Lilov Fencing Academy Notable Results
We brought home 7 medals from 26' USA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Royce Awad – Junior Women’s Sabre Bronze & Cadet Women’s Sabre 5th
Alex Huang – Div I-A National Champion & Cadet Men’s Sabre 3rd
Dmitry Kopylov – Vet-60 National Champion & Vet-60 Team Gold
Clare Deming – Vet-40 Women’s Sabre 7th
Royce Awad, Alex Huang, and Dmitry Kopylov will represent Team USA 
in international competitions in the 2026-2027 season, including Dmitry Kopylov at the Veteran World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.
ROYCE AWAD
- Junior WS: 3rd, USA National Championships, Portland, OR (2026)
- Cadet WS: 5th, USA National Championships, Portland, OR (2026)
- Y-14 WS: 3rd, USA National Championships, Milwaukee, WI (2025)
- Runner-up, New Jersey State Individual Championships (2025)
- Gold Medal – Mission SYC Y-14 + "A" ranking (2024)
- Y-12 WS: 2nd, USA National Championships, Fort Worth, TX (2023)
ALEX HUANG – #4 in USA Cadet ranking
- Div I-A: 1st, USA National Championships, Portland, OR (2026)
- Cadet MS: 3rd, USA National Championships, Portland, OR (2026)
- Cadet MS: 1st, USA National Championships, Cleveland, OH (2025)
- Y-14 MS: 1st, USA National Championships, Cleveland, OH (2025)
- Gold Medal – Individual New Jersey State Champion, MKA (2025)
- Gold Medal – Challenge Wratislavia in U-13, Wroclaw, Poland (2023)
- Y-12 MS: 1st, USA National Championships, Richmond, VA (2022)
- Y-10 MS: 1st, USA National Championships, Philadelphia, PA (2021)
NEIL LILOV
- Silver Medal – Individual NCAA Runner-UP, Columbus, OH (2024)
- Gold Medal – Individual NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Champion (2024)
- Silver Medal – Junior World Cup Team USA, Dourdan, France (2023)
- Bronze Medal – Division 1 National Championship, Minneapolis (2022)
- Bronze Medal – Junior Olympic Championships in Junior, Salt Lake City (2022)
- 2021 Cadet World Championship Team USA member, Cairo, Egypt
- Silver Medal – USA National Championships in Cadets, Philadelphia, PA (2021)
- 6th Place in Cadet and 8th Place in Junior at Junior Olympic Championships (2020)
- 6th Place Cadet World Cup, Mödling, Austria (2019)
- 8th Place USA Cadet National Championships, Milwaukee, WI (2019)
- Silver Medal – Spain Cadet National Championships, Madrid, Spain (2019)
- Gold Medal – Challenge Wratislavia European Circuit U-13, Wroclaw, Poland (2017)
- Silver Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Y-12, Cleveland, OH (2017)
- Bronze Medal – USA National Championships Y-12, Salt Lake City, UT (2016)
- Silver Medal – USA National Championship (NAC) Y-10, San Jose, CA (2015)
- # 1 in USA National Rolling Points in Y-10 (2014-15) and Y-12 (2016-17)
Our New Jersey High School Individual Champions
2025 — Alex Huang (LFA/MKA)2024 — Caspar Turck (LFA/MKA, Cornell University)2023 — Lucas Gilson (LFA/Montclair HS, Durham University)2022 — Neil Lilov (LFA/Morris Knolls HS, Penn State University)2014 — Lucas Della Rella (MHS, Georgia Tech)2010 — Alen Hadzic (MHS, Columbia University)2009 — Alen Hadzic (MHS, Columbia University)2005 — Tai DiMaio (Pingry, New York University)2004 — Lauren Phillips (Pingry, University of Pennsylvania)2003 — Lauren Phillips (Pingry, University of Pennsylvania)2001 — Jared DeMatteis (Pingry, Columbia University)2000 — Jared DeMatteis (Pingry, Columbia University)2000 — Catherine Pack (Pingry HS, Columbia/Princeton University)1996 — Mike Baughman (Pingry, Duke University)1995 — Nicole Mustilli (Columbia HS, Notre Dame University)1995 — Brian Walther (Voorhees, Penn State University)1994 — Brian Walther (Voorhees, Penn State University)1994 — Nicole Mustilli (Columbia HS, Notre Dame University)
