February 2026 NAC Day 3 Recap: Nineteen Events, Nineteen Golds
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Day 3 of the February 2026 North American Cup in Cincinnati decided nineteen gold medals in a single day, spanning junior, Division I, parafencing and veteran individual and team events.
Day 3 of the February 2026 North American Cup in Cincinnati decided nineteen gold medals in a single day, spanning junior, Division I, parafencing and veteran individual and team events.
Junior and Division I champions
- Junior Women's Foil — Jaelyn Liu (Star Fencing Academy / Fencing Institute of Texas)
- Division I Men's Epee — Gabriel Feinberg (Olympia Fencing Center & The Ohio State University)
- Division I Men's Foil — Gerek Meinhardt (Massialas Foundation (M Team) & Bluegrass Fencers' Club)
Parafencing champions
- Parafencing Men's Epee — Tareq Alqallaf (Zeljkovic Fencing Academy)
- Parafencing Women's Epee — Jataya Taylor (Denver Fencing Center & Invictus Fencing)
Veteran saber champions
- Vet-40 Men's Saber — Nicholas Ferrara (Capital Fencing Academy)
- Vet-40 Women's Saber — Agnieszka Koszyk (RedStar Fencing Club Chicago)
- Vet-50 Men's Saber — Joshua Bush (Lincoln Fencing Club)
- Vet-50 Women's Saber — Julie Seal (Valkyrie Fencing Club)
- Vet-60 Women's Saber — Robin Pernice (Dynamo Fencing Center Inc.)
- Vet-60 Men's Saber — Ronald Thornton (Capital Fencing Academy)
- Vet-70 Men's Saber — Jacaeber Kastor (Manhattan Fencing Center)
- Vet-70 Women's Saber — Heidi Runyan (Spartak)
- Vet-80 Men's Saber — Vic Bianchini (Spartak)
- Vet-80 Women's Saber — Erica Julien (Forge Fencing Teams DUR)
Veteran team champions
- Veteran Team Men's Foil — Party 2026 (Dong-Ying Pai, Zhiyong Zhao, James Flanagan, Rey Lopez)
- Veteran Team Men's Epee — Nwfc 2 (Erich Cranor, Fred Frank, Dan Krogh, Brentwood Reid)
- Veteran Team Women's Epee — Marx Fencing Academy (Cassandra Bates, Leslie Marx, Jennette Starks-Faulkner, Monisha Tasker)
- Veteran Team Women's Foil — Team Fence (Inga Cho, Celine De La Foscade-Condon, Margaret Kerr, Jane Carter)
Why a day like this matters to adult fencers
Ten veteran saber gold medals in one day, across five age brackets from Vet-40 to Vet-80, is the clearest answer to the most common question adults ask us: is it too late to start? National competition exists for fencers in their forties, sixties and eighties, individually and in teams. Adults who begin at a club and stay consistent can enter local and regional events within a season.
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Official USA Fencing source: February NAC 2026 Day 3 Recap: Nineteen Events, One Day — published February 14, 2026.
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