compiled by Pete LaFleur (CF360)
2015 NCAA Fencing Headshot/Info. Galleries: Men’s Foil | Men’s Epee | Men’s Sabre | Women’s Foil | Women’s Epee | Women’s Sabre
Click each fencer for details; more notes at bottom of this page. All content courtesy of CollegeFencing360.com; please credit and link accordingly.
All content courtesy of CollegeFencing360.com … please credit and link accordingly.
2015 NCAA Fencing Headshot/Info. Galleries: Men’s Foil | Men’s Epee | Men’s Sabre | Women’s Foil | Women’s Epee | Women’s Sabre
2015 NCAA MEN'S FOIL ENTRANTS – 24-fencer field includes:
• 11 who also were in the 2014 NCAAs (plus one in ’12 NCAAs but not ’14, or ‘13)
• 7 former All-Americans (top–12): DeSmet, Bravo, Caporizzi, Kaneshige, Massilas, Chiang and Holmes
• 3 former medal-round fencers (top–4), w/ 2 former champs (Ariel DeSmet ’11 and Alex Massialas ’13)
• One 4-time NCAA participant (Brian Kaneshige) and five 3-time NCAA participants
• 9 freshmen (3 of the 4 regional champs: Nemeth, Dudey and Chastanet)
Note: CF360 hopes to add similar photo/info. galleries for all six weapons, also similar galleries with action photos rather than headshots … plenty of other content coming all week. Links to all content will be added here. … CLICK HERE for in-depth look at the 2015 NCAA field-of-144.
2015 NCAA Fencing Championships – Quick Facts (March 19–22; Columbus, OH; French Fieldhoue and Saint John Arena):
• Tournament format is 23-bout, round-robin gauntlet (5-touch bouts), w/ the men fencing March 19–20 and the women on the weekend.
• Thur. and Sat. start at 9:30 w/ staggered weapon rounds (foil start 9:30; epee 11:30; sabre 2:00); 15 bouts for each fencer.
• Fri. and Sun. start at 9 a.m., with final eight bouts for each fencer.
• Medal-round, 15-touch bouts (for top–4) are Fri. and Sun. at 1:30 (medal-round results do not count to team score).
• Each individual victory in round-robin counts one point to the team score (for men’s and women’s combined champion).
All photo headshots provided by the respective schools.