Top Fencing Clubs In The USA

Top Youth Fencing Clubs in the USA

A data-driven look at competitive performance in Youth-10, Youth-12, and Youth-14 fencing

Youth fencing in the United States has grown rapidly over the past decade. With more athletes competing nationally—and families investing significant time, travel, and resources—it’s become harder to answer a simple question:

Which youth fencing clubs are consistently performing at the highest level?

To help bring clarity to that question, we created a tracking resource focused on competitive results at the youth level, using objective, repeatable data from the most important national events each season.

What This Tracking Resource Measures

This tracker counts Youth-10, Youth-12, and Youth-14 results from the following national competitions:

• All Super Youth Circuit (SYC) tournaments

• March North American Cup (NAC) – Youth events

• USA Fencing Summer Nationals – Youth-10, Youth-12, and Youth-14

These events represent the strongest and deepest youth competition fields in the country.

What We Count

For each club, we track competitive results across the full season, including:

Medals and Top-8 Finishes

• 🥇 Gold

• 🥈 Silver

• 🥉 Bronze

• Top-8 finishes (5th–8th place)

Top-8 finishes matter. While medals highlight peak success, consistent Top-8 results often reflect program depth and sustained performance.

Weapon-Specific and Combined Results

Results are tracked in multiple ways:

• Foil

• Epee

• Saber

• Combined (all weapons)

This allows families, coaches, and athletes to understand not just overall performance, but which clubs are strongest in each weapon.

How Club Representation Is Counted

To ensure accuracy and fairness, results are credited only to the primary club an athlete was representing at the time of the tournament.

Specifically:

• Results are counted only for the club listed as the athlete’s primary club for that event

• Results are not split across multiple clubs

• Results are not reassigned if an athlete later changes clubs

• Each result reflects who the athlete officially fenced for on that day

This mirrors how national fencing competitions are recorded and ensures the data reflects the competitive landscape as it existed at the time of each event.

Why We Built This

We believe being data-driven helps the fencing community make better decisions.

This resource helps:

• Families understand which clubs consistently produce national-level youth results

• Athletes see strong weapon-specific programs

• Coaches and club leaders benchmark performance across seasons

• The community move beyond anecdotal rankings and social-media highlights

This is not about hype. It’s about patterns, consistency, and results over time.

What This Tracker Is (and Isn’t)

This resource tracks competitive performance only.

It does not currently measure:

• Club size or enrollment

• Regional or local-only events

• Coaching ratios or training models

• Long-term athlete outcomes beyond youth categories

We plan to add more layers over time, but we intentionally started with clear, objective national results.

Looking Ahead

As we continue building this tracker, we plan to add:

• Year-over-year performance trends

• Deeper breakdowns by age category and weapon

• Additional national events and historical data

• New ways to visualize consistency and growth over time

Our goal is to make this a living resource that grows alongside youth fencing in the USA.

Final Thought

Youth fencing is a long-term development journey—but competitive results at major national events offer a meaningful snapshot of which programs are executing at a high level right now.

This tracker is designed to bring transparency, clarity, and context to that conversation.