SAN JOSE, Calif.—Two Columbia Fencers—first-year Zander Rhodes (women's foil) and first-year Justin Haddad (men's epee)— claimed Gold Medals and nine total Lions placed among the top-10 fencers in respective divisions at this past weekend's January North American Cup, Jan. 7-10 in San Jose, Calif. Complete results are available at this link.
 
Rhodes won the Junior women's foil title out of 167 fencers. She also placed 10^th in the Division I women's foil competition out of 149 fencers, which included Columbia graduates Jackie Dubrovich '16CC (third place) and Iman Blow '19CC (third place), and senior Sylvie Binder (seventh place). Haddad claimed the Junior Men's Epee Gold as he topped 256 fencers, and also placed third in the Division I men's epee competition out of 300 fencers.
 
Other Lions who placed inside the top-10 include senior Josef Cohen, who took sixth place in Division I men's sabre, sophomore Robert Vidovszky, who finished 10^th in Division I men's sabre, and junior Alan Temiryaev, who took ninth place in the Division I men's epee competition.
 
Below is a list of Columbia's top-32 results:
 
NORTH AMERICAN CUP/COLUMBIA TOP-32 RESULTS
San Jose, Calif. | Jan. 7-10, 2022 | San Jose McEnery Convention Center
 
Division I Men's Foil (227 Fencers)
18^th James Bourtis
19^th Sidarth Kumbla
29^th Ashton Daniel
 
Division I Women's Saber (130 Fencers)
19^th Nora Burke
 
Division I Men's Saber (167 Fencers)
6^th Josef Cohen
10^th Robert Vidovszky
 
Junior Men's Epee (256 Fencers)
1^st Justin Haddad
 
Division I Men's Epee (300 Fencers)
3^rd Justin Haddad
9^th Alan Temiryaev
23^rd – Dwight Smith (CC'10)
28^th Gabe Canaux (CC '18)
 
Junior Women's Foil (167 Fencers)
1^st Zander Rhodes
29^th Vivian Zheng
 
Junior Women's Saber (141 Fencers)
28^th Chloe Gouhin
 
Division I Women's Foil (149 Fencers)
3rd Jackie Dubrovich (CC '16)
3rd Iman Blow (CC'19)
7^th Sylvie Binder
10^th Zander Rhodes
 
Junior Women's Epee (150 Fencers)
15^th Audrey Chu