(reminder: please credit CollegeFencing360.com's research, if using this data for publication or on other websites.)
This updated blog post (yet another CF360 exclusive) is sure to interest avid followers of certain teams, as well as fans of college fencing as a whole. Former fencers who are included on these lists also may take a walk down memory lane, as they scan the various names of their former teammates and former opponents.
The complete lists (at the very bottom of this post) highlight the fencing programs that have sent the most fencers (20, 21 of the max. 22) to the NCAAs, during the 11-year period since women's sabre made its debut at the NCAA Championships in 2000.
There are 26 "elite weapon groups" included below, and they break down as follows (note that the max. one school could qualify was 22 total fencers in a weapon, from 2000-10):
WEAPON GROUPS WITH 20-22 NCAA ENTRANTS DURING 2000-10
• All six weapons from Notre Dame and Penn State
• Four weapon groups from both St. John's (MS, ME, WF, WS) and Columbia (MF, MS, WF, WE)
• Two weapon groups from Ohio State (ME, MS)
• One each from Harvard (WF), Northwestern (WF), Penn (MF) and Princeton (ME)
• Six different women's foil 11-year groups
• Five each from both men's epee and men's sabre
• Four in men's foil
• Three each in women's epee and women's sabre
• Various schools have combined to produce a combined total of 10 weapon groups with 22 NCAA entrants from 2000-10
• There have been seven other 21-entrant weapon groups over the past 11 years
• And there are nine more weapon groupings with 20 entrants, since women's sabre's debut
... Here are the "old reliables" – the 11 weapon groups that have posted "100% NCAA Championship attendance" (22 of 22) during the past 11 years:
• Notre Dame men's sabre, women's foil and women's sabre
• Penn State men's foil, men's sabre and women's foil
• St. John's men's epee, men's sabre and women's sabre
• Columbia men's foil
• Ohio State men's epee
We know the next question in some of your heads: "What schools have qualified the most NCAA fencers (2000-10) for a specific weapon, when including both genders?" Here you go:
MOST NCAA ENTRANTS IN A WEAPON (both genders; 2000-10; max. 44)
44 – Notre Dame sabre
44 – Penn State foil
44 – St. John's sabre
43 – Notre Dame foil (21 men, 22 women)
43 – Penn State sabre (22 men, 21 women)
42 – Notre Dame epee (21 men, 21 women)
41 – Penn State epee (20 men, 21 women)
41 – St. John's epee (22 men, 19 women)
40 – Columbia foil (20 men, 20 women)
Some schools have been able to maintain their consistent NCAA qualification in certain weapons with a series of several three- or four-year NCAA qualifiers, while other have relied on more turnover for a "turnstile" approach (they quickly reload):
TOP WEAPON GROUPS w/ MOST/FEWEST INDIVIDUAL FENCERS
(from 2000-10)
15 – Penn State men's foil (22 total NCAA berths)
13 – St. John's men's sabre (22 total NCAA berths)
12 – St. John's women's sabre (22 total NCAA berths)
8 – Notre Dame men's epee (21 total NCAA berths)
8 – Northwestern women's foil (20 total NCAA berths)
During the past 11 years, there have been 40 fencers – from among the 26 elite historical weapon groups listed below – who have been four-year NCAA entrants (11 from PSU, 10 from ND, five from SJU, three from Columbia, OSU and Northwestern, two from Penn and Princeton, and one from Harvard). Several schools have featured three different four-year NCAA qualifiers in the same weapon, over the past 11 years.
