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James Garske

2007

Center for Blade Arts

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 49 6 - - - 55
Losses 28 21 - - - 49
Win Ratio 63.6% 22.2% - - - 52.9%
Pool Victories 36 4 - - - 40
Pool Losses 19 17 - - - 36
Pool Win Ratio 65.5% 19.0% - - - 52.6%
DE Victories 13 2 - - - 15
DE Losses 9 4 - - - 13
DE Win Ratio 59.1% 33.3% - - - 53.6%

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† 29 3 - - - 32
Easy wins as % of wins 59.2% 50.0% - - - 58.2%
Close wins‡ 7 1 - - - 8
Close wins as % of all wins 14.3% 16.7% - - - 14.5%
Close losses‡ 5 3 - - - 8
Close losses as % of all losses 17.9% 14.3% - - - 16.3%
Big losses† 9 11 - - - 20
Big losses as % of all losses 32.1% 52.4% - - - 40.8%

† 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 2.0% 0.0% - - - 1.8%
Losses 1 - - - - 1
Losses as % of all losses 3.6% 0.0% - - - 2.0%
Total 2 - - - - 2
Total as % of all bouts 2.6% 0.0% - - - 1.9%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 10 4 - - - 14
Tournaments 10 4 - - - 14

Competition History

Fencing Center of Chicago RYC & RJCC

Junior Men's Foil (B2, JNR), April 21, 2024
Place 44, Seed 31, Not ranked, Rating E24
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 SHEVCHENKO Kostiantyn 14 C22 15 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2158 1406 6.3 11%
Pool L 3:5 GRINER Kevin 45 U 16 1452 1399 21.3 47%
Pool L 4:5 ZHANG Hanson 41 U 25 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1072 1378 33.2 69%
Pool L 3:5 HEYBOER Jason 16 D24 8 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 1751 1345 12.1 25%
Pool L 1:5 FORTUNE Alexander J. 1 104 B23 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2710 1333 0.9 1%
Pool L 3:4 LANE Sean 29 E24 38 LHS-VHHS Fencing Team- High School / RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 875 1332 34.3 76%
T64 L 9:15 SHEVCHENKO Kostiantyn 14 C22 15 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2298 1629 17.1 14%

Minnesota Division Summer National Qualifiers

Div II Men's Foil (D1, DV2), April 7, 2024
Place 10, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating E24, Center for Blade Arts / BLADEARTS
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 HOPKINS Dylan 16 U 12 Center for Blade Arts 1111 1383 18.5 67%
Pool L 4:5 TAN Xinlai 2 D24 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1920 1402 11.8 20%
Pool W 5:0 TOEWS Jackson 8 E24 11 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Mounds View Fencing Club 1360 1390 25.3 52%
Pool W 5:2 MENASCO Juliun 10 E23 16 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1358 1415 23.6 54%
Pool W 5:1 FEEHAN Conor 17 U 18 South YEL Fencing Alliance 699 1439 6.9 88%
Pool L 3:5 WOJTALEWICZ Aiden 15 U 17 South YEL Fencing Alliance 1002 1446 40.1 76%
T16 L 6:15 GIEBLER Lucas 12 U 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2032 1660 30.7 29%

April Banana

Div III Mixed Foil (D1, DV3), April 2, 2024
Place 13, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating E24, Center for Blade Arts / BLADEARTS
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 FEEHAN Conor 28 U 26 South YEL Fencing Alliance 656 1336 9.6 86%
Pool L 4:5 SHELTON Olivia 14 E23 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 GLOVER George 18 E22 18 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1676 1346 43.7 30%
Pool W 5:1 HICKNER Gabe 23 U 32 517 1390 6.0 91%
Pool L 1:5 TAN Xinlai 3 D24 2 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Twin Cities Fencing Club 1913 1396 12.4 20%
Pool W 5:0 KRONZER Sophia 29 U 29 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
T32 W 15:9 BASTODKAR Ved 33 U 21 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Blake High School 1218 1646 30.1 73%
T16 L 12:15 MCKINLEY Luke 2 D24 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2409 1676 16.2 12%

