US Men's Epee Team attains #1 Ranking

The 2012 World Champion Men’s Epee team achieved the #1 overall world ranking with a 4th place finish in Buenos Aires this weekend. The small team event featured a different line up for the US team as Seth Kelsey , Soren Thompson, Jimmy Moody, and Teddy Sherrill fenced. The US defeated Argentina in the opening round then lost to Canada in the top-4 by a 45-36 score. In the bronze medal match Switzerland won 45-31 and the US team placed 4th. Hungary won the team event 45-21 over Canada. The new top-10 rankings are below, but first take a look over at thephoto shoot of the US Men’s Epee Team by Michael Dote and video by Holly Buechel. Here are the new top-10 Team World Rankings for Men’s Epee: Rank Pts Nationality** 1 344 USA** 2 324 FRA 3 300 SUI 4 281 HUN 5 261 ITA 6 233 KOR 7 214 CHN 8 214 RUS 9 211 VEN 10 194 CAN