Cetrulo and Santelli Tournaments
January 11 and 12, 2025
Both the Ridge boys and girls fencing teams notched top ten finishes in what has been touted as the “World’s Largest High School Fencing Tournament”. The boys competed in the Cetrulo tournament on Saturday, January 11th, at Drew University in Madison with 55 teams in contention for the title. The foil squad (Shresh Bollapalli, Girish Arul, Christopher Zheng) battled for an impressive 6th place finish and helped the boys team to a 10th place finish overall. Notable individual performances were Junior Reid Kokenge, perfect on the day with 14/14 wins on the “A” epee strip and Sophomore Christopher Zheng going 12/14 on the “C” foil strip.
The girls took to the strips for the Santelli tournament on Sunday, January 12th, with 52 teams participating. They took 9th place overall, powered by a strong 10th place finish from the foil squad (Maya Zamlynny, Yasemin Ocak, Eunice Kim, Aria Chahal).Top individual performances on the day included Maya Zamlynny going 12/14 on the foil “A” strip and Eva Chen with 11/13 wins on the sabre “B” strip.
https://patch.com/new-jersey/baskingridge/ridge-fencings-2024-25-season-full-swing
