Louis Gross

1958

Denver Fencing Center

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 9 11 2 3 8 33
Losses 13 24 14 2 24 77
Win Ratio 40.9% 31.4% 12.5% 60.0% 25.0% 30.0%
Pool Victories 7 8 2 3 6 26
Pool Losses 10 19 11 1 19 60
Pool Win Ratio 41.2% 29.6% 15.4% 75.0% 24.0% 30.2%
DE Victories 2 3 - - 2 7
DE Losses 3 5 3 1 5 17
DE Win Ratio 40.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 28.6% 29.2%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† - 3 1 - 1 5
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% 27.3% 50.0% 0.0% 12.5% 15.2%
Close wins‡ 1 3 1 1 4 10
Close wins as % of all wins 11.1% 27.3% 50.0% 33.3% 50.0% 30.3%
Close losses‡ 4 4 4 1 4 17
Close losses as % of all losses 30.8% 16.7% 28.6% 50.0% 16.7% 22.1%
Big losses† 4 8 2 - 9 23
Big losses as % of all losses 30.8% 33.3% 14.3% 0.0% 37.5% 29.9%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 3 5 3 1 5 17
Tournaments 3 4 3 1 4 15

Competition History

ROC of the Rockies

Veteran Men's Épée (B1, VET), April 6, 2024
Place 17, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating C23, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 4 B24 7 Denver Fencing Center 2356 1812 34.3 19%
Pool L 4:5 DARRICAU Henri J. 3 A21 12 Denver Fencing Center 2420 1846 7.2 18%
Pool L 1:5 DANIELS Jonathan 21 U 3 Bozeman Fencing Association, LLC 1661 1839 21.8 61%
Pool L 2:5 JAMES Lonnie M. 10 C22 11 City of Thunder FC 2305 1817 8.3 21%
Pool W 5:2 STAFURIK John (Jack) W. 16 D21 20 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1702 1809 14.8 57%
Pool L 4:5 CHAO Warren 17 E24 5 LA International Fencing 1910 1824 15.6 44%
T32 L 4:10 DANIELS Jonathan 21 U 3 Bozeman Fencing Association, LLC 1286 2042 95.2 84%

Bill Goering Colorado Cup #3 + Vet #2 Walk N' Roll

Veteran Mixed Épée (E1, VET), January 28, 2024
Place 8, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating C23, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 WEBER Dick 8 E23 9 Denver Fencing Center 1648 1823 25.3 61%
Pool L 3:5 TRIFILETTI Lawrence T. 9 E22 6 Denver Fencing Center 2181 1798 11.2 26%
Pool L 0:5 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 1 B24 3 Denver Fencing Center 2358 1786 7.7 17%
Pool W 5:3 SCHELL Julia 13 U 14
Pool W 5:2 LEWIS Sandra 12 U 12 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Denver Fencing Center
Pool W 5:3 COLE Matthew 5 C22 5 South Denver Fencing Academy 2260 1779 33.2 21%
T16 W 10:7 WEBER Dick 8 E23 9 Denver Fencing Center 1822 2033 48.2 62%
T8 L 6:10 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 1 B24 3 Denver Fencing Center 2416 2081 39.1 30%

