National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals) Results
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Cadet Men's Foil
309 Competitors, Event
| Pl | Fencer | Club | Rating | Earned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senic, Lucas | Renaissance | ||
| 2 | Lin, Youlong | LAIFC | ||
| 3 | Fukuda, Diego | M Team | ||
| 3 | Chen, Kyle | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 5 | Liu, Derek | SFA | ||
| 6 | Rasmussen, Sage | M Team / WBerkeleyFC | ||
| 7 | Budovskyi, Borys | |||
| 8 | Nicoletti, Luca | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 9 | Wu, Alber | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 10 | ZOU, QINGCHU | U | B2025 | |
| 10 | Cheng, Ethan | SFA | ||
| 12 | Wang, Ziyu | BluegrassFC | ||
| 13 | Cortright, Skipper (Matthew) | BAFC | ||
| 14 | Lee, Christopher | MTFC | ||
| 14 | Ling, Eddie | M Team | ||
| 16 | Yu, Jason | |||
| 17 | Yi, William | LAIFC | ||
| 18 | Li, Bradley | SFA | ||
| 19 | Suárez, Adrian | MastersFC | ||
| 19 | Lu, Royce | BluegrassFC | ||
| 21 | Rozalski, Eli | SAS | ||
| 22 | Hayes, Stewart | |||
| 23 | Chen, Nuo | FSFC | ||
| 23 | Robel Le, Jacob H | GolubitskyFC | ||
| 25 | Park, Rion | M Team | ||
| 26 | Doell, Ethan | FSA Inc | ||
| 27 | Qian, Jason | EpicFC / EpicFC | ||
| 28 | Wandji, Noah | |||
| 29 | Chang, Jonathan | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 30 | Soto-Ulev, Aden | M Team | ||
| 31 | Elkousy, Zain Al Din | SCFA | ||
| 32 | YE, Neilson | FSFC | E2024 | D2025 |
| 33 | Tan, Aidan | SFA | ||
| 34 | Xu, Andy | FencersClub / Jovanovic | ||
| 34 | Zhou, Chenqiao | |||
| 34 | Chen, Matthew | EFC / WOLVERINES | ||
| 37 | CHOI, JIAN | |||
| 38 | Nguyen, Martin | LAIFC | ||
| 38 | Zhang, Jacob | PrecisionAFC | ||
| 40 | Sheng, Dalton | AIC | ||
| 41 | Liu, Ethan | Renaissance | ||
| 42 | Choi, Ethan M | GolubitskyFC | ||
| 43 | Li, Toby | |||
| 44 | Martin, Darius | FencersClub | ||
| 45 | Lee, Brendan | TimMorehouse | ||
| 46 | Howland, Jonas | YELFC | ||
| 47 | Dong, Richard | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 48 | Wu, Brian | SFA | ||
| 48 | Cheng, Logan | SFA | ||
| 50 | Griffith McAllister, Thomas | PWestbrook / FencersClub | ||
| 51 | Li, Aaron | MoeFencing | ||
| 52 | Lu, Kevin | RainCityFC / RainCityFC | ||
| 53 | Simonov, Timofey | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 54 | Zhang, Aaron | LAIFC | ||
| 55 | Ghedini, Luca | TimMorehouse | ||
| 55 | Boeskin, Nolan | SCFA | ||
| 57 | Yuan, Zhihe | SCFA / SCFA | ||
| 58 | Jimenez, Naveen | FAW | ||
| 59 | Morrow, Brenden | SiliconVlyFC / SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 60 | Toews, Jackson | YELFC | ||
| 61 | Mazaheri, Fletcher | BluegrassFC | ||
| 62 | Zhou, Shawn | LAIFC / OCFC | ||
| 63 | Neice, William | NWFC / NWFC | ||
| 64 | Zheng, Marcus | Renaissance | ||
| 65 | rautureau, Hugo | RainCityFC | ||
| 66 | Gulchin, Mark (Yerma) | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 67 | Yoon, Junhyeok | AuburnFC / AuburnFC | ||
| 68 | Ko, Caleb | 5TFC | ||
| 69 | Park, Sangmin | GolubitskyFC / GolubitskyFC | ||
| 70 | McKee, Calvin | FIT | ||
| 70 | Tang, Alexander | OTFC | ||