WEAPON GROUPS with THREE 4-YEAR NCAA ENTRANTS ('00-'10)
• Northwestern women's foil
Julie Foldi ('02-'05) ... Jessica Florendo ('04-'07) ... Sam Nemecek ('06-'09)
• Notre Dame men's epee
Jan Viviani ('00-'03) ... Michal Sobieraj ('02-'05) ... Karol Kostka ('06-'09)
• Notre Dame women's foil
Andrea Ament ('02-'05) ... Alicja Kryczalo ('02-'05) ... Adi Nott ('06-'09)
Jessica Florendo (left)
When looking at the 40 four-year NCAA entrants included below (again, sampled from the 26 elite weapon groups listed on this page ... CF360 may later produce full list of 4-year entrants since 2000), there have been four "dynamic duos" that fenced alongside each other at the NCAAs at least three times:
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP "DYNAMIC DUOS" (2000-10)
(Four-year entrants, from elite weapon groups, who fenced together at NCAAs 3-plus times)
• Notre Dame women's foilists Andrea Ament and Alicja Kryczalo (both '02-'05)
• Penn State women's foilists Meredith Chin ('02-'05) and Anna Donath ('03-'06)
• Penn men's foilists Michael Galligan ('04-'07) and Ron Berkowsky ('05-'08)
• Ohio State men's sabreists Adam Crompton ('03-'06) and Jason Rogers ('02, '03, '05, '06)
Ron Berkowsky (left)
Here's a complete list of fencers from the 26 elite weapon groups who have been four-year NCAA entrants:
4-YEAR NCAA ENTRANTS FROM ELITE WEAPON GROUPS (2000-10)
Penn State (11)*
MF – Non Panchan ('01, '02, '03, '05)
ME – Adam Wiercioch ('01-'04) and Arthur Urman ('05-'08)
MS – Franz Boghicev ('05-'08)
WF – Meredith Chin ('02-'05) and Anna Donath ('03-'06)
WE – Case Szarwark ('04-07)
WS – Heather Brosnan ('01-'04), Sophia Hiss ('04-'07) and Caity Thompson ('06-'07, '09-'10)
* note: Nick Chinman was an NCAA foil entrant from 2007-09, then qualified in epee for the 2010 NCAAs
Notre Dame (10)
MF – Ozren Debic ('00-'03)
ME – Jan Viviani ('00-'03), Michal Sobieraj ('02-'05) and Karol Kostka ('06-'09)
MS – Patrick Ghattas ('04-'07)
WF – Andrea Ament ('02-'05), Alicja Kryczalo ('02-'05) and Adi Nott ('06-'09)
WE – Kerry Walton ('02-'05)
WS – Valerie Providenza ('04-'07)
note: SJU women's epeeist Tanya Novakovska competed in NCAAs from 2007-10 (SJU w-epee not in elite 26 weapon groups)
Arpad Horvath (left)
Columbia (3)
MF Jeremy Sinkin ('02-'05), WF Ellen Blount ('00-'03) and WE Monica Conley ('00-'03)
Northwestern (3)
WF – Julie Foldi ('02-'05), Jessica Florendo ('04-'07) and Sam Nemecek ('06-'09)
Ohio State (3)
ME Jason Pryor ('06-'09), MS Jason Rogers ('02, '03, '05, '06) and Adam Crompton ('03-'06)
Penn (3)
MF – men's foilists Michael Galligan ('04-'07) and Ron Berkowsky ('05-'08)
Princeton (2)
ME – Soren Thompson ('01-'03, '05) and Ben Solomon ('03-'06)
Harvard (1)
WF Chloe Stinetorf ('03-'06)
It's interesting that no school managed to send the maximum 22 women's epeeists to the NCAAs from 2000-10 – again showing how difficult it is to maintain consistent excellence in epee (as opposed to sabre, where you are more likely to see fencers post season records in the range of 50-3; top sabre fencers also seem more likely to dominate their NCAA round-robin bouts than epeeists ... more on this theory later, after CF360 has time to crunch those numbers).
