Some statistics about Summer NationalsFencers from the GC division: Total 21 medals (1st through 8th place)
by age:3 by veteran (40+) fencers
18 by non veteran fencers
by weapon:epee: 14 (1 veteran, 13 non veteran)
foil: 5 (1 veteran, 4 non veteran)
saber: 2 (1 veteran, 1 non veteran)
by gender:men: 11 (2 veteran, 9 non veteran)
women: 10 (1 veteran, 9 non veteran)
by weapon and gender (non veteran only):men epee: 5
women epee: 8
men foil: 3
women foil: 1
men saber: 1
women saber: 0
Other Divisions in the Southwest Section of the USFA:Border TX and Louisiana: no medals
Ark-La-Ms: 1 medal (1 in WE Div I-A)
Oklahoma: 2 medals (1 in WE Div III, 1 in veteran WF)
South TX: 24 medals (10 veteran, 2 wheelchair, 12 non veteran: 10 epee, 1 foil, 1 saber)
North TX: 7 medals (1 veteran; 6 non veteran: 2 epee, 3 foil, 1 saber)
SW Section total: 55 medals (33 epee, 15, foil, 7 saber)
Where the gold medals are:SW Section: 7 gold (5 epee, 1 foil, 1 saber)
South TX: 4 gold (Y-10 ME, U-19 WE, Vet-60 MS, Wch ME)
GC TX: 2 gold (Y-14 WE, U-16 WE)
Oklahoma: 1 gold (Vet-50 WF)
From these statistics one can conclude that the
Southwest Section in general and the
Gulf Coast Division in particular are epee country, foil is going down, and saber is starting to show up.
If you are a veteran, you better move to South TX and wrestle with
Ray Sexton (1, 2, 3 in saber, foil, and epee respectively) and the other representatives of "gray" power.
Congratulations to all!