Harvard Crimson fencing

Harvard Crimson
First season 1888
Head coach Peter Brand
14th season, 306–111 (.734)
Home stadium Malkin Athletic Center
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
League NCAA Division I
Conference Ivy League
National Titles 2006
Rivalries Columbia Lions fencing
All-Americans 73 [1]
Colors Crimson, White, and Black[2]
              
Fight song Ten Thousand Men of Harvard
Mascot Harvard Crimson
Website www.gocrimson.com

The Harvard Crimson fencing team is the intercollegiate fencing team for Harvard University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The team competes in the Ivy League within the NCAA Division I. The university first fielded a team in 1888. The team is currently coached by Peter Brand.

History

Harvard founded the first collegiate fencing team in the United States in 1888.[3] The team has captured seven individual NCAA titles.

Eli Dershwitz (saber) was the seventh Harvard fencer to compete in the Olympics when he fenced for Team USA at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with the prior two having been Emily Cross '09 (Team USA; she won a silver medal in team foil) and Noam Mills '12 (Team Israel; épée), who both competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[4][5] Cross and Mills were the first Harvard University female fencers to qualify for the Olympics.[6][7]

Notable former fencers

Harvard's Athlete of the Year Recipients

Harvard's Athlete of the Year Runners-Up

  • Tim Hagamen, 2007 Male [10]
  • Caroline Vloka, 2010 Female [11]

Other

Fencer Eli Dershwitz
  • Eli Dershwitz, Under-20 World Saber Champion, and US Olympic saber fencer
  • Noam Mills, Junior World Champion and Israeli Olympic épée fencer

Championships

NCAA Championships Individual Winners

  • 1987 - Jim O'Neill '88 in épée.[12]
  • 1994 - Kwame van Leeuwen '94 in foil.[12]
  • 2005 - Emily Cross '09 in foil.[12]
  • 2006 - Benji Ungar ’09 in épée.[12]
  • 2007 - Tim Hagamen '07 in saber.[12]
  • 2010 - Caroline Vloka '12 in saber.[12]
  • 2011 - Alexandra Kiefer '14 in foil.[12]
  • 2014 - Adrienne Jarocki '17 in saber.[13]
  • 2016 - Adrienne Jarocki '17 in saber.[14]
  • 2017 - Eli Dershwitz in saber.[15][16]

NCAA Championships Overall

IFA Championships Individual Winners

References

  1. ↑ This is Harvard Fencing
  2. ↑ "Harvard at a Glance | Harvard University". Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Jarocki Reclaims Crown, Dershwitz Makes Olympics," The Harvard Crimson.
  5. ↑ "Rio Bound! Dershwitz Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team with Gold Medal in Seoul" - Harvard
  6. ↑ "Noam Mills" - Harvard
  7. ↑ "Harvard fencer Emily Cross to represent U.S. in Beijing," Harvard Gazette.
  8. ↑ FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Emily Cross | Sports | The Harvard Crimson
  9. ↑ MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Benjamin Ungar | Sports | The Harvard Crimson
  10. ↑ MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP: Hagamen Edges Three-Time Finalist for National Title | Sports | The Harvard Crimson
  11. ↑ FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP: Sophomore Reigns Supreme in Sabre | Sports | The Harvard Crimson
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This is Harvard Fencing - Harvard
  13. ↑ This is Harvard Fencing - Harvard
  14. ↑ Adrienne Jarocki - Harvard
  15. ↑ "Notre Dame Dominates NCAA Championships," fencing.net.
  16. ↑ Eli Dershwitz - Harvard
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