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Leonardo Cruz Zurita

2004
Candlewood Fencing Center
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 12 9 8 6 35
Losses - 12 18 19 19 68
Win ratio - 50.0% 33.3% 29.6% 24.0% 34.0%
Pool victories - 9 7 5 5 26
Pool losses - 10 14 15 16 55
Pool win ratio - 47.4% 33.3% 25.0% 23.8% 32.1%
DE victories - 3 2 3 1 9
DE losses - 2 4 4 3 13
DE win ratio - 60.0% 33.3% 42.9% 25.0% 40.9%

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† - 7 3 4 1 15
Easy wins % - 58.3% 33.3% 50.0% 16.7% 42.9%
Close wins‡ - - 3 2 2 7
Close wins % - 0.0% 33.3% 25.0% 33.3% 20.0%
Close losses‡ - 1 3 2 3 9
Close losses % - 8.3% 16.7% 10.5% 15.8% 13.2%
Big losses† - 6 8 10 13 37
Big losses % - 50.0% 44.4% 52.6% 68.4% 54.4%

† 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 - - - - - -
Victories % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Losses - - - - 1 1
Losses % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.3% 1.5%
Total - - - - 1 1
Total % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0% 1.0%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 3 4 4 4 15
Tournaments - 3 3 3 4 13

Competition history

15 competitions, 103 bouts

The Great Pumpkin

Unrated Men's Foil E1, U October 27, 2024

Place 1 of 9 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 KINSMAN Douglas 9 - U 7 Candlewood Fencing Center 773 1132 12.0 70%
Pool
V 5:2 HOWARD Mekai 8 - U 8 Shoreline Fencers Club 343 1144 5.1 90%
Pool
V 5:2 BOURNE Zane 3 - U 6 Shoreline Fencers Club 570 1149 8.1 81%
Pool
V 5:1 XIE Michael 6 - U 2 Nashville Elite Fencing Club 1029 1157 17.1 58%
Pool
V 5:3 GRESENS Jacob 2 - U 5 Marist Fencing Club / Capital District Fencing School 1209 1175 20.1 48%
Pool
V 5:2 RILEY Holden 4 - U 9 Marist Fencing Club / Sword In The Scroll Fencing Academy 613 1195 7.7 79%
Pool
V 5:1 STELTENKAMP Neal 7 - U 3 The Phoenix Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 1078 1202 15.0 57%
Pool
V 5:1 ARSHAD Mohsin 5 - U 3 Thames River Fencing Club 1381 1217 22.7 40%
T8
V 15:7 HOWARD Mekai 8 - U 8 Shoreline Fencers Club 1010 1382 34.8 70%
T4
V 15:7 STELTENKAMP Neal 7 - U 3 The Phoenix Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2718 1417 89.1 9%
T2
V 15:7 XIE Michael 6 - U 2 Nashville Elite Fencing Club 1565 1506 57.2 47%

October NAC

Div II Men's Foil B3, DV2 October 6, 2024

Place 171 of 211 Seed 211 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 POLLIO Benjamin 151 - E24 169 Iconic Fencing Club 1440 1127 33.1 30%
Pool
D 0:5 SORSAIA John 98 - D24 125 Freehold Fencing Academy 1419 1160 15.4 34%
Pool
D 2:5 VISHAWADIA Jaimin 36 - C24 48 2072 1145 3.7 6%
Pool
D 2:5 PEDERSEN Charles 160 - E24 133 Mission Fencing Center 1770 1141 7.5 15%
Pool
D 0:5 SHAPIRO Leon 27 - C24 3 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 2333 1134 1.6 2%
T256
D 7:15 TAM Kyle 128 - D24 94 Moe Fencing Club LLC 1487 1446 64.4 47%

