Liam Smith

1998

Candlewood Fencing Center

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 9 19 6 - 7 41
Losses - - 2 - 6 8
Win Ratio 100.0% 100.0% 75.0% - 53.8% 83.7%
Pool Victories 5 11 5 - 6 27
Pool Losses - - 1 - 5 6
Pool Win Ratio 100.0% 100.0% 83.3% - 54.5% 81.8%
DE Victories 4 8 1 - 1 14
DE Losses - - 1 - 1 2
DE Win Ratio 100.0% 100.0% 50.0% - 50.0% 87.5%

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† 7 10 6 - 1 24
Easy wins as % of wins 77.8% 52.6% 100.0% - 14.3% 58.5%
Close wins‡ 1 1 - - - 2
Close wins as % of all wins 11.1% 5.3% 0.0% - 0.0% 4.9%
Close losses‡ - - 1 - 4 5
Close losses as % of all losses - - 50.0% - 66.7% 62.5%
Big losses† - - 1 - 2 3
Big losses as % of all losses - - 50.0% - 33.3% 37.5%

† 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 1 2 1 - 2 6
Tournaments 1 2 1 - 2 6

Competition History

Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Foil (D1, DV2), March 17, 2024
Place 1, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating C23, Candlewood Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 TRAUB Will 7 E22 10 Candlewood Fencing Center / Center for Global Studies 1106 3268 0.2 > 99%
Pool W 5:0 RAFTOPOULOS Alexios 14 U 16 MG Fencing Club 1484 3268 3.5 98%
Pool W 5:1 GREENLEAF Paul 6 E23 6 Shoreline Fencers Club / Fencers School of Connecticut 1811 3272 3.0 99%
Pool W 5:1 DAO-CRESPO Joaquin 12 U 13 Candlewood Fencing 1143 3275 0.2 > 99%
Pool W 5:0 GECKELER James 15 U 7 Fairfield Fencing Academy 1530 3275 1.1 > 99%
T16 W 15:1 RAFTOPOULOS Alexios 14 U 16 MG Fencing Club 2500 3183 41.6 74%
T8 W 15:4 POLLIO Benjamin 11 U 8 Iconic Fencing Club 1416 3225 2.0 > 99%
T4 W 15:6 LOZADA Gabriel 2 D24 3 2199 3227 19.3 93%
T2 W 15:12 BLEIL Tyler 4 E24 2 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club - Connecticut 2201 3246 17.4 94%

Nutmeg State Games

Senior Men's Foil (C1, SNR), July 15, 2023
Place 1, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating C21, Candlewood Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 TRAUB Will 14 E22 21 Candlewood Fencing Center / Center for Global Studies 1131 3247 0.2 > 99%
Pool W 5:3 HILMER Michael 6 D19 3 Fencers School of Connecticut / Columbia University Ncaa 2278 3248 14.4 93%
Pool W 5:1 DJONOUMA Toyohm 11 E23 11 Portland Fencing Center 1721 3262 2.4 99%
Pool W 5:0 TESSMAN Henry 19 U 20 The Morgan School / Silver City Fencing Club 773 3264 0.0 > 99%
Pool W 5:2 TJON Calum 17 U 7 Top Fencing Club 1869 3264 3.9 98%
T16 W 15:1 KROLEWSKI Alex 16 U 15 Worcester Fencing Club 1517 2973 11.3 98%
T8 W 15:9 TJON Calum 17 U 7 Top Fencing Club 1835 2985 22.0 95%
T4 W 15:6 WERWA Griffith 5 D19 3 Worldwide Fencing Academy / Boston Fencing Club 2065 3007 32.8 91%
T2 W 15:9 DOBBINS Evan 1 A19 2 Fencers School of Connecticut / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3072 3039 144.1 48%

Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers

Senior Men's Foil (D1, SNR), March 19, 2023
Place 1, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating C21, Candlewood Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 BRILLANT Phill 12 U 10 Candlewood Fencing Center 2500 3169 30.3 74%
Pool W 5:4 TRAUB Will 6 E22 9 Candlewood Fencing Center / Center for Global Studies 1119 3200 0.3 > 99%
Pool W 5:0 SCHLACK Jake 7 E21 16 Candlewood Fencing Center 1475 3200 1.6 99%
Pool W 5:0 PAPANEK Michael 13 U 20 University Of Connecticut Fencing / University Of Connecticut Fencing Club 836 3201 0.4 > 99%
Pool W 5:2 MAURI Gherardo 18 U 4 Enfield Fencing Club / Manhattan Fencing Center 2881 3202 45.3 64%
Pool W 5:0 GROTH Caleb 14 U 17 Silver City Fencing Club / North Haven HS 1037 3247 0.2 > 99%
T16 W 15:0 SCHLACK Jake 7 E21 16 Candlewood Fencing Center 1427 2630 41.1 92%
T8 W 15:3 SCHURK Daniel 15 U 8 Unattached 2746 2671 165.1 47%
T4 W 15:7 ROBINS Brennan 16 U 3 Mission Fencing Center / Sacred Heart University 1694 2836 34.4 92%
T2 W 15:9 MILLER Andrew 3 D19 2 Fairfield Fencing Academy / Silver City Fencing Club 2439 2871 102.4 71%

Nutmeg State Games Open

Senior Men's Foil (E1, SNR), July 31, 2022
Place 3, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating C21, Candlewood Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 MASTROPAOLO Jonah 6 E22 3 Candlewood Fencing Center 2015 3321 8.2 97%
Pool L 4:5 SIEGEL Elliot 2 B22 1 Candlewood Fencing Center 2870 3329 167.8 76%
Pool W 5:1 OLLARI John 11 U 9 Enfield Fencing Club 1281 3162 1.2 > 99%
Pool W 5:0 DJONOUMA Toyohm 7 E21 8 Portland Fencing Center 1615 3163 3.2 99%
Pool W 5:0 CAPLAN Caleb 12 U 12 Cheshire Fencing Club 1078 3166 0.7 > 99%
Pool W 5:0 HAYLON Caleb 10 U 11 Thames River Fencing Club / East Lyme High School 1562 3167 2.6 99%
T8 W 15:2 COFFIN Carleton 4 D22 6 Rpi College Fencing Club / Beaches Sabre Club - NY 1750 2721 93.7 86%
T4 L 7:15 SIEGEL Elliot 2 B22 1 Candlewood Fencing Center 3187 2815 184.8 32%

Cobra Challenge Div1A/Div2 ROC

Div I-A Men's Foil (A4, D1A), December 28, 2019
Place 17, Seed 36, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Ohio State University NCAA
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 GRIGORIEV Eduard 17 A17 11 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 3248 2234 518.8 11%
Pool W 5:3 YEROKHIN Michael N. 44 C19 28 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2964 2752 245.2 39%
Pool W 5:2 LOUIE Timothy J. 56 C18 60 2883 2998 134.5 56%
Pool W 5:2 JOSEPH Willem 71 D19 80 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club / Mission Fencing Center 2692 3132 74.3 74%
Pool W 5:3 DIVENTI Paul W. 10 A19 15 Cleveland State Univ. NCAA 3157 3207 114.6 53%
T64 W 15:11 DEEB Adam 79 E19 56 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2544 2500 490.6 48%
T32 L 14:15 JOSEPH Dominic (Dom) 7 A19 7 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 3416 2991 269.1 32%

December NAC

Div I Men's Foil (A4, DV1), December 17, 2018
Place 123, Seed 143, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Ohio State University NCAA
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 DING Allan 53 84 A18 45 Marx Fencing Academy 3481 2500 207.0 18%
Pool L 4:5 YU Vinni 120 B18 88 Top Fencing Club 3346 2293 137.0 13%
Pool L 4:5 SENIC Anatolie 96 A17 80 Renaissance Fencing Club 3572 2156 69.5 9%
Pool L 1:5 SHIN Philip D. 9 15 A18 21 Fencers Club Inc. / New York University NCAA 3530 2086 49.7 6%
Pool L 4:5 LUTAR Lucas N. 36 61 A18 76 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 3637 2037 27.9 3%
Pool W 5:1 AU EONG Tian Wei Jonathan 80 A18 147 1857 2009 224.8 56%