COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State fencing program finished fifth at the 2023 NCAA Fencing Championships. The competition wrapped up Sunday, with three Buckeye women earning All-America honors. Julieta Toledo and Dasha Myroniuk placed seventh for second team accolades and Yeva Mazur was an honorable mention selection with a 12th place finish. The championships were hosted by Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.
Ohio State placed fifth as a team for the second year in a row and compiled 121 victories over the four days. Notre Dame was first (188), followed by Princeton (175), Columbia/Barnard (156) and Harvard (134).
The Buckeye Women
Senior Julieta Toledo placed seventh in sabre, compiling 14 wins over the five rounds, with a +16 indicator. She is now a two-time Second Team All-American after a sixth-place finish at the 2022 NCAA Championships. Toledo was also a First Team All-American in 2020.
In foil, freshman Dasha Myroniuk posted 14 victories (+21) to finish seventh and earn a spot on the All-America Second Team. Alina Lee, who was making her second NCAA Championships appearance, was 18th this year and had seven victories (-25).
Sophomore Yeva Mazur was 12th in epee after recording 12 victories (-2) over the two days. Last season she was 11th at the championships and she is now a two-time Honorable Mention All-American. Senior Montserrat Viveros had nine wins (-7) at the championships and placed 16th. She was making her second appearance at the final site and is a three-time qualifier.
The Ohio State Men
For the Buckeye men, who competed Thursday and Friday, Paul Veltrup was the epee runner-up and Jack Price finished tied for third in sabre, with both earning First Team All-America honors. In foil, Edriss Ndiaye and Diego Cervantes finished 11th and 12th, respectively, to garner Honorable Mention All-America accolades. Henry Lange placed 14th in epee.
The Format
At the championships, fencers compete in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After round-robin, the Top 4 finishers in each weapon fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with winners fencing to determine first and second places and non-advancing fencers awarded a tie for third place. An institution’s place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team is awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes during round-robin competition.
Individual champions are crowned in men’s and women’s epee, foil and sabre, with team standings determined by combining men’s and women’s results.
The Buckeyes in 2022-23
