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Statistics Profile

Nathan Brannon

Verified
2007
Spartan Fencing Academy

Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 7 26 29 16 - 78
Losses 1 2 12 4 - 19
Win ratio 87.5% 92.9% 70.7% 80.0% - 80.4%
Pool victories 6 16 21 9 - 52
Pool losses - 1 7 3 - 11
Pool win ratio 100.0% 94.1% 75.0% 75.0% - 82.5%
DE victories 1 10 8 7 - 26
DE losses 1 1 5 1 - 8
DE win ratio 50.0% 90.9% 61.5% 87.5% - 76.5%

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† 3 11 10 8 - 32
Easy wins % 42.9% 42.3% 34.5% 50.0% - 41.0%
Close wins‡ 3 3 4 4 - 14
Close wins % 42.9% 11.5% 13.8% 25.0% - 17.9%
Close losses‡ 1 1 6 2 - 10
Close losses % 100.0% 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% - 52.6%
Big losses† - - 2 1 - 3
Big losses % 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 25.0% - 15.8%

† 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 - 2 2 1 - 5
Victories % 0.0% 7.7% 6.9% 6.2% - 6.4%
Losses 1 - 3 - - 4
Losses % 100.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% - 21.1%
Total 1 2 5 1 - 9
Total % 12.5% 7.1% 12.2% 5.0% - 9.3%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 1 3 5 2 - 11
Tournaments 1 3 4 2 - 10

Competition history

11 competitions, 97 bouts

Skyward Fencing January Competition

Senior Mixed Épée C2, SNR January 11, 2026

Place 6 of 28 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating C25 Spartan Fencing Academy / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 FATIMA Shazia 18 - E25 23 Skyward Fencing - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 KATZMAN Anara 15 - E25 16 LHS-VHHS Fencing Team- High School / Illinois Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 PAPP Mike 10 - D25 21 Rockford Fencing Club / Illinois Fencing Academy 1782 2246 15.8 77%
Pool
V 5:4 LOHR-KOUGL Eadrick 28 - U 19 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1882 2262 17.2 71%
Pool
V 5:4 FARLAM Reya 27 - U 3 Lawrence University Fencing Ncaa - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 ERASTUS-OBILO Milan 7 - D25 10 Skyward Fencing 2031 2279 20.9 65%
T16
V 15:10 HONERMEIER Max 16 - E25 13 Skyward Fencing / Rockford Fencing Club 1929 2564 15.3 78%
T8
D 10:11 FARLAM Reya 27 - U 3 Lawrence University Fencing Ncaa - - - -

NIFC Summer Women's and Mixed Epee + Sabre

Mixed Épée C2 June 22, 2025

Place 1 of 25 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating C24 Spartan Fencing Academy / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 SANABRIA Enrique 10 - U 19 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 2500 2181 26.3 38%
Pool
V 5:1 DYRKACZ Alex 17 - U 16 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1687 2207 14.1 73%
Pool
V 4:1 VARELA Lara 9 - U 8 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 HEATH Katy 15 - U 23 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ. - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 HENSEL Kaeleb 8 - E24 7 Rockford Fencing Club 1474 2221 9.2 89%
Pool
V 5:0 YETSKO Donald R. 16 - U 11 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 1766 2230 15.9 75%
T16
V 15:7 COOK Aaron N. 6 - E24 15 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club 2398 2443 35.5 52%
T8
V 13:3 HENSEL Kaeleb 8 - E24 7 Rockford Fencing Club 1379 2478 5.8 95%
T4
V 15:9 NEED William 23 - U 3 Purdue Fencing Club-Purdue Univ. 3149 2484 54.6 22%
T2
V 15:10 BUTTA Reese 3 - D25 2 Northwest Indiana Fencing Club / Advance Fencing 2172 2539 25.0 71%

IL. Division Junior Olympic Qualifier

Junior Men's Épée E1, JNR December 15, 2024

Place 1 of 7 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating C24 Marian Catholic High School / Spartan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 WAGNER Edward 6 - U 7 Lhs-vhhs Fencing Team- High School 2500 2170 31.6 38%
Pool
D 4:5 GLEN Ethan 2 - D24 2 Stevenson High School Fencing Team / Fencing Center of Chicago 1593 2202 76.3 83%
Pool
V 5:2 KTSANES Charlie 5 - E23 3 New Trier High School 1865 2125 25.9 66%
Pool
V 5:4 GOODMAN Liam 7 - U 5 Windy City Fencing 1216 2151 6.4 93%
Pool
V 5:3 EICHORN Frederick 3 - E24 4 Illinois Fencing Academy 1471 2158 11.4 87%
Pool
V 5:2 PATEL Aayan 4 - E24 6 Illinois Fencing Academy 1508 2169 11.8 86%
T8
V 15:4 WAGNER Edward 6 - U 7 Lhs-vhhs Fencing Team- High School 2500 2386 33.5 46%
T4
V 15:5 EICHORN Frederick 3 - E24 4 Illinois Fencing Academy 1408 2420 7.8 94%
T2
V 15:7 GLEN Ethan 2 - D24 2 Stevenson High School Fencing Team / Fencing Center of Chicago 1710 2428 14.9 86%