Neil Lazar Div1/Div2/Veteran ROC

Div II Men's Foil C3, DV2 September 29, 2024

Place 77 of 79 Seed 74 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 HOLMES Alexiy 52 - E24 36 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1764 1214 10.5 18%
Pool
D 1:5 COSSROW Alex 45 - E24 57 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North 1484 1203 16.8 32%
Pool
D 1:5 KROLEWSKI Alexander 22 - D24 31 Worcester Fencing Club 1527 1187 14.9 29%
Pool
D 2:5 LAM Anthony 37 - D23 65 Future Stars Fencing 942 1172 31.0 64%
Pool
D 2:5 CHA James 65 - U 14 Top Fencing Club / Manhattan Fencing Center 1598 1141 11.5 23%
Pool
D 0:5 SMITH Grant D. 3 - C24 5 Massialas Foundation (m Team) 2281 1129 2.0 3%
T128
D 14:15 LIN Lucas 56 - E24 29 Future Stars Fencing 1651 1504 57.5 41%

Nutmeg State Games

E & Under Men's Foil D1, E July 27, 2024

Place 15 of 24 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 AMRANI David 6 - E23 7 Manhattan Fencing Center 1855 1208 9.8 15%
Pool
D 0:5 ARENBERG Owen 14 - U 3 Iconic Fencing Club 1461 1198 18.8 34%
Pool
D 3:5 KROLEWSKI Alexander 3 - E24 8 Worcester Fencing Club 1466 1179 18.4 32%
Pool
V 5:1 TESSMAN Henry 19 - U 12 Iconic Fencing Club / The Morgan School 1433 1161 37.1 33%
Pool
V 5:1 REITH Nathan 22 - U 23 Thames River Fencing Club 922 1198 15.8 65%
T32
V 15:12 CANAPARI Charles 20 - U 18 Guilford High School / Candlewood Fencing Center 1830 1447 107.9 30%
T16
D 10:15 ABRAMKIN Tim 2 - E24 2 Star Fencing Academy 1872 1555 50.7 31%

Candlewood Mayhem

Unrated Mixed Foil E1, U May 19, 2024

Place 2 of 6 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 BRATTAIN Trey 6 - U 3 Candlewood Fencing Center 898 1200 20.5 69%
Pool
D 3:5 DAO-CRESPO Joaquin 1 - E24 1 Candlewood Fencing 1161 1221 33.4 54%
Pool
V 5:0 HOWARD Mekai 2 - U 6 Shoreline Fencers Club 418 1188 8.3 86%
Pool
V 5:2 MATOS Julian 3 - U 3 642 1196 12.1 80%
Pool
V 5:4 HSIAO Jacqueline 4 - U 5 Fencers School of Connecticut / University of Rochester Fencing Club - - - -
T4
V 15:12 BRATTAIN Trey 6 - U 3 Candlewood Fencing Center 1065 1484 56.4 72%
T2
D 13:15 DAO-CRESPO Joaquin 1 - E24 1 Candlewood Fencing 1524 1540 93.7 51%

Jeff Wolfe Long Island Challenge ROC

Div I-A Men's Foil A2, D1A April 21, 2024

Place 51 of 58 Seed 58 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 NADOL Sam 54 - U 56 Fencers Club Inc. 1457 1176 48.6 33%
Pool
D 1:5 BAI Brian 35 - D23 38 Top Fencing Club 2101 1225 6.6 8%
Pool
D 1:5 YANG Dylan 20 - C24 35 Moe Fencing Club LLC 1954 1218 9.2 12%
Pool
D 0:5 CHO Xzander 41 - D23 8 Manhattan Fencing Center 2025 1209 7.5 9%
Pool
D 0:5 DESANDO Michael R. 2 - A23 6 Drew University NCAA / Mission Fencing Center 2914 1202 0.3 < 1%
Pool
D 2:5 STRAYER Andrew 17 - C24 11 Delaware Valley Fencers Club-PA 2718 1201 0.8 1%
T64
D 2:15 O'BRIEN Jack K. 25 - C23 18 Iconic Fencing Club / Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 3015 1488 4.0 1%

