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Statistics Profile

James Connell

1964
Masters Fencing Academy NJ Forte Fencing Club (NJ)
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 2 2
Losses - - - - 38 38
Win ratio - - - - 5.0% 5.0%
Pool victories - - - - 1 1
Pool losses - - - - 31 31
Pool win ratio - - - - 3.1% 3.1%
DE victories - - - - 1 1
DE losses - - - - 7 7
DE win ratio - - - - 12.5% 12.5%

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† - - - - 1 1
Easy wins % - - - - 50.0% 50.0%
Close wins‡ - - - - - -
Close wins % - - - - 0.0% 0.0%
Close losses‡ - - - - - -
Close losses % - - - - 0.0% 0.0%
Big losses† - - - - 34 34
Big losses % - - - - 89.5% 89.5%

† 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 - - - - 7 7
Tournaments - - - - 6 6

Competition history

7 competitions, 40 bouts

Morris Cup Veteran Series 3

Veteran Mixed Épée U, VET June 26, 2022

Place 3 of 3 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Masters Fencing Academy NJ / Forte Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ROLANDO Doc 1 - D21 1 Masters Fencing Academy NJ 2416 2500 571.3 53%
Pool
D 3:5 MAHMOUD Hanfi M. 3 - U 2 Morris Fencing Club 1660 1929 432.9 62%
T4
D 3:10 MAHMOUD Hanfi M. 3 - U 2 Morris Fencing Club 1750 2500 742.3 74%

Morris Cup Veteran Series 3

Veteran Mixed Foil A1, VET June 26, 2022

Place 13 of 15 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating U Masters Fencing Academy NJ / Forte Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 STURGIS Bruce T. 6 - C21 6 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 2419 956 5.5 2%
Pool
V 5:1 SPILBERG Michael 15 - U 14 Durkan Fencing Academy 1299 951 150.6 31%
Pool
D 1:5 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 7 - C19 10 Morris Fencing Club 2359 1101 8.1 3%
Pool
D 0:5 PIMOUTKINE Roustam R. 1 - A22 5 Fencers Club Inc. 3130 1093 0.4 < 1%
T16
D 2:10 STURGIS Bruce T. 6 - C21 6 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 2210 1794 118.3 29%

Morris Cup Veteran Series 2

Veteran Mixed Foil A1, VET May 29, 2022

Place 16 of 17 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Masters Fencing Academy NJ / Forte Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PIMOUTKINE Roustam R. 3 - A19 1 Fencers Club Inc. 3202 964 0.2 < 1%
Pool
D 0:5 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 9 - C19 9 Morris Fencing Club 2348 964 7.1 2%
Pool
D 3:5 HUEY Sharone A. 11 - C18 12 Brooklyn Fencing Center - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 LAWRENCE John W. 4 - A19 6 Durkan Fencing Academy 2913 957 0.8 < 1%
T32
V 10:7 SPILBERG Michael 17 - U 17 Durkan Fencing Academy 1692 1570 260.1 45%
T16
D 1:10 FELDMAN Adam 5 - A18 5 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 2984 1830 35.7 6%

Morris Cup Veteran Series 1

Veteran Men's Foil E1, VET May 1, 2022

Place 12 of 13 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating U Masters Fencing Academy / Forte Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 LAWRENCE John 2 - A18 1 Durkan Fencing Academy 2876 1019 1.7 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 DORFMAN Mitchell 6 - C19 8 Morris Fencing Club 2386 1017 8.9 2%
Pool
D 0:5 STURGIS Bruce 5 - C21 6 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy / Berks County Fencing Club 2407 1008 8.0 2%
Pool
D 2:5 MILLHISER Richard 10 - U 10 Manchen Academy Of Fencing 1939 1000 27.7 10%
Pool
D 0:5 MCCARTHY Dan 4 - B18 5 The Phoenix Center 2331 972 8.0 2%
T16
D 0:10 MCCARTHY Dan 4 - B18 5 The Phoenix Center 2806 1624 54.8 8%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Foil A2, V50 July 3, 2019

Place 40 of 40 Seed 39 Not ranked Rating U WangLei Fencing Club Morris / Forte Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 FOELLMER Oliver K. 4 4 B18 3 LA International Fencing 2956 1213 4.9 1%
Pool
D 0:5 GRAJALES Nestor L. 15 17 C19 21 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club 3243 1208 1.7 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 CROSTHWAITE John T. 33 32 U 32 San Diego Fencing Center 1195 1206 151.1 51%
Pool
D 0:5 HENSLEY Todd 21 - C18 12 Out Of Nowhere Fencing Club 2295 1055 17.4 5%
Pool
D 1:5 GALLUCH Peter G. 28 31 E18 26 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 2178 1038 18.7 5%
Pool
D 0:5 GRANDBOIS Peter R. 9 16 A16 5 Denison University Fencing Club / Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 3398 1019 0.3 < 1%
T64
D 2:10 GRISWOLD Doug 26 23 E18 25 Apex Fencing Academy 2163 1893 268.4 38%

Mr. Mac Cup 2019

Senior Men's Foil A1, SNR June 1, 2019

Place 23 of 23 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating U WangLei Fencing Club Morris / Forte Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 KATAYAMA Kevin 3 - A19 2 Premier Fencing Club 3554 1300 0.9 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 BARLETTA Joseph 6 - B18 7 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3157 1299 3.9 1%
Pool
D 1:5 BOOTSMA Shane-Anson 18 - D18 17 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2230 1296 46.7 10%
Pool
D 1:5 COTLAR Andrew D. 14 - C17 16 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West / Manchen Academy of Fencing 2328 1249 32.7 8%
Pool
D 0:5 VANNI Filippo A. 11 - C19 3 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 3008 1216 3.5 1%
T32
D 3:15 KIM Nicholas W. 1 - A19 11 Top Fencing Club 3661 1921 28.2 2%

Premier Challenge ROC DIV1A/DIV2

Div II Men's Foil C2, DV2 February 23, 2019

Place 52 of 54 Seed 46 Not ranked Rating U WangLei Fencing Club Morris / Forte Fencing Foundation

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 LE Vyn A. 3 - C18 13 Premier Fencing Club 2188 2500 675.0 62%
Pool
D 1:5 COLARUSSO Michael A. 35 - E18 38 Masters Fencing Academy NJ 2650 1825 134.1 18%
Pool
D 0:5 COSTELLO Chaissen F. 14 - D19 17 Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club 2745 1691 72.9 10%
Pool
D 1:5 GRASSIE James 50 - U 47 Hills Fencing Institute (h3) 1626 1618 244.7 50%
Pool
D 0:5 HILMER Michael 30 - E19 21 Fencers School of Connecticut 2464 1373 45.2 9%
Pool
D 2:5 TSAI Max W. 20 - D18 18 Moe Fencing Club Llc 2550 1328 27.8 5%
T64
D 4:15 CORTIZAS John (Jack) 10 - C17 11 Boston Fencing Club 2312 2500 579.0 57%