A check of Friday's final results from the Junior Olympics has revealed several other noteworthy college fencers who are competing in this event. CF360 earlier was aware of most Ivy League fencers attending the JOs, but we know know that Columbia'a top women's foilists Nicole Ross and Abigail Caparros-Janto also were among the 136 who participated in the 2009 JO under-20 meet. Ross (#5 in the USFA "rolling" rankings) placed sixth in the JOs, while Caparros-Janto was 15th.
Other top-20 results for collegiate fencers include (but are not necessarily limited to): Notree Dame's Hayley Reese (10th; ranked #7), Princeton's Lucille Jarry (18th; ranked #16) and Northwestern's Camille Provencale-Dayle (20th; ranked #21). The top-4 finishers in women's foil were Margaret Lu, Lee Kiefer, Madison Zeiss, Ambika Singh, Mikayla Varadi, Ross, Luona Wang and Eva Levin.
Ohio State freshman Eric Gornowski won the 203-fencer men's epee competition, while Air Force's Daniel Trapani placed fifth and Vassar's Nicholas Johnson was 18th. Gurnowski defeated Samuel Zucker in the semifinals and Corwin Duncan in the final (Duncan faced Ed Kelley in the semi's). Other final-8 men's epeeists included James Kaull, Jeffrey Miller and Michael Rossi.
Another OSU fencer, women's sabreist Emily Cheng, also is coming home with a Junior Olympic gold medal. Cheng defeated Faizah Muhammad in the final bout, with Margaret McDonald and Nicole Glon also reaching the semifinals (others in the final-8 included Sean Cadley, Chloe Grainger, Holly Moore and Tiki Kastor.
NYU's Lisa Verzion was the 27th-place finisher in the women's sabre competition.
Here is a list of the top-8 finishers – plus an initial list of other collegiate fencers – in all three weapons that were contested on Friday. All rankings refer to the USFA "rolling rankings). Note that many elite college fencers have 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 JO. 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 (Friday, Feb. 13)
WOMEN'S FOIL (field of 136)
1. Margaret Lu (#6 ranking)
2. Lee Kiefer (#2 ranking)
3. Madison Zeiss (#15 ranking)
3. Ambika Singh (#8 ranking)
5. Mikayla Varadi (#13 ranking)
6. Nicole Ross (Columbia; So.; New York, NY) (#5 ranking)
7. Luona Wang (#4 ranking)
8. Eve Levin (#10 ranking)
Other College Fencers Results (partial list):
10. Hayley Reese (Notre Dame; So.; Crestwood, KY) (#7 ranking)
15. Abigail Caparros-Janto (Columbia; So.; Maplewood, NJ)
18. Lucile Jarry (Princeton; Fr.; Larchmont, NY) (#16 ranking)
20. Camille Provencale-Dayle (Northwestern; Fr,; St. Paul, MN) (#21 ranking)
22. Darsie Malynn (Notre Dame; Fr.; Grapevine, TX) (#29 ranking)
24. Devynn Patterson (Northwestern; Fr.; Seattle, WA) (#17 ranking)
29. Rebecca Hirschfeld (Cornell; Fr.; New York, NY)
33. Rada Sarkisova (Notre Dame; Fr.; Grand Rapids, MI) (#19 ranking)
43. Rebecca Grohmam (Northwestern; Fr.; South Orange, NJ)
45. Laura Paragano (Penn; Fr.; Bernardsville, NJ) (#43 ranking)
79. Irisa Chen (Northwestern; So.; Warren, NJ)
94. Rebeccsa Baird-Remba (NYU; Fr.; Oakton, VA)
107. Lisa Sachs (Northwestern; So.; Greenwich, CT)
MEN'S EPEE (field of 203)
1. Eric Gurnowski (Ohio State; Fr.; Hackettstown, NJ) (#28 ranking)
2. Corwin Duncan (#2 ranking)
3. Ed Kelley (#23 ranking)
3. Samuel Zucker
5. Daniel Trapani (Air Force; So.; Houston, TX) (#11 ranking)
6. James Kaull (#3 ranking)
7. Jeffrey Miller
8. Michael Rossi
Other College Fencers Results (partial list):
18. Nicholas Johnson (Vassar; Fr.; Byfield, MA) (#55 ranking)
22. Nicholas Crebs (Notre Dame; Fr.; Beaverton, OR)
34. Jacob Osborne (Notre Dame; So.; Colleyville, TX) (#35 ranking)
70. Kristoff Pinkowski (Notre Dame; Fr.; Simi Valley, CA)
87. Brian Rouse (Vassar; Fr.; Middletown, CT)
WOMEN'S SABRE (field of 105)
1. Emily Cheng (Ohio State; Fr.; Sacramento, CA) (#18 ranking)
2. Faizah Muhammad (#11 ranking)
3. Margaret McDonald (#32 ranking)
3. Nicole Glon (#10 ranking)
5. Sean Cadley (#13 ranking)
6. Chloe Grainger (#46 ranking)
7. Holly Moore (#29 ranking)
8. Titi Kastor (#21 ranking)
Other College Fencers Results (partial list):
27. Lisa Verzino (NYU; Fr.; Centereach, NY)
34. Bia Almeida (Notre Dame; Fr.; Chappagua, NY) (#38 ranking)
54. Annelise Eeman (Northwestern; Fr.; St. Louis Park, MN)
103. Jill Mahen (Northwestern; So.; Chester, NJ)