Penta Olympic Fencing Club

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   All Hallows Open Coach Young got GOLD🥇and upgraded his rating to A2018. Also, Tim got BRONZE and Bill got top8(6th) & D2018 in the same competition.

2. Jedi Challenge POFC 12-year-old fencers, Ian Park and Daniel Lee met on the final strip in Cadet Mixed Epee.
3. JO qualifier in VA Division Michelle Lee – SILVER in Junior 🥈,  Nathan Yoon & Timothy Lee – BRONZE in Junior 🥉,  Keegan O’Hara- GOLD in Cadet🥇
4. American Challenge ROC  Congratulations to Nirali Igoe on her top 16 finish in Div1A Women’s Epee.
5. Friends of DCFC Saturday Night DV3 Mixed Epee Congrats to Justin Oh for taking 2nd place. And Erika Gumagay who got 7th place in Div2 Women’s Epee.
6. DCFC Youth Challenge Congratulations to Hyeondo (Aiden) Jung on winning BRONZE in Y10 Men’s Epee.
7. 2018 Gerrie Baumgart SYC in Denver, CO Congrats to Taylor who got 5th place in Y12 Women’s Epee .
8. October NAC Faith Park: top 16(15th) in Division 1 Women’s Epee, Michelle Lee: top 16 in Division 2 Women’s Epee, Lily Papadakis: top 64 (47th) in Cadet Women’s Foil.
9. Fairfax Challenge SYC Overall, Penta won 10 medals and 18 fencers earned national points.Y14 Women’s Epee
   Faith Park – BRONZE
   Erika Gumagay – BRONZE & D18

   Y14 Men’s Epee
   Ian Park – 5th place
   Kozmo Rhyu – 8th place

   Y12 Women’s Epee
   Kiera Taylor – BRONZE
   Minjae Kang – 8th place

   Y12 Men’s Epee
   Daniel Y Lee – BRONZE
   Ian Park – 5th place

   Y10 Women’s Epee
   Kylin Taylor – BRONZE

   Y10 Men’s Epee
   Samuel Y Lee – BRONZE

10. Richmond Fall RYCY12 Men’s Epee
    Ian Park – GOLD🥇
    Daniel Lee – SILVER 🥈

    Y12 Women’s Epee
    Kiera Taylor – GOLD🥇
    Yedda Lee – BRONZE 🥉
    Minjae Kang – BRONZE🥉

    Y14 Men’s Epee
    Ian Park – GOLD🥇
    Daniel Lee – BRONZE 🥉
    Kozmo Rhyu – BRONZE 🥉

    Y14 Women’s Epee
    Erika Gumagay – GOLD🥇
    Kiera Taylor – BRONZE🥉
    Minjae Kang – 7th place

    Y10 Women’s Epee
    Kylin Taylor – BRONZE🥉
    Gloria Lee – 6th place
    Minsio Kang – 7th place

    Y10 Men’s Epee
    Samuel Lee – BRONZE🥉
    Lianhan Li – 6th place
    Aiden Lee – 8th place

    Y14 Women’s Foil
    Lily Papadakis – SILVER🥈
    Lefu Chen – BRONZE🥉

11. Loudoun Season Starter DV3 Epee Tournament Kozmo Rhyu went to his first senior competition and placed 3rd with an E rating.

