Congratulations to  Katie Northrop (WF) on winning a National Medal in  Y-12 on April 28 in Portland, OR at NAC  F

Medeo fencers earned 7 medals at the NJ Div II Qualifier on April 5-6, 2008 at Sommerville HS, winning 3 out of 6 events  ( Men's Foil - Aaron Rosenberg, Women's Epee - Christina Efthimion and her brother Phillip Efthimion in Men's Sabre, earned GOLD medals.  Medeo fencers dominated in Women's Epee, taking first five places : Christina Efthimion - Gold; Christie Robinson - Silver ; Katie Galpin and Katie Whitaker - Bronze  and Kaitlyn  Wallace - 5th place.  Chris Bonner (MS) and Laura Paragano (WF) took home Bronze Medals.

Congratulations to  Katie Northrop (WF) on winning Denise O'Connor Youth Championship & RYC(Y-12)  on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Hoop Heaven in Bridgewater, NJ

61 Medeo fencer already qualified for the 2008 Summer Nationals ! Congratulations to: 1 Adams, Tyler   Jr. ME 2 Benzimra, Albert   Vet MS 3 Benzimra, Nathaniel    Jr MS 4 Bonner, Christopher    Div1A, Jr.,Div II, III ME 5 Bostick, Andrew   Jr ME 6 Brown, Joseph   Div III ME, MF 7 Brown, Lisa   Vet WS 8 Brown, Richard   Vet MS 9 Burke, Daniel   Jr, Div II ME 10 Chiu, Richard   Div III MF 11 Dainoski, Tanya    Div II WS 12 Dispetchin, Justin    Y-12 WE 13 Efthimion, Charles    Y-14 MS 14 Efthimion, Christina   Div II, III WE 15 Efthimion, Phil   Div II MS 16 Frame, John   Y-14 ME 17 Galpin, Katharine   Div1A, Jr.,Div II, III WE 18 Green, Amanda   Div 1A, Jr. WE 19 Gurnowski, Eric    Div1A, Jr ME 20 Haglund, George   Y-10 MF 21 Hayes, Colleen   Div III WE 22 Herczak, Andrew   Y-12,14 MS 23 Herczak, Daniel   Div III MS 24 Hsieh, Eric   Jr ME 25 Kim, Ryan   Div III MF 26 Kozyra, Alexandra   Jr. WE 27 Lamianski, Dima   Jr MS 28 Limoli, Craig   Jr. MS 29 Mahoney, Caitlin   Y-12 WF 30 McGrath, Sean   Div 1A ME 31 Midgley, Janice   Vet WE 32 Mills, Alex   Div 1A, Jr MF 33 Mills, Mike   Jr,Ct, Y-14 MS 34 Northrop, Katie   Y 12-14 WF 35 Pantel, Glenn   Vet MF 36 Paragano, Laura   Jr.,Div II WF 37 Paragano, Vincent   Vet MS 38 Perin, Jean-Christoph    Y 12-14 MS 39 O'Connor, Ailsa   Y-14 WE 40 Rand, Kathleen   Div1A, Div  III WS 41 Redick, Brian   Y-14 ME 42 Reilly, Colleen   Y-12 WE 43 Reilly, Synnove   Vet WF 44 Risman, Alex   Jr MF 45 Robinson, Christie   Div II WE 46 Robinson, Scott Y-14 MF 47 Roque, Lisa   Div III, Vet WE 48 Rosamilia, Jillian   Div III WS 49 Rosenbauer, Chelsea   Jr. WS 50 Rosenberg, Aaron   Div II MF 51 Sluyter, Laura   Div III WE 52 Sonshine, Elizabeth   Div III WE 53 Thielke, Daniel   Y-14 MF 54 Viswat, Henry IV   Y-10-12 MS 55 Wallace, Kaitlyn   Y-14, Ct.,Div II, III WE 56 Wallace, Megan   Y-14 WE 57 Whitaker, Katie   Div II, III, Y 14 WE 58 Wieder, Max   Jr MS 59 Won, Paul   Y-12 MF 60 Zielinski, Diane   Div IA, Jr WE 61 Yang, Beverly   Div1A, Jr. WS  NAC E Division II - Division III - Veteran - Wheelchair March 7-10, 2008 Rosemont, IL Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated at the Rosemont NAC.   