Forge welcomed 398 competing athletes from Region 6 of USA Fencing over the weekend of October 14th & 15th, 2023. The event had a total of 233 foil entries, 218 epee entries, 245 saber entries and included 16 events representing all three Olympic-style fencing weapons in the categories of Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet and Junior events.
This USA Regional Qualification event took place at the Leroy T. Walker Physical Education and Recreation Complex on the North Carolina Central University campus. This was the first national qualification event hosted at an HBCU (Historically Black College or University).
Running a large regional tournament like the Bull City takes the combined efforts of many. We are grateful to our community participating clubs and athlete families for all of their efforts and to our coaching staff for their continued work to build healthy and strong athletes.
We would like to thank the event volunteers, staff, participants and their families for their diligent service to make this an outstanding event.
Referees
Stephen Pashby, Head Referee
Matthew Chaves
Caroline Dikibo
Tan Le
Madeline Long
Thelonius Muhammad
Michael Nicholson II
Steven Pressendo
Thomas Thliveris
Donny Zelinski
Dev Batra
Abhiskek Singh
Daniel Jattan
Thomas Gilmore
Audrey Nguyen
Semaj Toussaint
Rory Suman
Giovanni Cerda
Aaron Love
Luis Pantino
Lester Gonzalez Ayala
Luis Alfonso Cervantes Lopez
Angelica Aguilar Flores
Oscar Miguel Bermejo Gallardo
Lina Park
Zhiyan Qian
Carlos Ayala
Ahmed Hamdy Rafaee
Jayson Vergara
Jace Riley Vergara
Jayden Reese Vergara
Diana Philpot
Madhav Gadiyaram
Sushama Gadiyaram
Annan Moe
Vincent Cao
Nika Mosthjair
Daniel Tiagi
George Tiagi
Armory
Dennis Crumpler
Julien Cox
Tallis Russell
Aiden Cohlmeyer
Donny Zelinksi
Bout Committee
Rich Weiss
Genetta Young
Ava Ellis-Furlong
Medical Team
Liz Scott
Miranda Cano
Photographers
Don Webster
Rick Crank
Volunteers
Ami Nagle
Andrew Klein
Kevin Kappes
Mike and Jessica Henry
Rue Bertrand
Rebecca and Matt Bramlett and family
Allson Coovadia
Solomon Slep and family
Gennady Etin and family
Adrienne Roberts and family
Avani Pendse and family
Senadzi Kpeglo
Stephanie and Semaj Toussaint
Nina Sperber
Anne Light
Paul and Vickie Miller
Luis Cox and friends
Special Thanks
Annette Moore – Awards Presentation
Cathleen Randall – Forge Teams
Rich Weiss – Bout Committee
Stephen Pashby – Head Referee
Charles E. Greene II – Hiring and Logistics
James Leach – Associate Director of NCCU Campus Recreation
Trei Oliver – Head Football Coach NCCU
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