The Dallas Fencers Club Team Blog

Mostly Full Results from Nationals

2009-07-13T06:42:00.000-07:00

This years national championship was a huge success for the club, two national champions and a total of 22 top 32 finishes! I had to limit this post just to top 32 finishes because we had even more who made the initial cut after pools, but didn't advance to the 32. Here are the results:
National Champions
Blake Gordon 2009 Youth 14 National Champion
Waldek Czaja 2009 Veteran 40 National Champion
National Finalists
Arden Youngblood 2nd Place Division 1A Women's Saber
Jason Meng 3rd Place Youth 12 Men's Saber
Women's Junior Team Saber 8th Place
Top 32 Finishes
Henry Uldall 30th in Division 3 Men's Epee
Marshall Honaker 14th in Youth 12 Men's Epee
Khalil Lacy 13th in Youth 10 Men's Epee
John Shanks 12th in Veterans 40 Men's Foil
Mason Mitchell 19th in Division 1A Men's Saber
Blake Gordon 24th in Division 2 Men's Saber
Jason Meng 32nd in Youth 14 Men's Saber
Khai-Leif Nguyen-Hille 14th in Youth 10 Men's Saber
Mason Mitchell 30th in Junior Men's Saber
Connor Gibson 12th in Cadet Men's Saber
Senior Men's Saber Team 11th Place
Junior Men's Saber Team 12th Place
Avery Youngblood 10th in Division 2 Women's Saber
Erica Zhao 15th in Division 2 Women's Saber
Erica Zhao 19th in Division 3 Women's Saber
Isabella So 22nd in Youth 14 Women's Saber
Avery Youngblood 17th in Cadet Women's Saber
Senior Team Women's Saber 10th Place

The Champ and his fan club!

2009-07-12T13:51:00.001-07:00

Another National Champion!

2009-07-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to our coach Waldek Czaja, who won the Veterans 40 Saber event at the National Championships!

The 2009 Men's Youth 14 Saber National Champion!

2009-07-06T05:50:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Blake Gordon on winning the National Championship this year! With 137 fencers competing Blake was able to fence great in the pools and was flawless in the direct eliminations! I'll post some pictures as soon as I can track some down!

Connor at the National Championships

2009-07-04T08:14:00.001-07:00

At the Cadet Saber event at the National Championships in Grapevine TX! Connor finished 12th out of 115! I'll post the rest of the results as they come in.

Pictures from the Dallas World Cup

2009-06-23T06:47:00.000-07:00

Here is the first batch of pictures from the World Cup event at the Dallas Downtown Sheraton. The competitors were among the best in the world, and included several former Olympic medalists.

Medals at the Gold Blade C and under.

2009-04-11T11:42:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Doug and Connor for the medals they earned this weekend! Doug finished 3rd and Connor finished 7th! Connor also earned his E in Epee, not bad for his first tournament fencing Epee!

Results from the past few weeks

2009-03-31T08:11:00.000-07:00

Its been a big couple of weeks for DFC! First off Marshall took first place in the Y12 Epee at the Arnold Schwarzenegger Fencing Classic in Columbus Ohio! He got a nice medal and got to meet Arnold! Then this past weekend there was an RYC event in Houston, Khai-Lief took the silver in the Y10 Saber and 6th in the Y12 Saber! Marshall took 6th in the Y12 epee. Khalil got the silver in the Y10 epee, and it was his first big tournament! Kierstyn Barnes had our best result for the event though with a first place in the Y14 Women's epee!

Three more medals!

2008-12-06T13:00:00.001-08:00

Some pictures from the Wang Memorial

2008-11-03T10:29:00.001-08:00

The Wang Memorial

2008-11-01T10:07:00.001-07:00

The club had a big weekend at the Wang Memorial this past weekend. The official results are not completely posted yet but here are some highlights. Khai-Lief won the Y10 Men's Saber, Jason Meng won the Y14 Men's Saber, Erica Zhao took a bronze in the Y14 Women's Saber, Blake Gordon won the Men's Saber, and Mason Mitchell took the Silver, Cait and Arden tied for third in the Women's Saber. We also had a lot of really strong showings from the rest of the team, Connor Gibson was 9th in the Men's Saber, and Avery was 7th in the Women's Saber. We are still waiting on the final results from the Youth Epee events, but in the Men's Epee events Henry Uldall finished 24th, Doug White was 29th and I was 32nd, not bad for our first tournament in Epee!

A big day at the Adelman Memorial!

2008-09-14T12:27:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Connor and Blake! They finished first and second at the Adelman Memorial this weekend! Connor also earned his B rating with this win!

Fencing in Sweden!

2008-09-05T06:59:00.000-07:00

This summer two of our club members had the opportunity to do some fencing in Sweden. While on vacation Connor Gibson and myself spent some time in Linköping home to Linköpings fäktklubb, one of the few clubs in Sweden that has Saber fencers. We would like to say thank you to Jonas and Carl and everyone we fenced with at the club, we had a fantastic time! Here are some of the pictures from the two nights we fenced there:

More news from Nationals!

2008-07-11T13:56:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Mason Mitchell, he finished 10th out of 92 fencers in Division 3 Men's Saber! I'll post some pictures as soon as I can.

Pictures and video from the national Championships!

