTAD U
5 Folsom, Elisha HANGTWNSAB U
6 Bautista, Kyan SCRMNTO U
7 Menon, Rishi SCRMNTO U
8 Chin, Erika HALBERSTAD U
9 Puckett, Carter HALBERSTAD U
10 Chan, Dylan SCRMNTO U
11 Haq, Omar CARD U
12 Young, Nash CARD U
13 Caisse, Simon SCRMNTO U
14 Llamas, Diego HALBERSTAD U
15 Simpson, Matthew CFC U
16 Rosberg, Dashiell HALBERSTAD U
17 Lee, Sophia SCRMNTO U
18 Jeffry, Christian HALBERSTAD U
19 Kahren, William SCRMNTO U
20 Jeffry, Nicholas HALBERSTAD U
Y12 Men's Foil 72 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Yang, Andy SILICONVLY U
2 Tulyag, Fyze FFA D2014
3 Levy, Jacob FFA U
3 Shih, William TOUCHE U
5 Jeon, Alexander GOLUBITSKY U
6 Park, Luke GOLUBITSKY U
7 Sohn, Christopher MTEAM U
8 Lai, Christopher TOUCHE U
9 Chung, Andrew MTEAM OC U
10 Urodovskikh, Evan SILICONVLY U
11 Zheng, Alan CALIFFENCI U
12 Song, Lawrence TOUCHE U
13 Chung, Jinwoo SILICONVLY U
14 Martinez, Donavyn FFA U
15 Lui, Sebastian MTEAM U
16 Ko, Tyler SPORT U
17 Chen, Ziyuan SFFC U
18 Curley, Sebastian SFFC U
19 Choi, Ethan CALIFFENCI U
20 Fung, David CALIFFENCI U
21 Thai, William MTEAM OC U
22 Sherman, Marco SPORT U
23 Runke, Andrew TOUCHE U
24 Malcolm, William MTEAM OC U
25 Huang, Andrew TOUCHE U
26 Li, Raphael MTEAM U
27 Muruhin, Yaroslav SILICONVLY U
28 Mao, Connor AFM U
29 Wong, Nicholas MTEAM U
30 Wilkens, Zach SOUTHCOAST U
31 Chan, Anthony SOUTHCOAST U
32 Bellitto, Quentin CALIFFENCI U
33 La Rosa, Federico CARD U
34 Card Gormley, Malcolm SPORT U
35 Paek, Alex MTEAM OC U
36 Meeker, Nicholas TFC U
37 Hibbard, Hiroki SILICONVLY U
38 Grant, Lachlan MTEAM U
39 Huang, Kevin SILICONVLY U
40 Oh, Samuel MTEAM U
41 Kumbla, Samarth SILICONVLY U
42 Steiglitz, Matthew LAIFC U
43 Bharathi, Bhrugu TOUCHE U
44 Chon, Joshua LASPOSITAS U
45 Zeng, Lucas SILICONVLY U
46 Jayasekara, Hiran AFM U
47 Silberman, Justin SOUTHCOAST U
48 Chen, Alex SILICONVLY U
48 Otake, Jared AFM U
50 Chang, Tenzin CARD U
51 Wu, Conrad CALIFFENCI U
52 Sood, Kishan CALIFFENCI U
53 Mascari Dumont, Alexandre SILICONVLY U
54 Bernardi, Alessio SSC U
55 Zhang, Luke CALIFFENCI U
56 Dariano, Noah CALIFFENCI U
57 Mirza, Ahad SILICONVLY U
58 Hou, Kenneth AFM U
58 Kamalvanshi, Kanishk TOUCHE U
60 Karnes, Logan LASPOSITAS U
61 Dormer, James LASPOSITAS U
62 Chen, Bryce AFM U
62 Kratzer, Jude WBERKELEYF U
64 Hess, Ian SSC U
65 Wu, Andrew TOUCHE U
66 Sunchu, Srikar TOUCHE U
67 Tcheng, Max GPS U
68 Kim, Matthew AFM U
69 Friedman, Michael GPS U
69 Menon, Alexandre TFC U
71 Sowle, Hunter WBERKELEYF U
72 Sweeney, Quinn CALIFFENCI U
Y12 Men's Saber 24 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Schmitt, Trenton PREMIERFA D2014
