Kiah Root-Thompson

2007

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%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Easy wins† - - 7 5 - 12
Easy wins as % of wins - - 58.3% 71.4% - 63.2%
Close wins‡ - - 1 - - 1
Close wins as % of all wins - - 8.3% 0.0% - 5.3%
Close losses‡ - - 5 4 - 9
Close losses as % of all losses - - 12.5% 28.6% - 16.7%
Big losses† - - 23 6 - 29
Big losses as % of all losses - - 57.5% 42.9% - 53.7%

† 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

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events - - 8 3 - 11
Tournaments - - 8 3 - 11

Competition History

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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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 2168 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 Chance of
Victory
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 2538 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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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 1307 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 1347 101.7 61%
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 Chance of
Victory
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 1754 1275 19.1 22%
T32
D 12:15 LAKAS Darius 21 U 13 Illinois Fencing Academy 1357 1524 176.4 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 Chance of
Victory
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 1994 1653 129.0 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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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 2077 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 1321 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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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%