C & Under + Vet #1 Walk N' Roll

Veteran Mixed Épée (E1, VET), December 10, 2023
Place 8, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating C23, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 NIETZER Jo A. 12 U 10 Denver Fencing Center
Pool L 1:5 BARANOWSKI Philip 9 E21 1 Denver Fencing Foundation / Denver Fencing Center 2228 1850 11.7 28%
Pool L 4:5 SHULL Marc 8 D23 5 Windy City Fencing-Chicago / Northern Colorado Fencers 2037 1839 15.8 37%
Pool L 3:5 TOTEMEIER Ann M. 1 A21 7 Northern Colorado Fencers / Denver Fencing Center
Pool W 5:3 SMITH Dorothy 4 C23 9 Fencing Academy Of Denver / South Denver Fencing Academy
T16 W 10:7 SMITH Dorothy 4 C23 9 Fencing Academy Of Denver / South Denver Fencing Academy
T8 L 6:10 BARANOWSKI Philip 9 E21 1 Denver Fencing Foundation / Denver Fencing Center 2001 2105 71.4 56%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), July 3, 2023
Place 48, Seed 32, Rank 49, Rating C23, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 KLEIN Johannes 17 18 A19 26 Rain City Fencing Center 2040 1914 20.0 42%
Pool L 3:5 TIERNEY Luke 33 54 C23 46 Iowa City Fencing Center 1856 1894 24.4 52%
Pool L 0:5 DRAGONETTI Walter E. 1 1 A23 9 Battle Born Fencing Club / Hooked On Fencing 3084 1870 1.7 3%
Pool L 4:5 WHITELOCK James R. 49 E19 35 Rogue Fencing Academy 1536 1868 32.8 70%
Pool L 3:5 PERKA Michael 16 14 A19 10 The Fencing Center 2609 1835 5.5 10%
Pool W 5:3 GILLESPIE Jeremy W. 48 76 E19 50 1799 1830 20.7 52%
T64 L 3:10 NIEMIEC Mark 39 35 D23 14 Northern Colorado Fencers 2307 2167 62.6 42%

Bill Goering Memorial - CO Cup2/Vet Walk N Roll

Veteran Mixed Épée (A1, VET), January 28, 2023
Place 3, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 DARRICAU Henri J. 2 A21 7 Denver Fencing Center 2666 1849 56.3 10%
Pool L 1:5 ALTMAN Jeff H. 5 B21 8 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Denver Fencing Center 2430 1905 10.7 20%
Pool W 5:1 REDD Andrew C. 15 U 15 Front Range Fencing Club 1382 1894 10.8 78%
Pool W 5:2 ANDERSON Donald 8 D22 12 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1314 1905 9.1 83%
T16 W 10:7 ANDERSON Donald 8 D22 12 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1507 1943 51.4 73%
T8 W 10:7 ALTMAN Jeff H. 5 B21 8 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Denver Fencing Center 2700 1994 176.9 14%
T4 L 9:10 GROSS Brian 4 B22 2 Denver Fencing Center 3761 2171 3.8 2%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A4, VET), January 7, 2023
Place 92, Seed 84, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 SIMS Martin L. 98 U 96 Fairfax Fencers LLC 1618 1879 19.7 66%
Pool L 1:5 ARROWSMITH II Alan M. 37 B21 33 Nashville Academy of Fencing 2839 1899 4.9 7%
Pool L 2:5 CHOI Paul S. 24 B22 30 Fencers Club Inc. 2624 1894 7.8 12%
Pool L 2:5 LIPTON Michael D. 67 C21 79 East Bay Fencers Gym / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2064 1886 21.3 39%
Pool L 2:5 LEE Tobias (Toby) T. 7 A22 10 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2854 1865 3.8 5%
Pool L 3:5 LIOU Solomon 53 C22 27 Lilov Fencing Academy / New Jersey Fencing Alliance 2339 1861 12.4 23%
T128 L 4:10 MEHALL Michael 14 A19 28 Boise Fencing Club 3379 1948 5.2 2%

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), January 6, 2023
Place 40, Seed 49, Rank 64, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 WATRALL Rick 1 1 A22 12 New York Athletic Club 2918 1784 3.1 3%
Pool L 2:5 HUDSON Jeffrey (Jeff) A. 16 A19 23 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 3049 1781 2.1 2%
Pool W 5:4 LINGVAY Laurance (Larry) S. 48 36 D19 49 Fortune Fencing 2287 1778 55.2 21%
Pool L 2:5 AMELI Sean 17 A19 5 Battle Born Fencing Club 3093 1834 2.0 2%
Pool W 5:2 BALESTRACCI Chris 33 B19 41 Silver City Fencing Club / Fencers School Of Connecticut 2414 1832 54.9 18%
Pool L 2:5 O'DOWD Andrew J. 32 32 B19 7 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 2661 1886 7.4 10%
T64 L 8:10 WAGMAN Robert S. 37 53 C22 28 Orlando Fencing Sports Center LLC / Denver Fencing Center 2531 1997 48.8 22%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC (D1A/VET)

