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Our Fencers

Our fencing club is committed to excellence and success of each fencer.

Alliance Fencing produced 3 Olympians, 6 World Champions, multiple European Cadet Circuits and Junior World Cup champions and medalists, 4 Pan American Champions, over 40 US national champions in all age categories and divisions, 25 Team USA World Team members, 10 NCAA individual champions and medalists.

 

Many of our fencers have received athletic and academic scholarships to top US universities. Alliance fencers have been selected as Division 1 varsity athletes for NCAA fencing teams at Princeton, Harvard, Yael, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, UPenn, Northwestern, Penn State, UNC, Ohio State, NYU, Brandeis, Temple, the Air Force Academy, and many more.

 

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Natable Fencers:

Olympians:

Hurley, Courtney / 2012 Team Bronze Medal, 2016, 2020
Hurley, Kelley / 2008, 2012 Team Bronze Medal, 2016, 2020

van Brummen, Anna / 2020

World Champions:

Hurley, Courtney

3-time World Champion (2006 Cadet, 2008 Junior Team, 2018 Senior Team)
3-time Olympian, 2012, 2016, 2020
17-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, Senior, 2005-2019
Bronze Medal, Olympic Games (Teams), 2016
Bronze Medal, Senior World Championships, 2018
3 Silver and 1 Bronze medals at Senior World Cups and Grand Prixs
#1 Junior World Ranking, 2009/2010 season
4-time Junior World Cup Champion
Silver Medal, World University Games (Teams), 2010
Pan American Champion, 2011
NCAA Champion (2011, 2013) and Bronze medalist (2009, 2010)
Over 40-time NAC and National Champion


Hurley, Kelley

4-time World Champion (2005 Cadet, 2008 Junior & Junior Team, 2018 Senior Team)

4-time Olympian, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020

21-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, Senior, 2003-2019

Bronze Medal, Olympic Games (Teams), 2016

2-time Junior World Cup Champion

4 Bronze Medals, Senior World Cups

Silver Medal, World University Games (Teams), 2010

8-time Pan American Champion

NCAA Champion (2008) and Silver Medalist (2006)

Over 50-time NAC and National Champion


Imrek, Samuel
2022 Cadet World Champion
2023 and 2024 Junior World Bronze Medalist
Senior World Cups and Grand Prix medalist
Pan American Junior and Senior Champion
NCAA CHampionships Bronze medalist
8-time Cadet, Juniot, and Senior National and North American Cup Champion


Khamis, Yasmine
4-time Cadet and Junior World Team Member
2024 Junior Team World Champion
Silver and 2 Bronze medals at the European Cadet Circuits
Multiple time national medalist


Simmons, Ariel

2013 Cadet World Champion
3-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2013-2016

2014 Division-I North American Cup Champion

2013 Junior Olympics National Champion

2017, 2018 NCAA Championships Bronze medalist

Multiple time NAC and National medalist


Wilson, Sean

2016 Cadet Team World Champion
2-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2016-2017

Multiple time NAC and National Champion and medalist

World Championship Medalists and Team Members:


Antekeier, Madeline

2015 Junior World Team member

Top 8, Cadet European Circuit

Multiple time national medalist


Bassa, Francesca

2-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2008-2009

Bronze medal, Junior Team World Championship, 2009

Silver medal and Top 8, Junior World Cups

Silver medal, NCAA Championships, 2014

10-time National and North American Cup Champion


Blakley, Dwain

3-time Veteran World Team member, 2009, 2018, 2019
Veteran North American Cup Champion and medalist, 2008-2019


Brandfiels-Harvey, Neely

Silver Medal, 2010 Junior Team World Championship
Top 8, 2007 Cadet World Championships

Top 8, European Cadet Circuit

Multiple time national medalist


Henzler, Thomas

2-time VeteranWorld Team member, 2016, 2019
4-time Silver and Bronze North American Cup medalist


Herbst, Isaac

3-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2018-2019

Youth Olympic Games Team member, 2018

2-time European Cadet Circuit Champion

Silver Medal, Junior World Championships (Teams), 2019

Top 8, Cadet World Championships, 2018

Multiple time NAC and National Champion and medalist


Hudson, Jack (GB)

