Columbia unbeaten at Ivy Championship
Columbia’s men and women’s fencing teams emerged from the first day of the second annual Ivy League Championships with perfect records. Sweeping through Yale, Brown, and in the women’s case, Cornell, Columbia was primed for major head-to-head confrontations Sunday, February 25, in the second and final day of the Ivy Championships.
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Saturday, February 17, 2007
En Garde!
CCS is home to many talented students: actors, musicians, scientists, artists — and fencers! Students Lane Lubell and Samantha Perry travelled to the University of New Hampshire last weekend to participate in the national “Sword in the Snow” tournament as part of fencing’s Super Youth Circuit. Sam fenced in the youth 10 (Y10) women’s epee division, in which she placed first and received the gold medal. Lane fenced in the Y10 men’s epee class, placing second and receiving the silver medal for his event.
Fencers who placed in the top 40% of their event earned national ranking points which the United States Fencing Association (USFA) uses to rank and seed fencers for all tournaments including Summer Nationals. This year, Nationals will be held in Miami from June 29-July 8, and both Sam and Lane have already qualified! Both Sam and Lane fence for Windy City Fencing and are on the club’s Silver A team. Sam has been fencing for almost two years and Lane has been fencing for almost three years.
“Sword in the Snow” was the second big tournament for both fencers this season. In December, they fenced in Y10 mixed epee competition at the Chicago RYC at the Chicago Athletic Association. Sam took first place with the gold and Lane took second place with the silver. An RYC is a regional youth circuit tournament. RYC results qualify fencers for events at Summer Nationals and the North American Cup (NAC) tournament.
The NAC will be held in Tucson in April, and Sam and Lane will both be fencing in that tournament as well.
Fencers who placed in the top 40% of their event earned national ranking points which the United States Fencing Association (USFA) uses to rank and seed fencers for all tournaments including Summer Nationals. This year, Nationals will be held in Miami from June 29-July 8, and both Sam and Lane have already qualified! Both Sam and Lane fence for Windy City Fencing and are on the club’s Silver A team. Sam has been fencing for almost two years and Lane has been fencing for almost three years.
“Sword in the Snow” was the second big tournament for both fencers this season. In December, they fenced in Y10 mixed epee competition at the Chicago RYC at the Chicago Athletic Association. Sam took first place with the gold and Lane took second place with the silver. An RYC is a regional youth circuit tournament. RYC results qualify fencers for events at Summer Nationals and the North American Cup (NAC) tournament.
The NAC will be held in Tucson in April, and Sam and Lane will both be fencing in that tournament as well.
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