Jeff Wolfe Long Island Challenge ROC

Div II Men's Foil C2, DV2 April 20, 2024

Place 45 of 51 Seed 42 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 PEDERSEN Charles 27 - E24 29 Mission Fencing Center 1695 1289 22.1 26%
Pool
D 4:5 RUPP Keegan E. 47 - U 42 Queens Fencing Club LLC / Long Island Swordsmen 810 1267 60.9 76%
Pool
D 2:5 FENG Michael 6 - C23 3 Star Fencing Academy 2272 1206 4.4 4%
Pool
D 2:5 MUNDAHL Brandon 11 - D24 23 Drew University NCAA / Fencers Club Inc. 1754 1201 15.2 20%
Pool
D 1:5 BENTLEY Nick 25 - D22 18 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 1934 1186 9.8 12%
T64
D 13:15 DHANOA Kian 31 - E24 22 New Jersey Fencing Alliance 1564 1612 124.5 53%

Nutmeg State Games

E & Under Men's Foil D1, E July 15, 2023

Place 12 of 20 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center / Sacred Heart University

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 GRANADOS Luis 3 - E23 7 Candlewood Fencing Center 1669 1229 23.6 24%
Pool
D 1:5 GE Daniel 6 - E23 1 Star Fencing Academy 1952 1206 12.2 12%
Pool
V 5:2 FOTIYEV ALAN 15 - U 12 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC / Dynamo Fencing Center 2776 1194 77.4 4%
Pool
V 5:1 ARSHAD Mohsin 19 - U 20 Thames River Fencing Club 736 1271 17.8 78%
T32
V 15:7 ARSHAD Mohsin 19 - U 20 Thames River Fencing Club 1777 1515 129.4 39%
T16
D 9:15 BUCHAS Jamie 7 - E22 6 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2538 1644 31.7 11%

Nutmeg State Games

Senior Men's Foil C1, SNR July 15, 2023

Place 16 of 23 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center / Sacred Heart University

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 COPE Nathaniel 18 - U 9 Unattached 2054 1337 17.1 16%
Pool
D 1:5 GE Daniel 7 - E23 5 Star Fencing Academy 1940 1319 19.2 16%
Pool
D 4:5 MAYER Richard 2 - C23 18 2280 1300 8.0 6%
Pool
D 1:5 SCHURK Daniel 10 - E23 12 Fencers School of Connecticut / Silver City Fencing Club 1785 1292 23.1 22%
Pool
D 1:5 KISIEL Lucas 23 - U 19 University of Rhode Island Fencing Club 1256 1269 39.8 51%
T32
V 15:14 GUERTIN Matthew 8 - E23 17 Candlewood Fencing Center 1499 1467 163.0 48%
T16
D 4:15 GE Daniel 7 - E23 5 Star Fencing Academy 1887 1630 115.4 36%

Jeff Wolfe Long Island Challenge ROC 2023

Div II Men's Foil C2, DV2 April 29, 2023

Place 39 of 44 Seed 34 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 FENG Michael 11 - D23 8 Star Fencing Academy 1721 1426 45.9 32%
Pool
D 2:5 WANG Brian 16 - D22 9 Fencers Club Inc. 2115 1381 19.0 12%
Pool
V 5:3 MONTERROSO Sebastian 40 - U 40 Hills Fencing Institute (H3) 972 1362 35.0 73%
Pool
D 1:5 CHENG Austyn 42 - U 26 Mid-Island Fencing Academy / Future Stars Fencing & Sports Center 1569 1397 46.8 39%
Pool
D 1:5 WOODTHORPE Michael G. 3 - C23 20 Vivo Fencing Club 2168 1350 13.2 10%
T64
D 11:15 MONTALBINE Aidan 9 - D23 30 Drew University NCAA / Mission Fencing Center 2253 1546 78.9 17%

Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers

Senior Men's Foil D1, SNR March 19, 2023

Place 14 of 20 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center / Sacred Heart University

