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Statistics Profile

Kiah Root-Thompson

2007
Profencing
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 12 7 - 19
Losses - - 40 14 - 54
Win ratio - - 23.1% 33.3% - 26.0%
Pool victories - - 10 5 - 15
Pool losses - - 33 11 - 44
Pool win ratio - - 23.3% 31.2% - 25.4%
DE victories - - 2 2 - 4
DE losses - - 7 3 - 10
DE win ratio - - 22.2% 40.0% - 28.6%

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† - - 7 5 - 12
Easy wins % - - 58.3% 71.4% - 63.2%
Close wins‡ - - 1 - - 1
Close wins % - - 8.3% 0.0% - 5.3%
Close losses‡ - - 5 4 - 9
Close losses % - - 12.5% 28.6% - 16.7%
Big losses† - - 23 6 - 29
Big losses % - - 57.5% 42.9% - 53.7%

† 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 - - 8 3 - 11
Tournaments - - 8 3 - 11

Competition history

11 competitions, 73 bouts

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Foil C3, DV3 July 8, 2024

Place 203 of 238 Seed 207 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 METZ Mason 137 - E24 90 1750 1272 13.4 22%
Pool
D 4:5 GREEN Zachary J. 74 - D24 126 Bay Regional Fencing Alliance 2002 1258 7.5 12%
Pool
D 0:5 WAKEHAM Paul 144 - E24 82 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1758 1251 12.2 20%
Pool
D 0:5 FLANAGAN Miles 67 - D24 42 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1649 1239 14.3 25%
Pool
V 5:1 BLACK John 214 - U 229 The Fencers Academy 614 1224 9.5 84%
Pool
D 0:5 SRINIVASAN Vedant 4 - C24 40 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 2154 1234 4.5 7%

Denison-Curn Open

Senior Men's Foil A2, SNR June 8, 2024

Place 27 of 27 Seed 25 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 WOJCIECHOWSKI Matthew N. 5 - B24 9 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2566 1297 1.8 2%
Pool
D 0:5 MAVANI Krishna 17 - D24 8 Renaissance Fencing Club 1700 1295 15.9 25%
Pool
D 0:5 KABARITI Karim 16 - D24 19 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2169 1279 6.1 9%
Pool
D 0:5 CHAN Matthew 6 - B24 6 2562 1273 1.6 2%
T32
D 6:15 ABRAMKIN Tim 21 - E24 12 Star Fencing Academy 1823 1432 57.7 28%

2024 Bautista Memorial OPEN

Senior Mixed Foil A2, SNR May 11, 2024

Place 25 of 35 Seed 28 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 COPELAND Nigel 13 - C24 15 Cyranos Place 1885 1327 12.5 18%
Pool
D 0:5 BLAKEMAN Michael J. 19 - C23 10 2538 1315 2.3 3%
Pool
D 3:5 PALMA Matthew Dominic 8 - B22 13 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2539 1312 2.1 2%
Pool
D 4:5 CHAVEZ Morgan 23 - E23 19 OCH Tamale Fencing 1869 1310 12.2 20%
Pool
D 0:5 BURTE Alexander J. 3 - A20 11 Queen City Fencers Club LLC / Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2765 1298 0.9 1%
Pool
V 5:0 GEYGAN Rory 31 - U 35 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club - - - -
T32
D 10:15 WOJCIECHOWSKI Matthew 20 - C21 2 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2695 1442 9.6 3%

Columbus Division II/III Qualifier

Div II Men's Foil E1, DV2 April 20, 2024

Place 7 of 12 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 DELA CRUZ Lorenzo 11 - U 10 Profencing 1155 1340 41.1 61%
Pool
V 5:0 HUGHES Evan 8 - U 12 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 824 1299 15.7 76%
Pool
D 2:5 AMRINE JR Terry L. 3 - D22 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc / Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2077 1315 8.6 11%
Pool
D 3:5 WOJCIECHOWSKI Matthew 2 - C21 1 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2551 1306 2.2 2%
Pool
V 5:1 KAKARLA Vahin 12 - U 6 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1098 1304 22.9 62%
T16
V 15:4 DELA CRUZ Lorenzo 11 - U 10 Profencing 1183 1373 81.4 60%
T8
D 7:15 WOJCIECHOWSKI Matthew 2 - C21 1 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2631 1454 12.4 4%

Ohio High School Championship

Junior Men's Foil D1, JNR March 16, 2024

Place 5 of 17 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 ALLEN Henry 1 - B24 1 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 2358 1256 4.2 4%
Pool
V 5:2 KLECKNER Shane 7 - U 10 Rocky River High School Club 1354 1252 40.5 44%
Pool
V 5:0 COPLIN Tommy 13 - U 16 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 749 1292 15.1 75%
Pool
V 5:4 SEABLOOM Jack 6 - U 11 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 690 1308 13.3 82%
Pool
V 5:2 MCNEILL Alistair 10 - U 13 Wadsworth Fencing Club 979 1321 19.6 68%
T16
V 15:2 HAAS Zane 4 - E23 12 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 1126 1348 101.7 62%
T8
D 8:15 DUNLAP Ian 2 - C24 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 1831 1449 76.2 29%

