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Lions Shine with USA Fencing at Pan American Championships
2015-04-30Latest news from SANTIAGO, Chile – Over the span of last week two current and two former Lions of the Columbia fencing program helped Team USA excel at the Pan American Championships, the first 2016 Olympic qualifier for fencing. Athletes from more than 20 countries descended upon
The first Lion to stand on the podium was Jeff Spear ’10CC. An undefeated pool play performance helped the sabre fencer to a first seed into the direct elimination tables. A bye in the table of 64 put the Wynantskill,
Following his bronze medal in the individual event, London Olympian Spear anchored the team of Peter Souders, Gabe Armijo and Jimmy Mood in the team event.
Seeded first in the direct elimination table, Team
For all the glory, Team
The women’s foil individual competition featured two
In the semis, Ross and Colombian Saskia Loretta Van Erven Garcia leveled at 12. The Big Apple native adjusted, however, and rattled off three straight to win the bout, 15-12. It was an American-American final as Ross was opposite Lee Kiefer, who ranks third in the world and is the five-time defending Pan Am Champion. Kiefer held a 7-3 lead going into the last minute of the first period and took a seven-point lead into the break, 12-5. After trading touches, Ross went on a run with a series of flick to pull within one, 13-12. Kiefer regrouped however and scored the final two touches she needed to seal her sixth-straight Pan Am title.
After winning gold in the first five-team events and four of the six individual events at the Pan Ams, Team
Canada heled a 7-5 margin after the first two bouts, but Kiefer went on a 10-3 run against Shannon Comerford in the third to put the U.S. up, 15-10. From there, the Americans never looked back and retained a 35-24 lead going into Prescod’s anchor bout against tow-time Junior World silver medalist Eleanor Harvey. Prescod outscored