Marksmen Capture National Titles

In June, Carson Bosita ’25 and Chris Guffey ’26 won gold at the 2024 USA Fencing National Championship. Bosita won the Division II Men’s Saber Bracket, while Guffey was a member of the team that won the Senior Team Men’s Saber Division.

           

Before becoming a national champion, Bosita found fencing almost by accident. 

 

“At the start of Middle School, I was trying out a bunch of different sports to see what stuck,” Bosita said. “I was just looking for a way to be physically active. I came into a club, and we saw a bunch of people playing with swords. So I was like, ‘Oh, can I sign up for this?’”

 

At the National Championship, Bosita competed against 206 other fencers, many of whom he was ranked below before the USA Fencing National Championship.

 

“I was not expecting to go as far as I did, but something clicked that day, maybe with the coaching and my mindset,” Bosita said. “I just kept going forward and got past a lot of stages, and then we got to the finals, which is the first time I earned a medal at a national tournament. [Winning the gold] was unreal. I didn’t feel any emotions until maybe an hour or two after, which was very strange because I thought I’d feel it all immediately.”

 

Chris Guffey ’26 struck gold in the championship’s team competition.

 

“Winning as a team made me feel especially great because of how we were able to support each other throughout the tournament,” Guffey said. “We all know each other so well after training together so much and that made it even better.”

 

A third Marksman, Elijah Kim ’28, also competed in the tournament.