Veteran Men's Épée (B2, VET), November 6, 2022
Place 15, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 KUO Michael 22 U 17 Las Positas Fencing Center 1816 1848 37.8 52%
Pool L 3:5 ZGRAGGEN dale 27 U 13 1943 1810 22.2 44%
Pool L 1:5 HARGROVE Charles 3 B22 3 East Bay Fencers Gym 2482 1788 10.8 13%
Pool W 5:0 OLSON Mark R. 17 D21 24 No Fear Fencing / Gryphon Fencing 1547 1777 24.0 64%
Pool L 3:5 BECK Brian C. 6 B21 6 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2231 1801 17.3 24%
T32 W 10:8 MARIANI Lou 2 A19 19 The Fencing Center 2947 1626 394.3 3%
T16 L 3:10 HARGROVE Charles 3 B22 3 East Bay Fencers Gym 2948 2021 24.1 9%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), July 6, 2022
Place 40, Seed 37, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 GLASS Timothy C.
9 9 A20 8 Ataba Fencing Club 2739 1909 9.5 9%
Pool L 2:5 POPOVICI Alexander M. 34 34 D21 36 Alliance Fencing Academy 2217 1899 25.7 31%
Pool L 4:5 BAXTER Daniel J. 23 B21 11 Northwest Fencing Center 2627 1874 10.7 11%
Pool L 2:5 SCHINDLER Sergey M. 6 6 B22 21 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2769 1863 7.2 7%
Pool L 2:5 HANAHAN Thomas M. 20 19 B21 20 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2710 1856 8.2 9%
T64 L 6:10 KAROLAK Dale W. 3 3 A20 15 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2970 1638 11.9 3%

ROC of the Rockies

Veteran Men's Épée (B1, VET), May 8, 2022
Place 12, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 WEBER Dick 13 E19 13 Denver Fencing Center 1758 1885 40.1 58%
Pool L 0:5 KAROLAK Dale W. 2 A20 3 Ann Arbor Fencing Club 2893 1925 7.3 6%
Pool W 5:1 ANDERSON Donald 8 D22 15 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1270 1918 15.4 85%
Pool L 3:5 COLE Matthew 5 C22 9 South Denver Fencing Academy 2318 1934 24.5 27%
T16 L 3:10 ANDERSON Nathan T. 1 A20 2 Denver Fencing Center 3422 1642 3.4 1%

Bill Goering Memorial - CO Cup3/Vet Walk N Roll

Veteran Mixed Épée (B1, VET), February 5, 2022
Place 13, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center / Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 CAREY Michele S. 8 C19 9 Bozeman Fencing Association, LLC
Pool L 3:5 HUTCHINSON Valerie A. 5 B20 12 Denver Fencing Center
Pool L 4:5 ALPERSTEIN Donald W. 11 D21 5 Denver Fencing Center 2130 1923 37.5 37%
Pool L 2:5 TOTEMEIER Ann M. 2 A21 11 Northern Colorado Fencers / Denver Fencing Center
T16 L 8:10 COLE Matthew 10 D21 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 2087 1747 105.6 32%

ROC of the Rockies | D1A, DV2 & VET - Reg Opens 2/19

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), March 12, 2021
Place 9, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 ALPERSTEIN Donald W. 9 C16 11 Denver Fencing Center 1858 1760 64.0 44%
Pool W 5:3 ANDERSON Donald 15 U 15 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1797 1824 41.0 51%
Pool L 3:5 CZYZOWICZ Maciej (Coach Magic) 4 A17 3 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Bucks County Academy of Fencing 2552 1865 18.9 18%
Pool W 5:2 KLEIN Johannes 3 A19 12 Rain City Fencing Center 2148 1846 76.5 32%
T16 L 9:10 LIN Kimball 14 U 8 Maximum Fencing Club 2500 1811 63.3 26%

