Wow!! Noah had a great day fencing Y12 epee today at the Back to School Duel in Newberry, Florida. He won all but one of his pool bouts and earned the number two seed for the Direct Elimination bouts. He faced some very good competitors as he fought his way through his DE encounters. The final, gold medal bout was very intense. Noah won the first encounter by winning a touch in overtime. He lost the second encounter 3-5 after some very exciting fencing. The bout was decided in the third and final encounter where, in the last 19 seconds, Noah scored four touches to win the gold. Final score: 1-0, 3-5, 5-2. This is Noah's first gold medal of the year. It is especially nice to achieve this in a Y12 event where he was fencing mostly older fencers.
