Penn State senior Arthur Urman (Maalot, Israel) defeated Michael Pierce of Yale to take first place in the men’s division of epee at the Penn State Garret Open on November 18th. Urman took first place out of 68 fencers in the division.
In the foil division, Andras Horany of Ohio State defeated Zach Shirtz of Notre Dame to take first place. Penn State had four fencers finish in the top 16. The notable finisher for Penn State was sophomore Nick Chinman (Boulder, Colo.) finishing in fifth place. Other finishers for Penn State were junior Janos Gasparin (Grapevine, Texas), sophomore Robert MacClaren (Holley, N.Y.), and senior Alexander Goldenberg (Guilford, Conn.).
On the saber side, Penn State sophomore Daniel Bak (Franklin Lakes, N.J) took second place. Senior Franz Boghicev (Dormagen, Germany) finished third.
1 Arthur PSU A07
2 PEARCE Michael YALE A06
3 SCHOOLCRAFT Greg NOTRE DAME B06
4 MONK Sam UNIV PENN B07
5 MOODY James PSU A07
6 KOSTKA Karol NOTRE DAME A07
7 MAZUR Mykhaylo OHIO STATE A04
8 SULAT Nathaniel PRINCETON A07
9 PRYOR Jason OHIO STATE A06
10 DELANEY Alex OHIO STATE A07
11 HEFLICH Brian PSU A07
12 HURME Edward PRINCETON A06
13 HOWARD Greg NOTRE DAME A07
14 SOMIR Avi OHIO STATE B06
15 KRAFT Dennis PSU A07
16 JOSEPH Jeremiah UNIV PENN A07
Men’s Foil Results:
1 HORANYI Andras OHIO STATE A07
2 SCHIRTZ Zach NOTRE DAME A07
Men’s Sabre Results:
1 MOMTSELIDZ Mike OHIO STATE A07
2 BAK Daniel PSU A07
3 BOGHICEV Franz PSU A07
4 NYDAM Barron NOTRE DAME A07
5 SMIRNOV Sergey OHIO STATE B07
6 ZIECHMANN Bobby UNC A07
7 ZIECHMANN Kevin UNC A07
8 BIELEN Andrew UNIV PENN A07
9 STOGIN John PRINCETON B07
10 ABEND Thomas PRINCETON B06
11 HULL Andrew RUTGERS B07
12 THANHOUSER Bill NOTRE DAME A07
13 WILDE Dexter OHIO STATE B06
14 ZUCK Avery NOTRE DAME A07
15 BROWN Zach RUTGERS B07
16 ANDERSON William PSU B07
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3 GURRIERI John YALE A07
4 BOTWINICK Nat YALE A07
5 CHINMAN Nicholas PSU A07
6 ITAMERI-KINTER Kai HARVARD A07
7 SALSMAN Alex UNIV PENN A07
8 FLANDERS Clayton PRINCETON B06
9 BERKOWSKY Ron UNIV PENN A07
10 CHARLES Lowden STEVENS A
11 MENG Hao HARVARD A07
12 GASPARIN Janos PSU B07
13 MACCLAREN Robert PSU B07
14 KUBIK Steve NOTRE DAME A07
15 GOLDENBERG Alexander PSU A07
16 KUBIK Mark NOTRE DAME A07Men’s Epee Results: