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Mary Jo Ratchford

1965

Iowa City Fencing Center

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - - 3 - 8 11
Losses - - 4 - 16 20
Win Ratio - - 42.9% - 33.3% 35.5%
Pool Victories - - 3 - 6 9
Pool Losses - - 3 - 13 16
Pool Win Ratio - - 50.0% - 31.6% 36.0%
DE Victories - - - - 2 2
DE Losses - - 1 - 3 4
DE Win Ratio - - 0.0% - 40.0% 33.3%

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 3
Easy wins as % of wins - - 0.0% - 37.5% 27.3%
Close wins‡ - - 1 - 2 3
Close wins as % of all wins - - 33.3% - 25.0% 27.3%
Close losses‡ - - - - 2 2
Close losses as % of all losses - - 0.0% - 12.5% 10.0%
Big losses† - - 1 - 12 13
Big losses as % of all losses - - 25.0% - 75.0% 65.0%

† 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 - 4 5
Tournaments - - 1 - 3 4

Competition History

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Women's Foil (A1, V50), July 6, 2022
Place 12, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating E22, Iowa City Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 SHANKS Jennifer 19 26 U 19 Blue Ridge Fencing Center 1233 2217 11.0 93%
Pool L 3:5 TOTEMEIER Ann M. 8 8 B19 9 Northern Colorado Fencers / Denver Fencing Center 2733 2228 28.8 22%
Pool L 2:5 MORRISON Monica L. 11 14 D21 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2334 2199 49.2 42%
Pool W 5:3 KERR Margaret E. 5 5 C22 7 Worcester Fencing Club 2499 2150 81.9 29%
Pool L 3:5 PANYI Maria 2 2 B21 3 Masters Fencing Club 3384 2232 5.3 4%
Pool W 5:4 WOUNDY Melissa A. 17 10 E18 16 Rogue Fencing Academy 1877 2227 30.4 71%
T16 L 2:10 BASSIK Judith M. 13 13 E22 5 Profencing 2163 2381 184.1 60%

Midwest ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC Region 2

Veteran Women's Foil (U, VET), November 16, 2019
Place 1, Seed 1, Not ranked, Rating E19, Iowa City Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 VITTETOE Fay A. 2 U 2 Iowa City Fencing Center 1586 2192 25.5 78%
T2 W 10:2 VITTETOE Fay A. 2 U 2 Iowa City Fencing Center 2102 2245 136.2 56%

Midwest ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC Region 2

Div I-A Women's Foil (E1, D1A), November 16, 2019
Place 5, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E19, Iowa City Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 LEE Claire L. 5 D17 6 Indianapolis Fencing Club 2314 2190 107.5 43%
Pool L 4:5 GALAVOTTI Claire Teresa 2 B19 2 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2965 2298 30.2 15%
Pool L 1:5 MERGES Gretl C. 3 B19 1 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2968 2267 26.5 14%
Pool L 1:5 HALL Velma 1 B19 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 3232 2241 12.8 6%
Pool L 0:5 HIRSCH Sophie A. 4 D19 3 Renaissance Fencing Club 2346 2228 64.5 43%
Pool W 5:4 SHELTON Devyn 7 U 7 The Fencers Academy 1582 2164 28.1 81%
T8 L 8:15 HIRSCH Sophie A. 4 D19 3 Renaissance Fencing Club 2334 2578 333.5 62%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Women's Foil (A2, D1A), October 12, 2019
Place 32, Seed 40, Not ranked, Rating E18, Iowa City Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 HALL Velma 19 B19 9 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 3183 2384 42.0 12%
Pool W 5:4 HANSEN Samantha E. 45 U 43 Lawrence University Fencing NCAA / LHS-VHHS Fencing Team- High School 1284 2342 26.4 91%
Pool L 2:5 NEWHARD Zelia K. 25 C19 31 Renaissance Fencing Club 2760 2368 75.1 28%
Pool L 0:5 SLADE Mycah R. 32 C16 16 Wayne State University NCAA 2769 2293 57.6 25%
Pool L 1:5 MOON Elina C. 11 B19 18 Northwestern University Ncaa / Athletic Club Northeast 2892 2236 38.7 17%
Pool L 0:5 FILBY Sarah M. 4 85 B19 1 Northwestern University Ncaa 3570 2197 6.8 2%
T32 L 1:15 BIASCO Anna 8 A18 10 Northwestern University Ncaa / RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3593 2674 95.4 13%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Women's Foil (A2, V50), July 2, 2019
Place 16, Seed 22, Rank 28, Rating E18, Iowa City Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KASS Sara A. 19 D18 6 Cyranos Place 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 1:5 DOBRINEN Elizabeth 26 U 21 Fresno Fencing Academy 1715 2079 573.8 65%
Pool L 0:5 HENNIG-TRESTMAN Bonnie L. 3 3 B19 9 Research Triangle Fencing / Connecticut Fencers Club 3131 1506 22.7 3%
Pool W 5:3 DRESSEL Pamela (Pam) A. 14 14 C19 8 Baltimore Fencing Center 2813 1483 728.4 5%
Pool L 4:5 KERR Margaret E. 11 10 C17 19 Worcester Fencing Club 2821 2211 87.9 21%
Pool W 5:3 FOX Viveka R. 6 6 B18 3 Vermont Fencing Alliance 2615 2123 260.6 26%
T32 W 10:4 WICK Jana H. 17 C15 17 Napa Valley Fencing Academy 2444 2500 479.1 52%
T16 L 7:10 FAGAN Margaret 7 7 B18 2 Fencers Club Inc. 3228 2979 305.5 40%