2008-07-08T12:47:00.001-07:00

Connor winning a bout in the Y14 pools

Blake winning a bout in the Y14 pools

Connor coming from behind to win a bout in the Cadet event

Here are some pictures from our side trips on the days between events. We made it out to Chinatown, Little Italy, and the Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco on the 4th of July but headed back into San Jose for the fireworks because there was a lot of fog in San Francisco, on the 5th we went to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. It was nice to get so much sightseeing done in our down time.

Results from the National Championships!

2008-07-08T12:18:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to everyone that fenced this past weekend in San Jose! The club did great and we had a fantastic time! A special thanks to all the parents who made this trip possible, we couldn't have done it without you!

The Junior Men's team of Connor Gibson, Blake Gordon and team captain, Mason Mitchell had a strong showing against the Medeo Fencers Club team, but eventually lost 45 to 30. Our final ranking was 21st, which is great, especially when you consider that the Medeo team was so strong they had the winner of the Cadet event, Micheal Mills, as their back up fencer! He didn't event start!!!

In the individual events we had a strong showing as well as some tough draws. In youth 14 men's saber, Connor drew Will Spear, the number one ranked Y14 fencer in the country to get into the top 8, Connor was eliminated and Will went on to win the event. Connor's high seeding out of the pools gave him 10th place in the final rankings. Our friends from Houston also did great! Chris Ahn seeded 4th in Y14 after a fantastic round in the pools and finished 17th overall after the direct eliminations! Avery Youngblood also had a great tournament, she actually did better in the Cadet event, than in her own age group event! Her final rank in Cadets was 26th which will give her a lot of national points! Cait Schneider only had one event at nationals this year but has apparently sparked the interest of some college scouts, more on that as the details become available!

Here are the individual results we have so far;
Mason Mitchell:
27th out of 118 in Division 2 Men's Saber
48th out of 110 in Cadet Men's Saber
Avery Youngblood:
26th out of 81 in Cadet Women's Saber (also earns more national Cadet points!)
35th out of 80 in Youth 14 Women's Saber
Blake Gordon:
49th out of 118 in Division 2 Men's Saber
40th out of 127 in Youth 14 Men's Saber
Cait Schneider:
63rd out of 87 in Junior Women's Saber
Connor Gibson:
53rd out of 110 in Cadet Men's Saber
10th out of 127 in Youth 14 Men's Saber

A packed house for the first summer camp!

2008-07-06T12:15:00.000-07:00

Live from the National Championships in San Jose California!

2008-07-02T13:21:00.001-07:00

Connor won this bout as well as a whole bunch more!

Gold and Silver at the DeGall Memorial!

2008-06-08T13:12:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Connor and Mason for their fantastic finishes at The DeGall Memorial this weekend! They both defeated B rated fencers to get to the gold medal match. They also renewed their own ratings with this finish. Connor is now a C08 and Mason a D08!

Results from the North American Cup in Portland!

2008-04-28T09:17:00.000-07:00

The club had another fantastic showing at the North American Cup in Portland! We sent 4 fencers, two won medals and the other two scored national points! In the Youth 14 Women's Saber Avery Youngblood finished 6th. In the Youth 14 Men's Saber Connor Gibson also placed 6th! Pictures from the medal podium will be posted soon. Blake Gordon and Khai-Leif Nguyen-Hille both made the top 32 in their events and will earn points for their national rankings! I'd also like to congratulate our friends from Houston, Chris Ahn finished 14th in the Youth 14 Men's Saber!

More pictures from The Houston Super Youth Circuit

2008-04-28T09:12:00.000-07:00

These are of Khai-Leif in the Youth 10 and Youth 12 Men's event. He won the bronze in the Youth 10 event!

Qualifying for the National Championship

2008-04-07T07:22:00.000-07:00

This weekend Blake and Mason both qualified for Division 2 Men's Saber at the Nationals! Avery qualified for Division 2 Women's Saber also! So far the club has qualified for a lot of events!

For Junior Team we qualified a Men's and Women's team. For Youth 14 Men's Saber Connor and Blake are both qualified. For Y14 Women's Saber Avery is qualified. Arden has qualified for Junior and Cadet Women's Saber. Connor, Nathan and Mason are qualified for Cadet Men's Saber. Jason, Kai-Lief, and Evan are all qualified for Youth 12 Men's Saber, and Allie is qualified for Youth 12 Women's Saber!

And we still have two more qualifying events to go! It looks like we will have quite a crowd at San Jose this summer!

Medals at the Oz Parson

2008-03-29T18:06:00.001-07:00

Update! On Sunday the kids took home two more medals! Cait Schneider finished second in the Women's Saber! Arden Youngblood finished third and her sister Avery finished 7th.

As you can see from the picture this tournament it s little different, they give out decorative swords and daggers for the top 3 in each event. That always makes this event a favorite with out club! First place got a cavelry saber, second gets a short sword and third gets daggers. (thankfully none of them are sharpend!)

Pictures and video from the Super Youth Circuit!

2008-03-17T08:18:00.001-07:00

Blake v. Chris Ahn part 1

Blake v. Chris Ahn part 2

Connor winning a bout in the pools

More medals at the Super Youth Circuit in Houston!

2008-03-16T15:11:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to all our kids who competed in the SYC in Houston! Connor Gibson repeated his performance from last year and took home the gold in the Y14 Saber! Blake Gordon improved his performance from last year to take the silver medal in the Y14 Saber. Jason Meng took home a Silver in the Y12 event, Khai-Leif Nguyen-Hille took home the bronze in the Y10 event! Allie Gordon took home a Silver in the Y12 Womens Saber and finished 7th in the Y14 Womens Saber!