12. Tom Wright Memorial Veteran Fencing Tournament Paul Gumagay placed 5th.
13. CFC Epee Open Keegan O’Hara placed 5th.
14. Durkan Regional Showcase RJCC Congratulations to Lily Papadakis who took 6th place and upgraded her rating to C2018 in Cadet Women’s Foil.
15. Valkyrie I Women’s Open Lefu(Katherine) Chen took 5th place and earned E2018 in Senior Women’s Foil. Faith and Michelle made top 8 in Senior Women’s Epee.
16. BFC Back to School Youth Event Thomas Murphy: BRONZE in Y12 & Y14
    Minjae Kang: 5th place in Y12
    Lianhan Li: 8th place in Y12
17. Albert Chikayev Memorial ROC – Division 1 A Women’s Epee                                    Faith Park : GOLD
    Michelle Lee : SILVER & C18
    Kyungmin Lee: 6th place
    Nirali Igoe: 13th place
18. Bruce Fusner Memorial Epee RJCC & RYC in Atlanta, GA                                          Kiera Taylor: GOLD in Y12WE & 7th in Y14WE
    Kylin Taylor: SILVER in Y10WE
    Keegan O’Hara: 7th in CadetME
    Chelsea Hu: 5th in Y12WE
19. LFA Albert Chikayev Memorial ROC Congratulations to Michelle Lee who got SILVER in DV2 Women’s Epee
20. North Texas SYC Congratulations to Lily Papadakis for getting D2018 in Cadet Women’s Foil.
21. Boston Fencing Club SYC Congratulations to Ian Park for placing 7th in Y14ME and 5th in Y12ME.

     

     

     

     

     

Timothy visited Korea National Team Training Center, took part in training and fenced with Korean National Fencing Team. It’s such an honor and an amazing experience ever! BIG thank you to Korea National Fencing Team !!!

Also, Timothy competed in extra fencing round with Korea high school squad at the Korea National Modern Pentathlon competition and he met Jinhwa Jung and Woongtae Jun who are ranked No.1 and No.2 in the Morden Pentathlon world rankings. Deeply appreciate Korea Morden Pentathlon Association that you gave him an unforgettable experience!

Many special thanks go out to Coach Young’s former coaches, teammates, and students!!

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1. BFC Tractor Pull

Congratulations to Faith Park and Keegan O’Hara on their 1st and top 8 finishes in senior mixed epee. Keep up the great work!!!

2. Mid-south Fencers’ Club “Big Blue” 2018

Congratulations to Faith Park who got 1st place in Senior Women’s Epee. Awesome!!!

3. Stoccata Panther RJCC in FL

Congratulations to Lily Papadakis who got GOLD in Cadet Women’s Foil and BRONZE in Junior Women’s Foil. Way to go Lily!!

CFC Mixed Epee Open

Congratulations to Faith Park for taking 1st place and Dohyun Kim for getting 8th place & D2018. Well done!!!

2018 Summer National & July Challenge

Faith Park: 7th in Y14 / 14th in Cadet / 22nd in Junior / 17th in Div1A / 34th in the Div1

Nirali Igoe: 30th in Div1A

Michelle Lee: 17th in Y12 / 21st in Y14 / 38th in Cadet

Kyungmin Lee: 9th and  D2018 in Div2

Yedda Lee: 24th in Y12

Timothy Lee: 37th in Y14 / 20th in Cadet

Daniel Yedarm Lee: 25th in Y12 / 61st in Y14

Kozmo Rhyu: 18th in Y12

Samuel Yechan Lee: 16th in Y10

Paul Gumagay: 21st in Vet50

Richmond Tune-up Open

Shout out to Nirali Igoe for finishing in top 8 in Senior Mixed Epee.

Tune-up Open Tournament

Congrats to Nathan Yoon and Timothy Lee on their top 8 finishes. Also, congrats to one of our campers, Bowen Wang on his 5th place finish.

DCFC Youth Challenge

This competition was a great way for the fencers to get prepared in nationals!! In this rate they will do great!! The penta fencers worked very hard and I’m very proud! Congratulations to all!!

Y10 Mixed Epee
Samuel Lee : GOLD

Fencers Club Youth Epee

Congratulations to Kozmo Rhyu on taking SILVER medals in the Y12 and Y14 Men’s Epee .

Third Friends of DCFC Epee Team Challenge

Team POFC “The Three Pentateers” won SILVER . Congrats to Nirali, Rakyung & Faith!

Jedi Challenge

Congratulations to Ian Park and Justin Oh on their 1st and 2nd place finishes in Y14 Mixed Epee.

