Fencers Finish Fourth At NCAA Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/24/2002 12:00:00 AM | Fencing
March 24, 2002
Columbus, Ohio- The Ohio State fencing team finished fourth at the NCAA Championships at Drew University in Madison, N.J. this weekend. The Buckeyes doubled their scoring output from last season, scoring 140 points, compared to last year’s 82 when OSU finished eighth. Penn State came home in first place with 195 points. St. John’s finished second and Notre Dame third.
Louise Bond-Williams (Fr., Gloucestershire, England/Chipping Campden) had the strongest showing for the Buckeyes, winning the silver medal in women’s sabre in her freshman season. Bond-Williams fell to NCAA champion Sada Jacobson from Yale in the gold medal match. It was Bond-William’s only defeat of the season. Leah Tracy (Sr., Winnetka, Ill.) finished 20th in sabre for the Buckeyes.
The Thompson sisters capped off remarkable freshman seasons in foil. Hanna Thompson (Fr., Rochester, N.Y./East) won the bronze medal match, defeating Irina Khouade of St. John’s. Sister Metta Thompson (Fr., Rochester, N.Y./East) came in fifth place for the Buckeyes.
In men’s sabre Jason Rogers (Fr., Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood) won the bronze medal match, defeating Alex Weber of Penn State. Colin Parker (So., Fayetteville, Ga./Heritage) came home in eighth place in sabre.
Other top finishers for the Buckeyes included Nathan Weir (Jr., Kennewick , Wash.), who finished 15th in men’s foil, Brian Gross (Fr., Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius) and Spencer Jones (Jr., Ft. Leonardwood, Mo.) who finished 15th and 16th respectively, in men’s epee and Alexandra Shklar (So., Jerusalem, Israel) came home eighth in women’s epee.
Complete Results:
2002 NCAA Championships Results ——————————————————————————– MEN’S SABER – Final Standings Place Name School 1. Ivan Lee St. John’s 2. Jakub Krochmalski Wayne State 3. Jason Rogers Ohio State 4. Alex Weber Penn State 5. Andr© Crompton Notre Dame 6. Darrin Whitmer St. John’s 7. Amir Rahimi Penn State 8. Colin Parker Ohio State 9. Paolo Roselli Columbia 10. Andrew Sohn Columbia 11. Paul Friedman Brown 12. David La Valle Stanford 13. Andrew Mahen Duke 14. Matthew Fabricant Notre Dame 15. Byron Igoe Yale 16. Joseph Zampieri Rutgers 17. Ed Chou Princeton 18. Mitsuhiro Sudo Yale 19. Richard Frank Drew 20. Wesley Newkirk North Carolina 21. Benjamin Cohen Duke 22. Dan Vincent Pennsylvania 23. Tal Ben-Yaacov Brandeis 24. Andrew Anfora U.C. San Diego
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MEN’S FOIL – Final Standings Place Name School 1. Nonpatat Panchan Penn State 2. Jonathan Tiomkin St. John’s 3. Steve Gerberman Stanford 4. Ozren Debic Notre Dame 5. Mark Mulholland Stanford 6. Jeffrey Breen Pennsylvania 7. Derek Snyder Notre Dame 8. Ian Schlaepfer Penn State 9. Aleksandr Nazarov N.Y.U. 10. Michael Pasinkoff N.Y.U. 11. Jesse Schibilia Rutgers 12. Roland Breden Cal State 13. Kevin Eriksen Columbia 14. Ryan Dunn Air Force 15. Nathan Weir Ohio State 16. Jeremy Sinkin Columbia 17. Andrew Radu Pennsylvania 18. James McBean Brandeis 19. Oliver Chadwick M.I.T. 20. Eric McConkey Cleveland State 21. Eric Stodala Princeton 22. Ben Schmidt Harvard 23. Stephen Townley Yale 24. Bryan Bishe Johns Hopkins
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MEN’S EPE – Final Standings Place Name School 1. rp?d Horv?th St. John’s 2. Soren Thompson Princeton 3. Weston Kelsey Air Force 4. Adam Wiercioch Penn State 5. Jan Viviani Notre Dame 6. Anton Gurevich St. John’s 7. Donovan Holtz Rutgers 8. Mark Dembitz Brown 9. Ranjeet Singh N.Y.U. 10. Micha Sobieraj Notre Dame 11. Alexander Tsinis N.Y.U. 12. Daniel Landgren Penn State 13. Michael Yablon Columbia 14. Scott Eriksen Pennsylvania 15. Brian Gross Ohio State 16. Spencer Jones Ohio State 17. Wojciech Dudek Wayne State 18. Graham Allen Stanford 19. T Matthew Fitzgerald Princeton 19. T Ken Jung Stanford 21. James Benson Pennsylvania 22. Matthew Bouloubasis Johns Hopkins 23. Cameron Hill Yale 24. Neal Devaraj M.I.T.
