The University of Toronto Varsity Blues successfully defended their team title as the 2026 OUA men's fencing championship wrapped up on Sunday (March 8) in Waterloo, Ont.
 
The Blues were dominant in winning their 10th consecutive and 40th overall banner in program history.
 
After finishing 1-2-3-4 in the individual epee competition on Day 1, the Blues went onto dominate the team relay. Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia, Seraphim Jarov, Ethan Liu and Evan Wang won the gold medal, defeating the Western Mustangs 45-22 in the championship bout.
 
Matthew Teng, Leo Chen, Siyuan Shao and Richard Chen earned the sabre team relay silver medal. The quartet defeated the Brock Badgers, 45-21, in the quarter-final round, before topping the TMU Bold 45-27 in the semifinal. The Blues then dropped a narrow 45-40 decision to the host Waterloo Warriors in the gold-medal bout.
 
Toronto's foil team of Jimmy Zhou, Alastair Rajpal, Hymn Chan and Aimon Heese placed fifth overall.
 
At the conclusion of the championship, Thomas Nguyen was named the OUA coach of the year for the first time in his 16-year tenure as head coach.
 
Day 1 Recap

OVERALL TEAM STANDINGS
Toronto Varsity Blues - 343
Waterloo Warriors - 335
Western Mustangs - 181
Ottawa Gee-Gees - 161
McMaster Marauders - 160
Queen's Gaels - 110
TMU Bold - 70
Guelph Gryphons - 37
RMC Paladins - 35
Brock Badgers - 35
Carleton Ravens - 30
York Lions - 1
Trent Excalibur – 0
 
MAJOR AWARDS
Championship Trophy (Charles Walters) – Toronto Varsity Blues
Desjarlais Trophy (Men's Epee) – Seraphim Jarov, Toronto
Charles Walters (Men's Foil) – Jiaan Li, Waterloo
Schwende Trophy (Men's Sabre) – Matthew Teng (Toronto)
Sportsmanship Award (George Tully) – Sacha Vasiliev, Ottawa
Christian Vidosa Trophy (Coach of the Year) – Thomas Nguyen, Toronto
 
OUA Team All-Stars
Epee: Edward Yang, Ottawa
Foil : Daniel Manyoki, Waterloo
Sabre : Niraj Karki, TMU
 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (each individual medalist is also an OUA all-star)
Foil
1. Jiaan Li, Waterloo
2. Jason Park, Western
3. Sacha Vasiliev, Ottawa
Epee
1. Seraphim Jarov, Toronto
2. Evan Wang, Toronto
3. Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia, Toronto
Sabre
1. Matthew Teng, Toronto
2. Richard Yang, Waterloo
3. David Li, Waterloo
 
 
TEAM RELAY RESULTS
EPEE

1. Toronto (Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia, Seraphim Jarov, Ethan Liu, Evan Wang)
2. Western (Johnathan Chai, Aaniss Dib, Bowen Yao, Alvin Yeung)
3. Ottawa (Edward Yang, Felix Rocan, Campbell Burrows, Dante Fosterdelmundo)

FOIL

1. Waterloo (Jiaan Li, Nolan White-Roy, Daniel Manyoki, Connor Tan)
2. Ottawa (Daniel Oroszlan, Sacha Vasiliev, Ian Macewen, Julien Turk)
3. Western (Jason Park, Dylan Shi, Ulysse Sizov, Frederick Yu)

SABRE

1. Waterloo (David Li, Richard Yang, Charles Wang, Lawrence Liu)
2. Toronto (Matthew Teng, Leo Chen, Siyuan Shao, Richard Chen)
3. TMU (Jafer Kamoonpuri, Niraj Karki, Cedric Bo, Narayan Bhandari)