| 72 | Kim, Daniel Y | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 73 | Ozawa, Taishi | CIFA / BluegrassFC | ||
| 74 | Yao, Bradley | SFA | ||
| 75 | Allen, Henry | OFC | ||
| 76 | Harroch, Faustin | RainCityFC | ||
| 77 | Lozano, Veyron Jericho | LAIFC | ||
| 78 | Tan, Xinlai | YELFC / TWINCI | ||
| 79 | Li, Daniel | TeamToucheFC | ||
| 80 | Sisinni, Leonardo | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 81 | Park, William | M Team | ||
| 82 | Lu, Nathan | OTFC | ||
| 83 | Shevchenko, Kostiantyn | PAAFA / PAAFA | ||
| 84 | Bae, Eugene | PrecisionAFC | ||
| 85 | Zhou, Ryan | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 86 | Wong, Braxton | M Team | ||
| 87 | Li, Richard | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 88 | Parrish, Evan | AIC | ||
| 89 | Chen, Junlin | SOCALFC | ||
| 90 | Shin, Noah | OTFC | ||
| 91 | Lo, Preston | M Team | ||
| 92 | Chuang, Oscar | FCChicago | ||
| 93 | Guth, Joseph | CFAE | ||
| 94 | Zhao, Nathan L. | BluegrassFC / QueenCityFC | ||
| 95 | Rodriguez, Tyler | M Team | ||
| 96 | Toyofuku, Ethan | RainCityFC | ||
| 97 | LI, LUCAS | OCIFC | ||
| 98 | Cho, Xzander | ManhattanFC | ||
| 98 | Cha, James | TopFC | ||
| 100 | Zhao, Adam | BirminghamFC | ||
| 101 | Chen, Ethan | TimMorehouse | ||
| 101 | Gates, Combustion | MoeFencing | ||
| 103 | Chang, Eric | OCIFC | ||
| 104 | Kue, Temujin | GRapidsFA | ||
| 105 | Choi, Colin | PrecisionAFC | ||
| 105 | Wang, Elijah | LAIFC | ||
| 107 | Wong, Evan | PrimeFA | ||
| 108 | Bernard, Cohen | |||
| 109 | Chong, Tristan | |||
| 109 | Fang, Haoyu | Renaissance | ||
| 111 | Chen, Hanson | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 112 | Raj, Jay | SCFA | ||
| 113 | Jin, Andy | SFA | ||
| 114 | Harris, Julien | RainCityFC | ||
| 115 | Abramkin, Tim | SFA | ||
| 116 | Bieler, Mason | LAIFC | ||
| 117 | Gordon, William | BAFC | ||
| 118 | Bedworth, Alistair | NWFC | ||
| 119 | Mao, Lucas | AIC | ||
| 120 | Hickey, Connor | QueenCityFC / BluegrassFC | ||
| 121 | Choi, Benjamin | TopFC | ||
| 122 | chen, mitchell lixuan | |||
| 123 | Lao, Kevin | MoeFencing | ||
| 124 | Hua, Aaron | AIC | ||
| 125 | Upender, West | MFC | ||
| 126 | Kuntsevich, Ivan | OCIFC | ||
| 127 | Zou, Aaron | |||
| 128 | Jacob, Ezra | M Team / SPF | ||
| 129 | Derrick, Blake | SiliconVlyFC / SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 130 | Fukuda, Brando | M Team | ||
| 131 | Xie, Jicheng | 5TFC | ||
| 132 | Lee, Abin | LAIFC | ||
| 133 | Li, Edison | |||
| 134 | Nishihira, Tyler | BAFC | ||
| 135 | Palma, Nathan Anthony | OFC / BluegrassFC | ||
| 136 | hart-syed, declan | TimMorehouse | ||
| 137 | Tsay, Jordan | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 138 | Waybright, Matteo | PortlandFC | ||
| 139 | Yang, David | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 139 | Yu, William | AIC | ||
| 141 | Zhong, Maxwell | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 142 | Han, Alexander | WFA | ||
| 143 | Bai, Austin | TopFC | ||
| 144 | DeSeranno, Leander | Renaissance | ||
| 145 | Lu, Alex | PAAFA | ||
| 146 | Grunenwald, Henri | FencersClub | ||
| 147 | Zhao, Brian | MoeFencing | ||
| 148 | Lim, Eunseong | AuburnFC | ||
| 149 | Petrov, Mikhail | MFC | ||
| 150 | rautureau, Arthur | RainCityFC | ||
