Mark Burnham

2007

Thames River Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 6 13 9 - - 28
Losses 9 10 13 - - 32
Win Ratio 40.0% 56.5% 40.9% - - 46.7%
Pool Victories 5 10 8 - - 23
Pool Losses 7 7 10 - - 24
Pool Win Ratio 41.7% 58.8% 44.4% - - 48.9%
DE Victories 1 3 1 - - 5
DE Losses 2 3 3 - - 8
DE Win Ratio 33.3% 50.0% 25.0% - - 38.5%

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† - 5 1 - - 6
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% 38.5% 11.1% - - 21.4%
Close wins‡ 2 3 5 - - 10
Close wins as % of all wins 33.3% 23.1% 55.6% - - 35.7%
Close losses‡ 4 3 3 - - 10
Close losses as % of all losses 44.4% 30.0% 23.1% - - 31.2%
Big losses† 2 1 5 - - 8
Big losses as % of all losses 22.2% 10.0% 38.5% - - 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 - - - - - -
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 0.0%
Losses - 2 - - - 2
Losses as % of all losses 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% - - 6.2%
Total - 2 - - - 2
Total as % of all bouts 0.0% 8.7% 0.0% - - 3.3%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 2 3 3 - - 8
Tournaments 2 3 3 - - 8

Competition History

Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Épée (E1, DV2), March 17, 2024
Place 7, Seed 7, Not ranked, Rating U, Thames River Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 GREEN Logan 9 U 3 Shoreline Fencing Club / 3Judges/Farnam House Fencing 927 1658 64.2 85%
Pool L 3:5 HOLLOWAY Bennett 11 U 9 Thames River Fencing Club 1641 1594 30.3 47%
Pool W 5:3 BUISINE Aurelien 14 U 14 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 1152 1564 18.3 75%
Pool L 4:5 BUISINE Sebastien 2 E23 12 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 1242 1582 48.0 71%
Pool L 2:5 BRASSARD Calvin 3 E23 2 Sword In The Scroll Fencing Academy 1651 1534 26.8 43%
Pool W 5:2 KOMPARE Matthew 6 U 10 Shoreline Fencing Club 1493 1507 26.9 51%
T16 W 15:14 KOMPARE Matthew 6 U 10 Shoreline Fencing Club 2079 1736 128.0 37%
T8 L 8:15 AHMED Mohsen 1 D23 1 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 1825 1864 137.0 52%

CHSFA State Championships

Senior Men's Épée (D1, SNR), March 2, 2024
Place 40, Seed 7, Rank 1, Rating U, Lyme-Old Lyme
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 SPAGONE Avery 30 2 U 53 Guilford High School
Pool W 5:4 KELLY Aiden 12 1 U 13 Ridgefield
Pool L 4:5 MELMED Oliver 60 3 U 39 Bacon
Pool W 5:3 ROBINSON Benjamin 43 2 U 49 New London High School
Pool L 0:5 LAWTON Thomas 25 1 U 18 NFA
Pool W 5:2 WHALEY Logan 48 3 U 33 Fitch
T64 L 13:15 DANIS Owen 22 1 U 24 East Lyme

NEUSFA 2023 Pomme De Terre

E & Under Men's Épée (D1, E), June 18, 2023
Place 18, Seed 48, Not ranked, Rating U, Thames River Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 KOPPENHEFFER Rowan 33 U 43 Boston Fencing Club 1702 1542 55.5 40%
Pool W 5:4 KIM Nathan 18 U 22 Vivo Fencing Club 1465 1597 35.5 58%
Pool L 4:5 KEYO Justin 1 D23 23 Worcester Fencing Club 2051 1633 21.3 27%
Pool L 2:4 ZHANG Thomas D. 15 E19 1 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 2640 1611 6.5 7%
Pool W 5:4 BUTTS Brendan 31 U 46 Olympia Fencing Center 1113 1605 18.3 78%
Pool W 5:2 ARRISON James (Jamie) A. 41 U 44 Portland Fencing Center 1678 1623 35.2 47%
T64 W 15:2 HOPKE Ben 42 U 51 Blackstone Valley Fencing Academy 2500 1600 183.4 20%
T32 L 10:15 MACDONALD James 29 U 15 Five Points Fencing Academy 2578 1784 48.0 22%

Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers

Senior Men's Épée (D1, SNR), March 19, 2023
Place 8, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, Thames River Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 COLON Atum 19 U 12 Shoreline Fencers Club 2500 1512 64.6 17%
Pool L 3:5 WHITELOCK James 7 E19 9 Rogue Fencing Academy 1502 1577 59.6 55%
Pool W 5:1 HALL Miles 20 U 20 Shoreline Fencing Club 771 1517 15.6 85%
Pool W 5:1 SANTANA Julian 12 U 19 Shoreline Fencing Club 1640 1533 44.3 45%
Pool L 2:5 SMOTROFF Joshua 6 E21 3 Rogue Fencing Academy 2267 1577 15.9 16%
Pool L 0:5 ZELIN Sam 1 C19 2 University Of Connecticut Fencing Club / Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2124 1561 19.4 19%
T16 W 15:8 WHITELOCK James 7 E19 9 Rogue Fencing Academy 2101 1202 456.6 13%
T8 L 12:15 ZELIN Sam 1 C19 2 University Of Connecticut Fencing Club / Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2438 1659 58.3 15%

CHSFA HS Individual Tournament 2023

Senior Men's Épée (D1, SNR), March 4, 2023
Place 20, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating E21, Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 BAUSCH Nicholas 6 E22 3 The Morgan School
Pool W 5:2 FEAGIN Patrick 24 E21 8 Center for Global Studies 1550 1445 66.9 44%
Pool L 2:4 MORGAN Charles 32 E20 33 Waterford High School
Pool W 5:4 RANSDEN Emment 50 E19 55 Fairfield High School
Pool W 5:1 HAMLING Luke 42 E20 48 North Haven
T64 W 15:10 HOMME Michael 26 E20 46 Griswold High School
T32 L 9:15 CHESNEY Aiden 1 D22 2 Fairfield High School

Nutmeg State Games Open

E & Under Men's Épée (D1, E), July 31, 2022
Place 25, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, Thames River Fencing Club / (none)
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 LIU Jeremiah W. 1 E22 7 Cavalier Fencing Club Boston 1497 1769 143.2 66%
Pool L 3:5 SPRINGER Elijah 9 U 20 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 1542 1626 99.7 55%
Pool L 4:5 FEAGIN Patrick 8 E21 16 Candlewood Fencing Center / Center for Global Studies 1573 1526 74.8 47%
Pool L 4:5 SOSNICK Samuel 18 U 18 Half Hollow Hills Fencing Club 1277 1451 92.4 60%
Pool W 5:4 HANSARD Jess 25 U 13 Rogue Fencing Academy / North Haven HS 2208 1359 114.8 14%
Pool L 1:5 VALAYANNOPOULOS Nicolas 16 U 2 Olympia Fencing Center 2013 1474 28.3 20%
T32 L 7:15 PALLADINO Ben 3 E22 8 Rogue Fencing Academy / Cheshire Fencing Club 1825 1358 155.5 29%

NEUSFA 2022 Pomme De Terre

E & Under Men's Épée (D1, E), June 19, 2022
Place 36, Seed 25, Not ranked, Rating U, Thames River Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 SMEDLEY Drew N. 32 U 21 Sword In The Scroll Fencing Academy 1948 1439 163.7 27%
Pool L 4:5 JIANG Ryan 11 E22 15 Cavalier Fencing Club 1747 1276 137.5 27%
Pool W 5:4 MURDOCH ROY Charlie 18 U 31 Seacoast Fencing Club / Concord Fencing Club 1766 1138 339.9 21%
Pool L 1:5 MATEI Daniel 4 D22 8 Olympia Fencing Center 2257 1478 50.7 13%
Pool W 5:3 MACNEILL Owen 44 U 14 Marx Fencing Academy 1876 1427 230.6 26%
Pool W 5:4 GRAYSON Joshua 39 U 12 Boston Fencing Club 1583 1658 110.7 54%
T64 L 11:15 JACKSON Nicholas 38 U 30 Vivo Fencing Club 1627 1740 382.3 55%

CT State High School Championships

Men's Épée (D1), March 5, 2022
Place 26, Seed 9, Rank 1, Rating U, Lyme-Old Lyme HS
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 SUAREZ Jerson (ME) 47 3 U 24 Ledyard HS
Pool W 5:4 JOSEPH Falens (ME) 20 1 U 45 New London HS
Pool L 2:5 BAUSCH Nicholas 35 2 U 6 Morgan 2698 2500 387.8 44%
Pool L 1:5 PALLADINO Ben T. 6 1 U 12 Cheshire HS 1461 2112 672.7 75%
Pool W 5:2 KOSTIN Gabriel (ME) 37 3 U 33 Greenwich HS
Pool W 5:2 MCCARRON Robert 23 2 U 40 St. Bernard
T64 W 15:4 MCCARRON Robert 23 2 U 40 St. Bernard
T32 L 7:15 GIRARDI Brian 17 1 U 2 Daniel Hand HS 1838 2500 760.2 72%