College fencing

Sergey Danilov Named Assistant Fencing Coach at St. John’s University

October 7, 2021By NY Fencing Academy (NYFA)

Congratulations to our Coach Sergey Danilov who has been named Assistant Coach for St. John’s University. St. John’s has a long and proud history as one of the best fencing programs in the country and with Sergey’s expertise, we’re sure they will reach new heights and become NCAA champions once again!

Sergey Danilov, Fencing Coach at NYFA and St John’s

Updates: #1 Medals Earned, Club Expansions, College News

September 18, 2019September 21, 2019By NY Fencing Academy (NYFA)

We’re excited to share great club news with our members:

2018-2019 Season End Results – our fencers, coaches, and parents should be very proud:

NYFA tied for FIRST PLACE with Alliance in the number of 2019 Summer National medals earned!
NYFA took FIRST PLACE in the number of Super Youth Circuit (SYC) medals earned in the USA!

Club Improvements – we are always striving to make NYFA even better for our students:

Port Washington: we renovated and expanded the fencing area to include 8 strips
Coney Island: we are expanding the waiting area for parents’ comfort and for students to have more space to do homework and store equipment

College News – Congratulations and best of luck to our high school graduates who have started college this year!

Alan Temiryaev – Columbia University
Emily Gao – Cornell University
Karina Popovich – Cornell University
Jeffrey Wang – Johns Hopkins University
Kevin Feng – New York University
Anna Lanzman – New York University
Michael Mogilevich – Rutgers University
Josh Shuster – Brandeis University
Tatiana Merheb – McGill University Montreal
Ann Zats – Macaulay Honors at Hunter College

Go NYFA!

College fencing, RESULTS

Luxembourg World Cup, NJFA RJCC, Windy City SYC, College Meets +

December 4, 2018By NY Fencing Academy (NYFA)

We’re very proud of our athletes for their great fencing this weekend from Luxembourg to Brooklyn! Congratulations all!

Jaclyn Khrol – 29th at the Luxembourg Junior World Cup out of 142 fencers from more than 20 different countries!

NJFA Regional Junior Cadet Circuit – top 8:

Dylan Polkovsky – Bronze in Cadets
Daniel Zaretsky – 7th in Cadets
Emily Ostrovsky – 7th in Cadets

Windy City Super Youth Circuit – top 8:

Shawn Agaon – Bronze in Y12
Finn Chimoskey – Bronze in Y10
Evelyn Agaon – Bronze in Y10
Ethan Agaon – 5th and E2018 in Y14, 7th in Y12

NCAA College Fencing – awesome to see our students performing well on the collegiate level! This weekend there were two big meets at Brandeis and Sacred Heart:

Sam Bekker led NYU with the most victories (13-4) at The Tradition Tournament at Sacred Heart
Nathan Vaysberg had a great showing (11-7) for St. John’s at The Brandeis Invitational
Bennett Cohen was one of the most valuable fencers on the Sacred Heart team
Skyler Chin helped Yale go 4-1 at Brandeis, including revenge for last year’s loss to Saint John’s

More details here:
http://www.yalebulldogs.com/…/2018-…/releases/201812033l1nwy
https://gonyuathletics.com/news/2018/12/2/mens-fencing-competes-at-tradition-tournament.aspx
https://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-fenc/2018-19/releases/20181202vjqpij
https://redstormsports.com/news/2018/12/2/fencing-st-johns-goes-10-2-at-the-brandeis-invitational.aspx

Congrats also to our top 8 medalists at local competitions including the NYFA Youth Cup #3: NYFA-BK

Go NYFA!