2009 NCAA Men's Epee - Predicting Field and Winner

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Results of the 4 Regionals have been posted. The blog of College Fencing 360 has a lot of interesting commentary about each of the regionals.

WEAPON ...... Region: ....... West ....... Midwest ...... Mid-Atlantic/South ...... Northeast
Men's Epee .......................... 3 ................ 5 ..................... 6 .................... 8

2 At-Large

PREDICTIONS - not actual field - to be announced on 3/10 (I believe)

West
Peter French (Air Force)
Kevin Mo (Stanford)
Dan Trapani (Air Force)

Midwest
Slava Zingerman (Wayne State)
Jason Pryor (OSU)
Karol Kostka (ND)
Igor Tolkachev (OSU)
Brent Kelly (ND)

Mid-Atlantic
Graham Wicas (Princeton)
James Moody (Penn State)
Maxwell Dettinger (Penn State)
Ben Wieder (Penn)
Cooper Gegan (Princeton)
Jonathan Parker (Duke)

Northeast
Benji Ungar (Harvard)
Karl Harmenberg (Harvard)
Dwight Smith (Columbia)
Nicholas Vomero (St. John's)
Michael Pearce (Yale)
Stan Vaksman (St. John's)
Lorenzo Casertano (Columbia)
Alexander Cohen (Yale)



At-Large - prediction (2): Byron Neslund (NYU); Tristan Jones (Duke)

Other ATL likely nominations:
NE - William Bedor (Brandeis);
MW -John Marshall (Cleveland State); Mykhaylo Mazur (Wayne State);
MA - Jacob Wischnia (Penn) or Eric Hsieh (North Carolina);
W - Clayton Kenney (Stanford); one more from the West region.

Winner: Slava Zingerman (Wayne State)

[epeelion]

Byron did not make it out of the second pool...Alex Cohen was 8th at regionals.

[JEC]

Mistake noted - thanks - OP edited

Northeast

Ungar, Benji Harvard University
Harmenberg, Karl Harvard University
Smith, Dwight Columbia University-Barnard College
Vomero, Nicholas St. John's University (New York)
Pearce, Michael Yale University
Vaksman, Stanley St. John's University (New York)
Casertano, Lorenzo Columbia University-Barnard College
Cohen, Alexander Yale University


ATL Candidates
Bedor, William Brandeis University
Neslund, Byron New York University

[SupportCrew]

When are the Wild Card spots officially decided?

[JEC]

The field is announced officially on 3/10.

See also: http://www.collegefencing360.com/cf3...rojecti_2.html

[Mr.MightyMouse]

IMHO
Ungar
Zingerman
Tolkachev
Mo

in Final 4

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NCAA Men's Epee - Actual field

West
Peter French (Air Force)
Kevin Mo (Stanford)
Dan Trapani (Air Force)

Midwest
Slava Zingerman (Wayne State)
Jason Pryor (OSU)
Karol Kostka (ND)
Igor Tolkachev (OSU)
Greg Schoolcraft(ND)

Mid-Atlantic
Graham Wicas (Princeton)
James Moody (Penn State)
Maxwell Dettinger (Penn State)
Ben Wieder (Penn)
Michael Elfassy (Princeton)
Jonathan Parker (Duke)

Northeast
Benji Ungar (Harvard)
Karl Harmenberg (Harvard)
Dwight Smith (Columbia)
Nicholas Vomero (St. John's)
Michael Pearce (Yale)
Stan Vaksman (St. John's)
Lorenzo Casertano (Columbia)
Alexander Cohen (Yale)


At-Large
MW -Mykhaylo Mazur (Wayne State);
W - Clayton Kenney (Stanford)


PREDICTION

Winner: Slava Zingerman (Wayne State)

Other top 3:
Benji Ungar (Harvard); Graham Wicas (Princeton); Peter French (Air Force)

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PREDICTION

Winner: Slava Zingerman (Wayne State)

Other top 3:
Benji Ungar (Harvard); Graham Wicas (Princeton); Peter French (Air Force)

Not bad 3 out 4 and the winner! Texans and teamates Dan Trapani and Peter French (Air Force) placed 5th and 7th, respectively. Another Texan, Jonathan Parker (Duke), placed 20th.


Top 12 (All-Americans)

1. Slava Zingerman Wayne State 17 0.739 103 71 +32
2. Graham Wicas Princeton 17 0.739 97 64 +33
3. T Benji Ungar Harvard 15 0.652 95 68 +27
3. T Jason Pryor Ohio State 15 0.652 90 66 +24

5. Daniel Trapani Air Force 14 0.609 92 72 +20
6. James Moody Penn State 14 0.609 98 81 +17
7. Peter French Air Force 14 0.609 91 78 +13
8. Michael Pearce Yale 14 0.609 95 92 +3
9. Mykhaylo Mazur Wayne State 14 0.609 84 84 +0
10. Karol Kostka Notre Dame 13 0.565 94 80 +14
11. Igor Tolkachev Ohio State 13 0.565 95 82 +13
12. Benjamin Wieder Pennsylvania 13 0.565 76 79 -3