US Cadet Dwight Smith (16, New York, N.Y.), seeded 29th after pools, was eliminated in the round of 64 by Jens Wilkenborg of Sweden 14-9. Clayton Kenney (17, Denver, Colo.) was eliminated in the pool rounds.
Two US Cadet women’s foil fencers reached the top 16 before being eliminated; Doris Willete (16, Rodeo, Calif.) lost her bout to go to the top 8 to Saskia van Erven of the Netherlands 15-7, and Kelsey Finkel (17, New York, N.Y.) lost hers to Gyongyi Hanzelova of Hungary 15-7. Samantha Nemecek (16, Alto, Mich.) lost her first bout in the round of 64 to Julie Groslambert of Belgium 15-13.
Junior & Cadet World Championships
Cadet Men’s Epee, 3 April 2004
92 competitors
1 RICHER Jeremy FRA
2 KORTYANU Cosmin ROM
3 BESKIN Grigori ISR
3 MUNZONE Edoardo ITA
5 SHAFIQ Waheed GER
6 MANCINI Lorenzo ITA
7 CHINMAN Nicholas (15, Boulder, Colo./Northern Colo. Fencers)
8 EL ASHRY Ziad EGY
47 SMITH Dwight (16, New York, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
77 KENNEY Clayton (17, Denver, Colo./Cheyenne Fencing)
Cadet Women’s Foil, 3 April 2004
47 competitors
1 ERRIGO Arianna ITA
2 KOROBEINIKOVA Larisa RUS
3 FOSSE Theodora FRA
3 ZOUARI Anne-Carole FRA
5 HANZELOVA Gyongyi SVK
6 VAN ERVEN Saskia NED
7 HAENLEIN Viola GER
8 GROSLAMBERT Julie BEL
10 WILLETTE Doris (16, Rodeo, Calif./Golden Gate/Sword Play)
16 FINKEL Kelsey (17, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club)
39 NEMECEK Samantha (16, Alto, Mich./Western Michigan Fencing Acad.)
