Saturday's bouting at the Junior Olympics featured a handful of noteworthy college fencers, with Vassar sophomore Andrew Fischl placing third in the under-20 men's sabre competition while Princeton's John Stogin was seventh in that event. Two college standouts who attend school in the Boston area – Harvard's Valentin Stallar (9th) and Boston College's Peter Souders (17th) – also finished in the men's sabre top-20.
The other top-8 men's sabreists included: Bryan Cheney (1), Sean Buckley (2), Evan Prochniak (3), Dan Berliner (5), Michael Douville (7) and Robert Stone (8).
One of the more notable college fening names in Saturday's women's epee competition was Columbia freshman Neely Brandfield-Harvey, who placed 33rd in that competition. The top-eight women's epee finishers were Katharine Holmes, Francesca Bassa, Hannah Safford, Emily D'Agostino, Oksana Samorodov, Nik Nik Ameli, Nadia Eldeib and Nina Van Loon.
2009 Junior Olympics (Saturday, Feb. 14)
MEN'S SABRE (field of 162)
1. Bryan Cheney (#4 ranking)
2. Sean Buckley (#12 ranking)
3. Andre Fischl (Vassar; So.; Huntington, NY) (#21 ranking)
3. Evan Prochniak
5. Dan Berliner (#7 ranking)
6. Michael Douville (#28 ranking)
7. John Stogin (Princeton; So.; Wilmette, IL) (#22 ranking)
8. Robert Stone
Other College Fencers Results (partial list):
9. Valentin Staller (Harvard; Fr.; Old Field, NY) (#5 ranking)
17. Peter Souders (Boston College; Fr.; Maplewood, NJ) (#15 ranking)
WOMEN'S EPEE (field of 137)
1. Katharine Holmes (#5 ranking)
2. Francesca Bassa (#3 ranking)
3. Hannah Safford (#4 ranking)
3. Emily D'Agostino (#11 ranking)
5. Oksansa Samorodov (#20 ranking)
6. Nik Nik Ameli (Columbia; So.; New York, NY) (#15 ranking)
7. Nadia Eldeib (#23 ranking)
8. Nina Van Loon (#54 ranking)
Other College Fencers Results (partial list):
33. Neely Brandfied-Harvey (Columbia; Fr.; Houston, TX) #8 ranking)
46. Sara Peck (Northwestern; So.; North Haven, CT)
63. Nicole Tilley (Northwestern; So.; Chandler, AZ)
70. Elizabeth Casano (Northwestern; Fr.; Alexandria, VA)
91. Chloe McGuffin (Northwestern; Fr.; Lexington, MA)