Canada’s top young competitive fencers travelled to Kansas City this past weekend to take part in the North American Cup (NAC) for Y14, Cadet and Junior fencers.

A total of 25 Canadian fencers achieved top 16 results in events that had as many as 225 fencers. Five fencers came home with medals, including:

David Gornovsky, Y14 Men’s Epee, SWP, ON – GOLD

Ariane Leonard, Junior Women’s Epee, OLM, QC – SILVER

Jessica Guo, Y14 Women’s Foil, HHF, ON – SILVER

Zi Shan Guo, Junior Women’s Epee, VGO, ON – BRONZE

Daniel Gu, Junior Men’s Foil, EFC, AB – BRONZE

Following is a summary of the athletes who finished in the top 16:

Cadet Women’s Epee (172 fencers)

Ariane Leonard, OLM, QC – 2^nd

Zi Shan Guo, VGO, ON – 3^rd

Michelle Kutik, SWP, ON – 8^th

Junior Women’s Epee (194 fencers)

Cindy Gao, TFC, Harvard, ON – 5^th

Justine Boudreau, OLM, QC – 8^th

Zi Shan Guo, VGO, ON – 9^th

Shirley Wang, VGO, ON – 14^th

Cadet Women’s Foil (221 fencers)

Jessica Guo, HHF, ON – 15^th

Cadet Men’s Saber (206 fencers)

Nicholas Dinu, BSC, ON – 16^th

Cadet Men’s Epee (226 fencers)

Benedek Szabo, SWP, ON – 5^th

David Gornovsky, SWP, ON – 6^th

Steven Grams, UNA, QC – 12^th

Nicholas Deguchi, HBF, ON – 15^th

Junior Men’s Sabre (217 fencers)

Angelo Chiara, BRE, QC – 14^th

Y14 Women’s Epee (94 fencers)

Tessa Mierczuk, SWP, ON – 9^th

Marie Frederique Millette, CEE, QC – 15^th

Angela Lilla Mucsi, SWP, ON – 16^th

Y14 Men’s Saber (119 fencers)

Matis Pastor-Jobin, SPA, QC – 11^th

Y14 Women’s Saber (84 fencers)

Tamar Gordon, DYN, BC – 11^th

Junior Men’s Foil (249 fencers)

Daniel Gu, EFC, AB – 3^rd

Y14 Women’s Foil (116 fencers)

Jessica Guo, HHF, ON – 2^nd

Y14 Men’s­ Epee (94 fencers)

David Gornovsky, SWP, ON – 1^st

Nicholas Deguchi, HBF, ON – 7^th

Riley Xian, VGO, ON – 11^th

Lucas L’Esperance, CEE, QC – 14^th

Congratulations to all athletes and their coaches!

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