** pre-Regional seeding information has been added to this page (analysis to follow Monday night)**
Note – CF360 still hoping to get full results, pool grids, bout scores, etc. (should have by later Monday)
Princeton junior men's epeeist Graham Wicas (left) – the 2009 NCAA runner-up (3rd in '08) – won the 2010 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional title.
The Mid-Atlantic/South Region receives seven automatic men's epee spots into the NCAA Championship (March 25-28, at Harvard), with a maximum of two per team. The qualification formula is based on two elements: pre-regional seeding factor (40%) and placement/finish at the Regional (60%). The NCAA round-robin format will include 24 total fencers in each weapon, as qualified from the four regions. There also are two total at-large spots in each weapon, comprising a portion of the 24-fencer fields (again, each team still is limited to two total entrants in each weapon).
Also of note: if a team has more than two fencers falling within the regional qualification standard (i.e. top-6 for most of the weapons in the Mid-Atlantic/South), the coach can select which fencers will comprise the two NCAA entrants.
The MA/S Region's six automatic men's epee representatives are expected (unofficially) to include Princeton's duo of Graham Wicas and Jonathan Yergler, and Penn's State's Nick Chinman and Max Dettlinger/Brian Heflich (plus three others, likely at least one coming from Duke). ... here is some partial men's epee data for the M-A/S Regional (hopefully more to come):
NCAA 2010 MID-ATLANTIC/SOUTH REGIONAL – MEN'S EPEE
(Saturday, March 13 ... Madison, N.J./Drew University ... partial results)
1 – Graham Wicas (Princeton ... jr. ... Newtown Square, PA ... #5 seed)
2 – Jonathan Yergler (Princeton ... fr. ... Winter Park, FL ... #4 seed)
3 – Max Dettlinger (Penn State ... sr. ... Louisville, KY ... #14 seed)
4 – Nick Chinman (Penn State ... sr. ... Boulder, CO ... #3 seed)
5 – Brian Heflich (Penn State ... sr. ... East Setauket, NY ... #7 seed)
6 – Mike Elfassy (Princeton ... jr. ... Forest Hills, NY ... #8 seed)
7 – Robert Greer (Duke ... fr. ... Portland, OR ... #21 seed)
8 – Tristan Jones (Duke ... so. ... Andover, NH ... #15 seed)
9 – Eric Hsieh (North Carolina ... jr. ... East Hanover, NJ ... #6 seed)
10 – Jon Parker (Duke ... so. ... Austin, TX ... #10 seed)
11 – Adrian Stiessel (Penn State ... yr. and hometown unavailable ... #9 seed)
12 – Jacob Wischnia (Penn ... jr. ... Elkins Park, PA ... #12 seed)
others posted
22 – Josiah Brown (Duke ... fr. ... Portland, OR ... #11 seed)
* – Note: UNC's Thomas Le Guillou and Princeton's Edward Kelly were the top-2 seeds but were knocked out before the final-12