IFC 2024 Winter Classic

Senior Mixed Foil B1, SNR January 21, 2024

Place 20 of 22 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 JAMES John 15 - U 17 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1161 1368 54.4 62%
Pool
D 0:5 BOYKO Miles 7 - C23 3 The fencers academy / Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2219 1313 8.1 7%
Pool
D 1:5 CHAN Matthew 2 - B22 3 2517 1305 3.3 3%
Pool
D 3:5 HOLLIDAY Christopher Mansfield-Scott 20 - U 8 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1611 1302 26.7 31%
Pool
D 3:5 HICKEY Connor 11 - E23 14 Queen City Fencers Club LLC 1755 1275 19.1 22%
T32
D 12:15 LAKAS Darius 21 - U 13 Illinois Fencing Academy 1357 1524 176.5 58%

Escrime d'Halloween RYC/RJCC

Junior Men's Foil B2, JNR October 21, 2023

Place 41 of 47 Seed 46 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 FORTUNE Alexander J. 2 - B23 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2780 1279 1.9 1%
Pool
V 5:3 DHOKTE Neev 44 - U 25 Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing 1682 1277 93.5 26%
Pool
D 3:5 ATKINSON JOSIAH 22 - E23 42 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1623 1371 38.0 35%
Pool
D 1:5 PALMA Nathan Anthony 8 - C23 15 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc / Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2117 1333 13.4 11%
Pool
V 5:3 SUN Henry 33 - E23 36 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1644 1320 73.3 30%
Pool
D 1:5 ARAVINDAKSHA Ayaan 17 - D23 22 Renaissance Fencing Club 1812 1393 25.2 25%
T64
D 5:15 DHOKTE Neev 44 - U 25 Epic Fencing Club / SCAD- Atlanta Fencing 1995 1653 128.8 32%

OSU Open

Men's Foil A2 September 30, 2023

Place 45 of 46 Seed 43 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 TAMIYA Masao 41 - U 40 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 1684 1345 42.0 30%
Pool
D 0:5 ROSE Ben 1 - A23 15 Apex Fencing Academy / AIC Fencing Club 2770 1303 2.3 1%
Pool
D 0:5 SANTOS Carlos R. 28 - C21 23 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2176 1301 13.5 8%
Pool
D 0:5 CLAYPOOL Conner 29 - D23 24 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. 2417 1288 7.0 4%
Pool
D 1:5 FREEDMAN Samuel E. 15 - A21 18 The Ohio State University Ncaa 2942 1281 1.0 < 1%
Pool
D 2:5 AYUPOV Ilya 14 - A21 6 The Ohio State University Ncaa / United Fencing Academy 3211 1280 0.3 < 1%
T64
D 2:15 CHENG Nathan 19 - B22 21 The Ohio State University Ncaa 2837 1686 33.2 6%

Denison-Curn Open

Men's Foil B1 June 10, 2023

Place 13 of 20 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 WILSON Kirk 20 - U 20 Corsair Fencing Club 844 1376 45.2 77%
Pool
D 0:5 ALLEN Henry 1 - B23 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 2159 1421 28.4 13%
Pool
D 4:5 ZHAO Zhiyong 12 - E22 3 Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club 2078 1393 29.9 15%
Pool
D 2:5 COPELAND Nigel 7 - D23 5 Cyranos Place 1837 1363 41.6 23%
Pool
D 0:5 GNEUHS Sam 6 - C22 6 1829 1322 36.5 22%
Pool
V 5:1 BOWERS Gregory 14 - U 18 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 1165 1285 60.3 57%
T32
V 15:1 WILSON Kirk 20 - U 20 Corsair Fencing Club 1675 1545 269.5 45%
T16
D 9:15 ALLEN Henry 1 - B23 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 2348 1814 128.1 24%

Cyrano's 3-weapon D2 and Y10/12

Div II Mixed Foil E1, DV2 May 6, 2023

Place 7 of 12 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 PARA Akshaya 6 - U 3 Profencing - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 LINDOW Connor 10 - U 6 Shaker Heights Fencing Club 1538 1226 111.8 33%
Pool
V 5:3 SELJAN Matt 3 - E23 2 Cyranos Place 1745 1114 257.1 19%
Pool
V 5:1 VAN RAALTEN Harry 7 - U 12 Cyranos Place 1269 1372 87.2 55%
Pool
D 4:5 KARAMAGA Ganza 2 - E23 9 Western Reserve Academy 1643 1459 82.6 40%
T16
V 15:3 LOWTHER Imogen 5 - E22 10 Shaker Heights - - - -
T8
D 13:15 HOCK Andrew 4 - E22 1 Profencing 2386 1695 149.9 24%

Escrime d'Halloween RYC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Foil C2, CDT October 16, 2022

Place 23 of 32 Seed 31 Not ranked Rating U Profencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 BIESIADA Jan 13 - E22 12 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 1522 2500 1005.2 83%
Pool
D 3:5 MAVANI Krishna 21 - U 19 Renaissance Fencing Club 1553 1495 301.2 47%
Pool
D 1:5 TSAO Lukas 3 - C22 3 Renaissance Fencing Club 2304 1194 45.6 7%
Pool
D 0:5 FU Steven 8 - D22 11 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1782 1148 97.6 20%
Pool
V 5:2 WANG DAVID 16 - U 29 1079 1051 175.7 49%
T32
D 4:15 FU Steven 8 - D22 11 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1899 2500 805.5 72%