Special congratulations for the hard work and amazing results to head coach Abdul Habek for earning 3 coaching GOLD MEDALS at this Summer Nationals!!

East Bay Fencers Gym is home to the 2025 Vet Men’s Epee Team NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Congratulations to EBFG Team 3: Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, Keith Lichten, Kyle Yamasaki and Justin Hunter! Congratulations to Mehmet, Keith, and Kyle for earning their spots on the 2025 USA VET Men’s Epee WORLD TEAM! Awesome Fencing Guys!

East Bay Fencers Gym is home to 3X National Champion! and 2X Y-12 Women’s Epee National Champion Sophia Habek! Congratulations to Sophia for WINNING GOLD in Y-12 Women’s Epee for the SECOND YEAR in a row! And for WINNING BRONZE in Y-14 and earning her A25 rating! Sophia competed in 5 Events at this NAC! She was also 10th in Cadet, 38th in Div 1, and 47th in Junior! Congrats to Sophia for bringing home a Championship Title and a Bronze Medal! Awesome Fencing Sophia!

Congrats to the 2025 Vet 50 Men’s Epee National Champion! Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu for WINNING GOLD in Vet 50 Men’s Epee! And Congrats to Justin Hunter for also making the podium, winning 5th place and for earning his A25 rating! Awesome Fencing Guys!

Congrats to Kyle Yamasaki for WINNING SILVER in Vet 40 Men’s Epee at the 2025 Summer Nationals! Awesome Fencing Kyle!

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)

Santa Clara, CA October 6-8, 2023

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

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Sophia Habek Gold medal in Cadet Women’s Épée and Gold medal in Y-12 Women’s Épée

Veteran Men’s Épée Michael Lipton Gold medal,

Joel Kaufman Bronze medal, Steve Chen 6^th place

Sarah Hepler Bronze medal in Div I-A Women’s Épée

Kyle Yamasaki 6^th in Div I-A Men’s Épée

Julia Aires 8^th place Junior Women’s Épée

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

Congratulations to EBFG fencer Jeff Altman for taking the bronze medal at last weekend’s Veteran’s Mixed Épée Bay Cup event! EBFG fencer Phil Gerring  finished 5th. Thanks to all EBFG fencers who participated!

Click here to view the complete results on askFred.net

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