EBFG had an awesome showing at this NAC! EBFG Fencers had awesome results across Vet Epee Events! Congrats to Kyle Yamasaki for finishing 6th and Paul Chandler for finishing 14th in Vet 40 Men’s Epee! Congrats to Keith Lichten for finishing 6th, Justin Hunter for finishing 23rd! And Matt Maychrowitz for finishing 29th  in Vet 50 Men’s Epee! Congrats to Mike Lipton for finishing 16th! And Gerard for finishing 22nd in Vet 60 Men’s Epee! Congrats to Gerard Downey for finishing 31st in Vet Men’s Epee!

We also want to highlight our Women’s Epee Fencers! Congratulations to Julia Aires, Matea Chiou-Williams, and Sophia Habek for travel and participating in Cadet WE and Div1 WE!  Sophia was the youngest participant in Div1 WE.

Great Job Everyone!!

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Veteran Men’s Épée

3 Chandler Paul BRONZE MEDAL

13 Matt Maychrowitz

20 Charles Hargrove

Vet-40 Men’s Épée

3 Chandler Paul BRONZE MEDAL

22 Sloan Ryan

Vet-50 Men’s Épée

5 Lichten Keith (top 8)

11 Matt Maychrowitz

12 Charles Hargrove

15 Kaufman Joel

17 Justin Hunter

29 Alex Rood

Vet-60 Men’s Épée

10 Lipton Michael

31 Gerard Downey

Vet-70 Men’s Épée

16 Barry Leonardini

Vet-80 Men’s Épée

5 Barry Leonardini (top 8)

19 East Bay Fencers fenced in 39 events at the Nationals and brought home 4 Medals!

Our youngest Sophia Habek became the 2023 National Champion in Y-10 Women’s Epee!

But Sophia was not the only East Bay Fencer with a visit to the podium, Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu won a bronze medal in Vet-50 Men’s Epee, Barry Leonardini  finished 5th in Vet-80 Men’s and Allen Graham finished 8th in Vet-40 Men’s Epee.

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard for this year’s nationals. What a great ending to an incredible 2022-23 season!

(see top finishers and a list of all EBFG fencers who participated below images)

Y-10 Women’s Épée

1 Sophia Habek GOLD MEDAL and NATIONAL CHAMPION

Y-12 Women’s Épée

14 Sophia Habek (Top 16) Earn new rating E

56 Matea Chiou-Williams (Top 64)

Y-14 Women’s Épée

62 Julia Aires (Top 64)

Div I-A Women’s Épée

32 Sarah Hepler (Top 32)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

36 Kyle Yamasaki (Top 64)

Div II Women’s Épée

18 Sarah Hepler (Top 32)

Div II Men’s Épée

61 Steve Chen (Top 64)

Div III Men’s Épée

29 Karan Gupta (Top 32)

Vet-40 Men’s Épée

8 Allen Graham (Top 8)

29 Ryan Sloan (Top 32)

Vet-50 Men’s Épée

3 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu BRONZE MEDAL

22 Andy Davis (Top 32)

24 Steve Chen (Top 32)

29 Matt Maychrowitz (Top 32)

34 Charles Hargrove (Top 64)

Vet-60 Men’s Épée

31 Gerard Downey (Top 32)

39 David Beittel (Top 64)

Vet-70 Men’s Épée

9 Solomon Weingarten (Top 16)

16 Barry Leonardini (Top 16)

Vet-80 Men’s Épée

5 Barry Leonardini (Top 8)

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

7^th place (Top 8)

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, Allen Graham, Charles Hargrove, Matt Maychrowitz

19^th place (Top 32)

Henry Chang, Andy Davis, Gerard Downey

23^rd place (Top 32)

Steven Chen, Ryan Sloan, Solomon Weingarten, David Beittel

Louisville, KY  January 6-9, 2023

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard, participate, and won medals.

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Keith Lichten
for winning the Gold medal in Veterans Men’s Epee
and winning the Bronze medal in Men’s Vet 50 Epee

Solomon Weingarten
who made top 8th in Men’s Vet 70 Epee

Santa Clara, CA November 4-6, 2022

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard, participate, and won medals.

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Y-10 Women’s Épée

Gold medal

Sophia Habek

Y-12 Women’s Épée

Sophia Habek and Matea  Chiou-Williams (top 32)

Junior Women’s Epee

Brockmann Brooke (top 32)

Junior Men’s Epee

Lio He (top 32)

Cadet Men’s Epee

Lio He (top 16)

Div I-A Women’s Épée

Chung Kim (top 16)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

Allen Graham (top 32)

Vet Women’s Épée

Lynch Kristin (top 8)

Vet Men’s Épée

Bronze Medal

Hargrove Charles

Gerard Downey

Matt Maychrowitz (top 8)

Lipton Michael (top 32)

GREAT RESULTS!!!

