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Statistics Profile

James McGovern

2006
University Of Michigan Fencing Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 6 2 - - - 8
Losses 14 5 - - - 19
Win ratio 30.0% 28.6% - - - 29.6%
Pool victories 5 2 - - - 7
Pool losses 11 4 - - - 15
Pool win ratio 31.2% 33.3% - - - 31.8%
DE victories 1 - - - - 1
DE losses 3 1 - - - 4
DE win ratio 25.0% 0.0% - - - 20.0%

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† 3 1 - - - 4
Easy wins % 50.0% 50.0% - - - 50.0%
Close wins‡ 1 - - - - 1
Close wins % 16.7% 0.0% - - - 12.5%
Close losses‡ - - - - - -
Close losses % 0.0% 0.0% - - - 0.0%
Big losses† 10 4 - - - 14
Big losses % 71.4% 80.0% - - - 73.7%

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

Competition history

4 competitions, 27 bouts

USACFC 2026 Championship

Athos Foil B2/C3 April 11, 2026

Place 85 of 147 Seed 109 Not ranked Rating U University Of Michigan Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 LEE Ethan Missing ID 24 - D25 31 Rutgers University Fencing Club / OnTarget Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 SULLIVAN Patrick 112 - U 137 United States Military Academy Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 CHIN Sam Missing ID 146 - U 114 Dartmouth College - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Sean 65 - U 52 University of Southern California Trojan Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 FLYNN Ian 21 - D26 11 Swarthmore College Fencing Club - - - -
T128
D 6:15 TORII-KARCH Erika 39 - E25 46 University Of Colorado Boulder Club / Austin Fencers Club - - - -

Wayne State - Danosi Open 2026

Senior Men's Foil A2, SNR February 7, 2026

Place 36 of 42 Seed 40 Not ranked Rating U University Of Michigan Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 TOWNE Benjamin 22 - C25 21 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1721 1323 69.3 28%
Pool
D 1:5 KANAR Ian 16 - B22 8 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2279 1253 17.8 6%
Pool
D 0:5 SHEVCHENKO Kostiantyn 4 - A25 9 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2308 1236 14.8 5%
Pool
V 5:1 PRYOR Ted 35 - E25 39 Renaissance Fencing Club 1023 1221 76.1 62%
Pool
D 0:5 IRVINE Brody 30 - E25 25 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 1728 1297 48.9 26%
Pool
D 1:5 ORONOWICZ Jakub 9 - A23 11 Wayne State University NCAA 2475 1248 7.3 3%
T64
D 5:15 MCGRATH Milo 32 - E25 29 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1424 1963 514.6 74%

The University of Michigan Open

Senior Mixed Foil A2, SNR October 25, 2025

Place 16 of 29 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating U University Of Michigan Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 SOTO Prudence 20 - U 27 University Of Michigan Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 WU Benjamin (Ben) 9 - D25 8 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1669 1624 151.9 48%
Pool
D 2:5 MANCINI Ludovica 3 - B25 3 Wayne State University NCAA - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 PERRIN Emma 28 - U 20 Renaissance Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 BAKKE Alexander 14 - E23 19 Michigan State University Fencing Club 1399 1472 149.4 54%
T32
V 15:13 ERSOZ Yasemin 15 - E23 17 Pittsburgh Fencers Club - - - -
T16
D 3:15 LEUNG Ethan 4 - B25 1 2822 2169 205.6 24%

United State Collegiate Club Championships 2025

Senior Men's Foil A2/B3, SNR April 5, 2025

Place 115 of 165 Seed 129 Not ranked Rating U University Of Michigan Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 HECK John 81 - U 84 University Of Connecticut Fencing Club / Rose City Fencing 1822 2500 748.0 73%
Pool
D 0:5 NA Rongyao 33 - D24 17 University of California Davis / Davis Fencing Academy 2921 1752 100.2 15%
Pool
D 0:5 GHAZALI Omer 16 - C24 31 University of California Los Angeles Fencing Club 2080 1652 216.7 31%
Pool
D 1:5 POIROT Max 159 - U 29 University Of Pittsburgh / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 1791 1435 183.1 33%
Pool
V 5:0 WANG Matthew 150 - U 165 University of Virginia Fencing Club 1176 1252 179.4 53%
Pool
V 5:3 CHANG Gabriel 112 - U 142 Carnegie Mellon University Fencing Club 1628 1431 192.5 41%
T128
D 2:15 TSANG Matthew K. 11 - B21 22 University of California Davis 3054 2500 331.2 29%