| 151 | Huynh, Matthew | FSA Inc | ||
| 152 | Wang, Rory | GoldFC / Jovanovic | ||
| 153 | Kwon, Chase | TimMorehouse | ||
| 154 | Aravindaksha, Ayaan | Renaissance / Renaissance | ||
| 155 | Choi, Ethan | PrecisionAFC / TeamToucheFC | ||
| 156 | Zeng, Rick | 5TFC | ||
| 157 | McMillian, Harrison | HeartlandFA | ||
| 158 | Huang, Holmes (Shengheng) | SFA | ||
| 159 | Pe, Noah | TeamToucheFC | ||
| 160 | Martire, Luca | ManhattanFC | ||
| 161 | Onik, Ari | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 162 | Tang, Royce | 5TFC | ||
| 163 | Teh, Tang-Ngu | SCFA / SCFA | ||
| 164 | Kaye, Ben | |||
| 164 | Hong, Edwin | GolubitskyFC | ||
| 166 | Zhang, Jayden | BAFC | ||
| 167 | You, Chanmin | LFA | ||
| 168 | Zhao, Ryan | ECFC | ||
| 169 | Luk, Trusten | GSFA / SFFC | ||
| 170 | Sun, Neo | SDenverFA | ||
| 171 | Chan, Joseph | M Team | ||
| 172 | Ge, Felix Fei | Renaissance | ||
| 173 | Zhang, Hanru | 5TFC | ||
| 174 | Wei, Winston | M Team | ||
| 175 | Yevdayev, Tamir | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 176 | Susanto, William | SFA | ||
| 177 | Hou, Gaven | SFA | ||
| 178 | Park, Jayden | NWFC | ||
| 179 | Kuo, Phineas | WFA | ||
| 180 | Alvarez, Sebastian | SalleDeLong | ||
| 181 | Czarnecki, Thomas | TimMorehouse | ||
| 182 | Wenger, Liam | PAAFA | ||
| 183 | Fraser, Rhys | BluegrassFC | ||
| 183 | Liu, Yinhong | RedStarChicg | ||
| 185 | Buragohain, Aiden | PrimeFA / PrimeFA | ||
| 185 | Senani, Arjun | MoeFencing | ||
| 187 | Hong, Derek | FCChicago | ||
| 188 | Fedeli, Francesco | EpicFC | ||
| 188 | Ruby, Asher | YELFC | ||
| 190 | Gao, Andrew | |||
| 191 | Kovacs, Harrison | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 191 | Latorre, Leonardo | Renaissance | ||
| 193 | Tsoi, Spencer | PrecisionAFC | ||
| 194 | Davis, Benjamin | Bronzeville | ||
| 195 | Lineberry, Caden | YELFC | ||
| 195 | Massimino, Andrew | Renaissance | ||
| 197 | Leong, Wilson Hua | GSFA | ||
| 198 | Sun, Henry | PittsburghFC / FoxChapelFC | ||
| 199 | ZHANG, GAVIN J | ECFC | ||
| 199 | Holmes, Alexiy | FAW | ||
| 201 | Andrade, Cedric | BAFC | ||
| 202 | Pontoppidan, Erik | EFC | ||
| 203 | Lee, Christopher | EIFC | ||
| 204 | Kim, Daniel | TopFC | ||
| 205 | Mcconkey, Tristan | HeartlandFA | ||
| 206 | Stellpflug, Zachary | YELFC | ||
| 207 | Parker, Isaiah | SalleDeLong | ||
| 208 | Koe, Beckett | FiorettoFA | ||
| 208 | Diaz, Gabriel | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 210 | Li, Jake | M Team | ||
| 210 | Vaden, Oliver | FSA Inc | ||
| 212 | Nuckles, Caden | SCFA | ||
| 212 | YE, Jerry | OCIFC | ||
| 212 | Dhokte, Neev | EpicFC / SCAD | ||
| 215 | Wong, Jacob | WFA | ||
| 216 | Karlekar, Ved | NEFC / NEFC | ||
| 216 | Qian, Zekai | GoldFC | ||
| 218 | Uypeckcuat, Maximillian Trajan | RainCityFC | ||
| 218 | Mocek, Maksymilian | |||
| 220 | Shaw, Spencer | FSA Inc | ||
| 220 | Lehtinen, Axel | BAFC | ||
| 220 | Suárez, David | MastersFC | ||
| 223 | Toomre, Kai | TimMorehouse / FSOCT | ||
| 223 | Halim, Seif | SCFA | ||
| 223 | He, Bourne | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 226 | Zmuda, Aiden | WestMIFA | ||
| 227 | Reyes, Yannik | MissionFC | ||
| 228 | He, Ryan | AIC | ||
| 229 | Zhang, Andrew | BAFC / BAFCP | ||
