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Gavin Balderes

2008
Rochester Youth Fencers
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 4 13 - - - 17
Losses 9 20 - - - 29
Win ratio 30.8% 39.4% - - - 37.0%
Pool victories 4 12 - - - 16
Pool losses 7 15 - - - 22
Pool win ratio 36.4% 44.4% - - - 42.1%
DE victories - 1 - - - 1
DE losses 2 5 - - - 7
DE win ratio 0.0% 16.7% - - - 12.5%

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† - 5 - - - 5
Easy wins % 0.0% 38.5% - - - 29.4%
Close wins‡ 2 2 - - - 4
Close wins % 50.0% 15.4% - - - 23.5%
Close losses‡ - 5 - - - 5
Close losses % 0.0% 25.0% - - - 17.2%
Big losses† 7 8 - - - 15
Big losses % 77.8% 40.0% - - - 51.7%

† 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 2 5 - - - 7
Tournaments 2 5 - - - 7

Competition history

7 competitions, 46 bouts

Fall Foil Festival

Senior Mixed Foil C2, SNR October 12, 2025

Place 23 of 26 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Youth Fencers

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 HICKNER Gabe 8 - E25 20 Renaissance Fencing Club / University of Minnesota Fencing Club 703 863 49.6 60%
Pool
D 0:5 TOEWS Jackson 1 - B25 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1904 813 4.3 4%
Pool
D 1:5 FEEHAN Conor 9 - E25 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1115 809 24.8 31%
Pool
D 2:5 CAGLE Tommy 16 - U 17 Duluth YMCA Fencing 1538 784 11.1 17%
Pool
V 5:4 MARTZ Michael 17 - U 25 Duluth YMCA Fencing 900 773 41.1 42%
Pool
D 0:5 STELLPFLUG Zachary 24 - U 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1285 814 16.9 22%
T32
D 4:15 DIFRANK Tae 7 - E25 8 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1471 647 49.5 12%

RYF/RMSA Dollar Challenge

Unrated Mixed Foil E1, U August 17, 2025

Place 10 of 19 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Youth Fencers

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 KRUEGER Benjamin 11 - U 8 Rochester Youth Fencers 2500 894 69.7 6%
Pool
V 5:2 SERDIUK Anna 2 - U 13 Rochester Youth Fencers - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 WINTERS Linus 14 - U 11 South YEL Fencing Alliance 357 964 83.8 83%
Pool
D 1:5 SYMMANK Callen 17 - U 1 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1448 880 17.1 18%
Pool
V 5:2 MOHAMED Siham 8 - U 16 - - - -
T16
D 7:15 MOHAMED Ahmed 18 - U 7 Rochester Youth Fencers 1591 699 51.8 14%

2025 Minnesota State High School Championship

Men's Foil U February 22, 2025

Place 33 of 78 Seed 48 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Mayo

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 BASTODKAR Ved 23 - U 24 Blake High School / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1016 768 42.5 35%
Pool
V 5:2 BURCHILL Carter 26 - E25 26 Fargo-Moorhead Fencing Club 1787 726 102.3 9%
Pool
V 5:2 TUEL Jude 67 - U 66 1240 828 57.6 31%
Pool
D 2:5 RUBY Asher 2 - E24 4 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1191 885 33.4 31%
Pool
V 5:0 BEDARD Bennett 51 - U 62 South YEL Fencing Alliance / South YEL Fencing Alliance 767 852 42.0 55%
Pool
V 5:1 KEEL Ronan Missing ID 71 - U 69 Saint Paul Academy - - - -
T64
D 14:15 POLYZOIS Alkis 44 - U 32 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 991 894 195.2 45%

2025 SPA Invitational

Unrated Junior Men's Foil U, JNR January 12, 2025

Place 54 of 77 Seed 50 Not ranked Rating U Rochester Mayo

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 HASHMI Mushaf 70 - U 16 South YEL Fencing Alliance 1156 795 47.3 29%
Pool
V 5:4 KHARBANDA Arjun Missing ID 22 - U 71 Saint Paul Academy - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 LOCKWOOD Jacob 5 - D24 2 Minnetonka fencing club / Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1865 748 8.6 4%
Pool
V 5:4 IBARRA Alejandro 62 - U 31 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1176 739 115.2 25%
Pool
D 1:5 UNGLAUB Maxwell 29 - U 45 Blake High School / Twin Cities Fencing Club 497 854 86.3 70%
T128
V 15:10 CHANEY Dhru Missing ID 40 - U 75 Saint Paul Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club - - - -
T64
D 9:15 DRAWZ Chase 17 - U 18 Center for Blade Arts 788 1359 464.3 75%

TheReal YELFC Winter Showdown

Junior Men's Foil U, JNR December 14, 2024

Place 38 of 68 Seed 28 Rank 29 Rating None Rochester Mayo

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 AHNEMANN Leif 12 13 - 10 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club / Minnetonka fencing club 1088 818 66.2 35%
Pool
V 5:2 INWARDS Levi Missing ID 66 - - 31 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 MOORE Angus Missing ID 33 34 - 39 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 WEED Matthew Missing ID 54 55 - 68 Holy Family Catholic High School - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 JARCHO Beckett 8 9 - 9 Center for Blade Arts 1738 752 15.3 7%
Pool
V 5:0 ESKRIDGE Rhys 48 49 - 50 South YEL Fencing Alliance 496 737 58.1 63%
T64
D 14:15 BELL Andrew 35 36 - 28 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1238 2079 720.8 80%

MN Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers 2024

Junior Men's Foil E1, JNR November 16, 2024

Place 9 of 10 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 KIM Ethen 9 - U 7 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 723 470 119.6 36%
Pool
V 5:1 FERRARA Asher 5 - U 10 995 351 253.7 18%
Pool
D 0:5 BERSCHEID Arthur 1 - D24 2 Center for Blade Arts 1738 604 15.1 5%
Pool
V 5:3 MENASCO Juliun 4 - E23 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1334 589 229.2 13%
T16
D 14:15 FANG Ethan 6 - U 8 2500 2500 420.5 50%

Fall Foil Festival

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR October 19, 2024

Place 23 of 25 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 LEGGETT Emilia 8 - U 13 South YEL Fencing Alliance - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 CHRISTIENSEN Jack 25 - U 19 Twin Cities Fencing Club 966 2500 1202.0 92%
Pool
D 3:5 SHELTON Olivia 1 - D24 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 KIM Ethen 17 - U 12 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 731 1298 513.9 75%
Pool
D 4:5 BELL Andrew 9 - U 14 Twin Cities Fencing Club 772 784 228.4 51%
Pool
D 0:5 FOSTERVOLD Castiel 22 - E24 6 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1141 556 85.5 21%
T32
D 6:15 BULLARD Sydney 6 - E24 11 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -