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Mark McDonald

1969
South Denver Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 7 20 1 28
Losses - - 7 12 5 24
Win ratio - - 50.0% 62.5% 16.7% 53.8%
Pool victories - - 4 14 1 19
Pool losses - - 5 7 4 16
Pool win ratio - - 44.4% 66.7% 20.0% 54.3%
DE victories - - 3 6 - 9
DE losses - - 2 5 1 8
DE win ratio - - 60.0% 54.5% 0.0% 52.9%

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† - - 2 8 - 10
Easy wins % - - 28.6% 40.0% 0.0% 35.7%
Close wins‡ - - 1 4 - 5
Close wins % - - 14.3% 20.0% 0.0% 17.9%
Close losses‡ - - 4 5 - 9
Close losses % - - 57.1% 41.7% 0.0% 37.5%
Big losses† - - - 4 2 6
Big losses % - - 0.0% 33.3% 40.0% 25.0%

† 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
Victories % - - 0.0% 5.0% 0.0% 3.6%
Losses - - - 1 - 1
Losses % - - 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 4.2%
Total - - - 2 - 2
Total % - - 0.0% 6.2% 0.0% 3.8%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - 2 5 1 8
Tournaments - - 2 4 1 7

Competition history

8 competitions, 52 bouts

Air Force ROC (DV1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC

Veteran Men's Épée E1, VET October 1, 2023

Place 7 of 10 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23 South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 BARANOWSKI Philip 7 - E21 5 Denver Fencing Center 2158 1825 35.0 31%
Pool
D 3:5 KENT IV David 2 - C22 1 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Denver Fencing Center 1932 1790 46.1 41%
Pool
V 5:4 BOYCE David 10 - U 8 Texas Fencing Academy 1564 1744 33.6 59%
Pool
D 2:5 WHITESIDES Scott M. 3 - C22 3 Wasatch Fencing 2063 1778 33.6 33%
T16
V 10:2 BLANCHARD Timothy 9 - U 10 Front Range Fencing Club 908 1836 28.3 90%
T8
D 8:10 GORMLEY Robert 4 - D23 2 Denver Fencing Center / Tidewater Fencing Club 2466 1864 47.6 20%

C & Under Epee/Foil

Div II Mixed Épée C2, DV2 September 23, 2023

Place 8 of 27 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating E23 South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 NOFZIGER Bennett 6 - D23 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 1696 1843 65.1 59%
Pool
D 4:5 PETERSON Matthew 4 - C22 1 South Denver Fencing Academy 2178 1908 50.0 34%
Pool
V 5:3 SAWYER Carter 21 - U 15 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 1904 1858 57.0 48%
Pool
D 3:5 MILEY Walker 13 - E23 7 Northern Colorado Fencers 1614 1915 89.8 68%
Pool
V 5:3 STOY Sophia 19 - U 23 Denver Fencing Center - - - -
T32
V 15:8 STOY Sophia 19 - U 23 Denver Fencing Center - - - -
T16
V 15:10 ZHU Riley 18 - U 9 Denver Fencing Center - - - -
T8
D 13:15 KENT IV David 3 - C22 3 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Denver Fencing Center 2088 1953 116.9 42%

3 Weapon D & Under

Div III Mixed Épée D1, DV3 March 25, 2023

Place 9 of 16 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating E23 South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 NOFZIGER Bennett 1 - D23 1 South Denver Fencing Academy 1650 1777 125.8 58%
Pool
V 5:0 MARQUEZ Jeremy 11 - U 10 2500 1651 101.6 21%
Pool
V 5:2 PREHEIM Jack 16 - U 7 Denver Fencing Center 1474 1753 61.7 66%
Pool
V 5:1 EMERSON Zachary 15 - U 16 Denver Fencing Center 1137 1815 28.5 85%
Pool
V 5:2 PEARSON Arwa 7 - E23 8 Front Range Fencing Club - - - -
T16
D 14:15 PEARSON Arwa 7 - E23 8 Front Range Fencing Club - - - -

