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Mark Ballard

1953
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - 24 - 24
Losses - - - 13 - 13
Win ratio - - - 64.9% - 64.9%
Pool victories - - - 20 - 20
Pool losses - - - 8 - 8
Pool win ratio - - - 71.4% - 71.4%
DE victories - - - 4 - 4
DE losses - - - 5 - 5
DE win ratio - - - 44.4% - 44.4%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - - 8 - 8
Easy wins % - - - 33.3% - 33.3%
Close wins‡ - - - 6 - 6
Close wins % - - - 25.0% - 25.0%
Close losses‡ - - - 3 - 3
Close losses % - - - 23.1% - 23.1%
Big losses† - - - 2 - 2
Big losses % - - - 15.4% - 15.4%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - 1 - 1
Victories % - - - 4.2% - 4.2%
Losses - - - 2 - 2
Losses % - - - 15.4% - 15.4%
Total - - - 3 - 3
Total % - - - 8.1% - 8.1%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - - 5 - 5
Tournaments - - - 2 - 2

Competition history

5 competitions, 37 bouts

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-70 Men's Épée A2, V70 April 24, 2023

Place 17 of 34 Seed 16 Rank 22 Rating C23

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:2 SCHNEIDER Charles (Charlie) J. 5 7 B23 3 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2741 2699 64.5 47%
Pool
V 5:2 GRAVIS Martin V. 28 26 E21 33 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 1465 2635 6.2 97%
Pool
V 5:4 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 15 31 B19 18 Denver Fencing Center / LE CLUB TOUCHE 2322 2641 40.2 69%
Pool
V 5:4 SCHROEDER William 24 - D19 26 DC Fencers Club 1757 2681 11.4 92%
Pool
V 5:4 WEINGARTEN Solomon (Sol) 6 8 B21 24 East Bay Fencers Gym 2381 2693 37.3 69%
T32
D 6:10 KING Richard (Dick) M. 20 32 D22 8 Northwest Fencing Center 2131 2903 229.4 87%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Veteran Men's Épée A4, VET April 23, 2023

Place 68 of 101 Seed 54 Not ranked Rating C23

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 VARNEY John R. 24 - A19 29 Salle Auriol Seattle 2765 3027 154.1 65%
Pool
D 3:5 KURITZ Marc M. 37 - B22 26 No Fear Fencing 2402 2872 162.5 76%
Pool
V 5:2 PITZEL John E. 84 - E23 86 Five Rings Fencing Club 2028 2710 30.1 84%
Pool
V 5:3 RIFKIND Neil 96 - U 90 Fencers Club Inc. 1742 2740 13.6 94%
Pool
V 5:2 KIM Jeff 67 - D23 67 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2039 2754 25.1 87%
Pool
D 1:5 FRANK Fred 7 - A23 28 Northwest Fencing Center 2744 2779 79.3 52%
T128
D 6:10 MCDONNELL Michael 47 - B19 62 3089 3018 115.2 46%

January NAC

Vet-70 Men's Foil B1, V70 January 8, 2023

Place 8 of 20 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating D21

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 5 6 B21 1 Denver Fencing Center / LE CLUB TOUCHE 2298 2500 458.6 58%
Pool
V 5:0 KAZIMIROFF Paul B. 14 9 E19 15 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2345 2959 198.1 75%
Pool
V 5:3 MELCHIOR Donald L. 20 - U 16 Boston Fencing Club 1446 3157 19.4 98%
Pool
V 5:1 THOMISZER Frank 8 - C21 6 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 3351 3176 290.1 43%
Pool
D 1:5 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 17 16 U 17 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2125 3466 639.5 96%
Pool
D 3:5 STREB Joseph S. 2 2 A19 3 Columbus International Fencing Academy / Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3001 2827 141.6 41%
T16
V 10:8 PIATKOWSKI-NAZARRO RPT Marek W. 4 5 C21 10 Elite Fencing Club 2434 2500 492.9 52%
T8
D 8:10 MAYER Richard 7 8 C19 3 2279 2993 650.6 79%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Épée A4, VET January 7, 2023

Place 22 of 101 Seed 71 Not ranked Rating C21

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 SWANSON Dave 41 - B21 83 Ataba Fencing Club 2421 3398 59.3 90%
Pool
V 5:3 SPAHN Jeff 20 - A19 81 The Phoenix Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2512 3458 54.8 90%
Pool
D 2:5 LICHTEN Keith H. 11 - A21 1 East Bay Fencers Gym 3290 3512 247.4 62%
Pool
D 2:5 O'DOWD Andrew J. 50 - B19 25 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 2633 3265 286.6 81%
Pool
V 5:1 LOCASALE Nicholas A. 80 - D21 81 LA International Fencing 2173 2978 36.1 88%
Pool
V 5:1 RIFKIND Neil 101 - U 94 Fencers Club Inc. 1784 3014 12.1 96%
T64
V 10:9 PHO Eric 3 - A22 46 Fencers Club Inc. 3149 2904 243.2 37%
T32
D 7:10 BARTLETT Jonathan R. 4 - A22 11 New York Athletic Club 3280 3148 129.2 43%

January NAC

Vet-70 Men's Épée A2, V70 January 6, 2023

Place 5 of 37 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating C21

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 FRANK William N. 32 - U 33 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts / NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 1065 2500 117.9 91%
Pool
V 4:2 SCHNEIDER Charles (Charlie) J. 8 8 B21 2 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2807 2618 550.6 42%
Pool
V 5:1 BLAKLEY Dwain 5 5 B22 15 Alliance Fencing Academy 2541 3168 159.3 77%
Pool
V 5:2 WALKER William H. 16 - B19 22 Cardinal Fencing Club / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2291 3328 63.5 90%
Pool
V 5:0 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 29 30 E19 32 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 1528 3391 7.0 99%
T32
V 10:2 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 29 30 E19 32 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2370 2500 473.0 55%
T16
V 10:6 MOREAU John A.
3 2 A22 14 Olympian Fencing Club 3352 2973 521.3 34%
T8
D 8:9 FLINT James E. 7 7 B22 3 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2462 3494 589.8 90%