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The United States Fencing Association (USFA) has selected the athletes who will represent the United States at the 2005 Senior World Championships in Leipzig, Germany, October 8-15, 2005. The Championships are held every year by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE), the international governing body of the sport of fencing. More than 100 countries are members of the FIE, including the U.S. The USFA is the national governing body for the sport in the United States.
Four athletes have been selected by the USFA in each weapon (men's epee, foil, and saber; women's epee, foil and saber). The Championships includes individual and team competitions in each weapon. The US team is composed of four fencers that will compete in the individual event and the teams are composed of three fencers plus one alternate. At the 2004 Olympics, the US teams placed just out of medal reach in the Men's Foil and Men's Sabre events - losing close matches for the bronze medal. The US Women's sabre fencers took second at the 2004 world championships and posted two medal wins at the Olympic's individual events when Mariel Zagunis and Sada Jacobson made history for the United States by winning the gold and bronze medals in the women's saber event. US ROSTER:Men's Foil Dan Kellner (29 - Warren, NJ) Jon Tiomkin (26 - Hewlett, NY) Jed Dupree (25 - Bethlehem, PA / New York, NY) Andras Horanyi (18 - Boulder, CO) Women's Foil Hanna Thompson (21 - Rochester, NY) Emily Cross (18 - New York, NY) Samantha Nemecek (17 - Alto, MI) Doris Willette (17 - Lafayette, CA) Women's Epee Kelley Hurley (16 - San Antonio, TX) Maya Lawrence (25 - Teaneck, NJ) Lindsay Campbell (24 - New York, NY) Kerry Walton (23 - Londonderry, NH) Men's Epee Seth Kelsey (23 - Brush Prairie, WA) Soren Thompson (24 - San Diego, CA) Cody Mattern (24 - Tigard, OR) Benjamin Solomon (21 - Chagrin Falls, OH) Men's Saber Ivan Lee (24 - Brooklyn, NY) Jason Rogers (22 - Los Angeles, CA) Tim Morehouse (26 - Bronx, NY) Adam Crompton (20 - Newark, NJ) Women's Saber Mariel Zagunis (20 - Beaverton, OR) Sada Jacobson (19 - Dunwoody, GA) Rebecca Ward (15 - Portland, OR) Caitlin Thompson (18 - Portland, OR)
Schedule of Events:
Saturday October 8, 2005: Womens Foil: Individuals - Elimination Mens Epée: Individuals - Elimination Sunday October 9, 2005 Mens Sabre:Individuals - Elimination Womens Epée: Individuals - Elimination Womens Foil: Individuals - Elimination -64/FINAL Mens Epée: Individuals - Elimination -64/FINAL Monday October 10, 2005 Womens Sabre: Individuals - Elimination Mens Foil: Individuals - Elimination Mens Sabre: Individuals - Elimination - 64/FINAL Womens Epée: Individuals - Elimination -64/FINAL Tuesday October 11, 2005 Womens Sabre: Individuals - Elimination -64/FINAL Mens Foil: Individuals - Elimination - 64/FINAL Wednesday October 12, 2005 Mens Epée: Teams - Elimination 32/FINAL Thursday October 13, 2005 Mens Epée: Teams Womens Foil: Teams Friday October 14, 2005 Womens Epée:Teams Mens Sabre: Team Saturday October 15, 2005 Mens Foil: Teams Womens Sabre: Teams |