Roundup of several articles around the US on Fencing and the upcoming Olympic Games.
Fencing the ticket for brother, sister
When Keeth and Erinn Smart’s father saw a story about the Peter Westbrook Foundation in the newspaper more than a decade ago, he decided fencing might be a good way to get his kids into college.
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Jacobson Stays on Target (NBCOlympics.com)
Sada Jacobson says she isn’t a natural athlete. But listen to her talk about fencing, and you’ll get the impression that she was born to fence.
Jacobson, 21, is the world’s top-ranked women’s sabre fencer and the best chance the U.S. has of winning a fencing gold medal in Athens. There hasn’t been an American Olympic medalist in fencing since 1984; the U.S. hasn’t won gold in the sport since 1908.
Fencers a cut above prior U.S. teams
(Phillynews.com)
A tree grows in Brooklyn, and apparently so will world-class fencers as long as the seed is planted.
In fact, in the 13 years since he opened his foundation at the Fencers Club in Manhattan, Olympic bronze medalist Peter Westbrook has found out that fencers grow not only in Brooklyn, but also in Queens, Jamaica, Harlem, Bronx and every other New York City neighborhood.