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CFA Fencers earn National Points at the Junior Olympics!

This past weekend at the 2013 Junior Olympics CFA’s fencers did exceptionally well! Douglas Daniels exploded into the Junior Saber event, earning national points in an incredibly strong field. Doug is our first CFA saber fencer to earn National Points … Continue reading

CFA Fencers bring back four medals from the JMU Open!

CFA had a good number of fencers come out to attend the first Open in some time hosted by our friends at JMU Fencing Club. We were absent several of our “usual suspect” fencers in some events, so it is … Continue reading

Anya Michaelsen Wins the Capital Clash Super Regional Youth Circuit!

A huge congratulations to Anya Michaelsen for taking the gold (and updating to a B13) at the Capital Clash SYC in the Cadet Womens Foil! The Clash is the largest SYC in the country and her win over fencers from … Continue reading

Nathaniel Sides takes Silver at the River City Rumble!

We had several CFA fencers make their tournament debut at the River City Rumble. We are always happy to attend tourneys hosted by RFC, as we know they will be well ran and offer great competition. Speaking of which, Nathaniel … Continue reading

CFA qualifies 4 fencers to Junior Olympic Championships!

CFA fencers had a wonderful showing at the JO Qualifiers and Division Junior and Cadet Championships this weekend! The Junior Olympic Championships is the highest level Cadet and Junior event for US Fencing. To qualify ahead of all the other … Continue reading

CFA brings home gold from the last two Richmond tournaments!

CFA fencers had some great finishes at the events hosted by our friends at RFC this summer! In the Tune Up Open Douglas Daniels brought home the gold in the Mens saber, which was a good warm up before Summer … Continue reading

Anya Michaelsen Medals at 2012 Summer National Championships!

Anya brought home more national medals from this years Summer National Championships, taking a Bronze in the Div II Women’s foil. Her Junior Team, consisting of Anya, Phoebe Whitmore, Simone Unwalla and Stephanie Deschner finished 4th out of a very … Continue reading

Team and Y14 Champ results!

Congrats to Emily, Sarah, Rosie, Nathanial, Emily B and Mary for their medal worthy fencing this weekend! VA Women’s Epee Team Champions! Emily Lien, Rosie Purvis, Sarah Simmons Y14 Men’s Saber Champion: Nathaniel Lily Y14WE Bronze: Sarah Simmons Y14WF Bronze: … Continue reading

Anya brings home the Silver and a B12 from the Cincinnati NAC!

A huge congrats to Anya Michaelsen for her silver medal finish in the Div II women’s foil event at the Cincinnati NAC. In addition to a spiffy silver medal she also earned her B12! She is one of only a … Continue reading

CFA dominates Div II/III Summer Nationals Qualifiers this year!

CFA had another wonderful showing this past weekend at the Div II/III qualifiers for Summer Nationals this past weekend. Our fencers had very strong showings and earned medals in every event CFA fencers participated in. Some notable highlights: Emily Lien: … Continue reading