Merit Johnson

2007

DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 15 5 - - 20
Losses - 32 33 - - 65
Win Ratio - 31.9% 13.2% - - 23.5%
Pool Victories - 14 5 - - 19
Pool Losses - 25 27 - - 52
Pool Win Ratio - 35.9% 15.6% - - 26.8%
DE Victories - 1 - - - 1
DE Losses - 7 6 - - 13
DE Win Ratio - 12.5% 0.0% - - 7.1%

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† - 1 - - - 1
Easy wins as % of wins - 6.7% 0.0% - - 5.0%
Close wins‡ - 4 4 - - 8
Close wins as % of all wins - 26.7% 80.0% - - 40.0%
Close losses‡ - 7 9 - - 16
Close losses as % of all losses - 21.9% 27.3% - - 24.6%
Big losses† - 13 10 - - 23
Big losses as % of all losses - 40.6% 30.3% - - 35.4%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - - - - - -
Victories as % of all victories - 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Losses - - 1 - - 1
Losses as % of all losses - 0.0% 3.0% - - 1.5%
Total - - 1 - - 1
Total as % of all bouts - 0.0% 2.6% - - 1.2%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events - 7 6 - - 13
Tournaments - 6 5 - - 11

Competition History

Junior Olympics

Cadet Women's Épée (A4, CDT), February 17, 2023
Place 158, Seed 163, Not ranked, Rating E22, DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 LAN Alice S. 18 25 B22 44 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2788 1693 2.3 4%
Pool W 5:3 BOGDANOVSKAYA Elizaveta 196 U 198 Cardinal Fencing Academy 1551 1691 18.3 59%
Pool L 2:5 AZMEH nour 100 C23 32 Olympia Fencing Center 2532 1709 4.8 9%
Pool L 1:5 MALLAVARPU saanvi 78 103 D22 36 Illinois Fencing Academy 2294 1704 8.1 17%
Pool L 4:5 ELSTON Sophia 43 58 B23 21 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2533 1696 4.5 8%
Pool W 5:3 NELSON Grace E. 138 E23 179 Escrime Du Lac / Schoolhouse Fencing 1834 1692 25.3 41%
T256 L 6:15 REKEDA Anna 115 C22 104 Fencers Club Inc. 1880 1070 34.5 12%

Capitol Clash SYC/RCC

Cadet Women's Épée (B2/C3, CDT), January 16, 2023
Place 37, Seed 37, Not ranked, Rating E22, DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 CAFASSO Natalya 13 99 B23 16 Olympia Fencing Center 2471 1630 58.0 8%
Pool L 0:5 LU Samantha R. 12 95 C22 28 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2524 1688 5.2 9%
Pool W 5:2 WALTER Anna 36 E22 34 Tampa Fencing & Tennis Academy 1724 1683 25.2 47%
Pool W 5:2 ANAR Yesugen 61 U 79 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 1349 1708 13.6 72%
Pool L 4:5 BARDIN Kira 60 U 38 Elite Fencing Academy (VA) / Wolfpack Pentathlon Club 1540 1721 28.3 62%
T64 L 9:15 MALLAVARPU saanvi 14 102 D22 30 Illinois Fencing Academy 2188 1089 18.9 6%

DCFC Women's Champagne Challenge

Senior Women's Épée (A2, SNR), December 3, 2022
Place 11, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 ISERT Sarah 4 A21 1 DC Fencers Club 2911 1429 0.8 1%
Pool W 5:2 DOHERTY Eva 25 U 26 DC Fencers Club 1805 1428 30.0 33%
Pool W 5:4 FRENCH Phaelen 18 E22 16 DC Fencers Club / Front Range Fencing Club 2251 1458 61.3 10%
Pool W 5:2 NIX Reagan 15 D22 18 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2264 1520 58.8 11%
Pool L 1:5 SWEET Ryleigh E. 9 B22 7 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 2535 1578 4.2 6%
Pool W 5:4 BRISK Angelica A. 8 B22 13 Olympia Fencing Center 2310 1574 55.6 11%
T32 W 15:7 BRASTED Karen (Maggie) E. 24 U 25 DC Fencers Club 1661 810 280.9 14%
T16 L 6:15 GORDET Cristina G. 2 A22 8 South Florida Fencing Club 2819 1091 2.7 1%

