Daugherty Cup St. Louis SYC Results!

This past weekend was the first SYC our fencers attended this season and we came away with some great medals and results!

On the first day, Zoe Kim came away with the Gold medal in Y10 Women's Epee!! She fought hard, lost 3-4 in her pool bout to the highest ranked fencer, and finished 5-1 in pools. She then fenced amazingly well and met the highest ranked fencer in the finals where she beat her 10-5! What a comeback and way to adjust! 

Thien Scofield fenced in Y10 Men's Epee and came out 6th out of pools. He fenced well and missed making the top 8 by one touch, 9-10! He fenced hard and is now more focused to keep working hard! 
We had some time and were able to go to the City Museum in St. Louis, MO where Coach Sorah along with Thien Scofield and Zoe Kim had a blast climbing everywhere and sliding down 10-story slides!!! It's always good to have fun and enjoy fencing both on and off the strip at the tournaments! Looks like we have another place to visit during Summer Nationals!

In Y12 Men's Epee, Darius Kim from Swords Fencing finished 8th with his first medal of the season with awesome focus! Jonathan Oh did great in pools and went 5-1(win-loss) to lose to get to the top 8 by 2 touches. It was a learning experience in his first epee SYC and even though he was down 9-14, he fought back to 12-14, before losing to a double touch, 13-15. It was great and he earned Y12 National points at his first epee SYC with a 9th place out of 33 fencers! Thien Scofield showed so much tenacity and spunk as one of the youngest and smallest on the strips and went 3-3 out of pools! He fought hard but lost his first DE to end up with a respectable 22nd out of 33 in his first Y12 SYC of the season! Great job!

In Y12 Women's Epee, Zoe Kim had a rough time in a tough pool and only won 1 bout, but showed great resolve in her first DE against a fencer she lost to in pools. She was down 9-5 and fought her way back, inch by inch, touch by touch, to get to 13-14. She then followed through and tied the bout in remarkable fashion. Instead of being satisfied with her accomplishments thus far, she buckled down and won the bout 15-14!! She fenced very well and lost her next bout, but she finished 15th out of 21 and never gave up! What a great example!
Natalie Leung, from Swords Fencing, had a tough weekend, but fought well throughout! She gained great experience and lost many close bouts, but has only been fencing less than 6 months! Jonathan Oh also fenced in Y12 Men's Foil and earned his first SYC medal ever with a 7th place finish! Coach Sorah had a fun time helping Jonathan as much as she could and saw him fight back and finish strong out of 43 fencers! Great job to all and congratulations to all their fencers and their families!