February 2026 NAC Day 2 Recap: Gold Rush in Cincinnati
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The second day of the February 2026 North American Cup in Cincinnati produced champions in junior, Division I, parafencing and veteran events, individual and team.
The second day of the February 2026 North American Cup in Cincinnati produced champions in junior, Division I, parafencing and veteran events, individual and team.
Junior and Division I champions
- Junior Women's Epee — Kyle Fallon (Fencing Academy of Westchester & University of Notre Dame)
- Junior Women's Saber — Charmaine Andres (Cali Fencing)
- Division I Men's Saber — Emilio Gonzalez (Scarsdale Fencing Center & Fencers Club Inc.)
Parafencing champions
- Parafencing Women's Foil — Jataya Taylor (Denver Fencing Center & Invictus Fencing)
- Parafencing Men's Foil — Byron Branch, who returned to competition after a post-Paralympic break
Veteran individual champions
- Vet-40 Women's Foil — Inga Cho (Renaissance Fencing Club)
- Vet-40 Men's Epee — Tommi K. Hurme (Olympian Fencing Club)
- Vet-50 Women's Foil — Julie Seal (Valkyrie Fencing Club)
- Vet-50 Men's Epee — Aaron Gaines (No Fear Fencing)
- Vet-60 Women's Foil — Margaret Kerr (Worcester Fencing Club & Iconic Fencing Club)
- Vet-60 Men's Epee — Sean Ameli (Battle Born Fencing Club)
- Vet-70 Women's Foil — Jennette Starks-Faulkner (Connecticut Fencers Club & Marx Fencing Academy)
- Vet-70 Men's Epee — John A. Moreau (Olympian Fencing Club)
- Vet-80 Women's Foil — Bettie Graham (Chevy Chase Fencing Club)
- Vet-80 Men's Epee — Bruno Goossens
- Veteran Women's Epee — Lacey Biniak (Northwest Fencing Center & Orion Fencing)
- Veteran Men's Foil — Stephen Jan (Metropolitan NYC)
Veteran team saber champions
- Veteran Team Women's Saber — Wonder Women (Eileen Foley, Yelena Kalkina, Nona Lim, Julie Seal)
- Veteran Team Men's Saber — Troublemakers (Nicholas Ferrara, Dmitri Kopylov, Chris Matt, Ronald Thornton)
Saber highlights from Day 2
Emilio Gonzalez won Division I Men's Saber, and Charmaine Andres took Junior Women's Saber — two of the most competitive saber fields in the country on a single day. The veteran team saber events closed the day, with Wonder Women and Troublemakers taking gold.
What a recap like this shows a new family
A single NAC day can hold a Division I saber final, a parafencing final and a Vet-80 epee title. Fencing is one of very few sports where that is normal. If you are weighing whether your child — or you — can find a place in it, the answer on the evidence of this day is straightforward.
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Official USA Fencing source: February NAC 2026 Day 2 Recap — published February 13, 2026.
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