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James Burgess (Luna)

2004
Heartland Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 11 7 4 43 65
Losses - 5 2 9 27 43
Win ratio - 68.8% 77.8% 30.8% 61.4% 60.2%
Pool victories - 8 5 4 27 44
Pool losses - 3 1 7 22 33
Pool win ratio - 72.7% 83.3% 36.4% 55.1% 57.1%
DE victories - 3 2 - 16 21
DE losses - 2 1 2 5 10
DE win ratio - 60.0% 66.7% 0.0% 76.2% 67.7%

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† - 4 3 1 19 27
Easy wins % - 36.4% 42.9% 25.0% 44.2% 41.5%
Close wins‡ - 4 3 1 7 15
Close wins % - 36.4% 42.9% 25.0% 16.3% 23.1%
Close losses‡ - 1 1 5 8 15
Close losses % - 20.0% 50.0% 55.6% 29.6% 34.9%
Big losses† - 2 - 1 9 12
Big losses % - 40.0% 0.0% 11.1% 33.3% 27.9%

† 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.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 1 1 - 2 4
Victories % - 9.1% 14.3% 0.0% 4.7% 6.2%
Losses - - - - 3 3
Losses % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 7.0%
Total - 1 1 - 5 7
Total % - 6.2% 11.1% 0.0% 7.1% 6.5%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 2 1 2 9 14
Tournaments - 1 1 1 5 8

Competition history

14 competitions, 108 bouts

6th Annual Don Bone Classic

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR April 12, 2025

Place 12 of 26 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 MILLER Kiersten 11 - U 24 Parkway Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 HELLMAN Andrew 17 - U 16 1384 2500 176.1 85%
Pool
V 5:4 DIEP Daniel 26 - U 3 Tulsa Fencing Alliance 1521 2676 122.9 89%
Pool
D 2:5 STANTON Richard 8 - E24 7 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1742 2799 827.1 88%
Pool
V 4:3 WATSON Kip 16 - U 23 Buccaneer Blades Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 METTE Russell 1 - D24 1 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1932 1972 260.2 52%
T32
V 15:8 CLARK Kaleb 18 - U 22 1801 2500 270.7 72%
T16
D 8:15 VAUGHAN Paul 3 - D23 3 2230 2771 636.2 71%

6th Annual Don Bone Classic

Senior Mixed Épée B2, SNR April 12, 2025

Place 3 of 26 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating C22 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 FULLER II Thomas 12 - E25 15 Eagles Fencing Club, University of Southern Indiana 1779 2231 9.2 77%
Pool
V 5:3 LUYAPAN Steven 21 - U 10 Washington University. St. Louis 1629 2240 6.8 82%
Pool
V 5:2 METTE JB 13 - E24 20 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1546 2247 5.4 87%
Pool
D 4:5 BROWN Lucas 4 - C22 6 2134 2253 20.8 58%
Pool
V 5:0 JULIEN Ted 20 - U 25 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1069 2232 2.2 94%
T16
V 15:12 STRASBURG Grant 8 - D24 12 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2393 2826 24.3 75%
T8
V 15:5 VAUGHAN Paul 1 - B25 5 3119 2851 59.5 34%
T4
D 11:15 JOHNSON Jay 2 - B24 1 Heartland Fencing Academy / Five Rings Fencing Club 2407 2910 72.2 79%

2024 Show-Me State Games

Senior Mixed Épée C1, SNR July 20, 2024

Place 3 of 21 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating C22 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 HART Jackson 2 - B21 9 Parkway Fencing Club 2174 2185 19.5 51%
Pool
V 5:0 SCOGGIN Daniel 21 - U 19 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 889 2205 1.5 97%
Pool
V 5:4 MENNE Chris D. 11 - D23 12 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2052 2206 15.5 60%
Pool
V 5:0 WESTON Michael 19 - U 20 Saint Louis Fencing Club 602 2222 0.4 99%
Pool
D 2:5 FERKO Philip J. 5 - C23 5 The Fencers Academy 2936 2222 5.7 14%
Pool
V 5:1 CHRISTIAN Brandon 14 - E22 11 2081 2216 14.7 58%
T16
V 12:11 STANTON Richard 16 - U 13 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2289 2803 22.2 72%
T8
V 15:9 METTE Russell 13 - E23 6 Buccaneer Blades Fencing / Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ. 2702 2825 39.8 57%
T4
D 12:15 VAUGHAN Paul 3 - C24 2 3015 2865 38.9 41%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A4, D1A October 2, 2022

