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

Congrats to all EBFG fencers who fought in last weekend’s Div II/III Senior Épée Summer Nationals Qualifier events for the Northern California Division which took place at EBFG. Several EBFG fencers placed well and qualified for this year’s Summer Nationals competition in Anaheim, CA.

EBFG fencer Todd Russell took gold in the  Div II Men’s Épée event, after defeating Charles Lucasey of Golden Gate Fencing Center. Todd dominated the bout winning 15-3. Great job Todd!

In the Div III Men’s Épée event, Brandon Li finished 4th and Patrick Wang finished 5th.

EBFG fencer Kristin Lynch clinched the top spot in the Div III Women’s Épée event, and Martina Baccari took home the silver medal. Sharon Parker also finshed 5th in the women’s event.

Thanks to all East Bay fencer’s for their hard work and good luck to all those who qualified for summer nationals! See you in Anaheim!

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