Sunday, November 13, 2011

Temple Open


This past weekend the Yellow Jacket Fencing Club competed against around six hundred athletes from over thirty schools at the Temple Open tournament at Temple University. Each weapon category had around a hundred competitors. Congrats to the following fencers who placed exceedingly well:

Women's Sabre: Courtney Price 11th
Men's Sabre: Eric Lange 33rd
Men's Foil: Daniel Miller 39th, Cavanaugh Welch 42nd

Nathan, Haley, Dylan and many of the experienced fencers made the top 80% cut to proceed to the direct elimination round. Bean, Lauren, and Jennifer placed 4th, 5th, and 9th respectively in the consolation round.

The full tournament results can be found at the following links:
Women's Results: http://www.owlsports.com/documents/2011/11/7/Scan001_1_6.PDF?path=wfence&tab=2011templeopenresults

Men's Results: http://www.owlsports.com/documents/2011/11/7/Scan001_7_13.PDF?path=wfence&tab=2011templeopenresults