The second day of Individual competition at the junior Pan American Fencing Championships in Havana, Cuba saw women’s foil, men’s sabre and men’s epee in action. Canada was not successful in making the podium but had quarter-finalists in each weapon.

All four Canadians finished in the top 16 in junior women’s foil, with Cynthia Liu (EFC, Canadian living in the US) as Canada’s top finisher in 6^th place. Naomi Moindrot-Zilliox (OM, Saint-Lambert, QC) finished in 13^th after being eliminated by Liu. Ariane Bilodeau (MOU, Outremont, QC) was 14^th and Jane Caulfield (EFC, Edmonton, AB) was 15^th overall. Both Liu and Caulfield are younger athletes who also competed in the Cadet-aged competition.

Hunter Moricz (NVF, North Vancouver, BC) had Canada’s top result in Sabre, losing his quarter-final bout to the eventual gold medalist for the event, to finish in 7^th overall. Angelo Chiara (BRE, Montreal, QC), who won bronze in the cadet competition, finished in 15^th place overall.

Three Canadians finished in the top 16 in Men’s epee. Loup-Yann Ferre (STH, Quebec, QC) lost in the quarter-finals to finish 6^th overall, while cadet-aged Fynn Fafard (DYN, Robert’s Creek, BC) was 11^th and Matthew Litwin (SWP, Toronto, ON) was 13^th.

The juniors compete in Team competition today with women’s epee, men’s foil and men’s sabre teams in action.

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