From Olympic podiums to community milestones, our fencers and our club keep making headlines.
Jackie Dubrovich — who trained at NJFA in Maplewood — won gold in women's team foil at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Team USA's first-ever Olympic fencing team gold. NJFA hosted a community send-off before the Games.
Read on Village Green →The town threw its support behind Dubrovich after Paris 2024 — coverage that highlights her training home at the New Jersey Fencing Alliance.
Read on Village Green →The New Jersey Fencing Alliance held a celebration recognizing Maplewood's own Jackie Dubrovich after her Olympic team foil gold.
Read on Essex News Daily →South Orange & Maplewood athletes made up half of the silver-medal-winning U.S. women's foil team at the World Championships.
Read on Village Green →An 11-year-old NJFA fencer climbed to the top Youth-12 épée ranking in the US and Canada — coached at the club by Frank Mustilli and Alejandra Terán.
Read on Village Green →NJFA sabreur Mya Spears signed her letter of intent to fence NCAA Division I at Temple — and competes internationally for Team Jamaica.
Read on Village Green →Maplewood-trained Spears earned an individual women's sabre berth for the 2026 Central American & Caribbean Games representing Jamaica.
Read on Village Green →A standout of the Maplewood / Columbia High School fencing pipeline, Rhodes won individual gold at the 2023 Junior Women's Foil World Championships.
Read on Village Green →NJFA sabre coach Andrew Doddo captured individual men's sabre gold at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
Read on USA Fencing →NJFA sabre coach Monica Aksamit helped the U.S. women's sabre team to bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics — a former Penn State NCAA champion.
Read on Penn State →When rising rent threatened the club, the community rallied to keep fencing in Maplewood, and NJFA reopened on Hilton Avenue.
Read on Village Green →After 37+ years and dozens of state titles, NJFA founder Frank Mustilli stepped down as Columbia High School's head fencing coach.
Read on Village Green →Our fencers medal at NACs, ROCs, and regional events all season long. Won a medal, signed with a college team, or have a story to share? Tell us and we may feature it here.
Tell us →Headlines link to original coverage from The Village Green, Essex News Daily, USA Fencing, and Penn State.
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