Place 42 of 77 Seed 54 Not ranked Rating C22 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 GLASS Timothy C.
12 - A20 41 Ataba Fencing Club 2789 2133 43.0 14%
Pool
V 5:2 SHOEMAKER Oliver 68 - U 77 1215 2176 3.7 93%
Pool
D 4:5 MCKEEVER Luca 32 - B22 25 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2642 2179 10.1 22%
Pool
D 4:5 DOSS David A. 10 - A21 6 Fencers Club Inc. 3294 2169 2.0 3%
Pool
V 5:1 PRABHAKAR Vibhav 36 - B22 61 Advance Fencing Academy (Salle Stepien) 2468 2167 29.4 31%
Pool
D 2:5 BOUMEDIENNE Sami 51 - C22 22 2564 2197 11.5 27%
T64
D 11:15 MCKEEVER Luca 32 - B22 25 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2758 2868 65.3 57%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Junior Men's Épée A2, JNR October 1, 2022

Place 40 of 49 Seed 25 Not ranked Rating C22 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 NESTEROV Andrew E. 22 - B22 20 Illinois Fencing Academy 2331 2227 20.9 43%
Pool
D 4:5 SONN Rohan 12 - B22 25 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2220 2206 23.0 49%
Pool
D 1:5 HEIM Bryce 6 120 C22 6 Ataba Fencing Club / Wayne State University NCAA 2544 2183 13.2 28%
Pool
D 4:5 DHAL Leon 38 - U 11 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1713 2169 37.2 77%
Pool
V 5:2 BENDA Campbell 45 - U 48 Red Door Fencing 569 2132 0.6 99%
T64
D 14:15 MISHRA Milan B. 51 - U 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1371 3063 194.9 99%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div III Men's Épée C3, DV3 July 9, 2022

Place 5 of 155 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating C22 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 JU Hanul 101 - E22 129 LA International Fencing 1839 2111 18.6 67%
Pool
V 5:3 VALAYANNOPOULOS Nicolas 130 - U 25 Olympia Fencing Center 1857 2129 18.1 67%
Pool
V 5:4 ALI Adam 38 - D22 68 Ataba Fencing Club 2300 2148 31.2 40%
Pool
V 5:0 MARTINEZ Gabriel 148 - U 143 Epee Miami Fencing Club 1316 2179 5.4 91%
Pool
V 5:1 KIM Andrew J. 55 - D22 3 Rain City Fencing Center 2494 2184 35.9 31%
Pool
V 5:2 TENHUNDFELD Jack 84 - E22 152 Red Door Fencing 1471 2220 6.5 89%
T128
V 15:10 THOMAS Jr. Robert D. 37 - D22 128 1960 3117 9.9 95%
T64
V 15:8 PARK Augustine 140 - U 49 Team Touche Fencing Center 2415 3127 25.7 85%
T32
V 15:10 JONES Caleb 123 - E21 23 Fresno Fencing Academy 2493 3153 27.0 84%
T16
V 15:14 KOYFMAN Benjamin 103 - E22 15 New York Fencing Academy 2460 3180 22.6 86%
T8
D 6:15 CHIRASHNYA Daniel 10 - C22 1 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2498 3202 138.7 86%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div II Men's Épée B3, DV2 July 7, 2022