E & Under 3 Weapon

E & Under Men's Épée E1, E February 3, 2023

Place 3 of 15 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating U South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 TIBBLES Nolan 4 - U 11 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1143 1578 87.2 70%
Pool
D 3:5 TIBBETTS Johnathan 3 - E20 7 Denver Fencing Center 2137 1665 79.5 25%
Pool
V 5:4 WELCH Bryant 10 - U 5 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1765 1585 159.7 40%
Pool
V 5:2 NUTTYCOMBE Erasmus 9 - U 13 Northern Colorado Fencers 913 1745 32.1 87%
T16
V 15:2 TIBBLES Nolan 4 - U 11 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1807 1753 152.8 48%
T8
V 15:10 WELCH Bryant 10 - U 5 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1582 1906 108.8 66%
T4
D 14:15 GORMLEY Robert 11 - U 1 Denver Fencing Center / Tidewater Fencing Club 2635 2015 62.0 23%

D & Under Senior Epee/Foil

Div III Mixed Épée D1, DV3 January 14, 2023

Place 3 of 15 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating U South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 SUN Neo 8 - U 12 South Denver Fencing Academy 530 1901 24.4 96%
Pool
D 1:5 MILEY Walker 4 - E22 2 Northern Colorado Fencers 1409 1925 347.7 75%
Pool
V 5:4 SYKES Elynor 3 - D22 5 Northern Colorado Fencers - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 MARTINEZ Alejandra 10 - U 14 Front Range Fencing Club - - - -
T16
V 15:9 SUN Neo 8 - U 12 South Denver Fencing Academy 1145 1947 101.6 82%
T8
V 15:12 SYKES Elynor 3 - D22 5 Northern Colorado Fencers - - - -
T4
D 11:15 NOFZIGER Bennett 7 - E22 1 South Denver Fencing Academy 1853 2048 295.5 60%

D & Under Senior Epee/Foil

Div III Mixed Foil D1, DV3 January 14, 2023

Place 12 of 15 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ARMSTRONG Elijah 3 - E23 7 South Denver Fencing Academy 1512 1369 135.4 42%
Pool
V 4:3 SUN Neo 10 - U 14 South Denver Fencing Academy 443 1234 41.3 87%
Pool
D 0:5 NOFZIGER Bennett 4 - E23 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 1614 1275 81.7 31%
Pool
D 3:5 BARLOW Jason P. 15 - U 6 South Denver Fencing Academy 1425 1193 81.3 37%
T16
D 3:15 MCDONALD Connor 1 - D23 5 South Denver Fencing Academy 1539 1568 336.5 51%

Unrated Senior Epee/Foil

Unrated Mixed Épée E1, U November 20, 2022

Place 2 of 9 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 WELCH Bryant 1 - U 3 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1905 2500 315.8 72%
Pool
V 5:2 PREHEIM Jack 8 - U 3 Denver Fencing Center 1659 2816 108.0 88%
Pool
D 4:5 MILEY Walker 4 - U 5 Northern Colorado Fencers 1324 2924 1023.0 97%
Pool
V 5:2 SHADE Nadine 9 - U 8 Northern Colorado Fencers - - - -
T8
V 15:8 FOX Alexander 2 - U 7 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1217 2500 144.3 88%
T4
V 15:8 WELCH Bryant 1 - U 3 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1466 2644 130.5 87%
T2
D 13:14 SKUBIC Wyatt 3 - U 1 Northern Colorado Fencers 1549 2775 827.9 90%

D & Under - 3 Weapon

Div III Mixed Foil E1, DV3 February 27, 2022

Place 10 of 11 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U South Denver Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 NIEMIEC Mark 9 - U 8 1552 2500 863.8 80%
Pool
D 3:5 MCDONALD Connor 11 - U 7 South Denver Fencing Academy 1004 1636 593.5 76%
Pool
V 5:3 FREDEN Matthew A. 1 - D18 9 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1856 1043 460.7 15%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Xiang 8 - U 6 South Denver Fencing Academy 1719 1503 134.3 39%
Pool
D 2:5 ROLOFF Katarina M. 4 - E20 5 South Denver Fencing Academy - - - -
T16
D 3:15 ARMSTRONG Elijah 10 - U 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 1591 2500 932.3 81%