MOST NCAA MEN'S FOIL ENTRANTS (6-weapon era, 2000-10; max. 22)
22 – Penn State (14 individuals)
Gang Lu ('00), Donald McGill ('00), Omar Bhutta ('01), Non Panchan ('01, '02, '03, '05), Ian Schlaepfer ('02, '04), Chris Miller ('03), Jake Clark ('04), Jeff Chang ('05-'06), Alexander Louton ('06), Nick Chinman ('07-'09), Chun Ming Chang ('07), Samuel Perkins ('08), Miles Chamley-Watson ('09-'10) and David Willette ('10)
Ozren Debic ('00-'03), Forest Walton ('00, '01, '04), Derek Snyder ('02, '03), Frank Bontempo ('04), Jakub Jedrkowiak ('05-'07), Mark Kubik ('06-'07), Steve Kubik ('08), Zach Shirtz ('08), Enzo Castellani ('09-'10) and Gerek Meinhardt ('09-'10)
21 – Penn (10 individuals) (one entrant in 2008)
David Cohen ('00), Yale Cohen ('00, '01, '03), Yaron Roth ('01), Jeffrey Breen ('02), Andy Radu ('02-'04), Michael Galligan ('04-'07), Ronald Berkowsky ('05-'08), Zane Grodman ('09), Vidur Kapur ('09-'10) and Alex Simmons ('10)
MOST NCAA MEN'S EPEE ENTRANTS (6-weapon era, 2000-09; max. 20)
22 – Ohio State (10 individuals)
Alan Jones ('00, '01), Geoff Kane ('00, '01), Brian Gross ('02, '03), Spencer Jones ('02-'04), Denis Tolkachev ('04-'06), Christian Rivera ('05), Jason Pryor ('06-'09), Mykhaylo Mazur ('07), Sean Harder ('08), Igor Tolkachev ('09-'10) and Marco Canevari ('10)
22 – St. John's (10 individuals)
Alex Roytblat ('00, '01), Doron Levitt ('00, '01), Anton Gurevich ('02, '03), Arpad Horvath ('02-'05), Benjamin Bratton ('04-'07), Adam Rodney ('06), Stan Vaksman ('07-'09), Misha Mokretsov ('08), Nicholas Vomero ('09-'10) and Marat Israelian ('10)
21 – Notre Dame (8 individuals) (one entrant in 2004)
Jan Viviani ('00-'03), Brian Casas ('00, '01), Michal Sobieraj ('02-'05), Aaron Adjemian ('05-'06), Karol Kostka ('06-'09), Greg Howard ('07-'08), Greg Schoolcraft ('09-'10) and James Kaull ('10)
20 – Penn State (8 individuals) (one entrant in both 2003 and '05)
Brendan Baby ('00), Daniel Landgren ('00-'02), Adam Wiercioch ('01-'04), Alex Bruske ('04), Arthur Urman ('05-'08), James Moody ('06, '08-'09), Steffan Launer ('07), Maxwell Dettlinger ('09), Nick Chinman ('10) and Brian Heflich ('10)
22 – Notre Dame (9 individuals)
Gabor Szelle ('00, '03), Andrezj Bednarski ('00, '01), Andre Crompton ('01-'02), Matt Fabricant ('02-'03), Patrick Ghattas ('04-'07), Matt Stearns ('04-'06), Bill Thanhouser ('07-'08), Barron Nydam ('08-'10) and Avery Zuck ('09, '10)
22 – Penn State (10 individuals)
Michael Stahlhut ('00), Aaron Stuewe ('00), Amir Rahimi ('01, '02), Michael Takagi ('01), Alex Weber ('02-'03), Marten Zagunis ('03, '04, '06), Ian Farr ('04, '05, '07), Franz Boghicev ('05-'08), Daniel Bak ('08-'10) and Aleksander Ochocki ('09, '10)
22 – St. John's (12 individuals)
Thomas Hergenhan ('00), Ivan Lee ('00-'03), Keeth Smart ('01), Darrin Whitmer ('02, '04), Sergey Isayenko ('03-'05), Nijmy Cadet ('05), Luther Clement ('06-'08), Nikita Tsukhlo ('06), Torian Brown ('07), Charles Worsham ('08) , Daryl Homer ('09-'10), Alejandro Rojas ('09) and Sean Buckley ('10)
20 – Ohio State (9 individuals) (no entrants in 2000)
Guy Lofton ('01), Colin Paker ('01, '02), Jason Rogers ('02, '03, '05, '06), Adam Crompton ('03-'06), Jason Paul ('04), Mike Momtselidze ('07-'09), Sergey Smirnov ('07-'08), Max Stearns ('09-'10) and Bryan Cheney ('10)
