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Michael Carothers

1963
Kansas City Fencing Center
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 1 - 2 2 5
Losses - 5 - 12 11 28
Win ratio - 16.7% - 14.3% 15.4% 15.2%
Pool victories - 1 - 2 2 5
Pool losses - 4 - 10 9 23
Pool win ratio - 20.0% - 16.7% 18.2% 17.9%
DE victories - - - - - -
DE losses - 1 - 2 2 5
DE win ratio - 0.0% - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

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† - - - - 1 1
Easy wins % - 0.0% - 0.0% 50.0% 20.0%
Close wins‡ - - - - 1 1
Close wins % - 0.0% - 0.0% 50.0% 20.0%
Close losses‡ - - - 1 - 1
Close losses % - 0.0% - 8.3% 0.0% 3.6%
Big losses† - 2 - 8 4 14
Big losses % - 40.0% - 66.7% 36.4% 50.0%

† 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.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 1 - 2 2 5
Tournaments - 1 - 1 1 3

Competition history

5 competitions, 33 bouts

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber A1, V60 January 4, 2025

Place 20 of 23 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Kansas City Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 DASHNAW Stephen 7 13 B23 5 Lilov Fencing Academy 2658 1563 8.0 4%
Pool
D 1:5 KIZIK Val 10 23 B23 1 IndySabre 3168 1555 1.5 1%
Pool
V 5:3 ELDER John 16 38 D23 16 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1909 1553 95.6 29%
Pool
D 3:5 RUNYAN Joshua 2 2 A22 3 Spartak 2999 1649 3.2 2%
Pool
D 0:5 MIGHELL Jason 18 25 E21 19 Denver Fencing Center 2083 1646 30.5 25%
T32
D 6:10 WILDMAN Steve 17 - D23 13 Kansas City Fencing Center 2644 1789 108.7 16%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Veteran Men's Saber A2, VET April 24, 2023

Place 40 of 46 Seed 43 Not ranked Rating U Kansas City Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 DI GENNARO John 28 - D19 37 Manhattan Fencing Center 1935 1639 56.9 33%
Pool
D 3:5 THORNTON Ronald J. 1 - A23 2 Capital Fencing Academy 3475 1582 0.6 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 WAXLER Aaron M. 15 - C23 17 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 2273 1582 26.1 15%
Pool
D 4:5 DIRSMITH Benjamin J. 14 - C23 21 Salle Auriol Seattle / Washington Fencing Academy 2330 1556 20.5 12%
Pool
V 5:2 PEREIRA Gabriel 44 - U 45 PDX Fencing 1114 1535 38.4 73%
Pool
D 3:5 SEIDEL Jonathan J. 29 - E23 14 Manchen Academy Of Fencing 2584 1573 10.4 6%
T64
D 2:10 ZIRKLE James 7 - B22 8 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2928 1887 97.8 12%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber A2, V60 April 23, 2023

Place 30 of 34 Seed 32 Not ranked Rating U Kansas City Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 PEREIRA Gabriel 31 47 U 34 PDX Fencing 1219 1821 53.3 80%
Pool
D 1:5 KASTOR Jacaeber 10 24 B22 3 Manhattan Fencing Center 2897 1874 20.2 7%
Pool
D 1:5 LUNDBORG Mark R. 1 1 A19 1 Washington Fencing Academy 3233 1854 7.3 2%
Pool
D 0:5 DAHL Chris 20 40 E22 10 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2057 1847 84.3 38%
Pool
D 2:5 GRAFF Jon 11 12 C23 19 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 2316 1763 43.7 20%
Pool
D 1:5 BARBOUR James (Jim) W. 21 - E22 8 Village Fencing Club / Oregon Fencing Alliance 1686 1719 80.0 52%
T32
D 2:10 MATT Chris 4 4 A23 2 Capital Fencing Academy 3324 1950 63.0 6%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Saber A2, VET December 15, 2018

Place 32 of 43 Seed 40 Not ranked Rating U Kansas City Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 LILLARD Samuel N. 17 - C18 19 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2801 2254 94.5 25%
Pool
D 2:5 THORNTON Ronald J. 3 - A18 18 Capital Fencing Academy 3862 2159 11.0 2%
Pool
D 0:5 ROSENTHAL Paul E. 26 - D18 24 Sheridan Fencing Academy 2107 2148 162.7 52%
Pool
D 2:5 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 35 - E17 29 Mid-South Fencers' Club / Cape Fear Fencing Association 1837 1985 149.0 57%
Pool
D 1:5 DASHNAW Stephen 12 - B17 3 Lilov Fencing Academy 3095 1836 15.2 5%
T32
D 1:10 MIRONOVAS Mikhail (Misha) 2 - A18 12 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 3204 2079 129.6 14%

December NAC

Vet-50 Men's Saber A2, V50 December 14, 2018

Place 22 of 31 Seed 30 Not ranked Rating U Kansas City Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 MIGHELL Jason 20 20 E18 14 Denver Fencing Center / Mile High Fencing Club 2558 2500 535.9 48%
Pool
D 2:5 DASHNAW Stephen 10 10 B17 19 Lilov Fencing Academy 2500 3036 386.4 67%
Pool
D 3:5 NEMAZIE David A. 21 26 E15 23 Salisbury Fencing Club 2338 2649 338.2 62%
Pool
D 2:5 MIRONOVAS Mikhail (Misha) 1 1 A18 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 3323 2311 72.1 15%
Pool
D 2:5 BACON Michael F. 11 11 B17 10 Manhattan Fencing Center 3066 2239 82.3 18%
Pool
V 5:0 PREUD'HOMME Xavier A. 29 - U 31 Mid-South Fencers' Club 1547 2157 96.8 75%
T32
D 3:10 NEVEROVICH Vitaly V. 17 - C16 7 Renaissance Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%