Culver Midwest Open 2024

Men's Épée U December 14, 2024

Place 2 of 30 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating C24 Marian Catholic High School / Spartan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 LANSCIONI Drew Missing ID 13 - U 21 LHS-VHHS Thundercats - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 JEON Kaden 17 - U 10 Stevenson High School Fencing Team / Fencing Center of Chicago 1214 2150 8.0 92%
Pool
V 5:0 NEHRING Luke Missing ID 31 - U 18 New Trier High School / 15th Touch Fencing - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 KONG GRISIUS Julian 25 - U 27 H-F High School 1410 2158 12.6 85%
Pool
V 5:2 WILLIAMS Michael Missing ID 8 - U 25 Culver Military Academy - - - -
T16
V 15:7 LUCIANO Myles 29 - U 14 New Trier High School 2323 2303 52.5 49%
T8
V 15:10 CUI Franklin 4 - D24 7 New Trier High School 1900 2355 30.1 76%
T4
V 15:9 YANG Zeke 7 - E23 3 Culver Military Academy 2290 2385 46.4 55%
T2
D 10:15 SERAFYM Damian 2 - B24 1 Advance Fencing 2568 2432 45.1 41%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Épée C3, DV3 July 7, 2024

Place 60 of 202 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating C24 Spartan Fencing Academy / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 VANCE Wyatt 198 - U 167 Tiger Fencing Club / Peters Township Fencing Club 1455 2387 12.9 90%
Pool
D 3:5 CHAWLA Aarav 43 - D24 44 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1589 2400 129.9 90%
Pool
V 5:1 WONG David 163 - U 139 LA International Fencing 1636 2270 19.4 83%
Pool
V 5:1 SANKEY Luka 78 - D23 181 Southwest Fencing Club 1926 2289 30.4 71%
Pool
D 2:5 WHITE Aidan 105 - E24 49 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 1445 2319 114.5 92%
Pool
D 2:3 MATHES Caleb 138 - E24 69 Northwest Fencing Center 2036 2205 55.4 61%
T256
V 15:11 COHEN Henry 57 - D24 163 Advance Fencing 1842 2306 40.1 76%
T128
V 15:12 FERRELL-CARRETEY Elliot 88 - D23 72 High Plains Fencing Guild 2232 2346 62.5 57%
T64
D 8:15 GILSBACH Ben 53 - D24 22 Texas Fencing Academy 1966 2408 106.0 75%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div II Men's Épée B3, DV2 July 5, 2024

Place 82 of 244 Seed 88 Not ranked Rating C24 Spartan Fencing Academy / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 GOWDA Suyog 129 - D24 39 Northwest Fencing Center 1696 2684 233.7 93%
Pool
V 5:2 WU Colin 16 - B24 28 North Shore Fencers Club 1956 2450 39.8 78%
Pool
V 5:2 AUSTIN Atlas 203 - E24 218 Ace Fencing Academy 1616 2490 17.0 91%
Pool
D 4:5 JONES Jackson 161 - D24 107 Cape Fear Fencing Association 1628 2507 170.2 91%
Pool
V 5:3 FISCHER Maximilien 232 - U 201 University Of North Texas Fencing Club 1443 2337 14.0 91%
Pool
V 5:3 YU Jason 57 - C24 186 DC Fencers Club 1950 2351 35.7 74%
T256
V 15:7 TENHUNDFELD Jack 220 - E23 198 2216 2332 82.5 57%
T128
D 7:15 WU Colin 16 - B24 28 North Shore Fencers Club 2237 2415 108.9 61%

Midwest ROC (DV1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A4, D1A May 18, 2024

Place 33 of 82 Seed 58 Not ranked Rating D24 Spartan Fencing Academy / Northwest Indiana Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 MCDOWELL Will 18 - B24 11 Ataba Fencing Club 1997 2745 57.6 85%
Pool
V 5:3 VUILLEMIN Gregoire 42 - C24 62 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1955 2803 42.1 89%
Pool
V 5:0 BARNEY JR. Terry 80 - U 80 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1212 2845 5.2 99%
Pool
V 3:2 KENT Dwain 31 - B22 47 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2433 2850 81.1 73%
Pool
D 1:2 XIAO Yichen 65 - D23 41 1909 2931 298.5 93%
Pool
V 5:2 ZHENG Jerry 7 - A24 15 Guanyi Fencing Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club 2137 2633 51.2 77%
T64
D 1:1 SHOUSHA Hamza 43 - C24 32 Peoria Fencing Academy 2395 2452 119.8 53%