2 Park, Donghwan PREMIERFA U
3 Paluru, Abhijeet HHH U
3 Sastry, Rithik HANGTWNSAB U
5 Heathcock, Antonio CARD U
6 Costanzo, Bruno CFC U
7 Chien, Phillip ZFLA U
8 McLaughlin, Peter CARD U
9 Reyes, Darren SCRMNTO U
10 Flores, Peter PREMIERFA U
11 Heathcock, Colin CARD U
12 Tang, Alex YM PEN U
13 Jacobson, Alexander HALBERSTAD U
14 Orpilla, Apolo Alexander HALBERSTAD U
15 Griffin, Nicholas HALBERSTAD U
16 Noble, Nathan HDFA U
17 Sharma, Adit TFC U
18 Menon, Rohan SCRMNTO U
19 Panitch-Daughton, Nathaniel CFC U
20 Fajors, Manareldeen CARD U
21 Kowitt, Nolan PEN U
22 Prochazka, Archer CFC U
23 Haq, Omar CARD U
24 Young, Nash CARD U
Y14 Women's Foil 34 Competitors, C2 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Wong, Erika MTEAM D2015 C2015
2 Herman, Miya SFFC B2014
3 Hirschman, Audrey SFFC D2014 D2015
3 Marinelli, Ever SFFC C2015
5 Zhang, Claire CARD D2015
6 Kuen, Erica TOUCHE E2014 E2015
7 Clarke, Genevieve TOUCHE D2014
8 Cho, Sabrina SFFC D2015
9 Tan, Delphine SFFC C2015
10 Yankovskiy, Anastasia SILICONVLY U
11 Tan, Elisha GOLUBITSKY U
12 Uyanik, Nerine TFC U
13 Shok, Katherine SILICONVLY E2014
14 Lee, Alina LASPOSITAS U
15 Lange, Catherine AFM E2015
16 Lee, Jessica CALIFFENCI U
17 La Rosa, Ludovica CARD U
18 Kalamaros, Zoe S. LAIFC U
19 Matta, Natasha SILICONVLY U
20 Samuels, Natalie HALBERSTAD U
21 Sorokin, Eugenia SILICONVLY U
22 Hobson, Leena MTEAM U
23 Emery, Ayaka CALIFFENCI U
24 Lee, Aemi CALIFFENCI U
25 Sun, Laura CALIFFENCI U
26 Lee, Shea NORTHBAYFA U
27 Narberes, Kara SPORT U
28 Kim, Alyssa CALIFFENCI U
29 Wang, Kyra WBERKELEYF U
30 Alten, Mayu SILICONVLY U
31 Wiyono, Crystal SPORT U
32 Cole, Leah Emma MTEAM OC U
33 Pereyda, Victoria LASPOSITAS U
34 Sunchu, Tejasri TOUCHE U
Y14 Women's Epee 18 Competitors, D1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Vera, Kalista MFC E2014
2 Kaur, Simarpreet GPS E2014
3 Beittel, Chloe EBFG U
3 Kornguth, Lindsay EBFG E2014
5 Zou, Kaitlyn AFM U
6 Bulavko, Sonia AFM U
7 Hoge, Natalie EBFG U
8 Rusnak, Shaelyn TFC U
9 Mohabir, Ariane AFM U
10 Kim, Kristen SWORDSFS U
11 Wong, Jalene TFC U
12 Mallon, Alexandra TFC U
13 Jobalia, Ria TOUCHE U
14 Mohabir, Gracyna AFM U
15 Myers, Helen Sophia GFS U
16 Welder, Jade AFM E2015
17 Myers, Jeanelle Christina GFS U
18 Oganesian, Alice SWORDSFS U
Y14 Men's Epee 27 Competitors, D1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Javorski, Alexander AFM C2014
2 Sahagun, Arshome AFM U
3 Johnson, Sebastian GGFC D2014
3 Wang, Michael AFM E2015
5 Lee, Noah FFA U
6 Mattingly, Henry GGFC U
7 Chanezon, Simon GGFC U
8 Levy, Zachari FFA U
9 Nadal, Jason TFC E2015
10 Machulsky, Ned AFM U
