WATERLOO, Ont. – The University of Guelph men's fencing team competed in the 2026 OUA Men's Fencing Championships, hosted by the Waterloo Warriors over the weekend (Mar. 7-8). The Gryphons finished in 8th place in the two-day championship tournament.
The Gryphons had four fencers advance onto the knockout round in the foil and epee individual event on Saturday. Guelph had three fencers in the epee individual event qualify for the knockout round. Matei Dan Dobre had a 10th-place finish in the event, winning four of his six matches in the second round to qualify for the knockout round as the 10-seed where he won his round of 32 match before falling to Queen's Theo Pos is in the final 16.
Benjamin Roe also reached the final 16 in 12th-place, winning four matches in round 2 to qualify for the single-elimination bracket as the 15-seed. Roe won his round of 32 match before he was defeated by the 2-seed Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia of Toronto.
Campbell Merer also qualified for the knockout round by winning four matches in round 2 to qualify as the 13-seed but he was eliminated in the round of 32 to finish in 19th-place. In the men's foil event, Daniel Lau won four matches in round 2 to qualify for the knockout round as the 15-seed but fell in the round of 32 to Toronto's Aimon Heese. In Sunday's team event, the Gryphons epee team was the lone team to qualify for the single-elimination knockout as they finished in 6th-place after falling to McMaster in the 5th-place match.
The Toronto Varsity Blues would win their 10th consecutive OUA Men's Fencing Championship at the conclusion of the two-day championship tournament.
Team Standings | 2026 OUA Men's Fencing Championships
GOLD: Toronto Varsity Blues - 343
SILVER: Waterloo Warriors - 335
BRONZE: Western Mustangs - 181
4th: Ottawa Gee-Gees - 161
5th: McMaster Marauders - 160
6th: Queen's Gaels - 110
7th: TMU Bold - 70
8th: Guelph Gryphons - 37
t-9th: RMC Paladins & Brock Badgers - 35
11th: Carleton Ravens - 30
12th: York Lions - 1
13th: Trent Excalibur - 0
OUA Team All-Stars | 2026 OUA Men's Fencing Championships
Épée: Edward Yang, Ottawa Gee-Gees
Foil: Daniel Manyoki, Waterloo Warriors
Sabre: Niraj Karki, TMU Bold
*Note: all individual medalists are OUA all-stars
Event Results | 2026 OUA Men's Fencing Championships
Day 1 (Saturday, March 7)
Individual Épée
GOLD: Seraphim Jarov, Toronto Varsity Blues
SILVER: Evan Wang, Toronto Varsity Blues
BRONZE: Nicolas Gutierrez-Sarabia, Toronto Varsity Blues
Individual Foil
GOLD: Jiaan Li, Waterloo Warriors
SILVER: Jason Park, Western Mustangs
BRONZE: Sasha Vasiliev, Ottawa Gee-Gees
Individual Sabre
GOLD: Matthew Teng, Toronto Varsity Blues
SILVER: Richard Yang, Waterloo Warriors
BRONZE: David Li, Waterloo Warriors
Day 2 (Sunday, March 8)
Team Épée
GOLD: Toronto Varsity Blues
SILVER: Western Mustangs
BRONZE: Ottawa Gee-Gees
Team Foil
GOLD: Waterloo Warriors
SILVER: Ottawa Gee-Gees
BRONZE: Western Mustangs
Team Sabre
GOLD: Waterloo Warriors
SILVER: Toronto Varsity Blues
BRONZE: TMU Bold
