Mark McDonald

1969

South Denver Fencing Academy

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 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%

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

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 2 8 - - - 10
Easy wins as % of wins 28.6% 40.0% 0.0% - - 35.7%
Close wins‡ 1 4 - - - 5
Close wins as % of all wins 14.3% 20.0% 0.0% - - 17.9%
Close losses‡ 4 5 - - - 9
Close losses as % of all losses 57.1% 41.7% 0.0% - - 37.5%
Big losses† - 4 2 - - 6
Big losses as % of all losses 0.0% 33.3% 40.0% - - 25.0%

† 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.

Bouts with Time Expired

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - 1 - - - 1
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% 5.0% 0.0% - - 3.6%
Losses - 1 - - - 1
Losses as % of all losses 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% - - 4.2%
Total - 2 - - - 2
Total as % of all bouts 0.0% 6.2% 0.0% - - 3.8%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 2 5 1 - - 8
Tournaments 2 4 1 - - 7

Competition History

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

Veteran Men's Épée (E1, VET), October 1, 2023
Place 7, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E23, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 BARANOWSKI Philip 7 E21 5 Denver Fencing Center 2158 1825 35.0 31%
Pool L 3:5 KENT IV David 2 C22 1 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Denver Fencing Center 1932 1790 46.1 41%
Pool W 5:4 BOYCE David 10 U 8 Texas Fencing Academy 1564 1744 33.6 59%
Pool L 2:5 WHITESIDES Scott M. 3 C22 3 Wasatch Fencing 2063 1778 33.5 33%
T16 W 10:2 BLANCHARD Timothy 9 U 10 Front Range Fencing Club 908 1836 28.3 90%
T8 L 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, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating E23, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 NOFZIGER Bennett 6 D23 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 1695 1843 65.1 59%
Pool L 4:5 PETERSON Matthew 4 C22 1 South Denver Fencing Academy 2178 1908 50.0 34%
Pool W 5:3 SAWYER Carter 21 U 15 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 1904 1858 57.0 48%
Pool L 3:5 MILEY Walker 13 E23 7 Northern Colorado Fencers 1613 1915 89.8 68%
Pool W 5:3 STOY Sophia 19 U 23 Denver Fencing Center
T32 W 15:8 STOY Sophia 19 U 23 Denver Fencing Center
T16 W 15:10 ZHU Riley 18 U 9 Denver Fencing Center
T8 L 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, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating E23, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 NOFZIGER Bennett 1 D23 1 South Denver Fencing Academy 1650 1777 125.8 58%
Pool W 5:0 MARQUEZ Jeremy 11 U 10 2500 1651 101.6 21%
Pool W 5:2 PREHEIM Jack 16 U 7 Denver Fencing Center 1474 1753 61.7 66%
Pool W 5:1 EMERSON Zachary 15 U 16 Denver Fencing Center 1137 1815 28.5 85%
Pool W 5:2 PEARSON Arwa 7 E23 8 Front Range Fencing Club
T16 L 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, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 TIBBLES Nolan 4 U 11 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1143 1578 87.2 70%
Pool L 3:5 TIBBETTS Johnathan 3 E20 7 Denver Fencing Center 2137 1665 79.5 25%
Pool W 5:4 WELCH Bryant 10 U 5 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1764 1585 159.7 40%
Pool W 5:2 NUTTYCOMBE Erasmus 9 U 13 Northern Colorado Fencers 913 1745 32.1 87%
T16 W 15:2 TIBBLES Nolan 4 U 11 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1807 1753 152.8 48%
T8 W 15:10 WELCH Bryant 10 U 5 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1582 1906 108.8 66%
T4 L 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, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating U, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 SUN Neo 8 U 12 South Denver Fencing Academy 530 1901 24.4 96%
Pool L 1:5 MILEY Walker 4 E22 2 Northern Colorado Fencers 1409 1925 347.7 75%
Pool W 5:4 SYKES Elynor 3 D22 5 Northern Colorado Fencers
Pool W 5:0 MARTINEZ Alejandra 10 U 14 Front Range Fencing Club
T16 W 15:9 SUN Neo 8 U 12 South Denver Fencing Academy 1145 1947 101.6 82%
T8 W 15:12 SYKES Elynor 3 D22 5 Northern Colorado Fencers
T4 L 11:15 NOFZIGER Bennett 7 E22 1 South Denver Fencing Academy 1852 2048 295.6 60%

D & Under Senior Epee/Foil

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), January 14, 2023
Place 12, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ARMSTRONG Elijah 3 E23 7 South Denver Fencing Academy 1512 1369 135.4 42%
Pool W 4:3 SUN Neo 10 U 14 South Denver Fencing Academy 443 1234 41.3 87%
Pool L 0:5 NOFZIGER Bennett 4 E23 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 1614 1275 81.7 31%
Pool L 3:5 BARLOW Jason P. 15 U 6 South Denver Fencing Academy 1425 1193 81.3 37%
T16 L 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, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 WELCH Bryant 1 U 3 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1905 2500 315.8 72%
Pool W 5:2 PREHEIM Jack 8 U 3 Denver Fencing Center 1659 2816 108.0 88%
Pool L 4:5 MILEY Walker 4 U 5 Northern Colorado Fencers 1324 2924 1023.0 97%
Pool W 5:2 SHADE Nadine 9 U 8 Northern Colorado Fencers
T8 W 15:8 FOX Alexander 2 U 7 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1217 2500 144.3 88%
T4 W 15:8 WELCH Bryant 1 U 3 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1466 2644 130.5 87%
T2 L 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, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, South Denver Fencing Academy
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 NIEMIEC Mark 9 U 8 1552 2500 863.8 80%
Pool L 3:5 MCDONALD Connor 11 U 7 South Denver Fencing Academy 1004 1636 593.5 76%
Pool W 5:3 FREDEN Matthew A. 1 D18 9 University Of Colorado Boulder Club 1856 1043 460.7 15%
Pool L 1:5 LIU Xiang 8 U 6 South Denver Fencing Academy 1719 1503 134.3 39%
Pool L 2:5 ROLOFF Katarina M. 4 E20 5 South Denver Fencing Academy
T16 L 3:15 ARMSTRONG Elijah 10 U 3 South Denver Fencing Academy 1591 2500 932.3 81%