This past weekend saw a whopping three tournaments all in one weekend, all across the country! Couldn’t make it to all of them all at once? No surprise. Read about what you may have missed here.
In the third installment of LS Virginia’s This is the Way tournament series, rankings were awarded to more than half of the total fencers participating.
The Acolytes Rising tournament, like the Southern California beach tournament just weeks earlier, was a night for the darkhorses— the upstarts— the underdogs. Preston Pomeroy entered the tournament U, and faced considerable challenge from three D-ranked competitors: Jacob Areias, Matt Pointer, and David Lazenby. Pomeroy faced each one of them
The second annual beach tournament in Southern California ended up being a historic day in Lightspeed Saber history. While Zaldua’s win was no terrible surprise, Phoebe Camilletti’s silver medal placed her in the ...
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Lightspeed Menace, the 2024 Nationals, awarded the title of National Champion to the League’s youngest member to ever hold that title—18 year old Ally Fournier—and an ‘A’ grade to the youngest fencer to ever hold that rank—20 year old Chris Isom. Read about that, and the rest of the data, here.
LSA’s Chris Isom took home the gold and the title of national champion on Day 3 of Lightspeed Menace. He fought in a tight battle against C-rated (now B) and rising Lightspeed star, Ryan McKenna, based out of Virginia. Isom and McKenna fought in an extremely close fight, with McKenna nearly clinching the victory with a contested headshot.