Fencers Qualify For Junior Olympic Championships
December 03, 2001 | Fencing
December 2, 2001
Waltham, MASS. - Following their meet on Saturday at Brandeis University, several Boston College fencers returned to Waltham, this time to the Boston Fencing Club, to qualify for the Under-20 Junior Olympic Championships. The Junior Olympics are the national fencing championships in the under-20 and under-17 age groups. They will be held in Columbus, Ohio, on February 15.
Six individuals from Boston College's fencing team qualified for the Championships when all was said and done. Corban Rhodes and Will Lawrie qualified in men's foil, Maureen Traynor and Vanessa Eulo in women's foil and Tiffany White and Genevieve Peeples in women's epee.
Boston College's results were as follows:
Men's Foil (26 competitors) Corban Rhodes - 4th Will Lawrie - 6th Matt Sztuk - 12thWomen's Foil (22 competitors) Maureen Traynor - 2nd Vanessa Eulo - 4th
Men's Epee (20 competitors) Dan Higgins - 11th
Women's Epee (20 competitors) Tiffany White - 3rd Genevieve Peeples - 6th
Men's Sabre (29 competitors) Dan Koza - 12th Dimi Kotsinonos - 14th
Women's Sabre (21 competitors) Laura Buckley - 19th Alexis Rossi - 20th Lulu Wang - 21st
