Notable Results for Richmond Fencing Club Fencers
Yuri Gagarin Open, April 12-13, 2008
Coach Cyndi Lucente wins the Women's Foil
Coach Scott O'Neal wins the Open Epee
Coach Scott O'Neal, 3rd in Open Sabre
Dan Vunck, Open Foil 7th
Virginia Youth Championships April 5-6, 2008
Youth 8 Mixed Foil, Ian Mott, Gold Medal. Eric Mansfield 3rd, Alex Arnold 5th, Grayson Frayser 6th
Y10 Mixed Foil, Elinor Dinkin, 6th
Y12 Women's Foil, Fiona Ross, 6th
Y12 Men's Foil, Jimmy Ott, Silver Medal. Quint Bush, Bronze Medal. Peter Erdos, 6th
Y14 Men's Foil, Quint Bush and Jacob Hurst, Bronze Medal. Jimmy Ott, 7th
Y14 Men's Epee, Matthew Nestler, Bronze Medal
Y14 Women's Foil, Leigh Ann Pearsall, 6th
Under 16 Men's Foil, Alex Kohlroser, Bronze Medal
RFC fencer Scott O'Neal takes Gold, and Larry Lindberg takes Bronze in the
Richmond February Fray Open Epee, 2/24/08. Scott updates his A08, and Larry his B08
Coach Cyndi Lucente takes 6th, and Jacob Duell 7th in the Richmond February
Fray Open Foil, 2/23/08.
3 RFC fencers finish in the top 8 at the U-Foil Ratings Rally in Charlottesville 1/12/08,
Renee Robinette 8th, Jacob Hurst 7th, and Alex Prestia 3rd earning his E08
What does it mean when a fencer earns or confirms a classification?
Mike Owen finishes 3rd in the Hangover Open Epee, 1/6/08, earning his B08
Coach Dan Vunck receives a National Event Medal, finishing 7th in the Vet40 Foil
at the North American Cup in Richmond, Dec 7-9, 2007.
Jacob Duell wins the C-Under Foil, 11/18 in Richmond, confirming his C07
Jacob Lowman finishes 3rd in the Virginia Tech Open Foil (10/27/07), earning his C07
Dan Vunck finishes 3rd in the Virginia Tech Open Epee (10/28/07), earning his B07
Jimmy Ott and Quint Bush take Gold and Silver in Youth-12 Foil
at the Regional Youth Circuit event in Springfield, Va.
Jacob Duell wins the D-Under Foil at the "Back to School Brawl" 8/26/2007, earning his C07
2006-2007 Season Virginia Division final results for RFC Fencers
Coach Cyndi Lucente, Women's Foil Division Champion, Season Points Champion,
and Women's 3-weapon Points Champion
Coach Scott O'Neal, Men's Epee Season Points Champion
Sue Mahon, Women's Epee Season Points Champion
Palmer Hurst, Junior Men's Epee, 3rd Place
Jacob Lowman, Novice Men's Foil, 3rd Place
Jacob Duell, Junior Men's Foil, 4th Place
Mike Owen, Men's Epee, 4th Place
Dan Vunck, Men's Foil, 5th Place
Coach Cyndi Lucente finishes 18th (120 competitors) in Division II Women's Foil at
Summer Nationals, and 32nd (63 competitors) in Division 1a Women's Foil
Coach Cyndi Lucente wins the Virginia Women's Foil Championship for the 3rd consecutive year
Sue Mahon finishes 3rd in Southeast Sectional Championships, and qualifies for Division 1a Nationals
Coach Cyndi Lucente wins the Div2/3 qualifying tournament, and qualifies for Div2 Nationals
RFC fencers qualify for Summer Nationals in Miami, Florida June 29-July 8th, 2007
Coach Cyndi Lucente, Div2 and Div1a Women's Foil
Sue Mahon, Div1a Women's Epee
Jacob Duell, Div2, Div3 and U-16 Men's Foil
Tom Lucente, Div2 and Vet-40 Men's Epee
Ted Westrick finishes 2nd at the E-Under Foil in Charlottesville, 3/31, earning his E07
Jake Lowman finishes 5th
Jacob Duell qualifies for Under-16 Men's Foil at the 2007 National Championships in Miami
Jake Lowman finishes 2nd in the Ratings Ruckus U-Foil, 1/27, earning his E07
Mike Owen finishes 15th at the Hangover Classic Mixed Epee (1/7), earning his B07
What does it mean when a fencer earns or confirms a classification?
Sue Mahon and Coach Cyndi Lucente finish tied for 3rd in the 2006
Charm City Classic Women's Epee, both earning their C06
RFC Fencers compete in the 2006 Novice Foil
Jacob Lowman, Silver Medalist/Dave Daley, 6th place
Jerry Lawson, 15th place/Joe Neale 16th place/Alex Early, 22nd place
RFC Women win 2 events in the 2006-2007 Season opening Kickoff Open
Sue Mahon wins the Women's Epee, confirming her D06
Coach Cyndi Lucente wins the Women's Foil, confirming her C06
What does it mean when a fencer earns or confirms a classification?
