Over 300 athletes from across Canada and the U.S. challenged both body and mind to determine who would rise to the top of the award podium at the Canada Cup #1 and #2 fencing competitions last weekend at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
The Canada Cup #1 event was designated for Senior, Veterans and University competitors, while Canada Cup #2 was for Cadet, Junior-U15.
Local athletes to earn medals included gold for Dylan French (Junior Men’s Epee), as well as Alex Sun in Cade men’s foil.
Here’s a rundown of the podium finishers:
Senior
Women’s Foil: 1. Kelleigh Ryan (ON) 2. Eleanor Harvey (ON) 3. Arian Bilodeau (QC), Jerrica Gu (AB).
Men’s Sabre: 1. Cameron Mackay (MB) 2. Mathieu Nassif 3. Cedric Boutet, Julien Hogues.
Men’s Epee: 1. Marc-Antoine Blais-Belanger 2. Vincent Pelletier 3. Clement Femenias-Metivet (QC), Laurie Shong (BC).
Women’s Sabre: 1. Marissa Ponich (QC) 2. Rachel Lamarre (QC) 3. Frederic Chevarie (QC), Pamela BrindAmour (QC).
Women’s Epee: 1. Malinka Hoppe Montanaro 2. Alexanne Verret (QC) 3. Monica Lubczynski (QC), Emma Von Dadelszen.
Men’s Foil: 1. Daniel Gu (AB), 2. Maximilien Van Haaster (QC) 3. Marc-Antoine Brodeur, Sean Grant.
Cadet
Men’s Foil: 1. Alex Cai (ON) 2. Mateusz Kozak (ON) 3. Emile Van Haaster (QC), Daniel Li (ON).
Women’s Sabre: 1, Jiaping Ma (BC) 2. Mathilde Gil Simard (QB) 3. Marina Guintchitskaia (AB), Chloe Cyr.
Women’s Epee: 1, Cindy Gao (ON) 2. Ariane Leonard (QC) 3. Zi Shan Guo (ON), Natasha Kis-Toth.
Women’s Foil: 1. Jane Caulfield (AB) 2. Ying Cao (ON) 3. Cynthia Liu (AB), Elizabeth Dostie-Vigneault.
Men’s Sabre: 1. Gabe Shuster (MB) 2. Alexandre Prefontaine (MB) 3. Matthais Leuprecht (ON), Francious Cauchon (QC).
Men’s Epee: 1. Nikola Damanjanovic (ON) 2. Seraphim Hsieh Jarov (BC) 3. Riley Norman (BC).
U15
Men’s Sabre: 1. Alex Sun (BC), 2. Nathan Go (BC) 3. Joshua Lee (BC), Clement Cheung (BC).
Women’s Foil: 1. Jessica Jia Guo (ON) 2. Rachel Tam (ON) 3. Annie Xiaohui (ON), Erica Kuen (USA).
Men’s Epee: 1. Junlang Zhao (AB) 2. Daniel Kolpakov (BC), 3. Caelan Meyer (BC), Jason Li (ON).
Women’s Sabre: 1. Bai Xun You Liu (ON) 2. Chloe Cyr (ON), 3. Neav Williams-Murphy (BC), Zoe Wu (BC).
Women’s Epee: 1. Ariane Leonard (QC) 2. Justine Boudreau (QC) 3. Christina Zozulya (BC), Ella Havkin (AB).
Men’s Foil: 1. Patrick Liu (USA) 2. Benjamin Shih (USA) 3. Songhao Steven Zhang (ON), Lawrence Song (USA).
Junior
Women’s Epee: 1. Alexanne Verret (QC) 2. Julia Barry (NS) 3. Marilyne Plante (QC) 3. Cindy Gao (ON).
Men’s Epee: 1. Dylan French (BC), Maxime Bilon (QC) 3. Nicolas Pouliquen (BC), Loup-yann Ferre (QC).
Men’s Foil: 1. Sean Grant (ON) 2. Brandon Jalowica (ON) 3. Daniel Gu (AB), Shaw Phillips (USA).
Men’s Sabre: 1. Benjamin Marcus (USA), 2. Spencer McPhedran (AB), 3. Marc Gelinas (QC), Francois Cauchon (QC).
Women’s Foil: 1. Ying Cao (ON) 2. Sarah Filby (MB) 3. Jane Caulfield (AB), Artemis Hopps (MB).
Women’s Sabre: 1. Rachel Lamarre (QC) 2. Vernoique Lamarre (QC) 3. Madison Thurgood (AB), Frederique Bourget (QC).
University
Men’s Foil: 1. Sam Hardwicke-Brown (AB) 2. Jean-Marc Turk (QC) 3. John St. George (AB), Caleb McIntosh (BC).
Women’s Epee: 1. Flavie Martineau (QC) 2. Mahee Merica (QC) 3. Kali Sayers (AB), Marilune Plante (QC).
Women’s Foil: 1. Aimee Schryer (Sask) 2. Charlotte Mesurolle (QC), 3. Hedi Atter (Sask), Sabrina Yu (AB).
Men’s Epee: 1. Vincent Lavoie (QC) 2. Alexandre Sami-Bacon (AB).
Men’s Sabre: 1. William Kinney (ON) 2. Dane Smelsky-Remillard 3. Cameron Griffiths (AB), Philip Pitura (Sask).
