Ridge Fencers with Strong Showing at Frosh-Soph Tournament
March 3, 2024
The Ridge underclassmen fencers were in action on Sunday, March 3rd at Voorhees High School for the last tournament of the season. Ridge sent 31 fencers to the event, with 16 of those entrants finishing in the top 6, and three 1st place finishes. Topping the podium included sophomore Ben Schuchman (sabre), sophomore Eva Chen (sabre), and freshman Chris Zheng (foil).
Second place finishers were sophomore Eunice Kim (foil), freshman Maya Zamlynny (foil), freshman Kaavya Padhi (sabre), and freshman Alex Yang (epee). Coming in third was freshman Jeremiah Murphy in the epee competition.
Fourth place finishers were all sophomores and included Charlotte Liu (epee), Alex Mendieta (sabre), and Owen Thorpe ( sabre), while fifth place finishers were sophomore Aria Chahal (foil), sophomore Tadas Vilemaitis ( sabre), and freshman Rishabh Chakraborty (sabre). Sophomores Heidi Stefandl (epee) and Xander Sloan (foil) both finished in sixth place.