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Michael Smeltzer

2008
Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 6 12 - - - 18
Losses 14 13 6 7 - 40
Win ratio 30.0% 48.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 31.0%
Pool victories 5 10 - - - 15
Pool losses 11 9 5 6 - 31
Pool win ratio 31.2% 52.6% 0.0% 0.0% - 32.6%
DE victories 1 2 - - - 3
DE losses 3 4 1 1 - 9
DE win ratio 25.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% - 25.0%

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† 2 4 - - - 6
Easy wins % 33.3% 33.3% - - - 33.3%
Close wins‡ 1 2 - - - 3
Close wins % 16.7% 16.7% - - - 16.7%
Close losses‡ 2 1 - - - 3
Close losses % 14.3% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% - 7.5%
Big losses† 9 6 5 5 - 25
Big losses % 64.3% 46.2% 83.3% 71.4% - 62.5%

† 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 3 4 1 1 - 9
Tournaments 3 4 1 1 - 9

Competition history

9 competitions, 58 bouts

Ohio High School Championships

Junior Men's Saber D1, JNR April 19, 2026

Place 12 of 24 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club / Ohio Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 ENSIGN Keegan 22 - U 14 Profencing 868 1133 20.1 66%
Pool
D 4:5 GLOVER Keagan 17 - U 13 Dublin Fencing Club 786 1154 42.2 72%
Pool
V 5:2 NAGAR Vihaan 19 - U 21 Dublin Fencing Club 503 1111 10.6 81%
Pool
V 5:2 FRONDORF James 7 - U 18 1185 1122 25.1 47%
Pool
D 1:5 KLECKNER Shane 3 - E26 2 Cyranos Place 1652 1147 12.3 21%
T32
V 15:1 NAGAR Vihaan 19 - U 21 Dublin Fencing Club 1557 1326 123.3 40%
T16
D 6:15 GERBER Donovan 5 - E25 5 2904 1450 11.4 4%

Ann Chapman Invitational

Junior Men's Saber E1, JNR March 1, 2026

Place 9 of 13 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club / Ohio Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LINDSAY Jonah 2 - E24 3 Cyranos Place 1082 1158 38.7 55%
Pool
D 4:5 MILLER Bryton 7 - U 2 Western Reserve Academy 1339 1120 23.8 37%
Pool
V 5:1 NAGAR Vihaan 10 - U 12 Dublin Fencing Club 1121 1096 26.3 49%
Pool
D 3:5 ELANGOVAN Roshan 3 - U 6 Dublin Fencing Club 1563 1122 16.2 24%
Pool
V 5:2 GLOVER Keagan 12 - U 11 Dublin Fencing Club 1070 1106 27.5 52%
T16
D 11:15 OSMAN Adam 9 - U 8 Dublin Fencing Club 2079 1378 52.2 24%

The Ohio State University Open

Senior Men's Saber A2, SNR October 11, 2025

Place 47 of 47 Seed 41 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club / Ohio Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 HORNE Jamison 10 - C25 16 Cleveland State Univ. Ncaa / Kansas City Fencing Center 2079 1249 9.3 9%
Pool
D 0:5 PARKILA Lukas 19 - D24 11 Renaissance Fencing Club 1817 1240 15.8 18%
Pool
D 1:5 PRATHEEP Ashwath 44 - U 39 Denison University Fencing Ncaa 1647 1224 19.6 28%
Pool
D 2:5 VU Mark 24 - E25 30 Bergen Fencing Club 1348 1204 31.3 41%
Pool
D 1:5 SCHARDINE James 5 - B24 3 The Ohio State University Ncaa 2412 1173 2.5 2%
Pool
D 0:5 SCHWIEBERT Harrison 34 - U 22 1837 1170 11.9 14%
T64
D 3:15 PATRICO Peter 45 - U 19 Sol Fencing Academy 2073 1445 67.0 19%

Ohio High School Championships

Junior Men's Saber E1, JNR April 6, 2025

Place 12 of 19 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 PANCHAL Ajay 4 - U 3 Dublin Jerome High School 1190 1296 45.3 56%
Pool
D 3:5 KLECKNER Shane 9 - U 8 Cyranos Place 1401 1341 43.6 46%
Pool
D 2:5 DEWAN Udit 10 - U 15 Dublin Fencing Club 852 1297 58.0 72%
Pool
D 4:5 LIU Logan 15 - U 10 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 884 1239 65.0 71%
Pool
V 5:0 BENHAM Grant 16 - U 6 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1706 1174 74.3 20%
T16
D 8:15 BENHAM Grant 16 - U 6 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1748 1593 148.0 42%