Place 104 of 218 Seed 40 Not ranked Rating C22 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 PETROV Niki A. 219 - U 23 Rogue Fencing Academy 1859 2125 47.6 67%
Pool
D 3:5 VACCARO Dominick J. 25 - C22 46 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2214 2078 27.8 41%
Pool
V 5:4 LONGSTREET Jeffrey 156 - D21 101 New York Fencing Academy 2319 2050 44.3 33%
Pool
D 3:5 TOLLEFSON Zachary 169 - E22 149 Denver Fencing Center 1677 2094 48.3 75%
Pool
V 5:2 CHIZ Max H. 104 - C19 155 New Orleans Fencers Club / International Academy for Fencing Education 2278 2046 38.6 35%
Pool
V 5:3 JOSLIN Tyler 88 - C21 161 Vivo Fencing Club 2026 2085 26.3 54%
T256
V 15:11 JONES Reilly 183 - E22 160 Hooked On Fencing 2216 3259 15.2 94%
T128
D 13:14 KIM Andrew J. 144 - D22 11 Rain City Fencing Center 2736 3274 156.9 79%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Junior Men's Épée A4, JNR July 4, 2022

Place 318 of 342 Seed 252 Not ranked Rating C22 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 BUYANOV Nikita V. 152 - B22 269 South Florida Fencing Club 2641 2233 22.8 26%
Pool
D 3:5 WONG Adrian 337 - U 203 2544 2210 24.6 30%
Pool
D 2:5 GANA Jr Jorge M. 45 52 A22 25 Medeo Fencing Club / Atlantic Fencing Academy 2957 2185 10.1 11%
Pool
D 4:5 CHAWLA Armaan 144 - A20 213 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2620 2175 19.3 24%
Pool
D 2:5 TRIMMER Colin 241 - C22 172 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2528 2156 21.3 27%
Pool
D 4:5 JIN Owen 54 63 A22 34 Cavalier Fencing Club 2900 2135 9.3 11%

Equinox Epee Tournament

Div III Mixed Épée C2, DV3 April 10, 2022

Place 3 of 32 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating E21 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 TAKATA Benjamin 3 - D22 2 Center for Blade Arts 2352 2239 54.4 43%
Pool
V 5:1 ANDERSON Arlene 22 - U 29 Central Iowa Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 COLEMAN Ian 15 - U 26 Omaha Fencing Club 1884 2293 25.0 73%
Pool
D 3:5 TENHUNDFELD Jack 8 - E22 11 Red Door Fencing 1640 2318 85.4 85%
Pool
V 5:3 PAINE Cheryl A. 31 - U 14 Red Door Fencing - - - -
T32
V 15:1 SHOEMAKER Oliver 20 - U 25 Center for Blade Arts 2115 3230 23.9 90%
T16
V 15:7 CHRISTIAN John R. 7 - E22 10 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2595 3254 45.3 82%
T8
V 15:11 JOHNSON Jay 2 - D22 5 Heartland Fencing Academy 2885 3299 56.9 69%
T4
D 14:15 LIMER Avi 4 - D21 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 3274 3356 97.6 54%

Equinox Epee Tournament

Senior Mixed Épée B2, SNR April 10, 2022

Place 3 of 43 Seed 27 Not ranked Rating E21 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:4 BUTLER Joseph D. 1 - A22 3 Lincoln Fencing Club 1916 2310 89.7 71%
Pool
V 5:2 STOECKEL Sofia I. 14 - C21 24 Twin Cities Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 HONEK Kyle 43 - U 38 1365 2220 16.0 85%
Pool
V 5:4 FITZGERALD Thomas R. 41 - U 32 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1864 2236 33.8 71%
Pool
D 1:5 STEPHENS Rick W. 15 - C18 23 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1896 2270 82.2 72%
Pool
V 5:0 CELSI Nick L. 29 - E20 18 Red Door Fencing 2194 2187 51.2 50%
T32
V 15:3 ARAYE Nasro 42 - U 22 Twin Cities Fencing Club - - - -
T16
V 15:11 KOVANDA Cassidy K. 5 - A18 10 Lincoln Fencing Club 2500 3150 65.3 72%
T8
V 15:12 BENFORD Kailan A. 40 - U 5 3464 3215 157.0 39%
T4
D 6:15 SUVOROV Yuly 2 - A19 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 3391 3372 141.9 49%