2005-2006 Season Virginia Division Results for RFC Fencers
Coach Cyndi Lucente, Women's Foil Division Champion and Season Points Champion,
Women's 3-weapon Points Champion
Coach Scott O'Neal, Men's Epee Season Points Champion
Beth Larson, Women's Epee Division and Season Points Champion
Carl Knoch, Men's 3-weapon Points Champion
Jacob Duell, Men's Novice Foil Season Points Champion
RFC fencers dominate the Summer Sizzler June 10-11, winning 3 of the 4 events
Jacob Duell wins the E-Foil, earning his D06
Andrew Paulette, also of W&M, wins the C-Epee earning his D06
What does it mean when a fencer earns a classification?
Carl Knoch wins the C-Sabre
Sid Menon, 2nd in the C-Sabre
Coach Cyndi Lucente, 3rd in the C-Foil
Ted Westrick, 8th in the E-Foil
Aravind Menon finishes 2nd in the Youth-12 Sabre at the Regional Youth Circuit
event in Greensboro, N.C., 5/13-14/2006
Coach Scott O'Neal finishes 23rd in Men's Epee at the Division I
North American Cup in Sacramento 4/2006, and is now ranked 27th on the National points list!
What's a Division I North American Cup, or Division I NAC?
RFC results from 2006 Virginia Division Championships
Coach Cyndi Lucente, Women's Foil Champion
Beth Larson, Women's Epee Champion
Carl Knoch finishes 3rd in Men's Foil, earning his B06
What does it mean when a fencer earns a classification?
Coach Scott O'Neal, 2nd in Men's Epee
Austin Carter, also of Va. Tech, finishes 3rd in Men's Epee earning his B06
RFC Adults qualify for Summer Nationals
Coach Scott O'Neal, Division 1 and 1A Men's Epee
Carl Knoch, Division 2 Men's Foil, Division 1A/2 Men's Epee, Division 2/3 Men's Sabre
Coach Dan Vunck, Division 2 Men's Foil
Palmer Hurst, Division 3 Men's Epee
Coach Cyndi Lucente, Division 1A/2 Women's Foil, Division 2/3 Women's Epee
Sue Mahon, Division 1A/2/3 Women's Epee
Division I and Senior Men's Team Epee
Division I and Senior Men's Team Foil
Senior Women's Team Epee (won qualifying event)
Senior Women's Team Foil
Under 19 Men's Team Foil
3 RFC Youth fencers qualify for Summer Nationals
Jacob Duell, Under-16 Foil and Youth-14 Foil
Sid Menon, Under-16 Sabre and Youth-14 Sabre
Aravind Menon, Youth-14 Sabre
1st Annual Battleaxe Open, held 1/28-1/29 at RFC, Club results
Coach Scott O'Neal, 1st, Open Epee
Coach Cyndi Lucente, 3rd, Open Foil, updates C06
Coach Dan Vunck, 5th, Open Foil
Sid Menon, 7th, Open Sabre, earns E06
Coach Cyndi Lucente 12th, Open Epee, earns E06
Coach Scott O'Neal finishes 30th in Men's Epee at the Division I
North American Cup in Houston 1/14, and is now ranked 36th on the national points list!
What's a Division I North American Cup, or DIVI NAC?
Mike Owen places 8th at the 2006 Hangover Classic Open Epee, earning his C06
Coach Scott O'Neal finishes 29th in Men's Epee at the Division I
North American Cup in Pittsburgh 12/9/2005, and is now on the National points list!
At the Richmond Ratings Rumble, November 19th and 20th
Carl Knoch and Mike Owen finish 1st and 2nd in C-Under Epee
Palmer Hurst finishes 7th in C-Epee, earning his E05 classification
Doug Hoehing finishes 2nd in E-Foil, earning his E05 classification
Coach Cyndi Lucente finishes 3rd in the C-Under Foil
Coach Scott O'Neal wins the 2005 Halloween Open and confirms his A05 classification
4 RFC Fencers compete in the 2005 Novice Foil, 3 finish in the top 8
including Jacob Duell (3rd), Braxton Worsham (6th), and Stephen Worsham (8th)
Sabre fencer Sid Menon qualifies for Cadet Men's Sabre Junior Olympics
Coaches Scott O'Neal and Cyndi Lucente, and Tom Lucente attended a Referee seminar
given by George Kolombatovich, the author of the FIE Referee exam, 3-time Olympic Referee, and Head Coach of the Columbia University Fencing Team.
All 3 were tested and observed Refereeing, and earned new or higher Referee ratings.
Coach Scott O'Neal earns his A05 classification at the 2005 Kickoff Open
Larry Lindberg updates his classification to B05 at the 2005 Kickoff Open
2005 Season Virginia Division Results for RFC Fencers
Coach Cyndi Lucente, 2005 Virginia Women's Foil Champion and Season Points Champion
Beth Larson, 2005 Virginia Women's Epee Champion and Season Points Champion
Coach Scott O'Neal, 2005 Virginia Men's Epee Season Points Champion
Ben Master, 2005 Virginia Men's Sabre Season Points Champion
Coach Dan Vunck, 3rd Place Men's Foil, 2005 Virginia Division Championships
