Salt Lake City, UT (December 9-12, 2022) — Ziad Elsissy is a bronze medalist.
The Olympian, who represents Egypt, earned a third-place finish in Division I Men’s Saber at the Salt Lake City North American Cup.
His medal was one of four that Tim Morehouse Fencing Club fencers won. Cadet Men’s Saber fencer Shaun Kim won gold and Cadet Women’s Foil fencers Alina Zhang and Iris Yang won sixth and eighth place medals, respectively. Yang also earned an A22 rating.
Overall, fencers from TMFC made a strong showing at this national competition. There were top-16 finishes for Madison Four-Garcia, Brynnley McKee, Leanne Singleton-Comfort and Robert Wang. Fencers who made the top-32 cut were: Madison Duckett, Wang, Four-Garcia, Catherine Zhou and Zhang.
Congratulations fencers, coaches and parents.
The next North American Cup will be held January 6-9, 2023 in Louisville, KY. Division I, Junior, Veteran Age and Veteran Combined events will be held in all three weapons.
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club fencers at the December NAC:
Division I Women’s Foil/105
41T - Alina Zhang
78 - Iris Yang
84 - Ella Calise
Junior Women’s Saber/192
10 - Madison Four-Garcia
15 - Brynnley McKee
33 - Madison Duckett
143 - Coco Guven
152 - Ainsley McKee
Cadet Men’s Foil/214
35T - Nickolas Rusadze
64 - Jonah Lee
123 - Brendan Lee
Junior Men’s Foil/300
36 - Nickolas Rusadze
112T - Jonah Lee
268T - Brendan Lee
Cadet Men’s Saber/216
1st - Shaun Kim
29 - Robert Wang
69 - Samuel Sugiura
91 - Enzo Bera
109 - Connor Chung
119 - Seth Waxler
129 - Matthew Fields
145T - Charles Leonard
172 - Maxwell Yoo
174 - Alexander Francois
Division I Women’s Saber/134
14 - Leanne Singleton-Comfort
19 - Madison Four-Garcia
33 - Madison Duckett
49 - Brynnley McKee
Division I Men’s Foil/228
77 - Nickolas Rusadze
Cadet Women’s Saber/154
34 - Brynnley McKee
71 - Madison Duckett
130 - Ainsley McKee
Cadet Women’s Foil/142
6th - Alina Zhang
8th - Iris Yang, Earned A22 rating
32 - Catherine Zhou
56 - Sophia Wong
66 - Ella Calise
76 - Selena Zhang
94 - Eleanor Li
95 - Zizi Dai
Junior Men’s Saber/297
14 - Robert Wang
102 - Shaun Kim
121T - Gabriel McCarthy
142 - Enzo Bera
161 - Seth Waxler
184T - Maxwell Yoo
205 - Alexander Francois
232 - Matthew Fields
249 - Samuel Sugiura
256T - Charles Leonard
271T - Erick Shi
Division I Men’s Saber/174
3T - Ziad Elsissy
73 - Shaun Kim
143 - Robert Wang
163 - Gabriel McCarthy
Junior Women’s Foil/182
18 - Alina Zhang
48 - Sophia Wong
54 - Zizi Dai
60 - Catherin Zhou
66 - Iris Yang
70 - Ella Calise
104 - Eleanor Li
158 - Selena Zhang
