Primus Cracks the Top 16: TMFC’s Big Day 2 at Summer Nationals
Primus cracks the Top 16 on a big men's saber day
Day 2 in Portland belonged to the men. 28 TMFC fencers took the strip across three events — Division I Men's Saber, Junior Men's Foil and Division I-A Women's Saber — and led by Nazir Primus's run to the Table of 16, the club put 10 fencers inside the national points. No medals on the day, but the pool sheets told the real story: four different TMFC fencers swept their pools at a perfect 6–0.
The headline came from Division I Men's Saber, the toughest senior saber field of the championships, where Nazir Primus battled all the way to the Table of 16 to finish 12th. He had company in the points: eight TMFC saber fencers finished in the top 64. And the pool round was a showcase — Khalil Thompson (6–0, +21), Jonas Broening-Chai (6–0, +19) and Devyn Anthony (6–0, +13) all ran the table, three of the very best pool rounds in the entire event.
On the foil strips, the Junior Men's Foil squad opened with momentum of its own. Philip Matsakh swept his pool 6–0 (+21) to seed inside the top 10, while Brendan Lee (47th) and Luca Ghedini (49th) fenced their way into the national points in a 325-fencer field. And in Division I-A Women's Saber, Elizabeth Halperin (39th) and Sophia Ng (54th) closed out a full day of championship saber.
🗡️ Division I Men's Saber PRIMUS · TOP 16
| Place | Fencer | Pools |
|---|---|---|
| 12th | Nazir Primus T16 · Natl points | 4–2 +6 |
| 18th | Devyn Anthony Natl points | 6–0 +13 |
| 24th | Miles Chambers Natl points | 4–2 +3 |
| 28th | Gabriel McCarthy Natl points | 3–3 +2 |
| 33rd | Khalil Thompson Natl points | 6–0 +21 |
| 34th | Jonas Broening-Chai Natl points | 6–0 +19 |
| 42nd | Deven Mattoo Natl points | 5–1 +8 |
| 53rd | Connor Chung Natl points | 3–3 +7 |
| 86th | Nathanael Nardini | 3–3 +5 |
| 92nd | Christopher Ao | 3–3 · even |
| 99th | Mazen Elaraby | 3–3 · −6 |
| 109th | Surya Mattoo | 2–4 · −2 |
| 113th | Kinoti Kiara | 2–4 · −4 |
| 127th | Lucas Henderson | 2–4 · −8 |
| 134th | Ethan Kim | 1–4 · −7 |
| 135th | Marcus Pinto | 1–4 · −8 |
| 145th | Isaac Yook | 1–5 · −9 |
| 146th | Aram Clark | 1–5 · −10 |
Perfect pools. Three TMFC sabreurs swept their pools at 6–0 — Khalil Thompson (+21), Jonas Broening-Chai (+19) and Devyn Anthony (+13) — among the strongest pool rounds anyone posted in the event. Deven Mattoo added a 5–1 (+8).
🤺 Junior Men's Foil
| Place | Fencer | Pools |
|---|---|---|
| 47th | Brendan Lee Natl points | 5–1 +14 |
| 49th | Luca Ghedini Natl points | 5–1 +13 |
| 67th | Philip Matsakh | 6–0 +21 |
| 81st | Ethan Chen | 5–1 +13 |
| 178th | Declan Hart-Syed | 3–3 · −2 |
| 185th | Chase Kwon | 3–3 · −3 |
| 267th | Michael Grigoriev | 1–5 |
| 309th | Kai Toomre | 0–6 |
⚔️ Division I-A Women's Saber
| Place | Fencer | Pools |
|---|---|---|
| 39th | Elizabeth Halperin | 4–2 +5 |
| 54th | Sophia Ng | 2–2 · even |
🏅 TMFC on Day 2
National points (top-64): Primus, Anthony, Chambers, McCarthy, Thompson, Broening-Chai, D. Mattoo, Chung, Lee, Ghedini.
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