Whom You Know: An Update from Our Mover and Shaker, Tim Morehouse

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

An Update from Our Mover and Shaker, Tim Morehouse

Tim our favorite fencer wrote us:

Hope all is well! I just got back from El Salvador where US fencing captured 10 out of a possible 12 gold medals and 22 medals overall at the Pan American Championships!

A record for USA fencing! (everyday the local headlines read "Gringos" and "Yankees" dominate...like below!)

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In the team event, James, Ben, Jason and I defeated Mexico in the top-4 and then Venezuela for the Gold. In the individual, we swept the medals! I finished with 3rd with my teammates James Williams finishing 2nd and Jason Rogers capturing the gold! Mariel Zagunis, Kurt Getz, Nzinga Prescod, Courtney Hurley also all captured Golds their individual events.

We also spent some quality post-competition time dancing (we're more than just fencers!) and enjoying local cuisine.

Our next competition is World Championships in Turkey in October. We're taking a few weeks off and then we get back to work to prepare to try to capture the first medals in men's fencing in perhaps 70+ years. Pretty big drought to try and end! (1100 days until the the London Olympics begin!)

Whom You Know wishes them the best. Go USA!

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US Fencing Team Delivers Record-Breaking Performance at Pan American Championships

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (July 9, 2009)-Team USA Fencing delivered a powerful performance at the Pan American Championships, winning more medals than any other fencing team in the history of the competition. During the tournament, the team captured 10 out of a possible 12 gold medals, taking home a total of 22 medals and sweeping three events amongst the 15 participating countries.

During the Pan American Championship team events, Team USA managed to snag nearly all of the gold medals, earning Gold in Men’s and Women’s Saber, Men’s and Women’s Foil, Women’s Epee and Silver in Men’s Epee. Both Men’s and Women’s teams were coming off of a historic performance at the Beijing Olympics, where the US Fencing team won a total six medals, three times more than any previous Olympic Games.

Veteran team member Tim Morehouse commented on the strong showing, “We are very proud of our team effort at the Pan American Championships and hope that this showing helps propel us to a strong performance during the World Championships in October.” Team USA will compete later this year in Antalya, Turkey at the upcoming 2009 World Championships, fencing’s premier annual event.

Olympic Silver Medalist Jason Rogers captured the gold in the Individual Men’s Saber event, defeating his Olympic Silver Medalist teammates James Williams and Tim Morehouse, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the Women’s round, two-time Olympic Champion and top-ranked fencer in the world, Mariel Zagunis, also won a gold medal. New national team members Daria Schneider and Monika Aksamit finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively, while team member Dagmara Wozniak finished 5th.

In the Men’s Foil event, Kurt Getz won his second consecutive gold medal and teammates Gerek Meinhardt and Miles Chanley-Watson walked off with 2nd and 3rd place. Up and coming star Nzinga Prescod, currently the under-17 world champion, captured gold in Women’s Foil, while teammates Nicole Ross and Ambika Singh both took home bronze medals.

During the Men’s Epee event, Beijing Olympian and world-ranked #6 Seth Kelsey won the silver medal, while teammate Cody Mattern finished 3rd. Courtney Hurley captured gold in Women’s Epee after defeating teammate Lindsay Cambell in the final.

Medal Count
Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:

USA 10 5 7 22
Venezuela 1 3 3 7
Canada 1 1 1 4

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