Bill Goering Memorial - CO Cup #2 and Vets

Veteran Mixed Épée (A1, VET), January 25, 2020
Place 8, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating D19, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 HUTCHINSON Valerie A. 7 C19 9 Denver Fencing Center
Pool L 3:5 TOTEMEIER Ann M. 1 A19 5 Northern Colorado Fencers / Denver Fencing Center
Pool W 5:3 DAVIS Greg 14 U 14 Northern Colorado Fencers 1131 1747 25.2 80%
Pool L 1:5 BAER Bryan G. 6 B17 3 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 2756 1772 11.7 8%
T16 W 10:4 HUTCHINSON Valerie A. 7 C19 9 Denver Fencing Center
T8 L 3:10 KISSINGFORD John F. 8 C19 3 Denver Fencing Center 2388 1917 105.9 27%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), July 2, 2019
Place 46, Seed 28, Rank 31, Rating C15, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 KLEIN Johannes 12 31 A19 22 Rain City Fencing Center 2089 1867 71.5 37%
Pool L 2:5 SCHNEIDER Charles (Charlie) J. 5 6 A16 17 Underground Fencing Organization 2548 1796 26.8 14%
Pool L 3:5 SNYDER John W. 44 68 E19 19 Academies Of Fencing In Baltimore / Salle Palasz 1980 1769 61.6 38%
Pool L 3:5 CHELNITSKY Yuriy 37 C16 42 New York Fencing Academy 2155 1708 39.0 27%
Pool L 0:5 SCOTT George R. 21 38 B19 11 Olympia Fencing Center 2746 1669 9.9 5%
Pool W 5:4 CORINALDI Greg 53 U 49 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1942 1659 88.1 34%
T64 L 8:10 TIERNEY Luke 30 41 C17 21 Iowa City Fencing Center 1560 2310 393.0 81%

April Championship and NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A4, VET), April 14, 2019
Place 77, Seed 68, Not ranked, Rating C15, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ROSTAL Scott E. 46 B17 10 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3291 1835 11.3 3%
Pool L 3:5 STEWART Robert 11 A18 23 Northwest Fencing Center 2269 1823 72.9 27%
Pool W 5:4 SCHWARY Irv 76 D18 83 New Orleans Fencers Club / Mobetes 2019 1750 138.4 36%
Pool W 5:3 POMPIAN Mark 95 U 85 Riverside Fencing Club 840 1889 19.7 92%
Pool L 1:5 SKOPIK Jr August 40 B18 14 Alliance Fencing Academy / Houston Sword Sports 2712 1909 29.2 12%
Pool L 2:5 WALLACE Patric 17 A18 50 Fencers Club Inc. 3040 1879 11.9 4%
T128 L 9:10 PARY Theodore 66 C17 53 DC Fencers Club 2807 2522 212.0 37%

April Championship and NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), April 13, 2019
Place 29, Seed 31, Rank 43, Rating C15, Denver Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 DOWNEY Gerard C. 12 17 A18 16 East Bay Fencers Gym 2651 1209 718.4 3%
Pool L 2:5 NEALE James H. 3 3 A17 9 Fencers Club Inc. / Rockland Fencers Club 2685 1927 61.9 15%
Pool L 2:5 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 26 56 B19 21 LE CLUB TOUCHE 2821 1865 38.0 10%
Pool W 5:2 POMPIAN Mark 40 65 U 42 Riverside Fencing Club 883 1827 37.7 89%
Pool L 1:5 MOREAU John A.
17 A16 18 Olympian Fencing Club 2910 1865 30.1 10%
T64 W 10:9 ROUSE Joseph (Joe) T. 23 27 B19 36 Candlewood Fencing Center / Prospect Fencing Club 2064 2357 340.6 61%
T32 L 3:10 ALEXANDER Chuck 7 7 A18 5 No Fear Fencing Club / Gryphon Fencing 3342 2698 176.1 24%

Bill Goering Memorial - CO Cup #3 and Vets

Veteran Mixed Épée (B1, VET), January 26, 2019
Place 14, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating C15, Denver Fencing Center / Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 KISSINGFORD John F. 9 C15 3 Denver Fencing Center / Ouray Swordplay 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 4:5 WEBER Dick 15 U 10 Denver Fencing Center 1128 2079 751.7 83%
Pool L 2:5 ANDERSON Nathan T. 4 B17 2 Denver Fencing Center 2904 1328 37.6 6%
Pool L 0:5 CRAVEY Donald (Don) N. 3 B18 12 Mile High Fencing Club / Clear Lake Fencing Club 2284 1290 81.6 14%
T16 L 3:10 REES Daniel I. 1 A18 3 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 3778 2500 143.0 12%