The U.S. team of Rebecca Ward (17, Portland, Ore.), Caroline Vloka (16, Upper Saddle River, N.J.), Dagmara Wozniak (18, Colonia, N.J.), and Eileen Hassett (17, Beaverton, Ore.) had hoped to defend their 2006 title, but lost to the team from Russia in the semifinals 45-39.
On their way to the semifinals, the U.S. women defeated Puerto Rico 45-25 and France 45-42. In the match for the bronze, the U.S. team beat Poland soundly, 45-29.
In the final, the Ukrainian team staged a 45-32 upset of the Russians to win the gold.
In the men’s foil competition, the U.S. team of Nicholas Chinman (17, Boulder, Colo.), Ariel DeSmet (16, Portland, Ore.), Gerek Meinhardt (16, San Francisco, Calif.) and Ben Parkins (17, The Woodlands, Texas) placed fifth in a huge field of 33 teams.
The U.S. team was seeded fifth going into the competition. They easily defeated the team from Kuwait 45-17, and then downed Germany 45-36 before falling to the team from China 45-28.
Results are below. Stay tuned for the Junior Men’s Saber and Junior Women’s Epee team events tomorrow.
2007 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships
Belek, Turkey
April 10-18, 2007
April 16 results
Junior Women’s Saber Team
19 teams
1 UKRAINE
2 RUSSIA
3 U.S.A. USA
Rebecca Ward (17, Portland, Ore./Oregon Fenc. Alliance/home school)
Caroline Vloka (16, Upper Saddle River, N.J./Fencers Club)
Dagmara Wozniak (18, Colonia, N.J./Fencers Club/St. John’s ’10)
Eileen Hassett (17, Beaverton, Ore./Oregon Fenc. Alliance)
4 POLAND
Junior Men’s Foil Team
1 ITALY
2 CHINA
3 RUSSIA
4 FRANCE
5 U.S.A.:
Nicholas Chinman (17, Boulder, Colo./Northern Colo. Fencers/Penn State ’10)
Ariel DeSmet (16, Portland, Ore./NorthWest Fencing Center)
Gerek Meinhardt (16, San Francisco, Calif./Massialas Found.)
Ben Parkins (17, The Woodlands, Texas/Salle Mauro)