Competitive fencer Ishani Sood, grade 11, won the bronze medal last month at the USA Fencing Junior Olympics in Denver. She was one of 199 competitors in the Women’s Cadet Foil Fencing category. Sood had a busy and successful season leading up to last month’s event, qualifying for the U.S. Cadet team and representing the United States in four events in Europe. She placed fifth at the Cadet World Cup in Budapest, Hungary, and won bronze at the Cadet World Cup in Germany, which featured 240 participants from more than 20 countries.