AFA Placed 16th at the National Collegiate Fencing Championships

March 28, 2004

After four days of tough competition, the Academy's fencers placed 16th out of 33 teams in the NCAA National Collegiate Fencing Championships held at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., this weekend. Five fencers finished in the top 25 of their respective events. Ohio State University won its first-ever NCAA National Collegiate Fencing Championship followed by Pennsylvania State University and Notre Dame. The Academy earned its spot at the national collegiate championships with the five fencers who qualified last week at the NCAA Western Region Championships.

Individually, AFA sophomore Sam Bartron finished 23rd in men's saber. Freshman Jason Stockdale finished 11th, while sophomore Timothy French finished 16th in men's epee. Junior Marisa Romero finished 24th in women's saber and senior Apphia Taylor finished 22nd in women's epee. This was French and Romero's second trip to the national collegiate championships. In 2003, French earned second team All-American, Romero finished 23rd. The Academy finished ninth in 2003.

Team Results: NCAA Fencing Results

Place School Total

1. Ohio State University 194 2. Pennsylvania State University 160 3. Notre Dame 153 4. St. John's University 149 5. Columbia/Barnard 146 6. Pennsylvania, University of 104 7. Princeton University 79 8. Harvard University 73 9. Wayne State University 62 10. Stanford University 60 11. Northwestern University 50 12. Duke University 48 13.T Rutgers University 44 13.T Yale University 44 15. Cal State, Fullerton 35 16. U.S. Air Force Academy 34 17. Brandeis University 28 18. Temple University 25 19. Cornell University 23 20. New York University 19 21. Brown University 17 22. Haverford College 14 23.T Drew University 12 23.T M.I.T. 12 25.T Tufts University 11 25.T UNC, Chapel Hill 11 27. Vassar College 8 28. Johns Hopkins University 7 29.T Cal Tech 6 29.T NJ Institute of Technology 6 29.T U.C. San Diego 6 32.T Hunter College 1 32.T Sacred Heart University 1

 

 

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