2010 Junior and Cadet World Championships

Athletes are converging on Baku, Azerbaijan for the 2010 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships this weekend. The event, which runs from April 2 through April 10th features individual and team events contested in each of the 6 fencing disciplines. The Cadet (Under 17) World Championships are held as individual events only, while the Junior (under 21) events are contested for both individual and team titles. Action starts off on April 2nd with the Cadet events with Men’s Sabre and Women’s Epee. The United States has been particularly strong in the cadet and junior championships in recent years. In 2009 US fencers brought home 11 medals across the 18 events. The official web site for the 2010 Cadet and Junior Fencing World Championships is: http://www.bakufencing2010.com/. The US Fencing Association announced the following members of the 2010 Cadet and Junior Teams:

2010 U.S. Junior World Championship Team April 2-10, 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan Men’s Epee Michael Raynis, Chatsworth, Calif. Alen Hadzic, Montclair, N.J. Jonathan Yergler, Princeton, N.J. Andrew Meyers, Scarsdale, N.Y. Men’s Foil Gerek Meinhardt, San Francisco, Calif. Alexander Massialas, San Francisco, Calif. David Willette, Lafayette, Calif. Zain Shaito, Garland, Texas Men’s Sabre Daryl Homer, Jamaica, N.Y. Evan Prochniak, Philadelphia, Pa. Eric Fass, Beverly Hills, Calif. Aleksander Ochocki, Clark, N.J. Women’s Epee Courtney Hurley, San Antonio, Texas Neely Brandfield-Harvey Katharine Holmes, Washington D.C. Ashley Severson, Franklin Lakes, N.J. Women’s Foil Nzihgha Prescod, Brooklyn, N.Y. Lee Kiefer, Lexington, Ky. Margaret Lu, Greenwich, Conn. Eve Levin, New York, N.Y. Women’s Sabre Monica Aksamit, New York, N.Y. Lian Osier, Battle Ground, Wash. Nicole Glon, College Station, Pa. Celina Merza, Wayne, N.J. 2010 U.S. Cadet World Championship Team April 2-10, 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan Men’s Epee Andrew Meyers, Scarsdale, N.Y. Ayyub Ibrahim, Bronx, N.Y. Alexander Eldeib, Burke, Va. Men’s Foil Alexander Massialas, San Francisco, Calif. Race Imboden, Brooklyn, N.Y. Brian Kaneshige, Maplewood, N.J. Men’s Sabre Alexander Ryjik, Alexandria, Va. Will Spear, Wynantskill, N.Y. Eugene Chung, Olney, Md. Women’s Epee Katharine Holmes, Washington D.C. Isabella Barna, Bend, Ore. Ashley Severson, Franklin Lakes, N.J. Women’s Foil Lee Kiefer, Lexington, Ky. Margaret Lu, Greenwich, Conn. Mona Shaito, Garland, Texas Women’s Sabre Celina Merza, Wayne, N.J. Sarah Pak, Roslyn, N.J. Skyla Powers, Decatur, Ga. Coaches: Men’s Epee Sebastien Dos Santos (Beaverton, Ore.); Women’s Epee Maureen Griffin (San Francisco, Calif.); Men’s Foil Mauro Hamza (Pearland, Texas); Women’s Foil Mike Pederson (San Francisco, Calif.); Junior Men’s Sabre Yury Gelman (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Cadet Men’s Sabre Sergey Isayenko (Astoria, N.Y.); Women’s Sabre Wes Glon (State College, Pa.) Medical Staff: Brian Hardy (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Kyle Momsen (Owatonna, Minn.) Armorers: Mathew Porter (Pacifica, Calif.) and Dan Dechaine (Claremont, Calif.) Team Manager: Paul Fitzgerald (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Team Leader: Alex Ryjik (Alexandria, Va.) 2010 Junior and Cadet World Championship Schedule April 2-10, 2010, Baku, Azerbaijan April 2 Individual Cadet Men’s Sabre and Cadet Women’s Epee April 3 Individual Cadet Women’s Foil and Cadet Men’s Epee April 4 Individual Cadet Women’s Sabre and Cadet Men’s Foil April 5 Individual Junior Men’s Sabre and Junior Women’s Epee April 6 Individual Junior Women’s Foil and Junior Men’s Epee April 7 Individual Junior Women’s Sabre and Junior Men’s Foil April 8 Junior Team Men’s Sabre and Women’s Epee April 9 Junior Team Women’s Foil and Men’s Epee April 10 Junior Team Women’s Sabre and Men’s Foil