Michael Smeltzer

2008

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories - 12 - - - 12
Losses - 13 6 7 - 26
Win Ratio - 48.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 31.6%
Pool Victories - 10 - - - 10
Pool Losses - 9 5 6 - 20
Pool Win Ratio - 52.6% 0.0% 0.0% - 33.3%
DE Victories - 2 - - - 2
DE Losses - 4 1 1 - 6
DE Win Ratio - 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% - 25.0%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Easy wins† - 4 - - - 4
Easy wins as % of wins - 33.3% - - - 33.3%
Close wins‡ - 2 - - - 2
Close wins as % of all wins - 16.7% - - - 16.7%
Close losses‡ - 1 - - - 1
Close losses as % of all losses - 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% - 3.8%
Big losses† - 6 5 5 - 16
Big losses as % of all losses - 46.2% 83.3% 71.4% - 61.5%

† 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.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events - 4 1 1 - 6
Tournaments - 4 1 1 - 6

Competition History

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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 LIU Lucas 5 U 7 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club 1207 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 Chance of
Victory
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 3 U 12 Western Reserve Academy
T16 V 15:4 VACCA James 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 Chance of
Victory
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 549 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 Chance of
Victory
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 Chance of
Victory
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