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Silver Medal Team
Mona wins GOLDMona Shaito, Cadet Women's Foil Gold Medalist, Junior Olympic Championships 2011
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CADET WORLD CUP RAYMOND CHEN, GOLD MEDALIST! BRYCE KOESTER, 6th PLACE MEDALIST! Fifteen year old Dallas resident, Raymond Chen, has his sights set on the US Men's Foil Team, and if his gold medal win in Budapest this weekend is any indication of his tenacity, he won't have any trouble making that team. The initial field of cadet men foil fencers from 27 different countries was 196 strong. Raymond Chen won all of his initial pool bouts with only 7 touches scored against him. His pool consisted of Dimitry TVERDOKHLIP (Ukraine), Bartosz ZURAWSKI (Poland), Axel ASTROM (Sweden), Patrik PANACZ (Hungary), Nikita SOKOLOV (Russia) and David GOLIC (Serbia). In pools, the fencer has to fence with each of his opponents in that pool until one reaches a score of 5, or time runs out. Raymond only had a total of seven touches scored against him by the six other opponents ginving him a +23 indicator and placing him third behind Axel KIEFER (USA with +27 indicators) and Andrea BALDI (Italy with +24 indicators). This gave Raymond a first round bye in the direct elimination tableau. In the round of 128, Raymond faced Stefan ANANJINS (Latvia) and won 15/7. He then faced teammate darren MEI (USA) and won 15/10. In the round of 32, Raymond fenced another teammate, Drew JOHNSTON (USA) winning 15/7. Trouble struck in the round of 16 when Raymond had to fence another teammate, Stephen MAGERAS (USA). Mageras won 15/12 sending Raymond into repechage. Raymond kept his wits, and beat DE BAZELAIRE (Poland, 15/5), and then knocked out first seed KIEFER (15/4) and Alex GARBAT (Poland, 15/8) to be seeded 5th for the finals rounds. Raymond once again met MAGERAS in the quarterfinals, but this time Raymond took control and trounced MAGERAS 15/7. He then handily beat Barto CEGIELSKI (Poland, 15/13) to face teammate Drew JOHNSTON for the gold medal bout. Raymond won 15/12. Raymond and his brother, Rodney (a world class fencer in his own right) are students at St. Mark's School of Dallas. They are coached at FIT by Fencing Master Volodymyr Yefimov. Grapevine resident, Bryce Koester, 16, fenced in the Cadet World Cup on Sunday, 2 October. She had a 0.83 win ratio in pools with +14 indicators, losing only one bout to Orsolya BALOGH (Hungary). The other fencers in her pool were Daria PAVLYUK (Ukraine), Sabina HENDRICHOVA ( Czechoslovakia), Ludovica CAPASA (Italy), Jessica KINZEL (Germany), and Hanna ZELMANOVICS (Austria). Going into the direct elimination round, Bryce was seeded 20th in the field of 130 Cadet Women's Foilists. For the first round of DE'S, Bryce received a bye. She then fenced fellow teammate, Taylor CHIN (USA) winning 15/13, and then lost to Eleanor HARVEY (Canada, 12/5) to enter the repechage round. In repechage, Bryce beat Ljubica BRANKOVIC (Serbia, 15/10), Alina RAPYNETS (Ukraine, 15/8), Costanza PERETTI (Italy, 15/14), and Martina SINIGALIA (Italy, 15/14) to enter the finals rounds. Bryce, seeded 7th, had to fence Matilde BIAGIOTTI (Italy) in the quarterfinals. Although she fought valiantly, she lost 15/11 to end the tournament in 6th place. Bryce is a student at Morning Glory Academy in Keller, and also is coached by Fencing Master Volodymyr Yefimov. |
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The Fencing Institute of Texas is a school of Olympic sport fencing serving the Dallas and Fort Worth Metroplex area. Our fencing school is centrally located in Farmers Branch, near Irving, Las Colinas, and Coppell. FIT is easily accessible from Fort Worth and the Hurst, Euless, Bedford areas by I-183; from Keller, Southlake, Grapevine or Colleyville by I-114 or I-635 ; from Plano and North Dallas from I-635 or I-161 tollway and the 35E corridor; and from Arlington and areas south by I-360, Loop 12, or 35E. We have a FREE introductory class each Friday evening, 7-8 PM for ages 6 and older. Please arrive approximately 15 minutes prior to the class. Wear tennis shoes and exercise clothing (preferably long pants without pockets). We also do Fencing Parties for groups of 6-15 (more with prior approval). Download our party contract by clicking here. Click here for a map to our school. FIT programs are specially designed by world-class coaches with classical education and pedagogy. Students are challenged mentally, physically, and emotionally. The programs are designed to provide optimal learning in a fun atmosphere through rigorous conditioning, games of concentration, drills, private lessons, and bouting. Our students learn:
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FIT Fencing Masters received American Education reviews of their diplomas and areas of study. Our Fencing Masters have bachelor degrees in Physical Education with an emphasis on sports medicine and sports psychology, and have Masters of Fencing degrees from their home university. FIT Instructors and Assistant Instructors have completed, at a minimum, instruction through the US Fencing Coaches Association or the USFA Coaches College, or equivalent instruction. FIT is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member club of the United States Fencing Association dedicated to enriching lives through the sport of fencing. We are a full range school, teaching all three Olympic weapons (foil, epee and sabre), and encouraging competitive team as well as recreational fencing for all ages! The FIT school is proud to have a dedicated, full-time armorer on staff to support the fencers' equipment needs. You do not need to be a Fencing Institute of Texas fencer to obtain services from the armourer. | |||||||
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