West-Rock Takes the Podium at the 2014 Summer National Championships
At the 2014 Summer National Championships and July NAC, the West-Rock Division was represented by 267 entries! We had 20 fencers place in the top 8 — that’s 10% of our competitors. We also saw 3 National Champions; 3 Silver Medalists; and 5 Bronze Medalists.
What a showing!
Congratulations to everyone that competed and their coaches. An extra big Congratulations to the following West-Rock fencers who finished on the podium:
| Place | Event | First | Last |
| 3 | DV2WF | Klarissa Cristie | Armada |
| 2 | U16WF | Sylvie A | Binder |
| 6 | U19WF | Sylvie A | Binder |
| 1 | Y10MF | Zachary B | Binder |
| 5 | V70WF | Judith F | Evans |
| 3 | D1AWF | Audra M | Fox |
| 1 | Y10WE | Keegan T | Glucksman |
| 7 | Y12WE | Keegan T | Glucksman |
| 8 | DV3ME | Gabriel A | Lane |
| 3 | Y10ME | Milan | Maddineni |
| 7 | DV2MS | Joon D | Peak |
| 3 | V70WE | Diane | Reckling |
| 2 | V70WF | Diane | Reckling |
| 7 | D1AWS | Lindsay | Sapienza |
| 1 | DV2WS | Lindsay | Sapienza |
| 3 | DV1MS | Jonah L | Shainberg |
| 2 | U19MS | Jonah L | Shainberg |
| 6 | DV3MF | Jared | Sugarman |
| 8 | DV1WE | Victoria R | Wines |
| 5 | U19WE | Victoria R | Wines |
Junior Women’s Foil Medal Winner Sylvie Binder of FAW (front row, center)
Scenes from Our Div2/3 and Y14 National Qualifiers
At today’s Division 2 & 3 and Y14 National Qualifying Tournament, the West-Rock Division recognized US Junior and Cadet Men’s Epee World Championship Team member Joshua Cole and his coach Alex Zurabishvili. We also acknowledged Fencing Academy of Westchester Head Coach, Slava Grigoriev for his contribution to Westchester-Rockland Fencing.
Alex Zurabishvili, Joshua Cole, Diane Reckling, Slava Grigoriev
Fencers competed today in 12 events across 2 categories. The top 4 finishers were recognized in each event with medals. 54 fencers from West-Rock qualified to the Division 2, Division 3, and Youth-14 Summer National Championships. Full results will be posted later today on askfred.net.
Our Y14 Men’s Epee Medalists! Congratulations
The Y14 Men’s Saber Finalists
The top 4 in the Women’s Senior Foil Event. From Left to Right, Olympia Peters, Shina Patel, Hanna Kopits, and Klarissa Armada.
West-Rock Sends Two to the Cadet & Junior World Championships
Congratulations to West-Rock Division fencers Riya Dave and Joshua Cole who after a long season of domestic and world cup tournaments, earned berths on the US Cadet & Junior World Championship Teams.
Joshua earned a spot on both the Cadet and Junior Men’s Epee Teams. He is from Chappaqua and represents the Fencing Academy of Westchester, where he is coached by Alex Zurabishvili.
Riya, a Junior at Ardsley High School, will be fencing in Cadet Women’s Saber. She is coached by Jason Sheridan at Sheridan Fencing.
We wish these two good luck and good fencing in Croatia in April!
Riya Dave will fence on the Cadet Women’s Saber Team
2014 Y14, Div 2/3 National Qualifiers Registration is Open
Hello West-Rock Fencers!
Registration is now open for the 2014 Y14, Division 2 & 3 National Championship Qualifiers. Schedule is listed below. Fencers can register online at AskFred by following this link: Register Here
Sunday March 23, 2014
@ The Fencing Academy of Westchester
40 Saw Mill River Rd
Hawthorne, NY 10532
Registration closes on March 15, 2014. Fees double from March 16-18.
No entries will be accepted after March 18.
(Email organizer for late entries)
| Div 2/3 Men’s Foil | 9:00AM |
| Div 2/3 Men’s Saber | 9:00AM |
| Div 2/3 Men’s Epee | 9:00AM |
| Div 2/3 Women’s Foil | 10:30AM |
| Div 2/3 Women’s Epee | 10:30AM |
| Div 2/3 Women’s Saber | 10:30AM |
| Y14 Men’s Foil | 12:00PM |
| Y14 Men’s Saber | 12:00PM |
| Y14 Men’s Epee | 12:00PM |
| Y14 Women’s Foil | 1:00PM |
| Y14 Women’s Saber | 1:00PM |
| Y14 Women’s Epee | 1:00PM |
Times listed are close of registration – Check AskFred for Changes.
Registration fee: $50per event
Checks payable to West-Rock Division USFA
Age Categories Birth years:
Y14 1999-2002
Div 2/3 2000 or before, Classification of C or Under
Contact Kathleen at KAReckling@gmail.com with any questions.
2014 Junior Olympic Results
On Sunday, November 17, young fencers from across Westchester and Rockland competed to earn a qualifying spot for the 2014 USFA Junior Olympics in Portland, Oregon.
Results are available here.
Stay tuned for photos from the event!
The Westchester-Rockland Division of the USFA 