1. The Battle the Bullies 2018

Our youth Penta fencers dominated each youth event this Sunday at the Battle the Bullies 2018. Go POFC!

Y10 Mixed Epee
Samuel Lee : G O L D
Max Friedman : B R O N Z E

1. Cherry Blossom Open

So proud of POFC fencers over the weekend! Congratulations to Faith Park who got SILVER in the Senior WE at the Cherry Blossom Open in College Park, MD yesterday. It’s only one touch away from gold medal.

2. Atlanta Fencing Epee RJCC 
Congratulations to William Tae who got SILVER in the Cadet ME and BRONZE in the Junior ME  at the Atlanta Fencing Epee RJCC in Atlanta, GA today. Go Penta!!

3. Jeff Wolfe Long Island Challenge ROC

Congratulations to Nirali Igoe on winning BRONZE medal and renewing B18 in the Div1A WE. Great job Nirali!!

4. April North American Cup

Big congratulations William Tae!!
One touch away from gold…. but amazing performance by William Tae getting 2nd place in Div2ME at April NAC in Richmond VA. Way to go, William!!! Also, great job Kyungmin Lee for top 16(13 place) in Div3WE and for top 32 in Div2WE. We are so proud of your progress in a short time. Hooray!! Congratulations to our veteran fencer Paul Gumagay!!! He got 5th place today at the Div3 ME in April NAC. Age is just number!! Congratulations to all POFC fencers, parents and coaches!!

1. Fairfax Challenge RJCC

Great job all POFC fencers! We swept 11 medals at each Epee events. A special congrats go out to..

Junior Men’s Epee
Timothy Lee : GOLD & A2018
William Tae : 7th place

Junior Women’s Epee
Faith Park : BRONZE
Michelle Lee : 5th place
Nirali Igoe : 8th place

Cadet Men’s Epee
Timothy Lee : GOLD
Tianyi Zhang : 5th place
William Tae : 6th place
Keegan O’Hara: 7th place & D18

Cadet Women’s Epee
Dahyun Kang : 6th place
Kyungmin Lee : 7th place & E18

2. DCFC Champagne Challenge

Congratulations to John Kim who got 7th place and C2018 in the Senior Mixed Epee. Way to go John!!!

3. DCFC Youth Challenge

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Y12 Mixed Epee! Keep up the great work!
1st Kozmo Rhyu
2nd Nathan Moon
5th Prestin Kim

4.  March North American Cup in Baltimore, MD

POFC youth fencers competed very well and had a great experience! Here are our great results;

Matthew Li : 8th place in Y10 Men’s Epee                                                                                Michelle Lee : 9th place in Y14 Women’s Epee & Y12 Women’s Epee                                        Timothy Lee : 13th place in Y14 Men’s Epee
Edward Kim : 8th place in Y12 Men’s Epee
Faith Park : GOLD in Y14 Team Women’s Epee

5. Arnold Fencing Classic RYC in OH

Congratulations to Lily Papadakis for getting 2nd place in Wo

men’s Epee and 3rd place in Y12 & Y14 Women’s Foil. Great job Lily!!

1. Richmond Winter RJCC

Congratulations to Lily Papadakis on her SILVER medal in the Cadet Women’s Foil. Great job Lily!!

2. DCFC Youth Challenge

So proud of our youth fencers who competed at the DCFC Youth Challenge today! Here are our great results!
Y10 Mixed Epee – Samuel Lee : GOLD
Y12 Mixed Epee – Kozmo Rhyu : GOLD and Daniel Lee : BRONZE
Y14 Mixed Epee – Edward Kim : SILVER and Daniel Lee : BRONZE

3. Apen RYC

Congratulations to Ian Park who took two BRONZE medals in the Y12 & Y14 Men’s Epee. Also congratulations to Thomas Murphy took who got 7th place in the Y 12 Men’s Epee. Great job boys!!

4. Cobra Challenge ROC

Huge congratulations to Nirali Igoe on taking 7th place in Div1A Senior Women’s Epee. Well done Nirali!!