4-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2010-2012

Top 8, Senior World Cup, 2013

Silver medal and Top 8, Junior World Cups

Silver medal, European Cadet Circuit

Silver and Bronze medals, NCAA Championship, 2015, 2014

Multiple time North American Cup medalist

Cadet and Junior British National Champion


Hudson, Molly (GB)

Top 8, Cadet World Championships, 2011

Multiple time North American Cup medalist

Cadet British National Champion

Kudriavtcev, Sergei

2023 Cadet World Team member
Top 8, Division 1 North America Cup

Kumashi, Mihir
2-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2019, 2021
Silver Medal, 2021 Junior Team World Championships

Multiple time NAC and National medalist

Lee-Elabd, Farah

2015 Cadet World Team member

Multiple times national medalist

Piskovatskov, Jonathan

4-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2015-2019

Silver Medal, Junior World Championships (Teams), 2019

Bronze Medal, Cadet World Championships, 2017

European Cadet Circuit Champion

Junior World Cup Team Champion and individual medalist

12-time National and NAC Champion

Piskovatskov, Anton

2-time World Team member, Junior, 2015-2016

2019 World University Games Team member

European Cadet Circuits and Junior World Cup medalist

2017 Division-I North American Cup Champion

2015 Junior Olympics National Champion

Vanbenthuysen, Barbara

3-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2015-2018

Bronze Medal, 2016 Junior Team World Championships

Silver Medal and Top 8, Junior World Cups
Silver Medal, World University Games (Teams)

Top 8, 2015 Cadet World Championships

2-time Cadet North American Cup Champion

Multiple time NAC and National medalist

 

van Brummen, Anna

7-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, Senior, 2011-2017

2016 Senior World Cup Champion

Silver medal, 2014 Junior Team World Championships
Top 8 in both 2011 Cadet and Junior World Championships

Junior World Cup Champion and Silver medalist

NCAA Champion (2017) and Bronze medalist (2015)

10-time NAC and National Champion

Vierheller, Giana

4-time World Team member, Cadet, Junior, 2014-2018

2 Bronze medals, Junior Team World Championship, 2016, 2017

Top 8, Junior World Championships, 2017

2-time Junior World Cup Champion

European Cadet Circuit Champion

9-time NAC and National Champion


Weiss, Lewis

2-time World Team member, Junior, 2013-2014

Bronze Medal and Top 8, Junior World Cups

2 Bronze medals, NCAA Championships, 2015, 2016

2-time Junior National Points Winner, 2013-2014

Multiple time NAC and National medalist

 

NCAA Individual Champions:

Hurley, Courtney (2011, 2013, University of Notre Dame)

Hurley, Kelley (2008,  University of Notre Dame)
van Brummen, Anna (2017, Princeton University)

 

NCAA Individual Medalists:

Bassa, Francesca (2014 Silver, Stanford University)

Hudson, Jack (2016 Silver, 2014 Bronze,  Princeton University)

Imrek, Sam (2025 Bronze,  St. Johns University)

Piskovatskov, Jonathan (2021 Bronze, Penn State)

Sless, Alex (2019 Bronze, Incarnate Ward)
Simmons Ariel (2018 Bronze, University of Notre Dame)

van Brummen, Anna (2016 Bronze, Princeton University)
Weiss, Lewis (2016 Bronze, Ohio State University)

NCAA All-Americans:

Bassa, Francesca (2013 7th, 2011 5th,  Stanford University)

Bazarbayeva, Dina (2011 6th, Northwestern University)

Herbst, Isaac (2023 6th, UPenn)

Petrosewicz, Thomas (2020 10th, Incarnate Ward)

Piskovatskov, Anton (2020 5th,

Popovici, Michael (2017 8th, Princeton University)
Rausch, Ariana (2024 7th, Princeton University)

Ryf, Ally (2018 10th, St. John’s University)

Simmons, Ariel (2021 5th, 2017 5th, University of Notre Dame)

Trapani, Daniel (2011 8th,  Airforce Academy)

Vanbenthuysen, Barbara (2018 8th, Penn State)

Weiss, Lewis (2017 5th, Ohio State)