East Bay Fencers Gym had a great showing at this year’s National Championships & July Challenge in Minneapolis, MN on July 2-11, 2022

16 East Bay Fencers fenced in 13 events at the Nationals brought home 2 individual medals (Gold and Bronze) and 1 team Medal (Bronze)

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard to qualify, participate and won medals. GREAT RESULTS!!!

Y-10 Women’s Épée

6 Sophia Habek (Top 8)

57 Lucia Deneale (Top 64)

Y-12 Women’s Épée

45 Sophia Habek (Top 64)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

40 Kyle Yamasaki (Top 64)

Vet-40 Men’s Épée

3 Keith Lichten (Bronze Medal)

10 Allen Graham (Top 16)

Vet-50 Men’s Épée

1 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu (Gold Medal)

8 Alex Rood (Top 8)

12 Matt Maychrowitz (Top 16)

29 Joel Kaufman (Top 32)

Vet-60 Men’s Épée

28 Gerard Downey (Top 32)

Vet-70 Men’s Épée

13 Barry Leonardini (Top 16)

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

3rd place (Bronze)

Keith Lichten

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

Allen Graham

Joel Kaufman

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

14th place

Matt Maychrowitz

Gerard Downey

Alex Rood

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge 2019

East Bay Fencers Gym had a great showing at this year’s National Championships & July Challenge in Columbus, OH on June 28-July 7, 2019

28 East Bay Fencers fenced in 19 events at the Nationals brought home 3 individual medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) and 1 team Medal (Silver)

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard to qualify, participate and won medals. GREAT RESULTS!!!

Div 1 Men’s Epee

63 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu
84 Ziad Khayat
124 Brewer Andrew

Div 1-A Men’s Epee

5 Ziad Khayat

14 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

23 Keith Lichten

67 Brewer Andrew

Div 2 Men’s Epee

29 Joel Kaufman

166 Lipton Michael

232 Dyer Carson

Div 3 Men’s Epee

88 Dyer Carson

93 Cooper Rowan

166 Lipton Michael

189 Dyer CJ

Div 1 Women’s Epee

79 Chloe Beittel

Div 1-A Women’s Epee

3 (Bronze) Chloe Beittel

123 Kornguth Lindsay

Div 2 Women’s Epee

69 Wong Jalene

Div 3 Women’s Epee

111 Wong Jalene

Y-14 Men’s Epee

46 Green Ummi

54 Cooper Rowan

98 Dyer Carson

131 Green Jabreel

Cadet Men’s Epee

31 Green Ummi

Junior Men’s Epee

236 Green Ummi

Junior Women’s Epee

16 Chloe Beittel

206 Kornguth Lindsay

Vet 40 Men’s Epee

1 (Gold) Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

9 Keith Lichten

13 Dyer CJ

Vet 40 Women’s Epee

13 Kristin Lynch

Vet 50 Men’s Epee

30 David Beittel

32 Joel Kaufman

37 Davis Andrew

61 Lipton Michael

Vet 60 Men’s Epee

2 (Silver) Gerald Downey

18 Wheeler Mark

Vet 70 Men’s Epee

10 Robert Shelby

13 Leonardini Barry

28 McGrew John

Veteran Team Men’s Epee

2nd place (Silver)

Bartlett Jonathan

Davis Andrew

Gerald Downey

Keith Lichten

Senior Team Men’s Epee

14th place out of 64 teams

Faubert Andy

Khayat Ziad

Smith Justin

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

EBFG started off this year’s NAC season strong with several top place finishes including a gold medal at this season’s first NAC in St. Louis, MO.

A huge congratulations to Rob Rhea for his first place medal in DIV1 Men’s Épée! Rob defeated Adam Rodney of the Peter Westbrook Foundation 15-13 to capture the gold medal. Rob’s previous top place finish was silver against London Olympian Seth Kelsey.

Camille Esnault took home the bronze medal in the DIV2 Women’s Épée event, another great finish after her podium finish at last season’s summer nationals.  Camille’s brother Kevin Esnault also made a strong run finishing 47th in DIV1 Men’s Épée.

Matthias Philippine also had an outstanding competition and finished 5th in the Cadet Men’s Épée event.

Congrats to all EBFG fencers who travelled to St. Louis last weekend and we look forward to more great results this season!

Div I Men’s Épée

Rob Rhea – 2nd
Keith Lichten – 41st
Kyle Yamasaki – 103rd
Paul Chandler – 152nd
John McGrew – 187th

Div I Women’s Épée

Susan Jefferies – 87th

Div II Men’s Épée

John McGrew – 35th

Veterans Men’s Épée

Jonathan Jefferies – 39th
Barry Leonardini – 54th
John McGrew – 61st

Veterans 50 Men’s Épée

Jeffery Altman – 8th
Mark Wheeler – 19th

Veterans 60 Men’s Épée

Jonathan Jefferies – 9th
John McGrew – 25th
Barry Leonardini – 31st

To view the full results, visit usfencing.org