The Fighting Irish repeated as National Champions this weekend, their 10th title! Freshman Nick Itkin is also an individual national champion, besting his competition in foil. Congratulation to coaches Gia Kvaratskhelia and the entire fencing team!
The program also had 10 fencers earn All-American honors:
Nick Itkin (foil)
Axel Kiefer (foil)
Ariel Simmons (epee)
Nicholas Hanahan (epee)
Jonah Shainberg (sabre)
Sabrina Massialas (foil)
Elyssa Kleiner (foil)
Amanda Sirico (epee)
Francesco Russo (sabre)
Tara Hassett (sabre)
Well done!
#GoIrish
This is worthy of some pride. Fencing is a tough sport and our excellence has been around for a long time — hence, we are a “program” and one of very long standing (my roommate fenced saber on one of the first Natty squads) and still bright — proud to say one of the women epee winners is a French daughter of a colleague.
Thanks for this article – great to see that # 1 photo, may we see it again soon and often!