2024 MN High School Championships (Individual Event)

Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), February 24, 2024
Place 14, Seed 21, Rank 21, Rating None, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 BLUMHARDT Evan 85 89 69 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club 886 1304 16.5 71%
Pool W 5:1 BOMGARDNER Ben 59 62 47 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 673 1320 11.2 85%
Pool W 5:1 FOSTERVOLD Castiel 33 33 48 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1103 1331 22.6 64%
Pool W 5:3 CLICK Cole 47 48 67 Minnetonka fencing club
Pool L 2:5 LOCKWOOD Jacob 7 7 6 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1738 1354 17.5 27%
Pool W 5:0 SKIBELL Cyrus 72 77 83 Blake High School
T64 W 15:7 YATES Graeme 71 76 50 Center for Blade Arts 1659 1588 52.9 47%
T32 W 15:14 FERRARA Asher 28 28 32 Rochester Mayo / Rochester Youth Fencers 1375 1641 41.1 64%
T16 L 3:15 CROOM Tucker 10 10 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2045 1682 36.2 29%

Cupid's Arrow 2024

Men's Foil (U), February 10, 2024
Place 17, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating E24, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 AHRENS Declan 48 U 53 Rochester Youth Fencers
Pool W 5:4 WEISS Quintin 10 E24 21 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1431 1252 44.2 39%
Pool W 5:0 MELSNESS Asher 66 U 70 Minnetonka fencing club
Pool W 5:1 FEEHAN Conor 38 U 38 South YEL Fencing Alliance 458 1296 7.6 91%
T64 W 15:4 WINTERS Linus 69 U 57 South YEL Fencing Alliance 2500 1585 83.0 19%
T32 L 11:15 ZINSER James 34 U 15 South YEL Fencing Alliance 1480 1668 79.9 60%

SPA Invitational 2024

Unrated Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), February 3, 2024
Place 23, Seed 27, Rank 28, Rating None, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 CALATAYUD Bronson 55 59 55 Minnetonka fencing club
Pool W 5:0 GUETTLER Soren 82 81 86 Saint Paul Academy
Pool L 0:5 TOEWS Jackson 30 32 18 Mounds View Fencing Club 1266 1296 40.0 52%
Pool L 3:5 MCKINLEY Luke 2 2 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1701 1256 19.0 24%
Pool W 5:3 ZINSER James 86 32 South YEL Fencing Alliance 676 1237 14.9 80%
Pool W 5:2 MOORE Angus 63 66 78 Blake High School
T64 W 15:5 PERES Elijah 26 27 42 Saint Paul Academy
T32 L 11:15 LINEBERRY Caden 36 38 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1383 1702 117.0 68%

Polar Bear Open

Mixed Foil (D1), January 28, 2024
Place 3, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 CHRISTOPHER Louis 10 U 20 2500 1229 57.6 11%
Pool W 5:4 MADSEN Lindsey 4 E23 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club
Pool W 5:0 FEEHAN Conor 16 U 16 South YEL Fencing Alliance 381 1287 8.5 92%
Pool L 2:5 PHONPRASANSACK Grayson 3 E23 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1582 1295 28.4 32%
Pool W 5:4 WOJTALEWICZ Aiden 9 U 12 South YEL Fencing Alliance 1029 1267 29.1 65%
T16 W 15:3 HICKNER Gabe 18 U 13 1843 1558 130.1 36%
T8 W 15:7 FADLIA Murad 20 U 5 1561 1688 81.5 57%
T4 L 6:15 BERSCHEID Arthur 5 E23 2 1998 1769 67.6 37%

Blake Invitational 2024

Unrated Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), January 21, 2024
Place 17, Seed 28, Rank 29, Rating None, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 LINEBERRY Caden 79 77 27 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1130 1203 44.3 55%
Pool L 2:5 NAIDL Josiah 3 3 16 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1819 1248 18.6 18%
Pool W 5:0 FANG Ethan 62 64 82 Rochester Mayo
Pool W 5:0 DILLON Jack 33 34 71 Blake High School
Pool W 5:0 LOCKHART Dakota 58 60 58 Minnetonka fencing club
T64 W 15:9 ANDERSON Norse 50 51 48 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1647 1491 122.4 43%
T32 L 8:15 TAN Xinlai 18 18 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2174 1613 55.1 21%

Minnesota Division JO Qualifiers

Cadet Men's Foil (E1, CDT), December 10, 2023
Place 8, Seed 4, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 JARCHO Beckett 5 U 3 2417 1220 7.4 5%
Pool W 5:3 ZINSER James 11 U 12 SEMN Youth Enrichment League 822 1212 32.1 70%
Pool W 5:0 WOODS Jarek 8 U 10 Rochester Fencing Club 1209 1245 52.4 52%
Pool L 3:5 PHONPRASANSACK Grayson 1 E23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1582 1297 36.5 33%
Pool L 1:5 TRAN Allex 10 U 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1085 1260 57.1 60%
T16 W 15:13 FADLIA Murad 12 U 9 1427 1485 145.4 53%
T8 L 11:15 PHONPRASANSACK Grayson 1 E23 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1729 1630 139.7 44%

