Coastside fencer places in top 8 in national competition

Posted by Sue Lockyer of the Coastside Academy of Fencing.

Coastside Academy student Elizabeth Jug made the top 8 in Cadet Women’s Saber, earning her first national medal in Tucson, at the Division II, Division III, and Cadet national competitions. Check out the results of all of our fencers on the usfencing website.

Elizabeth fenced strongly in her pool, (5-1) her only loss was to Celina Merza. But she beat Tringa, Hee, and Major to name a few.

In the Direct Elimination round she would face the previous day’s Div III gold medalist McNally, crushing McNally 15-5. Later she would fight the Div II gold medalist, strong Canadian Chevelier, and fought her way to victory 15-14!

Likely exhausted from defeating both gold medalists from previous days events, she would eventually lose to Heather Nelson, who would go on to win the gold medal. Elizabeth did much better against Nelson than the silver medalist was able to do. Also congratulations to Samantha Ross, placing 13th in the Div II (top 16) and Top 32 in the Div III. Kudos go to Alison Cukierski, top 32 in Div II. Alison earns her first classification- E-08. This was her goal for this season.

It is exciting to see our club performance improving overall. If you are interested in learning more about the Coastside Academy of Fencing contact Maestro Anthony Joslin at 650-219-5335 or email [email protected].