11 Lee, Michael LASPOSITAS U
12 Mazyan, Alexander SWORDSFS U
13 Walker, Jared HDFA U
14 Lee, Nathan FFA U
15 Erisman, Thomas EBFG U
16 Chu, Ethan AFM U
17 Moosekian, Stafford SWORDSFS U
18 Vijay, Sriram FFA U
19 Erisman, Daniel EBFG U
20 LaCount, Julian LASPOSITAS U
21 Mills, Ender MFC U
21 Wang, Justin AFM U
23 Welder, Michael AFM U
24 Zhang, Michael AFM U
25 Hojabri, Hooman AFM U
26 Owens, Jamie AFM U
27 Logue, Andrew LASPOSITAS U
Y10 Women's Foil 36 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Hung, Juliana SFFC E2014
2 Qian, Crystal SILICONVLY U
3 Khoo, Lauren MTEAM U
3 Knight, Skylar SILICONVLY U
5 Cao, Arianna CALIFFENCI U
5 Yu, Seneca MTEAM U
7 Choi, Lenna GOLUBITSKY U
8 Kong, Chin-yi SFFC U
9 Takagi, Hikaru SFFC U
10 Li, Phoebe SILICONVLY U
11 Lee, Brianna SILICONVLY U
11 Suleiman, Alysa TFC U
13 Kim, Iris TOUCHE U
13 Wang, Catherine MTEAM U
15 Wei, Yiyun CALIFFENCI U
16 Sood, Ishani CALIFFENCI U
17 Jakel, Sophia SILICONVLY U
18 Venford, Olivia TOUCHE U
19 Pant, Anisha SILICONVLY U
20 Petrova, Kristina SILICONVLY U
21 Castaneda, Erika AFM U
22 Lee, Aebby CALIFFENCI U
23 Fernandes, Thea CALIFFENCI U
24 Ho, Rachel TOUCHE U
25 Kong, Olivia SFFC U
26 Oh, Erin MTEAM U
27 Xu, Marie-Anne AFM U
28 Matta, Katerina SILICONVLY U
29 Narberes, Emily SPORT U
30 Rao, Sonia FFA U
31 Bharathi, Maithreyi TOUCHE U
32 Sun, Ruoxi AFM U
33 Salamati, Soraya NORTHBAYFA U
34 Convento, Kylie GPS U
34 Zhu, Florence TFC U
36 Rakhimi, Sofia AFM U
Y12 Women's Saber 15 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Yap, Madeline HALBERSTAD E2015
2 Balmaseda, Sabrina CFC U
3 Viloria, Alexis PREMIERFA U
3 Lacson, Sarah LAGUNAFC U
5 Kohlmyer, Roxanne CFC U
6 Lee, Andrea SCRMNTO U
7 Chernomorsky, Maria CFC U
8 Chin, Erika HALBERSTAD U
9 Daniel Moran, Lauren CFC U
10 Tang, Cathy PEN U
11 Kong, Isabel HALBERSTAD U
12 Capiel, Ava HALBERSTAD U
13 Folsom, Elisha HANGTWNSAB U
14 McGwire, Madeline HDFA U
15 Wu, Lanting "Coco" TFC U
Y10 Men's Epee 11 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Kuligowski, Bartosz AFM U
2 Elloway, William AFM U
3 Chirashnya, Adam AFM U
3 Shur, Yakov AFM U
5 Popell, Isaac MFA U
6 Muruhin, Yaroslav SILICONVLY U
7 Sharma, Sanil AFM U
8 Yue, Alexander HHH U
9 Jain, Aditya TEAMTOUCHE U
10 Amacker, Cole AFM U
11 Kim, Benjamin LASPOSITAS U
Y10 Women's Epee 7 Competitors, E1 Event View Round Results
Pl Fencer Club Rating Earned
1 Machulsky, Leehi AFM U
2 Yue, Avery HHH U
3 Bell, Brianna AFM U
3 Gebala, Natalie Brooke AFM U
5 Chirashnya, Noya AFM U
6 Gaur, Ishi AFM U
7 Du, Angela AFM U
February 21 - 22 2015
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