UMFC Gopher Open 2023

Mixed Foil (U), December 3, 2023
Place 1, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 WANG Grace 20 U 8 University of Minnesota Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 WEISS Moriah 10 U 16 Twin Cities Fencing Club
Pool W 3:2 GISTOVER Noah 4 U 3 1499 1139 80.6 31%
Pool W 5:1 YUSUF Nasro 15 U 19 Rochester STEM Academy Fencing
Pool W 5:2 SLAUGHTER Rowan 11 U 13
Pool L 3:5 DEBLAERE Caecie M. 3 E23 3 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club / Twin Cities Fencing Club
T16 W 15:6 SVEDA Emily A. 7 U 14
T8 W 15:6 BONDAR Maria 17 U 5
T4 W 15:10 DEBLAERE Caecie M. 3 E23 3 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club / Twin Cities Fencing Club
T2 W 15:13 SETHRE Traci 1 C23 2 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club

April Fools Day Fencing Tournament

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), April 1, 2023
Place 12, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 NAIDL Josiah 4 E22 2 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1515 815 31.0 15%
Pool W 5:1 MARTZ Michael 13 U 17 Duluth YMCA Fencing 1820 784 127.8 13%
Pool W 5:1 RUBY Asher 12 U 22 Minnetonka fencing club 1351 911 93.8 30%
Pool W 5:4 CHEN Weizhi 19 U 7 SEMN YEL / Rochester Youth Fencers 2372 1005 180.1 4%
Pool L 3:5 HOWLAND Jonas 5 E22 16 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1487 1185 46.2 32%
T32 W 15:4 ESKRIDGE Rhys 17 U 22 Saint Peter 2500 1415 331.6 17%
T16 L 7:15 PHONPRASANSACK Grayson 22 U 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1552 1747 262.1 60%

2023 MN High School Championships (INDIVIDUAL)

Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), February 25, 2023
Place 63, Seed 41, Rank 42, Rating None, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 GLOVER George 4 4 9 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1703 919 30.5 12%
Pool L 0:5 TORTORELLO Bear 19 20 46 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1085 889 67.7 40%
Pool L 3:5 GIEBLER Lucas 48 49 18 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2631 821 6.2 4%
Pool L 1:5 ZHANG Alexander 23 23 34 Blake High School
Pool L 2:5 FERRARA Asher 70 74 37 Rochester Youth Fencers
Pool L 3:5 CUNEO Luca 65 68 50 Minnetonka fencing club
T128 W 15:9 MEREDITH Declan 43 44 66 Twin Cities Fencing Club
T64 L 3:15 WATKINS Christian 8 8 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2357 1519 103.4 16%

{YEL!} Cupid's Arrow Tourney

Junior Men's Foil (U, JNR), February 4, 2023
Place 50, Seed 30, Not ranked, Rating U, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 BROWN Ian 50 U 22 Youth Enrichment League 2500 972 19.4 8%
Pool L 4:5 SMITH Joseph 51 U 39 Holy Family Catholic High School
Pool L 0:5 WAKEHAM Paul 11 E22 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1606 953 56.9 17%
Pool L 0:5 LOCKWOOD Jacob 10 U 28 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1144 896 97.0 36%
Pool W 5:2 MOKBEL Yassin 39 U 63 Saint Paul Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club 1035 799 120.3 39%
T64 L 3:15 BERSCHEID Arthur 17 U 20 Center for Blade Arts 2094 1737 218.3 36%

The Gobbler Open

Senior Mixed Foil (D1, SNR), November 19, 2022
Place 19, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U, Center for Blade Arts
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 SCHOENACK Jason 3 E22 5 Fargo Park District Fencing Club 2130 2500 703.0 64%
Pool L 4:5 WATKINS Christian 9 E22 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2010 1797 273.3 40%
Pool L 1:5 MARTIN William 4 E22 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1723 1524 218.7 40%
Pool L 3:5 HOWLAND Jonas 15 U 13 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1343 1305 207.3 48%
Pool L 3:5 WAKEHAM Timothy 10 E22 14 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / YEL/St Louis Park 1365 1098 125.5 36%
T32 L 1:15 WAKEHAM Timothy 10 E22 14 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / YEL/St Louis Park 1943 2500 762.9 70%