Men’s Fencing 2007-2008 Outlook
With seven of nine starters back in action, the 2007–08 season looks like a good year for the Fords.
Highlights of the 2006–07 season included a MACFA team championship and with epee placing first and saber second. Other season highlights included a 14–0 conference record, qualifying 10 fencers to the NCAA regionals, and cocaptain Woden Kusner ’07 placing sixth at the NCAA Regional Championships.
Returning from the MACFA championship epee squad is Colin Cross ’09 who was 11–2 on C strip.
The saber squad should also be quite strong with all six saber fencers returning. They are led by Jared Forbus ’10 and Adam Zakheim ’10, both of whom had excellent freshman years. Joining them are Daniel Arnstein ’09, Mark Adelsberg ’09 and Jeff Bumgardner ’09 and senior co-captain Chris DeAngelo.
The foil team loses Kusner but starters Max Rosen-Long ’09 and co-captain Chris Rogers ’08 continue to improve and Brian Wexler ’09 should also contribute as well.
Women’s Fencing 2007-2008 Outlook
The 2006 team had its best performance ever at the end of the year NIWFA championships, tying for third overall.
Other highlights included a third place finish by Halli Melnitsky ’08 in saber at the NIWFA championships, and sixth place by Heather Rozjabek ’07 in foil.
Both saber and epee look very strong going into 2007–08 with a tremendous amount of fencing experience. In saber, senior Co-captains Halli Melnitsky and Dana Litowitz lead the way with sophomore Sarah Turkus ’10 also returning. The epee team should have an outstanding year with returning sophomore Emma Buckingham and juniors Vanessa Peña and Melanie Preston drawing on their excellent results last year. The foil squad will be much more experienced with four returning fencers, Hope Kaye ’08, Monica Kishore ’09, Catlin Fitzharris ’10 and Lara Pollack ’10.