5. Choco Therapy Tournament

Congratulations to all of our POFC fencers who represented our club!
William Tae – Silver & C2018
Paul Gumagay – Bronze & C2018
Faith Park – 5th place

6.  JUNIOR OLYMPICS

Congratulations to our 12 year-old epeeist, Michelle Lee who made top 32 in the Cadet Women’s Epee, in her JO debut!!! Awesome!!!

Congratulations to Timothy Lee who took top 32(28 place) among the 266 fencers in the Cadet Men’s Epee at the Junior Olympic in Memphis, TN. Great job Tim!!!

7. Jedi Challenge

Congrats to Joshua (Chur Yong) Mun who got silver, Prestin Kim and Matthew Li tied for third place! Also, Joshua has been fencing for only three months! Well done!!

8. DCFC Champagne Challenge

Another great results for Penta! William Tae earned his B2018 today! William practiced and worked hard which got him is B rating today!! Congratulations!

9. Premier RJCC, NJ

Congratulations to Michelle Lee who took 3rd place and renewed her D2018 in the Cadet Women’s Epee. Keep up the good work Michelle!

1. BFC Newbie New Year Youth Event 

Congratulations to all our youth fencers who competed at the BFC Newbie New Year Youth Event yesterday! POFC swept gold medals at each epee events!! Great job!!!

Y10 Mixed Epee
Lee, Samuel Yechan – GOLD

Y12 Mixed Epee

6. MDFC Junior Epee Open

Congratulations to Dohyun Kim on winning GOLD and his first E2018 rating at the MDFC Junior Epee Open. We are so proud of you!

7. DCFC Champagne Challenge

Congratulations to Sungho Yoon on winning SILVER at the DCFC Champagne Challenge.

1. Friends of DCFC Team Event

POFC fencers showed great teamwork at the Friends of DCFC Team Event. Congratulations to all club-mates!!
2nd place : Asian Sensation(Derek, Alex, Sungho & Woosuk)
4th place : Penta Boys(William, Nathan & Timothy)
5th place : Three Swordsmen(Paul, Brad Kim & Kyle)
Also, nicely done Dahyun on the strip as a referee !

2.  Florida Panther RJCC

Congratulations to Nirali Igoe who took GOLD in Cadet WE and SILVER in Junior WE at the Florida Panther RJCC. Great job !!

3. Capitol Division Y12 & Under Tournament

Congratulations to Kozmo Rhyu on winning GOLD medal in the 12 mixed epee at the Capitol Division Y12 & Under Tournament. It was Kozmo’s first competition ever! Also, POFC youth fencers, Yedda and Prestin took top 8! So proud of you guys!!!

4. December North American Cup in Portland, OR

Congratulations to Nirali Igoe for winning BRONZE and earning her B2017 rating in the DivII Women’s Epee. We are soooooo proud of you! Keep up the great work!!

5.  DCFC Youth Challenge

Congratulations to our youth fencers who competed at the DCFC Youth Challenge today! A special congrats go out to…

Y12 Mixed Epee
Ian Park – GOLD
Erika Gumagay – SILVER 
Kozmo Rhyu & Yedda Lee – BRONZE

Y14 Mixed Epee
Minjun Kim – BRONZE
Edward Kim – 5th
Spencer Huang – 6th
Kyungmin Lee – 7th

6. Fairfax Challenge ROC

We had an amazing result and congrats to all top 8 fencers! A special congrats go out to…

Div2 Men’s Epee: Tianyi Zhang – GOLD                                                                                      Div1 Men’s Epee: Kyle Yi – 6th place
Div1 Women’s Epee: Faith Park & Nirali Igoe – BRONZE
Veteran Men’s Epee: Paul Gumagay – 5th place

7.  2017 Austin Challenge SYC in Austin, TX

Congratulations to Lily Papadakis on taking BRONZE in the Y12 Women’s Foil. Great Job Lily!!!