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WOMEN’S SABER – Final Standings Place Name School 1. Sada Jacobson Yale 2. Louise Bond-Williams Ohio State 3. Julia Gelman St. John’s 4. Sakinah Shaahid Temple 5. Christina Crane St. John’s 6. Heather Brosnan Penn State 7. Meghan Everett Stanford 8. Lauren Dunn Northwestern 9. Stephanie Tam Penn State 10. Alexis Jemal Rutgers 11. Caroline Purcell M.I.T. 12. Carianne McCullough Notre Dame 13. Helen Liu Yale 14. Heidi Tinter N.Y.U. 15. Aziza Hassan Temple 16. Catherine Pack Princeton 17. Sarah Walsh Johns Hopkins 18. Destanie Milo Notre Dame 19. Tracy Marien Brandeis 20. Leah Tracy Ohio State 21. Mindy Nguyen Pennsylvania 22. Jennifer McKeehan M.I.T. 23. Andrea Rix Air Force 24. Sharon Sonenblum Brown
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WOMEN’S FOIL – Final Standings Place Name School 1. Alicja Kryczao Notre Dame 2. Andrea Ament Notre Dame 3. Hannah Thompson Ohio State 4. Irina Khouade St. John’s 5. Metta Thompson Ohio State 6. Inga Wallrabenstein Wayne State 7. Iris Zimmermann Stanford 8. Julia Földi Northwestern 9. Marta Grochal Penn State 10. Kathryn Cavan Columbia/Barnard 11. Elizabeth Thottam St. John’s 12. Meredith Chin Penn State 13. Zane Selkirk Yale 14. Ellen Blount Columbia/Barnard 15. Kristen Dorf Northwestern 16. Jennifer Joseph Yale 17. Stephanie Izzolino Temple 18. Emmanuelle Humblet Pennsylvania 19. Erin Black Duke 20. Lauren Staudinger Pennsylvania 21. Ellen Schulz Harvard 22. Keeley Vega U.C. San Diego 23. Christy Stewart Cal State 24. Jeanne Browne Temple
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WOMEN’S EPE – Final Standings Place Name School 1. Kerry Walton Notre Dame 2. Stephanie Eim Penn State 3. Kate Rudkin Northwestern 4. Emese Tak?cs St. John’s 5. Jessica Burke Penn State 6. Lindsay Campbell Princeton 7. Arlene Stevens St. John’s 8. Alexandra Shklar Ohio State 9. Maya Lawrence Princeton 10. Anna Carnick Notre Dame 11. Raelyn Jacobson U.C. San Diego 12. Monica Conley Columbia/Barnard 13. Anna Vinnikov Wayne State 14. Erica Korb Yale 15. Sara Forsythe Temple 16. Elia Burrill Air Force 17. Kimberly Linton Pennsylvania 18. Tiffany White Boston College 19. Cassia Overk Rutgers 20. Rebecca Kehoe Rutgers 21. Tamara Knutsen Harvard 22. Jessica Lewis-Turner Brandeis 23. Jo Roberts U.C. San Diego 24. Kimberly Bush Columbia/Barnard
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Place School Total Points 1. Penn State 195 2. St. John’s 190 3. Notre Dame 186 4. Ohio State 140 5. Columbia/Bernard 96 6. Stanford 92 6. Yale 92 8. Princeton 81 9. Pennsylvania 68 10. Rutgers 60 11. New York 58 12. Northwestern 56 12. Wayne State 56 14. Temple 45 15. Air Force 39 16. Brown 29 17. MIT 28 18. Brandeis 25 19. U.C. San Diego 23 20. Duke 22 21. John’s Hopkins 18 22. Harvard 14 23. Cal State Fullerton 13 24. Cleveland State 8 24. Drew 8 26. Boston College 7 26. UNC Chapel Hill 7
