Zagunis wins Pan American Championship

August 4 2010, 2:47pm

Mariel Zagunis secured the #1 world ranking going into the 2010 World Championships with her repeat of the Pan American Championship in women’s sabre. Zagunis, the two time Olympic Gold Medalist, defeated Canadian Sandra Sassine 15-7 in the finals.In the semi-finals, Zagunis faced off against team mate Ibtihaj Muhammad. She last faced Muhammad in the round of 8 at the New York world cup with the same 15-8 score. Joining Muhammad on the podium with the bronze medal was Dagmara Wozniak, who narrowly lost to Sassine 15-14 in the semi-finals. Daria Schneider (USA) finished 11th.Men’s Foil: More medals for the United States Miles Chamley-Watson earned Silver in men's foil. Photo courtesy Penn State UniversityMiles Chamley-Watson (pictured right) took silver for the United States as Alex Massialas shared the bronze medal with Joao Antonio Souza (BRA). The US team rounded out a strong showing as Gerek Meinhardt and Kurt Getz finished 5th and 6th respectively.Chamley-Watson started the elimination table with a close call and edged out a 15-14 victory over Brazil’s Marcos Cardoso, then defeated Raul Arizaga (MEX) 15-7 before facing off against #1 seed Gerek Meinhardt. Meinhardt had won his first two bouts 15-3 and 15-6. Chamley-Watson had the day today, however, with a 15-8 victory over Meinhardt. He then faced off against Massialas in the semi-finals, winning 15-12 before losing in the gold medal bout to Antonio Leal (VEN) 15-12.Leal may have prevented an all-US final with his 15-14 defeat of Kurt Getz in the quarter-finals.2010 Pan American Fencing Championships – Women’s Sabre IndividualPlaceNameCountry1ZAGUNIS MarielUSA2SASSINE SandraCAN3WOZNIAK DagmaraUSA3MUHAMMAD IbtihajUSA5FELIX LARA RossyDOM6BENITEZ AlejandraVEN7PEREZ MAURICE Maria BelenARG8LAKERBAI KarinaBRA9MERCADO MENDEZ MelaniePUR10GRENCH EileenPAN11SCHNEIDER DariaUSA12BLANCO MariaVEN13OVTCHINNIKOVA OlgaCAN14CLOUTIER JulieCAN15DALY GriselVEN16MARQUEZ RODRIGUEZ HaidisCUB17ATTAR COHEN AdrianaARG18SALAZAR LEBOT Yexis NiurvisCUB19OSORIO ClarissaBRA20BRISSON JoelleCAN21TOBAR FatimaESA22BERNINSONE Estefania EmilseARG23AGUILAR FLORES AngelicaMEX24YSABEL HeyddysDOM25MARTINEZ DE LOS SANTOS Melody RochellDOM26LARIOS AngelicaMEX27ROUX LAM Jacqueline AntonettePAN28FRIED DeniseBRA29GONZALEZ UrsulaMEX30VANEGAS NancyCOL31ALMEIDA BeatrizBRA32GUANILL AstridPUR33BENDRICH Maria AndreaARG34GOMEZ ValeriaECU35JONSON MaybelinDOM36CRUZ GARCIA CarolinaCRC37GARCIA OBANDO MarisolCRC37SAENZ MONGE LuciaCRC39MORALES CARRIERA JenniferCUB39ROUX LAM Jeanette ArlinePAN39GONZALEZ NulexisVENFIE Results: DE Table | Final Results List2010 Pan American Fencing Championships: Men’s Foil ResultsPlaceNameCountry1LEAL Antonio J.VEN2CHAMLEY-WATSON MilesUSA3MASSIALAS AlexanderUSA3SOUZA Joao AntonioBRA5MEINHARDT GerekUSA6GETZ KurtUSA7ALVARES LAZO YosnielCUB8ZAMORA MORALES YoelkisCUB9SAUCEDO Felipe GuillermoARG10LALONDE TURBIDE EtienneCAN11ARIZAGA RaulMEX12SHIMBO HeitorBRA13RODRIGUEZ Carlos EduardoVEN14ALVEAR FelipeCHI15SCAVASIN FernandoBRA16DUDIAK ScottCAN17GOMEZ DanielMEX18SIMMONS AlexanderCAN19RIANO TORRES JesusCUB20BRU CesarVEN21MULLER Federico GuillermoARG22TEISSEIRE NicolasCAN23HERRERA RamsesMEX24PEREZ JhonVEN25JUSTINIANO AngelPUR26HERNANDEZ VASQUEZ AlejandroCOL27CARDOSO MarcosBRA28CASAMALHUAPA AGUILERA Rodrigo EduardoESA29GOMEZ DavidMEX30GONZALEZ VIAGGIO Alberto IARG31ALVEAR AnibalCHI32PACHON SantiagoCOL33DE PAZ LuisGUA34VAZQUEZ CARDONA AngelPUR35RODRIGUEZ MEDINA Darlin RafaelDOM36LUGO JonathanPUR37REJAS DE ACHA JoaquinBOL38LANDAVERE AlexPER39BENAVENTE CarlosPER40ABELLO NAVAS EzequielARG41SILVA RubenCHI42SALES FabianCRC43ESQUIVEL ROMAN JoseCRC44TORRES SANDI DanielCRC45ARIAS Jean CarlosPUR46MARQUEZ CHAVEZ Roberto PabloNCA47VILLALOBOS AndresPER48RIVERA CORNIEL Miguel GabrielDOM49PAGUAGA AGUILAR Flavio RobertoNCA50MORENO URBINA MarcosCRC51SUSANA JoanDOM52PINEDA SANCHEZ Esteban FranciscoPANFIE Results: DE Table | Results List