World Cup Roundup: Morehouse and Meinhardt Top Out Results

Tim Morehouse fenced his way to the quarterfinals of the Istanbul world cup in Turkey on January 16th. He placed 6th, losing to Romania’s Gelu Florin Zalomir 15-12. Meanwhile, Gerek Meinhardt fenced in the men’s foil cup in Copenhagen and finished 9th. Tomer Or of Israel was his ouster in a 15-13 bout. Or would lose in the next round and finish 6th. On his blog, Tim details the tactical thinking that turned a 12-13 deficit into a 15-13 ticket into the quarter-finals. The post includes video time stamps as well so you can see the actions Tim refers to. That post is a good read into the mind of a competitive fencer. Other finishes for the United States included: Istanbul Men’s Sabre World Cup: 6 MOREHOUSE Timothy USA 11 IGOE Benjamin USA 12 WILLIAMS James USA 15 HOMER Daryl USA 18 ROGERS Jason USA 41 FISCHL Andrew USA 49 CLEMENT Luther USA 52 ETROPOLSKI Mihail USA 70 WELLER Teddy USA [Istanbul Sabre World Cup Results List] [Istanbul Sabre World Cup DE Table] Copenhagen Men’s Foil World Cup: 9 MEINHARDT Gerek USA 17 GETZ Kurt USA 19 CHAMLEY-WATSON Miles USA [Copenhagen Foil World Cup Results List] [Copenhagen Foil World Cup DE Table] Youtube Video of Morehouse’s T-16 bout in Istanbul from Andrew Fischl (of fencingvideos.net):