DIV III Women's Epee: Katie Galpin Silver Medal (out of 79 fencers), Div II - 24th place DIV III Women's Epee: Christie Robinson - 7th place (out of 79 fencers) Div II Men's Sabre: Chris Bonner - 8th  place (out of 115 fencers) Div II Women's Sabre: Kathleen Rand - 14th  place Vet 50+ Women's Epee: Janice Midgley 13th (out of 29 fencers) Vet 50+ Men's Epee: Tom Meier- 13th,  Tom Tishman - 14th (out of 57 fencers) Vet Combine Women's Epee:  Lisa Roque - 24th place Junior Olympics Junior - Cadet February 15-18, 2008 Charlotte, NC   Medeo had 26 fencers participating at the 2008 Junior Olympics in Charlotte, NC. Alex Mills won a National Medal finishing 5th in Junior MF earning National points and renewing his A08, Diane Zielinski won a National Medal, earned National Points and renewed her A08 as well finishing 6th in Junior WE  .  The following fencers earned National Points in their respective weapons, finishing in the top 32, which is awesome result: Tyler Adams (CME), Nicolas Barbera (CMS), Nathaniel Benzimra (CMS),  Andrew Bostick (JME), Eric Hsieh (JME), Mike Mills (CMS), Kathleen Rand (CWS),  Christie Robinson (CWE), Jillian Rosamilia (CWS) Chelsea Rosenbauer (JWS), Max Wieder (JMS), Beverly Yang (JWS). All Medeo Fencers achieved great results at the JO’s.  We would like to say congratulations to the coaches, fencers and their  parents ! NAC D Junior - Division I - Wheelchair January 18-21, 2008 Atlanta, GA  Results: Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated at the Atlanta NAC. Please take note of all those who earned National Points with their great results: DIV 1 Men's Epee: Eric Gurnowski 6th Place Medal (out of 259 fencers) DIV 1 Men's Foil: Alex Mills 10th (out of 193 fencers) JR Women's Epee: Diane Zielinski 13th (out of 105 fencers) JR Men's Foil: Alex Mills 14th, Adam Pantel 15th (out of 174 fencers) JR Men's Sabre:Dima Lamianski 16th, Mike Mills 21st (out of 125 fencers) DIV 1 Men's Sabre: Nathaniel Benzimra 26th (out of 145 fencers) JR Men's Epee: Andrew Bostick 26th (out of 187 fencers)  NAC B  December 7-9, 2007  Richmond, VA Tom Meier-  8th Place Medal- Vet50 Epee Glen Pantel- BRONZE Medal- Vet50 Foil Patric Wallace- 8th Place Medal- Vet Combined (Earned A!) Dima Lamianski-  21st (Top 32 Div I Sabre) Janice Midgley- 10th Place- Vet Combined Epee Alex Mills- 10th Place- Div I Foil (Alex is currently ranked 9th in the Nation in the Junior Points Standings)  Medalists of North American Cup "A" in Tucson, AZ (April 20-23, 2007): Danny Burke (2 Medals and earns 'C' rating!)       DIV 3 Men's Epee -3T Place; DIV 2 Men's Epee- 8th Place               Tanya Dianoski- DIV 3 Women's Sabre- 7th Place Craig Limoli- DIV 2 Men's Sabre- 6th Place Mike Mills- Cadet Men's Sabre- 7th Place

Garden State Games- August 4, 2007 Christie Robinson -- earned two medals and “D” rating  GOLD Medal in Women’s High School Epee Open<