Daugherty Challenge ROC, Vet, RJCC, RYC

Div II Men's Épée E1, DV2 November 6, 2021

Place 1 of 6 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating E21 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 SPINA Joseph B. 2 - D21 3 Fencing Center Of Chicago 2211 2332 75.6 57%
Pool
V 5:1 FRANZ Alfred M. 3 - D21 5 Heartland Fencing Academy 1305 2408 13.1 92%
Pool
V 5:3 OSBORN Matthew W. 5 - E19 3 Heartland Fencing Academy 1796 2421 29.7 82%
Pool
D 3:5 ROBINSON Matthew 1 - D21 2 1575 2451 153.1 90%
Pool
V 5:0 DENNIS Morgan (Beckett) 6 - U 6 Heartland Fencing Academy 1285 2298 12.1 92%
T4
V 15:9 OSBORN Matthew W. 5 - E19 3 Heartland Fencing Academy 2573 2935 136.5 67%
T2
V 15:8 ROBINSON Matthew 1 - D21 2 2420 3072 78.0 78%

Daugherty Challenge ROC, Vet, RJCC, RYC

Junior Men's Épée U, JNR November 6, 2021

Place 1 of 4 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating E21 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 DENNIS Morgan (Beckett) 4 - U 3 Heartland Fencing Academy 2500 1953 112.0 30%
Pool
V 5:1 NESTEROV Andrew E. 1 - B19 2 Illinois Fencers Club 2430 2065 170.0 29%
Pool
V 4:3 SPINA Joseph B. 2 - D21 3 Fencing Center Of Chicago 2220 2235 97.1 51%
T4
V 15:7 DENNIS Morgan (Beckett) 4 - U 3 Heartland Fencing Academy 2500 2434 240.0 48%
T2
V 15:5 NESTEROV Andrew E. 1 - B19 2 Illinois Fencers Club 2596 2674 261.4 54%

October NAC

Cadet Men's Épée A4, CDT October 19, 2019

Place 158 of 172 Seed 147 Not ranked Rating E19 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 GORIUNOV IVAN A. 95 - B19 15 South Florida Fencing Club 2917 1943 43.1 9%
Pool
D 0:5 LEI Jacob 56 64 C19 22 Northwest Fencing Center 2993 1900 29.7 6%
Pool
D 1:5 SUICO Zachary Emanuel O. 45 52 B19 116 Long Island Fencing Center / Andy Ma Fencing Center 2999 1870 25.0 6%
Pool
V 5:2 XIANG HONGYI 159 - U 147 Mid-South Fencers' Club 1910 1845 158.1 47%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Kyle 104 - C19 25 2840 2004 36.6 11%
Pool
D 1:5 ZHU Wilson 6 6 A19 71 LA International Fencing / Yang Fencing Club 3169 1967 13.9 4%

2019 Equinox Epee

Y-14 Mixed Épée U, Y14 March 9, 2019

Place 3 of 7 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating E19 Heartland Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:2 RASMUSSEN Jack 6 - U 3 Heartland Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 2:1 O'HAGAN Benedict 3 - U 5 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 2500 2079 424.5 37%
Pool
D 4:5 CASTLE Aaron 1 - C19 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2428 2504 382.5 53%
Pool
D 2:5 MORGAN Cooper 4 - U 2 Lincoln Fencing Club 1944 2121 289.1 58%
Pool
D 4:5 CARLSON Ava 5 - U 7 Central Iowa Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 WISE Weston 7 - U 6 Red Door Fencing 1356 1832 110.7 70%
T8
V 15:2 O'HAGAN Benedict 3 - U 5 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T4
D 8:15 CASTLE Aaron 1 - C19 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2690 2921 486.5 59%