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 GRANADOS Luis 8 - U 5 Candlewood Fencing Center 1523 1491 117.2 48%
Pool
D 0:5 BLEIL Tyler 17 - U 6 Candlewood Fencing Center 1532 1374 88.0 41%
Pool
D 3:5 SULLIVAN Redmond 5 - E23 15 Fencers School of Connecticut / Silver City Fencing Club 1446 1286 74.8 41%
Pool
D 4:5 LOZADA RODRIGUEZ Gabriel 2 - D22 7 Enfield Fencing Club 1776 1211 37.9 20%
Pool
V 5:0 SAMMATARO Corey 11 - U 18 Binghamton University Fencing Club / Thames River Fencing Club 1564 1173 114.6 29%
Pool
V 5:1 SCHURK Daniel 15 - U 8 Unattached 2220 1288 138.4 11%
T32
V 15:14 KOPRESKI Lucas 9 - U 19 Candlewood Fencing Center 1432 1399 215.1 49%
T16
D 10:15 MAURI Gherardo 18 - U 4 Enfield Fencing Club / Manhattan Fencing Center 2500 1615 68.5 21%

FFA Spring Youth and Junior Gala

Junior Mixed Foil E1, JNR April 3, 2022

Place 6 of 7 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 NERI Stephen 6 - U 5 Candlewood Fencing Center 1291 1527 117.8 62%
Pool
D 2:5 GRANADOS Luis 4 - U 1 Candlewood Fencing Center 1619 1644 146.2 51%
Pool
V 5:0 BRENNAN Connor Missing ID 5 - U 2 Fairfield Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 FULIGNI Isabella 1 - E22 3 Fairfield Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 BELISTRI Isabella 2 - U 7 Fairfield Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 3:4 GECKELER James 7 - U 3 Fairfield Fencing Academy 3231 1498 6.9 2%
T8
D 12:15 GRANADOS Luis 4 - U 1 Candlewood Fencing Center 1721 1681 282.0 48%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Cadet Men's Foil A4, CDT July 3, 2021

Place 237 of 273 Seed 241 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 JI Aidan Y. 163 - D21 83 Culver Military Academy / Fencing Center Of Chicago 2371 1415 60.2 10%
Pool
D 0:5 BRUK Peter J. 81 101 C20 30 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2898 1355 12.8 2%
Pool
D 2:5 LUH Ethan K. 161 - D21 117 Maximum Fencing Club 2703 1342 19.8 3%
Pool
D 0:5 XIAO Ethan J. 1 5 A21 7 Birmingham Fencing Club 3430 1322 1.6 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 LI Owen 80 100 B21 109 2931 1320 9.0 1%
Pool
V 5:3 SPAULDING Wilson 240 - U 262 Still Point Fencing 1646 1311 215.2 35%

WAY Foil Y8, 10, 12, 14 + Mixed Open

Mixed Foil D1 April 11, 2021

Place 15 of 18 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 GRANADOS Luis 18 - U 11 Candlewood Fencing Center 1556 1700 284.8 56%
Pool
D 1:5 MEYER Claudia 3 - E20 8 Way Of The Sword - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Sophia 4 - E19 6 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 UNGERER Frieda 11 - U 7 Way Of The Sword - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 SULLIVAN Redmond 7 - U 17 Fencers School Of Ct / Daniel Hand High School - - - -
T32
V 15:12 CARON Josie 17 - U 18 Way Of The Sword / Way Of The Sword - - - -
T16
D 5:15 PITERBARG Maxim 5 - E19 1 Fairfield Fencing Academy 2187 2079 398.1 45%

TMFC - Open & Cadet Foil

Senior Mixed Foil A2, SNR March 27, 2021

Place 23 of 25 Seed 25 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 LINALDI Alberto 9 - B17 8 Way Of The Sword 2932 2500 335.4 36%
Pool
D 4:5 ACHILOVA Feyza 14 - C20 13 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 BROWN Alexander R. 18 - D20 18 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy / Montclair HS 2221 2165 418.6 48%
Pool
D 3:5 ZHANG Henry C. 3 - A20 1 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (port Chester) 3062 1746 46.5 6%
T32
D 2:15 LINALDI Alberto 9 - B17 8 Way Of The Sword 2500 2500 420.5 50%