DCFC Champagne Challenge

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), October 30, 2022
Place 56, Seed 52, Not ranked, Rating U, DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 LE BORGNE Matthieu 47 E22 35 DC Fencers Club
Pool L 4:5 CHAMBLISS Logan C. 36 D22 22 DC Fencers Club
Pool L 0:5 MURPHY Thomas P. 13 B22 28 Penta Olympic Fencing Club
Pool L 1:5 SIVAKUMAR Ajit 4 A22 9 Cardinal Fencing Academy
Pool L 0:5 LEE JoonWon 29 C22 30 Penta Olympic Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 SMOAK Omari Z. 20 B22 8 Peter Westbrook Foundation / Fencers Club Inc.
T64 L 7:15 JORDAN Anton 21 B22 10 Penta Olympic Fencing Club

DCFC Women's Champagne Challenge

Senior Women's Épée (B1, SNR), October 16, 2022
Place 10, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating U, DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 GIFFORD Sally 8 D19 17 DC Fencers Club 1895 1195 73.0 13%
Pool W 5:3 MORET Brighid E. 19 U 11 DC Fencers Club 2361 1268 89.9 4%
Pool W 5:3 MARTIN Audrey 13 U 19 Nova Fencing Club 1017 1358 18.7 69%
Pool L 3:5 ZHU Serene M. 5 C22 3 ASER International Fencing Academy 2325 1376 5.1 6%
Pool W 5:3 VICKERMAN Lilly 12 E22 8 Nova Fencing Club 2018 1371 60.6 15%
Pool L 1:5 SWEET Ryleigh E. 2 B22 1 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 2542 1432 3.0 4%
T16 L 6:15 MACE Eliza M. 16 U 7 DC Fencers Club 2266 825 14.4 4%

NoVA Knights RYC/RJCC

Junior Women's Épée (B1, JNR), October 1, 2022
Place 22, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 WITTER Catherine A. 8 B22 2 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2633 1219 1.4 1%
Pool L 1:5 KORFONTA Jolie 1 33 A22 5 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 3055 1218 0.2 < 1%
Pool L 3:5 NIEMAN Aubrey 18 E22 18 Charlotte Fencing Academy 1900 1218 11.9 14%
Pool L 2:5 YOU Emily 9 B22 13 Guanyi Fencing Academy 2493 1206 2.2 2%
Pool L 2:5 VICKERMAN Lilly 19 E22 19 Nova Fencing Club 2016 1203 8.6 10%
T32 L 14:15 MAGALSKI Mary 20 E22 14 DC Fencers Club 1386 924 98.8 27%

NoVA Knights RYC/RJCC

Cadet Women's Épée (C1, CDT), September 30, 2022
Place 17, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, DC Fencers Club / Nova Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 VICKERMAN Sofia 3 C22 3 Nova Fencing Club 1765 1235 81.0 20%
Pool L 2:5 FORDER Isabel 12 U 12 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1363 1316 40.5 47%
Pool L 4:5 HU Chelsea 10 E21 10 AIC Fencing Club 2119 1275 9.0 9%
Pool L 2:5 ZANGA Kaitlyn 4 C22 2 Apex Fencing Academy 2117 1267 8.7 9%
Pool L 2:5 NOH Rachel 17 U 12 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1259 1258 38.7 50%
T32 L 14:15 GAVASHELI Margarita 18 U 16 Cardinal Fencing Academy 1727 998 74.6 18%

DCFC Youth Challenge #4

Y-14 Mixed Épée (U, Y14), June 12, 2022
Place 26, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, Nova Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 VICKERMAN Sofia 2 C22 18 Nova Fencing Club 1800 1311 24.1 22%
Pool L 1:5 LEE DoWon 12 U 11 Penta Olympic Fencing Club
Pool L 4:5 NOH Rachel 22 U 27 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1228 1286 51.5 54%
Pool L 2:5 BUI Ryan 19 U 20 Cardinal Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:4 SAUNIER Cameron 9 U 17 Cardinal Fencing Academy
T32 L 3:15 MODANLOU Navid 5 E22 13 Cardinal Fencing Academy

