University Park, Pa. – The Penn State Nittany Lion fencers will compete at home for the first time this season hosting the Garret Open at the Multi-Sport Building indoor track. The two-day event will begin at 8 a.m. each day with women competing Saturday and men competing Sunday.
Fencing for the women this weekend will be:
Epee - Cat Cao. (Centereach, N.Y.), Kateryna Chorniy (Kyiv, Ukraine), Sabine Desamours (Warrenton, Va.), Julia Duffy (Stony Brook, N.Y.), Sophie Goldberg. (Newtown, Pa.), Nirali Igoe (Washington, D.C.), Jaclyn Khrol (Brooklym, N.Y.), Jordan Liverant. (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Helen Myers (Victorsville, Calif.), Evelyn Pham (Houston, Texas), and Axelle Wasiak (Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium).
Foil - Samantha Catantan (Quezon City, Philippines), Claire Haas (Port Matilda, Pa.), Sofia McGoff-Medero (Gurabo, Puerto Rico), Ari Proietti (Como, Italy), Ariel Rastep (San Francisco, Calif.), Anusha Vohra (Milpitas, Calif.), and Mikaela Yhip (Chico, Calif.).
Saber – Pauline Conscience (Paris, France), Xime Iriarte-Estrada (Huixquilucan, Mexico), and Steph Jen (Taichung, Taiwan).
Fencing for the men will be:
Epee – Mitchel Bekker (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Elias Cole. (Chappaqua, N.Y.), Nicholas Glaz (Staten Island, N.Y.), Ryan Griffiths (Fair Lawn, N.J.), Peter Kambeseles (Brooklym, N.Y.), Stafford Moosekian (Los Angeles, Calif.), Jonathan Piskovatskov (Houston, Texas), Daniel Shifron (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Noe Sitbon-Taylor (Washington, D.C.), Devin Tafoya (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), and Evan Xu (Sugarland, Texas).
Foil – Sebastiano Bicego (Vicenza, Italy), Arwen Borowiak (Tauberbischofsheim, Germany), Caiden Cannon. (Gahanna, Ohio), Gavin Hay (Troy, Mich.), Shane Iverson (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Aidan Johnson (Oceanport, N.J.), Donavyn Martinez (Fresno, Calif.), Konner Paik (Norwood, N.J.), Nicholas Prince (Brooklym, N.Y.), and Alejandro Toro (Ambler, Pa.).
Saber – Jeff Basalyga (Saddle River, N.J.), Fernando Chacon (La Paz, Bolivia), Samuel Cohen. (Kensington, MD.), Ethan Mullennix (San Francisco, Calif.), Clement Perrier (Allauch, France), Kamar Skeete (Duluth, Ga.), Nick Zielinksi (Prospect Heights, Ill.).
Live stats for the Garret Open can be viewed here.
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