| 230 | Lee, Junehyuk | AuburnFC | ||
| 231 | Su, Preston | RainCityFC | ||
| 232 | Kagan, Noah | Eminence / QueenCityFC | ||
| 233 | Hu, Daniel | GoldFC | ||
| 234 | Metz, Mason | |||
| 235 | Cheng, Mason | FIT | ||
| 236 | Bhanot, Arjun | BAFC | ||
| 237 | Popokh, Luca | FIT / FIT | ||
| 238 | Lo, Ernest | PrimeFA | ||
| 239 | Gudimetla, Siddhanth | TeamToucheFC | ||
| 240 | fan, sean | |||
| 241 | Shannon, Jack | ManchenAOF | ||
| 242 | Ling, Carson Jr | LAIFC / OCFC | ||
| 243 | Jablokov, Roman | Jovanovic | ||
| 244 | Karpman, Benjamin | LAIFC | ||
| 244 | Chang, Zane | AIC | ||
| 246 | Williams, Matthew | PrimeFA | ||
| 247 | Koe, Declan | FiorettoFA | ||
| 247 | Slain, Owen | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 249 | Wei Jr, Shan | PittsburghFC / SFA | ||
| 250 | Marisi, Gabriel | LFA | ||
| 251 | Plummer, Waylon | FencersClub | ||
| 252 | Cajero, Luis | TeamToucheFC | ||
| 252 | Lim-Seiwert, Tristan | Bronzeville | ||
| 254 | Choi, Hunter | TopFC | ||
| 255 | Bowles, Kevin | ApexFencing | ||
| 256 | Herrera, Xavier | Bronzeville | ||
| 256 | Petino, Leonardo | VivoFencing | ||
| 256 | Maniktala, Suvir | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 259 | Lukasik, Michael | SalleDeLong | ||
| 260 | Ramesh, Prashvin | ApexFencing | ||
| 260 | Drawz, Chase | BladeArts | ||
| 262 | Sundstrom, Wren | NWFC / BBFC | ||
| 263 | Gracey, Gavin | OTFC | ||
| 263 | Painter, Zachary | NWFC | ||
| 265 | Harwood, Gray | ResearchTri / GFA | ||
| 265 | O'Leary, Colin | ManchenAOF | ||
| 267 | Leong, Samuel | GutkovskiyFA | ||
| 267 | Menasco, Juliun | TWINCI | ||
| 269 | Bales, Gabriel | IACityFC | ||
| 269 | Oh, Joshua | ECFC / ECFC | ||
| 269 | He, Ian | SiliconVlyFC | ||
| 272 | Francis, Maximillian | SCFA | ||
| 272 | Jin, Daniel | SCFA | ||
| 274 | Fostervold, Castiel | TWINCI | ||
| 275 | Webster, Liam | FencersAcdmy / FIT | ||
| 276 | Cook, Grant | Renaissance | ||
| 277 | Young, Jack | IACityFC | ||
| 277 | Feehan, Conor | YELFC | ||
| 279 | Li, Andy | Eminence | ||
| 280 | Stansbury, Desmond | OTFC | ||
| 281 | Choi, Elliot | NWFC | ||
| 281 | Beretich, Brian | PortlandFC | ||
| 283 | Edwards, Connor | WestMIFA | ||
| 283 | Chiang, Aiden | SCFA | ||
| 283 | Foy, Grant | EFC | ||
| 286 | Kingsley, Griffin | TopFC | ||
| 287 | Depp, Edward | LouisvilleFC | ||
| 288 | Ong, Nicholas | EIFC | ||
| 289 | Agarwal, Savya | PrimeFA | ||
| 290 | Tagore, Reyansh | PAAFA | ||
| 291 | Verdejo-Bussion, Nicolas | SalleDeLong | ||
| 291 | Chen, Owen | PrimeFA | ||
| 293 | Wiley, Conor | |||
| 293 | Chun, Zachary | Jovanovic | ||
| 293 | Chan, William | Bronzeville | ||
| 293 | Marshall, Kyler | TeamToucheFC | ||
| 293 | Francis, Seb | SCFA | ||
| 298 | Sun, Evan | SDenverFA | ||
| 299 | Chenutula, Abhinav | OTFC | ||
| 300 | Thomas, Noah | NWFC | ||
| 300 | Lee, Jayden | SDenverFA | ||
| 300 | Lam, Kirin | SCFA | ||
| 300 | Phillips, Oliver | ApexFencing | ||
| 304 | Han, Nathan | ApexFencing | ||
| 305 | Zheng, Austin | 5TFC | ||
| 305 | Wenger, Rowan | PAAFA | ||
| 307 | Weber, Andrew | ChesapeakeFC | ||
| 307 | Gogoi, Kavi | Renaissance | ||
| 309 | Rebner, Parker | BluegrassFC |
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