Amazon Open XIX

Senior Women's Épée (A2, SNR), June 5, 2022
Place 35, Seed 36, Not ranked, Rating U, Nova Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 VICKERMAN Sofia 37 U 28 Nova Fencing Club 1810 1419 34.7 27%
Pool L 3:5 BRASTED Karen (Maggie) E. 25 U 29 DC Fencers Club / Rockville Fencing Academy 1889 1384 26.8 22%
Pool L 3:5 JAKEL Alysa C. 14 C21 11 DC Fencers Club 2283 1357 10.2 7%
Pool L 3:5 PINNAMANENI Drithi 12 C22 3 AIC Fencing Club 2401 1347 7.1 5%
Pool L 1:5 MARCHANT Sandra M. 1 A22 10 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 2692 1340 2.7 2%
Pool L 4:5 MURPHY Megan 24 U 12 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1791 1337 26.3 25%
T64 L 11:15 MAGALSKI Mary 28 U 30 DC Fencers Club 1422 1177 179.3 38%

Fairfax Challenge SYC/RJCC

Cadet Women's Épée (B2, CDT), May 14, 2022
Place 39, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating U, Nova Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 FAN Elizabeth 17 D22 21 2249 1376 18.0 9%
Pool L 2:5 LI Suri 20 D22 18 2256 1358 16.2 8%
Pool L 1:5 ZHAO Ivy 5 38 B22 3 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2165 1342 18.5 10%
Pool L 4:5 FERREIRA DE MELO Adriana 32 U 22 Epee Miami Fencing Club 2144 1323 17.8 10%
Pool L 1:5 YOU Emily 8 49 C22 15 Guanyi Fencing Academy 2413 1306 8.2 4%
Pool W 5:4 KEE Bea Isabelle 41 U 32 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1850 1298 121.0 19%
T64 L 9:15 ZHANG ANGELA 38 U 26 1851 1324 146.4 28%

Peachtree Battle RYC ROC/RJCC/Veteran/Chairfencing

Div I-A Women's Épée (B1, D1A), April 29, 2022
Place 22, Seed 24, Not ranked, Rating U, Nova Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 NGUYEN Audrey 6 C22 7 Olympic Fencers Club 2371 1313 16.3 6%
Pool W 5:2 WANG Zarina 11 E22 23 Elite Fencing Academy 1611 1297 143.5 32%
Pool L 1:5 NEELAM Neha 14 E22 18 Elite Fencing Academy / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 1914 1440 45.9 23%
Pool L 1:5 SANTA Bianca Estefania 18 E21 5 Miami Lakes Fencing Club 2387 1395 14.3 6%
Pool L 2:5 CAPELLUA Mariasole 3 B21 3 Nashville Elite Fencing Club 2772 1380 4.2 2%
T32 L 13:15 PULLEN Ayah 12 E22 11 Elite Fencing Academy / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2296 1438 114.1 15%

Peachtree Battle RYC ROC/RJCC/Veteran/Chairfencing

Cadet Women's Épée (D1, CDT), April 29, 2022
Place 17, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, Nova Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 VICKERMAN Aspen 9 U 9 Nova Fencing Club 1596 2972 874.4 95%
Pool L 4:5 LY Hannah 17 U 13 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1474 2097 384.3 80%
Pool L 3:5 WANG Zarina 3 E22 2 Elite Fencing Academy 1528 1713 199.9 60%
Pool L 3:5 MIHILL Margaret 18 U 3 Dunwoody Fencing Club 1528 1513 136.1 49%
Pool L 2:5 NIEMAN Aubrey 4 E22 15 Charlotte Fencing Academy 1829 1377 63.7 25%
T32 L 14:15 DAVIS Elisabeth 19 U 16 Pro Fencing Academy USA, Orlando 1326 2500 1062.1 87%

DCFC Youth Challenge #3

Y-14 Mixed Épée (U, Y14), April 24, 2022
Place 21, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating U, Nova Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ABBOUD Michael 2 C21 1 Nova Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 KIM Kailyn 22 U 24 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1462 2500 192.2 84%
Pool L 1:5 HULL Liam 19 U 11 Cardinal Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:4 QIU Emily 8 U 3 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2201 2692 279.6 70%
Pool L 3:4 LEE Aiden 13 U 7 Penta Olympic Fencing Club
T32 L 6:15 CHHU Allen 27 U 13 ASER International Fencing Academy / AIC Fencing Club