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Statistics Profile

Jay Kelbley

1967
West Michigan Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 1 3 2 - 6
Losses - 5 5 17 7 34
Win ratio - 16.7% 37.5% 10.5% 0.0% 15.0%
Pool victories - 1 2 2 - 5
Pool losses - 4 4 16 6 30
Pool win ratio - 20.0% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 14.3%
DE victories - - 1 - - 1
DE losses - 1 1 1 1 4
DE win ratio - 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0%

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 % - 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% - 16.7%
Close wins‡ - - - - - -
Close wins % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0%
Close losses‡ - - 1 3 1 5
Close losses % - 0.0% 20.0% 17.6% 14.3% 14.7%
Big losses† - 2 1 7 4 14
Big losses % - 40.0% 20.0% 41.2% 57.1% 41.2%

† 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 - 1 1 3 1 6
Tournaments - 1 1 1 1 4

Competition history

6 competitions, 40 bouts

Root Beer Mug

E & Under Mixed Épée D1, E March 22, 2025

Place 26 of 30 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U West Michigan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 CASTELLI Marco 27 - U 1 University of Michigan Fencing Club 1919 1280 19.1 18%
Pool
D 1:5 CASS-CALAY Shannon 11 - U 12 Bay Regional Fencing Alliance - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 DEPAUW Adeline 2 - E24 6 Traverse City Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 PALACEK Anna 9 - U 28 Michigan State University Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 ABUSUNDUS Ahmed 21 - U 24 730 1261 76.7 78%
T32
D 3:15 DEPAUW Adeline 2 - E24 6 Traverse City Fencing Club - - - -

July Friday Night Fencing

Senior Mixed Épée B1, SNR July 19, 2024

Place 13 of 20 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating U West Michigan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MARCUS Peter Missing ID 7 - C22 3 Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 THOMAS Samuel 1 - B24 3 Fencing Club At Indiana University / Indianapolis Fencing Club 2693 1324 2.7 2%
Pool
D 4:5 REEN Stephen 12 - E23 11 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1550 1321 40.1 36%
Pool
V 5:3 DAWES Isabel 13 - U 18 Indianapolis Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 MOHOV Aleksey 6 - C23 1 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. 3055 1281 0.8 < 1%
Pool
V 5:2 DUTTON Kimberly 17 - U 20 - - - -
T32
V 15:8 DUTTON Kimberly 17 - U 20 - - - -
T16
D 6:15 HAUCK Samuel J. 5 - C24 5 Indianapolis Fencing Club 1958 1483 200.7 30%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Épée C3, DV3 July 7, 2023

Place 152 of 159 Seed 143 Not ranked Rating U West Michigan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PALAMARCHUK Matthew 42 - D23 42 Cardinal Fencing Academy 1888 1533 47.5 29%
Pool
D 3:5 BENFORD Kailan 51 - D22 87 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2294 1486 19.0 11%
Pool
D 4:5 FAN Joshua 88 - E23 97 Las Vegas Fencing Academy 1686 1467 51.6 37%
Pool
D 4:5 HU Robert J. 5 - C23 3 Medeo Fencing Club / Wanglei International Fencing Club 2130 1415 20.0 13%
Pool
D 2:5 JAIN Samyak 97 - E23 90 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 1779 1395 36.0 27%
Pool
D 4:5 BRUNDAGE Nevan 134 - U 87 DC Fencers Club 1711 1359 35.6 29%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Épée B3, DV2 July 5, 2023

Place 203 of 217 Seed 198 Not ranked Rating U West Michigan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 SNELL John B. 59 - C23 2 2500 1512 30.6 18%
Pool
D 1:5 JU Hanul 123 - D23 17 LA International Fencing 2079 1482 49.1 19%
Pool
V 5:3 SO Lorenzo 68 - C23 190 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / Fairfax Fencers LLC 2132 1433 213.1 15%
Pool
D 0:5 PRIHODKO Andrew 6 - B23 29 Vivo Fencing Club 2674 1646 15.0 6%
Pool
D 3:5 WEGENER Soren 134 - D23 200 Rain City Fencing Center / Salle Auriol Seattle 2010 1631 52.6 28%
Pool
D 2:5 GOESLING Jonathan 189 - E22 113 1955 1578 45.0 31%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-50 Men's Épée A2, V50 July 3, 2023

Place 45 of 51 Seed 51 Not ranked Rating U West Michigan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 PRIHODKO Andrew 19 - B23 11 Vivo Fencing Club 2516 1386 34.4 7%
Pool
D 1:5 HITCHCOCK David 14 49 A19 6 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2726 1352 16.3 3%
Pool
D 3:5 ELTERMAN Lev 35 43 D22 38 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2170 1336 53.0 12%
Pool
D 3:5 CHEN Steve 30 - C21 24 East Bay Fencers Gym 2222 1283 38.0 9%
Pool
V 5:3 REID Michael 45 63 U 50 Medeo Fencing Club 1874 1245 277.6 19%
Pool
D 0:5 GAINES Aaron 3 4 A23 3 No Fear Fencing / San Diego Fencing Center 2841 1522 9.7 3%
T64
D 3:10 CRANOR Erich L. 7 11 A23 25 Northwest Fencing Center 3378 1500 16.9 1%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Épée A4, V50 July 2, 2019

Place 74 of 76 Seed 69 Not ranked Rating U West Michigan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 KAUFMAN Joel H. 44 45 C19 32 East Bay Fencers Gym 2321 2500 615.4 57%
Pool
D 1:5 FRANK Fred 24 10 B18 23 Northwest Fencing Center 2726 1885 133.8 17%
Pool
D 4:5 GILLESPIE Jeremy W. 66 101 U 46 Loudoun International Fencing Club 1876 1751 262.3 44%
Pool
D 0:5 BALESTRACCI Chris 43 44 C17 15 Fencers School Of Connecticut 2681 1488 40.1 7%
Pool
D 2:5 DEUCHER Joseph H. 2 3 A19 12 DC Fencers Club / Red Rock Fencing Center 3341 1448 6.0 1%
Pool
D 2:5 BLANCHARD Aaron (Sam) S. 21 55 A15 47 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2395 1442 56.0 11%
T128
D 5:10 GAURIAT Olivier 55 - D18 56 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1230 2500 1000.3 87%