MOST NCAA WOMEN'S FOIL ENTRANTS (6-weapon era, 2000-10; max. 22)
22 – Notre Dame (10 individuals)
Magda Krol ('00), Liza Boutsikaris ('00, '01), Maggie Jordan ('01), Andrea Ament ('02-'05), Alicja Kryczalo ('02-'05), Adi Nott ('06-'09), Melanie Bautista ('06), Emilie Prot ('07), Hayley Reese ('08-'10) and Darsie Malynn ('10)
22 – Penn State (10 individuals)
Carla Esteva ('00), Charlotte Walker ('00, '01), Marta Grochal ('01, '02), Meredith Chin ('02-'05), Anna Donath ('03-'06), Tam Najm ('06-'07), Doris Willette ('07, '09-'10), Anne Jackson ('08), Allison Glasser ('08-'09) and Olga Ostatnigrosh ('10)
20 – Columbia (9 individuals) (one entrant in 2003, one in 2005)
Susan Jennings ('00), Ellen Blount ('00-'03), Kathryn Cavan ('01, '02), Cassidy Luitjen ('04, '05, '07), Kathleen Reckling ('04, '06-'07), Kelsey Finkel ('06), Abby Caparros-Janto ('08-'09), Nicole Ross ('08-'10) and D'Meca Homer ('10)
20 – Harvard (10 individuals) (one entrant in 2000, one in 2002)
Emily Katz ('00, '01), Liz Blase ('01), Ellen Schulz ('02), Anne Austin ('03, '04), Chloe Stinetorf ('03-'06), Emily Cross ('05, '06, '09), Misha Goldfeder ('07, '10), Arielle Pensler ('07-'08), Anna Podolsky ('08) and Shelby MacLeod ('09-'10)
20 – Northwestern (8 individuals) (one entrant in 2000, one in 2001)
Kristen Dorf ('00-'02), Julie Foldi ('02-'05), Christina Wang ('03), Jessica Florendo ('04-'07), Sam Nemecek ('06-'09), Natalie Wang ('08), Devynn Patterson ('09-'10) and Dayana Sarkisova ('10)
20 – St. John's (10 individuals) (one entrant in 2000, one in 2009)
Elizabeth Thottam ('00-'03), Jean Hergenhan ('01), Irina Khouade ('02-'03), Amy Delahanty ('04), Erzsebet Garay ('04-'06), Katia Larchanka ('05-'08), Monika Golebiewski ('07-'08), Nora Szita ('09), Evgeniya Kirpicheva ('10) and Irina Koroleva ('10)
MOST NCAA WOMEN'S EPEE ENTRANTS (6-weapon era, 2000-10; max. 22)
21 – Notre Dame (8 individuals) (one entrant in 2007)
Anna Carnick ('00-'02), Meagan Call ('00, '01, '03), Kerry Walton ('02-'05), Amy Orlando ('04-'06), Madeleine Stephan ('06), Kelly Hurley ('07-'08, '10), Ewa Nelip ('08-'09) and Courtney Hurley ('09-'10)
21 – Penn State (9 individuals) (one entrant in 2001)
Stephanie Eim ('00-'02), Jessie Burke ('00, '02-'03), Katarzyna Trzopek ('03, '04, '06), Case Szarwark ('04-07), Andrea Wine ('05), Anastasia Ferdman ('07-'10), Keri Byers ('08), Nina Westman ('09) and Marg Guzzi ('10)
MOST NCAA WOMEN'S SABRE ENTRANTS (6-weapon era, '00-'10; max. 22)
Valerie Providenza (left)Natalia Mazur ('00), Carianne McCullough ('00-'02), Destanie Milo ('01-'03), Maggie Jordan ('03), Valerie Providenza ('04-'07), Angela Vincent ('04), Mariel Zagunis ('05-'06), Ashley Serrette ('07), Sarah Borrmann ('08-'10) and Eileen Hassett ('08-'10)
22 – St. John's (11 individuals)
Megan Kates ('00), Marisa Mustilli ('00-'01), Lauren Collett ('01), Julia Gelman ('02-'04), Christina Crane ('02-'05), Kasia Wieronski ('05, '06), Olga Ovtchinnikova ('06-'07), Dagmara Wozniak ('07, '09-'10), Martyna Wieczorek ('08, '10), Tanya Dainoski ('08) and Dora Varga ('09)
21 – Penn State (9 individuals) (one entrant in 2008)
Stephanie Tam ('00-'02), Austin O'Neill ('00, '03), Heather Brosnan ('01-'04), Sophia Hiss ('04-'07), Laura Hillstrom ('05), Caity Thompson ('06-'07, '09-'10), Jessica-Kim Danh ('08), Monika Aksamit ('09) and Olivia Benedek ('10)