Shamel Wins Mid-Atlantic/South Regional

Saturday, March 7

Philadelphia, Pa (Haverford University)

8:00 A.M. EST

North Carolina

Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals

Photo by: Walker Brooks

March 7, 2026 | Fencing

ARDMORE, Pa - Carolina fencing had a great showing at the regional with eight fencers finishing in the top ten.

Youssef Shamel's incredible freshman season continues as he won the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. Shamel and Boris Muga advanced to the final twelve fencers, where they had to fence everyone in that round once. Shame went 10-1 with his one loss coming to Muga.

Women's epee had a great showing as a weapon group with three of the four fencers advancing to the round of twelve as Elizabeth Zigalo, Anna Temiryaev, and Mariasole Capellua all finished in the top ten.

Peter Bruk highlighted the men's foil as he finished in second. Men's and women's sabre brought home three top ten finishes. Elden Wood led the way with his fourth-place finish. Freshmen Vasko Atanassov and Dagny Johnson finished sixth and eighth.

Carolina will have to wait until Tuesday, March 10 to find out which fencers were selected for the National Championships.

Results

Men's Epee
1. Youssef Shamel
11. Boris Muga
16. Brayden Gyure
21. Maximo Zafft

Women's Epee
8. Elizabeth Zigalo
9. Anna Temiryaev
10. Mariasole Capellua
19. Tatiana Zafft

Men's Foil
2. Peter Bruk
21. Yanni Tsimiklis
23. Cristian Porras

Women's Foil
15. Lauren Yu
16. Fiona Lee
27. Katie McGillion-Moore

Women's Sabre
8. Dagny Johnson
19. Gabriella Alfarache
20. Jana Mohamed
21 Samantha Maryash

Men's Sabre
4. Elden Wood
6. Vasko Atanassov
11. Finn Buchmann
23. Nicky Wind