The annual Junior Olympics concluded in Albuquerque on Monday (Feb. 16), with Ohio State sophomore Ben Parkins (The Woodlands, Texas) and Duke sophomore Dorian Cohen (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tying for third place in the under-20 men's foil event. Alexander Pensler defeated Brian Kaneshige in the title bout, while the following fencers rounded out the top-8 (from a field of 201): Boliva Charles, Jeremy Goldstein, Turner Caldwell and Kieran O'Barr.
Several other current varsity college fencers competed in the men's foil event, with top-20 finishes from Air Force sophomore Nick Stockdale (17th) and Notre Dame sophomore Steve Kubik (19th).
Here is a list of the top-8 men's foil finishers, plus an initial list of other collegiate fencers who competed in the event. All rankings refer to the USFA "rolling rankings" (prior to the JOs). Note that many elite college fencers opted not to attend the 2009 Junior Olympics, due to a variety of factors – namely that they already have clinched spots on the U.S. teams that will compete at the 2009 Junior World Championships (April 8-13, in Belfast).
Due to the fact that many of the JO fencers are new to college fencing (i.e. freshmen), we currently are not able to identify a more complete list of college fencers at the JOs. We will continue to update these lists (for all six weapons) – please feel free to forward additional names of college fencers who are at the 2009 JOs (editor@collegefencing360.com). CF360 also is developing a database of college fencer names, which will help in crosschecking with entrant/result lists.
2009 Junior Olympics (Monday, Feb. 16)
MEN'S FOIL (field of 201)
1. Alexander Pensler (#9 ranking)
2. Brian Kaneshige (#13 ranking)
3. Ben Parkins (Ohio State; So.; Woodlands, TX; #6 ranking)
3. Dorian Cohen (Duke; So.; Brooklyn, NY #16 ranking)
5. Bolivar Charles (#25 ranking)
6. Jeremy Goldstein (#18 ranking)
7. Turner Caldwell (#27 ranking)
8. Kieran O'Barr (#54 ranking)
Other College Fencers Results (partial list):
17. Nick Stockdale (Air Force; So.; Landsdowne, PA; #53 ranking)
19. Steve Kubik (Notre Dame; So.; San Antonio, TX; #20 ranking)
34. Alex Khoshnevissan (Stanford; So.; San Francisco, CA; #34 ranking)
35. Zane Grodman (Penn; Fr.; Califon, NJ; #33 ranking)