UCSB Foil and Saber teams take second
he Intercollegiate Fencing Conference of Southern California wrapped up its 2010 season on Saturday with a meet at UC Irvine. Among the top finishers were UC Santa Barbara’s Women’s Foil and Men’s Saber squads, both finishing second in the conference.
Both squads boasted records of 9-3. During the season, the Womens Foil team lost only to UCI [...]
UCSB picks up two sweeps in home tourney
The UCSB Fencing team hosted competing schools ASU, UCLA, and USC two weeks ago as part of the Intercollegiate Fencing Conference of Southern California. Two squads, Men’s Saber and Women’s Foil, swept their opponents, going undefeated the entire meet. Both teams, captained by Nick Holmes and Stephanie Murphy, are now in second place in the conference, [...]
Stanton, Strong, Block win gold medals
Fencers from San Luis Obispo and West Hills traveled to Santa Barbara last Saturday for the second tournament in the Central Coast Youth Foil Circuit. The event was hosted by Presidio Fencing Club in downtown Santa Barbara.
Local medalists in the Youth 14 event were: Timothy Stanton (gold) and Sophie Russo (silver). Medalists in the Youth 12 event were: Sean Strong [...]
Delany brings home gold for Presidio Fencing
The Conejo Fencing Club of Thousand Oaks hosted a Toys for Tots Charity Tournament last Saturday. Gage Delany of Santa Barbara-based Presidio Fencing Club re-earned his C rating by taking home the gold medal in the Division II Foil Event. Delany squared off against Ventura foilist Michael Tiffany in the final bout, winning 15-13.
Other Presidio fencers [...]
Kaestner takes second, headed for Memphis
The Southern California Division of the US Fencing Association held its Junior Olympic Qualifiers last weekend in Santa Clarita. Eight fencers from Santa Barbara’s Presidio Fencing Club attended, including Lydia Kaestner of Dos Pueblos High School/Santa Barbara City College, who finished 2nd in the Junior Womens Epee.
Kaestner, along with teammates Keric Moore, Paul Wintz, and [...]
Kuiken, Noyes represent Presidio Fencing in Iowa
Two fencers from the Presidio Fencing Club attended the Division II/Division III North America Cup in Des Moines, Iowa, last weekend. Matthew Kuiken entered four separate events, one each day, with his best result being 10th out of 104 athletes in the Division III Mens Epee. Kuiken also competed in the Division II Mens Foil along with club-mate Christopher Noyes.
After [...]
“Timo” takes gold for Presidio Fencing Club
Presidio Fencing Club opened the Scholastic League with a big win in Saturday’s Middle School foil competition. After going undefeated all day, Timothy “Timo” Stanton took home the gold in the men’s event at Chaminade High School in West Hills.
Teammates Sophie Russo and Amanda Chung went undefeated in the pool round of the women’s event, with Russo ultimately earning [...]
VanHousen wins silver in fencing tourney
A group of 28 fencers from Central and Southern California competed in the Presidio Fencing Club’s first tournament of the season on Sunday. Long-time Santa Barbara resident Jeff VanHousen took the silver spot, losing in the final bout to Andrew LeBeau of the San Luis Highlanders.
Semi-finalists, and tying for the bronze, were Presidio’s Tom Pingel [...]
Westbury Wins Fencing National Championship
Cameron Westbury of Presidio Fencing Club is now a National Champion, having won the Division II Mens Foil Event at the 2009 Fencing National Championships held last week in Grapevine, TX.
Westbury earned a berth to the event by first winning the Southern California National Qualifiers back in March. In Texas, he competed in a field [...]
Westbury wins gold for Presidio Fencing Club
On Saturday, members of the Presidio Fencing Club (www.presidiofencing.com) traveled north for the San Luis Obispo Memorial Day Open at Cal Poly. In the Mixed Foil event, Cameron Westbury took home the gold, scoring the winning point against teammate Keric Moore (second place). Gage Delany also reached the final rounds, finishing fifth.
Other Presidio foilists included [...]
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