Yellow Jacket Fencing Club

yjo 2026!!!!! huge thanks to all our sponsors and , our referees, bout committee, and armory, and to our fencers and volunteers!!! this was our largest event in recent years, and we had a record number of clubs attend!! 🤺🤺🤺 we’d also like to thank the crc for hosting the courts!! cant wait to see yall next year 😁😁😁

senior mixed foil:
🥇Biaya Tiya
🥈Garrick Wong
🥉Anton Korablin
🥉Caterina Fedeli

senior mixed sabre:
🥇Luke Xu
🥈Ethan Liu
🥉Ilia Andreev
🥉Christopher Shankwiler

senior mixed epee:
🥇Houston Fullerton
🥈Joshua Hutto
🥉Peter Irwin
🥉Adam Kulikowski

div III foil:
🥇Alla Andreeva
🥈Kellen Cao
🥉Jacob Webb
🥉Michael Rossen

div III sabre:
🥇Ethan Briseno
🥈Farren Edwards
🥉Kevin Miller
🥉Isaac Swett

div III epee:
🥇Vishwa Munagapati
🥈Liam Scordinsky
🥉Daniel Kim
🥉Aidan Knox

last day to register for YJO‼️ closes TONIGHTTTT

sat 2/28 & sun 2/29; THIS WEEKENDD 🐝

see yall at tin drum this wednesday, feb 4th!! make sure to leave a 5 ⭐️ review online after eating some delicious food 😋 the reviews will support the yellow jacket fencing team, and all proceeds will go towards supporting our teams events!!

welcoming the spring 2026 exec board!!! 😝😝😝 we’re super excited for this upcoming semester and looking forward to seeing all our new (and returning) fencers!!! 🤺 🤺🤺

nomination season!!! (or week 😅)

head to your gatech email to find the email that contains the nomination link!!!

nominations end THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH at 5:00 PM EST!!!!! go nominate ‼️‼️

This past weekend, we had three GT fencers attend a regional tournament, Battle at the Beach, achieving amazing results!! We’re so excited for this semester’s fencers and their achievements!!

Div3 Women’s Epee - Catherine (2nd)
Juniors Women’s Epee - Catherine (24th)
Div2 Women’s Epee - Catherine (3rd)
Div1A Women’s Epee - Audrey (2nd) & Catherine (16th)
Div1A Men’s Epee - James (41st)

welcome back to tech!! 🐝

for the new fencers - everyone is welcome regardless of skill level 😼
attend the first practice that matches your skill, as beginners will be required to go through two footwork practices!!

we’re super excited for this amazing year, and we can’t wait to see everyone!! 🤩

🤺CFC 2025 has concluded and with that came amazing results!! 🐝

Men’s Saber:
🥇Luke Xu (renewed B25)
11th Juan Fernandez

Men’s Foil:
🥈Philip Mitchell
12th Karthik Shaji

Men’s Epee:
6th Jackson James (earned A25)
11th Maxwell Wang

Women’s saber:
6th Christina Shih
9th Archi Jayaram

Women’s Epee:
🥈Audrey Nguyen
8th Maya Zhang (renewed D25)
11th Sophia Hawkins

🥇1st in Team Women’s saber‼️
Archi Jayaram
Christina Shih
Erin Yuan

🥈2nd Team Men’s Saber
Luke xu
Juan Fernandez
Eemil Harkonen
Bryan Wang

🥉3rd Team Women’s Epee
Rebecca Hahn
Sophia Hawkins
Audrey Nguyen
Maya Zhang

🥉3rd Team Men’s Foil
Philip Mitchell
Jason Mo
Karthik Shaji
Jacob Webb

6th Team Men’s Epee
James Jackson
Adam Kulikowski
Maxwell Wang
Alec Zhou

Thank you to:
The Webb family, Jackson family, and Rafferty family for their generous donations that made going to CFCs possible.
Nguyen family for getting us new YJFC hoodies and T-shirts.
Our coaches Gio and Mike for being with us every step of the way.

The 15th annual YJO is coming up 🥳. Be sure to register and check for important dates!!

Volunteer form + registration form linked in bio

🤺 DAY 2 of Hack N’ Slash featuring the last, but definitely not least, weapon - Foil🤺

Foil team results:
🥇Aerospace Plumbers (GT🐝)
🥈Kirby’s Wenches (UGA)
🥉Something Creative (Clemson Uni)

Foil individual results:
🥇Philip Mitchell (Birmingham)
🥈Jason Mo (GT🐝)
🥉Justin Campbell (Clemson Uni)
🥉Jacob Webb (GT🐝)

One last thanks for coming out to join us on our campus. It was a great time! One huge thanks to the referees and volunteers.