Illinois Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Épée C2, DV2 April 7, 2024

Place 2 of 25 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating D24 Marian Catholic High School / Spartan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 COHEN Henry 6 - D24 11 Advance Fencing 1499 2374 87.8 86%
Pool
V 5:1 FELICIANO Damien 14 - E23 23 1803 2462 105.2 80%
Pool
V 5:3 SENECHAL Alexander 19 - U 7 Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencing Academy 1693 2567 63.6 86%
Pool
V 5:3 BAGAMANOV Ruslan 11 - E24 19 Fencing Center of Chicago 2212 2630 106.2 69%
Pool
V 5:0 OPPENHEIM Robert 21 - U 25 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1018 2737 8.8 98%
T16
V 15:9 KTSANES Charlie 13 - E23 14 New Trier High School 2921 2341 200.6 28%
T8
V 15:9 SENECHAL Alexander 19 - U 7 Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencing Academy 2156 2542 94.3 68%
T4
V 15:7 DESAI Aadi 15 - U 4 Deerfield-Highland Park / Illinois Fencers Club 2281 2636 92.9 68%
T2
D 12:15 WILLIAMS Logan 1 - C24 1 Fencing Center of Chicago 1947 2729 276.7 87%

GLHSFC Championships

Men's Epee U January 27, 2024

Place 7 of 47 Seed 9 Rank 6 Rating None Marian Catholic High School

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 WEAVER Brenden Missing ID 34 31 - 25 Lhs-vhhs Fencing Team- High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 COHEN Henry Missing ID 20 16 - 16 Deerfield-Highland Park - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 GREENFIELD David Missing ID 47 - - 40 Glenbrook High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 JAMISON Harper 6 5 - 12 Evanston Township High School 2009 1987 387.2 49%
Pool
V 5:2 RESNICK Bennett Missing ID 23 20 - 35 Stevenson High School - - - -
T32
V 13:5 RUSSELL Noah Missing ID 35 32 - 32 Marian Catholic High School - - - -
T16
V 15:11 SCHECHTER Noah 5 3 - 9 Stevenson High School 1708 2446 104.2 80%
T8
D 9:15 SPINA Joseph B. 7 6 - 1 Maine West 2655 2550 209.4 45%

GLHSFC CHAMPIONSHIPS = Final

Men's Épée U January 28, 2023

Place 14 of 46 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Marian Catholic High School / Spartan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 JANSEN Isaac Missing ID 30 - U 29 Brookfield Academy - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 ROBERTS Jonah 2 - E23 3 LHS-VHHS Thundercats 2532 2500 513.3 49%
Pool
V 5:3 HARRIS Jacob Missing ID 13 - U 24 New Trier High School - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 ELLIS Occie Missing ID 41 - U 28 H-F High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 BORUCKI Grant Missing ID 43 - U 41 Deerfield-Highland Park - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 SLUTZKY Jake Missing ID 28 - U 34 Glenbrook South High School - - - -
T32
V 15:13 WANG Tyler 8 - C22 21 New Trier High School 2431 2500 489.9 53%
T16
D 14:15 SPINA Joseph 6 - B22 1 Fencing Center of Chicago / Maine West 2580 2990 543.8 68%

Great Lakes Junior Varsity Championship (Men's Events)

E & Under Men's Épée E1, E January 21, 2023

Place 1 of 62 Seed 46 Not ranked Rating U Marian Catholic High School / Spartan Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 POPE Evan Missing ID 52 - U 8 Evanston Township High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 APPEL Leo Missing ID 19 - U 48 New Trier High School - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 HAN Pleroma Missing ID 36 - U 17 Deerfield-Highland Park - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 SWEET Alex Missing ID 1 - U 51 Stevenson High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 PIFEL Camden Missing ID 37 - U 38 Brookfield Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 JURY Griffin Missing ID 18 - U 56 H-F High School - - - -
T64
V 15:1 NOCENTELLII Hunter Missing ID 32 - U 58 H-F High School - - - -
T32
V 15:4 PULTORAK Jack Missing ID 2 - U 26 Evanston Township High School - - - -
T16
V 15:7 COHEN Henry Missing ID 58 - U 11 Deerfield-Highland Park - - - -
T8
V 15:13 DICRESCENZO Jacob Missing ID 23 - U 5 Evanston Township High School - - - -
T4
V 15:5 KTSANES Charles Missing ID 30 - U 3 New Trier High School - - - -
T2
V 9:8 CUI Franklin Missing ID 13 - U 2 New Trier High School - - - -