ETHAN HUANG
- 5th Place – USA Junior Olympics, Charlotte, NC (2025)
- 7th Place – USA April NAC Junior MS, Salt Lake City, UT (2024)
- Silver Medal – USA NAC Y-14, Fort Worth, TX (2021)
- 7th Place – USA NAC Y-14, Richmond, Virginia (2021)
- 7th Place – USA National Championships Y-12, Columbus, OH (2019)
- Gold Medal – Mission SYC Y-12, Rocky Point, NY (2019)
- Gold Medal – American Challenge RYC Y-12, Parsippany, NJ (2019)
- Bronze Medal – Capitol Clash SYC Y-12, Fort Washington, MD (2019)
DMITRY KOPYLOV
- 2026 National Champion Vet-60, Portland, OR
- Gold Medal – USA National Championships Vet-60 Team, Portland, OR (2026)
- Current member of the National Veterans Team USA from 2011-2026
- Gold Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet-60, San Jose, CA (2022)
- Bronze Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet-50 MS, Baltimore, MD (2017)
- 8th Place – USA National Championships Vet-40 MS, Salt Lake City, UT (2017)
- Bronze Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet 50 MS, Richmond, VA (2016)
- 2011 National Champion Vet-50, Reno, NV
LUCAS GILSON, MITCHELL O’KEEFE, ETHAN HUANG, CASPAR TURCK (2023)
- TOP 8 (Gold, 4th, 5th, 7th) – 2023 NJSIAA Individual Championships representing Montclair HS, Livingston HS, MKA (Montclair Kimberley Academy)
CASPAR TURCK
- Gold Medal – USACFC National Championships, Cornell University (2026)
- Gold Medal – Individual New Jersey State Champion, MKA (2024)
- Gold Medal – Cobra SYC, Cadet MS, NJ (2023)
- Gold Medal – Premier Challenge RYC Y-12, Manalapan, NJ (2019)
- Bronze Medal – Mission SYC Y-10, Rocky Point, NY (2018)
- Bronze Medal – Charter Oak RYC Y-10, Fairfield, CT (2017)
- Silver Medal – LFA RYC Y-8, Cedar Grove, NJ (2016)
LUCAS GILSON
- Gold Medal – Individual New Jersey State Champion, MHS (2023)
- Gold Medal – Fairfax Challenge in Cadet (2022)
- Gold Medal – Premier RYC Y-12, Maplewood, NJ (2019)
- 7th Place – American Challenge RYC Y-12, Parsippany, NJ (2018)
- 9th Place – American Challenge RYC Y-12, Burlington, NJ (2017)
- 9th Place – LFA Winter RYC Y-12, Cedar Grove, NJ (2017)
- 9th Place – Cobra Challenge SYC Y-10, Jersey City, NJ (2016)
STEVE DASHNAW- 2023 World Champion
- WORLD CHAMPION - Daytona Beach, FL (2023)
- BRONZE Medal - North American Cup (NAC), Vet-50, 2023
- BRONZE Medal - North American Cup (NAC), Vet -50 (2019)
- SILVER Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet 50 MS, Richmond, VA (2016)
CLARE DEMING
- 7th Place – USA National Championships Vet-40 WS, Portland, OR (2026)
- Bronze Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet-40 WS, Kansas City, MO (2025)
- Gold Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet-40 (2024)
- Gold Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet-40 (2019)
- Gold Medal – North American Cup (NAC) Vet-40, Baltimore, MD (2017)
- 7th Place – USA National Championships Vet-40 WS, Salt Lake City, UT (2017)
COLIN NOBLE
- Silver Medal – Div 1-A, USA National Championships, Phoenix, AZ (2023)
RACHAEL HUANG
- 4th Place – New Jersey State Individual Championships (2025)
- Bronze Medal – USA NAC Div 3 (2023)
- Silver Medal – Winter Thrust RYC in Y-14 (2023)
- 6th Place – USA National Championships Y-12, Columbus, OH (2019)
- 5th Place – Capitol Clash SYC Y-10, Fort Washington, MD (2019)
- 7th Place – Thrust RYC Y-10, Suffern, NY (2019)
ERIC BREKHMAN, MARK SHTEYN, LUCAS GILSON, MITCHELL O’KEEFE (2023)
- GOLD and SILVER at CETRULO CHAMPIONSHIPS representing Livingston HS and Montclair HS TEAM SABRE SQUADS
