Amazing competition in today's Y10 foil event. Noah saw the most intense fencing of his career today.
Noah opened his pool bouts with two fairly easy wins, but subsequently faced some very strong fencers. The fencing was fast and furious. Noah won two of his pool bouts, and scored six points on the opponents who beat him. Some great fencing.
Noah did have to make a visit to the athletic trainer's table between the pool bouts and the direct elimination round. In his last pool bout he was hit very hard and needed some massage, stretching, and ice. He recovered well, thanks to the good professionals on staff at the tournament.
Noah began the direct elimination round as the number thirty seed. He easily won his first DE 5-0, 5-1. His next bout was against the number three seed in the DE round. Yikes!! This guy was good (he went on to win the tournament).
Noah had a great day fencing. He fought hard and didn't mind losing to such great fencers. He placed 29th in this national tournament appearance, and earned a #49 national ranking.
