23 October 2002
For Immediate Release
The junior and cadet season has begun, and U.S. juniors and cadets are on the march around the globe. In a weekend of heavy European world cup competition, one U.S. cadet, Matthew Zich of New York, N.Y. took home a bronze medal from a cadet international men's sabre tournament in Godollo, Hungary, and several others reached the top 16.
In Godollo, Oct. 18-19, U.S. cadets competed with 144 fencers from Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, and Austria. They did very well - including Zich's bronze medal, four others reached the top 32, including:
- Bronze, Matthew Zich (16, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club)
- 8th, Bill Thanhouser (16, Portland, Ore./Ore. Fencing Alliance)
- 9th, Jeff Baum, (16, Lee's Summit, Mo./Kansas City F.C.)
- 10th, Jonathan Berkowsky (14, Sicklerville, N.J./Fencing Acad. of S.
Jersey)
- 22nd, Max Williams (17, Sacramento, Calif./Sacramento Fencing Club)
Waldek Czaya (Dallas, Texas) and Yuanchun Ma (Sicklerville, N.J.)
accompanied the team as coaches. Steve Mormando (New York, N.Y.) and Terrence Lasker (Columbus, Ohio) were the referees from the U.S.
On the second day a cadet team competition took place and the U.S.F.A. fielded three teams. The "first" team, consisting of Thanhouser, Zich and Berkowsky, placed third in the team competition.
Also in Europe over the weekend, U.S. Junior Jacqueline Leahy earned 6th place at the Mémorial de Martinengo in Bratislava, Slovakia. Leahy is now the 8th-ranked Junior Women's Foil fencer in the world. Full results are below.
Mémorial de Martinengo
Junior "A" Women's Foil, Bratislava, Slovakia, Oct. 19-20, 2002
75 competitors
1. KRYCZALO Katarzyna POL
2. GARAY Erzsebet HUN
3. BORKOWSKA Joanna POL
3. KLASICKA Klaudia POL
5. KOVACS Eva HUN
6. LEAHY Jacqueline (17, Aurora, Colo/Fencers Club/Princeton '06)
7. MERKL Larissa GER
8. KANTORSKA Agata POL
23. THOMPSON Metta (18, Rochester, N.Y./Rochester Fencing Center/Ohio State
Univ. '05)
33. LUITJEN Cassidy (17, San Antonio, Texas/Salle Poujardieu)
38. THOMPSON Hannah (18, Rochester, N.Y./Rochester Fencing Center/Ohio
State Univ. '05)
39. GLASSER Allison D (15, Piedmont, Calif./Halberstadt)
52. FLORENDO Jessica (17, Forest Hills, N.Y./Fencers Club)
Junior "A" Women's Epee
73 competitors
1. REVESZ Julianna HUN
2. BRANZA Ana-Maria ROM
3. STEINER Iris GER
3. ANSALDO Alice ITA
5. NOVAKOVSKA Tatyana UKR
6. MARTINEZ GASCON Mar VEN
7. MIRANDA Ana POR
8. BALCZO Dorottya HUN
35. ORLANDO Amy (17, Beaverton, Ore./North West Fencing Center)
Junior "A" Men's Epee
113 competitors
1. REDLI Andras HUN
2. ERSEK Attila SVK
3. PIZZO Paolo ITA
3. ADAMEK Dariusz POL
5. TAGLIARIOL Matteo ITA
5. VIDEIRA Joaquim POR
7. MARMILLOD Valentin SUI
8. KOSTENKO Anton UKR
45. VERIGAN William (18, Wyckoff, N.J./N.Y.A.C./Columbia '06)
68. SNIDER Chris (19, San Antonio/Salle Poujardieu)
82. BRATTON Ben (17, Richmond Hill, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
95. VAIL Bruce (18, Atlanta, Ga./Atlanta Fencers Club)
Junior "A" Men's Foil
106 Competitors
1. MCGUIRE Joshua (resides New York, N.Y./Fencers Club) CAN
2. VIZLER Adam HUN
3. ENGERT Joseph GER
3. MANDEZ Lukasz POL
5. PIETRUSIAK Krzyszto POL
6. SALISCAN Virgil ROM
7. BORST Sebastiaan NED
8. KURAK Vladimir BLR
15. MEYERS Brendan (14, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club)
33. KIRK-GORDON Dimitri (17, Campbell, Calif. / Calif. Fencing Academy)
39. GERBERMAN Steven (19, Missouri City, Texas/Salle Mauro/Stanford '05)
66. BERKOWSKY Ronald (16, Sicklerville, N.J./ Fencing Acad. of S. Jersey)
71. KERSHAW Clinton (15, Clovis, Calif./Sierra F.C.)
95. LOMBARDO, Benjamin (16, Katonah, N.Y./Fencers Club)
Referee from the U.S.: Vitali Nazlymov, Washington, D.C.
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