2025 Chapman Invitational

Junior Men's Saber E1, JNR March 2, 2025

Place 6 of 12 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 LIU Lucas 5 - U 7 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 1208 1214 62.7 50%
Pool
V 5:3 ALLEN-PAYNE Silas 9 - U 10 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 2500 1277 81.5 12%
Pool
D 0:5 CHAN Chun 1 - E25 1 Western Reserve Academy 1817 1358 31.2 24%
Pool
D 1:5 KLECKNER Shane 8 - U 2 Cyranos Place 1287 1327 54.8 52%
Pool
V 5:3 CHEN Andy 4 - U 12 Dublin Fencing Club 725 1272 23.4 77%
T16
V 15:9 OSWALD Christian 2 - U 11 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 2921 1254 446.0 6%
T8
D 10:15 KLECKNER Shane 8 - U 2 Cyranos Place 2079 1700 106.9 36%

Rocky River HS Invitational

Junior Men's Saber E1, JNR February 1, 2025

Place 6 of 16 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BALASUBRAMANI Varsha 10 - U 14 Dublin Jerome High School 2500 1055 116.2 8%
Pool
D 0:5 ELANGOVAN Roshan 15 - U 3 Dublin Fencing Club / Dublin Coffman 1486 1171 49.5 32%
Pool
V 5:2 MILLER Bryton 4 - U 10 Western Reserve Academy 1697 1122 92.4 24%
Pool
V 5:4 VACCA James Missing ID 3 - U 12 Western Reserve Academy - - - -
T16
V 15:4 VACCA James Missing ID 3 - U 12 Western Reserve Academy - - - -
T8
D 3:15 ZALEVSKY Liam 2 - E24 1 Cyranos Place 1784 1467 212.5 35%

WRA D & Under, Unrated Team Foil

Div III Mixed Saber D1, DV3 November 16, 2024

Place 10 of 19 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 OSWALD Christian 15 - U 16 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 2500 800 189.2 6%
Pool
V 5:3 CHAN Chun 5 - E24 8 Western Reserve Academy 1799 989 233.8 11%
Pool
D 3:5 TAMARO Allie 2 - E24 12 Cleveland Fencing Academy East LLC - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 STIVERS John 4 - E24 2 Cleveland Fencing Academy East LLC 2676 1223 11.3 7%
Pool
D 3:5 ESHLEMAN Jack 11 - U 11 Cyranos Place 550 1212 156.9 82%
T16
D 3:15 MCDANIEL Dreyden 3 - E24 7 Cleveland Fencing Academy East LLC 1922 1821 354.2 46%

Ohio High School Championship

Junior Men's Saber E1, JNR March 16, 2024

Place 12 of 13 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 THOMAS Noah 2 - E23 2 Columbus Fencing & Fitness 1650 1304 141.2 32%
Pool
D 1:5 ELANGOVAN Roshan 6 - U 7 Dublin Fencing Club / Dublin Coffman 1372 1163 136.9 39%
Pool
D 1:5 GEYGAN Rowan 12 - U 8 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 1421 1026 89.4 31%
Pool
D 0:5 CHEN Andy 11 - U 6 Dublin Fencing Club / Dublin Coffman 1087 937 109.8 42%
Pool
D 2:5 FUKUHARA Haruto 3 - E23 3 Dublin Fencing Club / Dublin Coffman 1769 827 27.1 9%
T16
D 6:15 HUCKABY Noah 13 - U 5 Dublin Jerome High School / Dublin Fencing Club 1823 2500 679.0 71%

2023 Bautista Memorial OPEN

Senior Mixed Saber C2, SNR May 13, 2023

Place 27 of 28 Seed 25 Not ranked Rating U Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 DEHON Inès 8 - E23 18 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 GARCÍA MARTINEZ Gabriel Jesus 17 - U 5 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc / (none) 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Edward 24 - U 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 2604 2079 263.7 29%
Pool
D 2:5 FARIDI Imran 9 - E23 8 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 1626 1816 407.7 59%
Pool
D 2:5 CLARKE Annika 16 - U 24 Ludus Fencing Studio - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 GERSTMANN Max 1 - D23 1 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 2091 1408 103.6 19%
T32
D 2:15 CHOWDHURY Ranlyn 5 - D22 2 - - - -