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Ohio State Career
- An Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and USFCA Distinguished Scholar
2021-22 (Freshman Season)
- Finished seventh at NCAA Regionals
- Tied for third at OSU Open and placed 14th at Penn State Open
- Second among women’s epee squad with 35 dual wins; 6-2 at CCFC championships
- Women won CCFC team title and epee squad placed second
- Earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and USFCA Distinguished Scholar accolades
Prior to Ohio State
- Fenced with Club de Esgrima San José
- Member of Costa Rican National Team
- Earned Junior World Cup gold, silver and bronze medals
- Cadet and Junior Pan American silver medalist
- Junior Pan American bronze medalist
- Four-time Central American Cadet gold medalist
- Earned gold medal at Central American Senior competition and was a four-time member of Central American Senior gold medalist teams
- Participated in Central American Games and Caribbean Games, as well as Youth Olympic Games and Pan American Games
- Earned both gold and bronze at Italian Zone Tournament
Personal
- Daughter of Lina Villa and Alejandro Dyner
- Brother Daniel played volleyball at Carthage College
- Political science major
- Enjoys playing guitar and singing, playing volleyball and road trips
- Friend introduced her to the sport of fencing
- Started playing guitar and realizing she could sing because of a shoulder injury that needed surgery and forced her to stop fencing for several months; what began as a distraction for her spare time became a passion in her life