ST. CATHARINES - The Brock Badgers wrapped up hosting both Women's and Men's Fencing Championships on Sunday, Feb. 19.
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The two championships featured 13 universities province across three days at Ian Beddis Gymnasium.
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Brock men's epeeist
Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia was awarded the George Tully Trophy at the conclusion of the tournament. The trophy is presented to a men's fencer who is most proficient in skill, style and sportsmanship as determined by a panel of judges.
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Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia and Melissa Krist.
Gutierrez-Sarabia, a first-year Critical Criminology student from Hungary, captured a silver medal during the individual men's epee final on the second day of the tournament. Colin McCurdy of the Toronto Varsity Blues held off Gutierrez-Sarabia 15-11 in the gold-medal match.
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On the final day, Gutierrez-Sarabia also helped the men's epee relay team win a bronze medal on Sunday. Gutierrez-Sarabia,
Nathaniel McDonnell,
Karl Stang and
Kendel Hutchinson-Cotoc captured bronze with a 45-42 win over the Western Mustangs.
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The squad overcame the McMaster Marauders 45-29 in the opening round before falling to the gold-medallist Varsity Blues in the semifinals 45-32.
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The Brock men's fencing team finished ninth overall with a total of 77 points; The women's fencing team was eighth with 76 points.
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Sara Fellman, a third-year Studio Arts student from Brooklyn, NY, finished seventh overall in individual women's foil.
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Fellman helped the Brock women's foil relay team of
Amber Briar,
Elena Testana and
Emily Bonisteel to a fifth-place finish. The Badgers defeated the RMC Paladins 45-26 to take fifth.
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2023 Major Award Winners
Dave O'Donnell Trophy: Ava Zheng, Carleton
George Tully Trophy: Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia, Brock
OUA Women's Fencing Coach of the Year Trophy: Paul Godin, Waterloo
Christian Vidosa Trophy (Men's Fencing Coach of the Year): Kyle Girard, Carleton
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Team Relay OUA All-Stars
Women's Foil: Jessica Jia, Western
Women's Epee: Leanna Lui, Toronto
Women's Sabre: Esther Isadora, Toronto
Men's Foil: Gerald Wang, Toronto
Men's Epee: Leon Xiao, Toronto
Men's Sabre: Oscar Zhao, Toronto
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2023 Individual Results
Women's Foil Individual (Day 2)
Gold (Maitre Ken Wood Trophy): Catherine Wu, Toronto
Silver: Erika Dominguez, TMU
Bronze: Serena Fang, Western
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Women's Epee Individual (Day 1)
Gold (Al English Trophy): Ava Zheng, Carleton
Silver: Nicole Su, Toronto
Bronze: Anna Maria Mucsi, Toronto
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Women's Sabre Individual (Day 1)
Gold (Fred Wach Trophy): Janna Elshakankiri, Toronto
Silver: Lily Liu, Western
Bronze: Caroline Whitehead, Queen's
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Men's Epee Individual (Day 2)
Gold: Colin McCurdy, Toronto
Silver: Nicholas Gutierrez-Sarabia, Brock
Bronze: Kevin De-tai Wang, York
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Men's Foil Individual (Day 1)
Gold (Charles Walters Trophy): Jiaan Li, Waterloo
Silver: Steven Zhang, Western
Bronze: Sacha Vasiliev, Ottawa
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Men's Sabre Individual (Day 1)
Gold (Schwende Trophy): Richard Yang, Waterloo
Silver: Daniel Manyoki, Carleton
Bronze: Ryoto Miyake, Waterloo
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2023 Team Relay Results
Women's Sabre Team Relay (Day 2)
Gold: Toronto Varsity Blues (Chandler, Elshakankiri, Falkson, Haji-Mahmoodzadeh)
Silver: Western Mustangs (Lewicki, Liu, O'Donnell, Tang)
Bronze: Queen's Gaels (Whitehead, Lang, Yao, Naguib)
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Women's Foil Team Relay (Day 3)
Gold: Toronto Varsity Blues (Feng, Hu, Wu, Xie)
Silver: Western Mustangs (Fang, Wang, Jia, Tzianas)
Bronze: Waterloo Warriors (Dryburgh, An, Dai, Zheng)
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Women's Epee Team Relay (Day 3)
Gold: Toronto Varsity Blues (Lau, Lui, Mucsi, Su)
Silver: Carleton Ravens (Copeland, Johnson, Tynski, Zheng)
Bronze: Western Mustangs (Yang, Ng, Mei, Shahzadeh)
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Men's Foil Team Relay (Day 2)
Gold: Toronto Varsity Blues (Chen-Li, Lum-Debono, Teece-Soter, Wang)
Silver: Waterloo Warriors (Li, White-Roy, Koerts, Hiebert)
Bronze: Western Mustangs (Zhang, Cui, Qi, Wang)
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Men's Epee Team Relay (Day 3)
Gold: Toronto Varsity Blues (Tsun, Ukolov, Ziao, Zimmermann)
Silver: York Lions (Wang, Rae, Ung)
Bronze: Brock Badgers (Gutierrez-Sarabia, McDonnell, Stang, Hutchinson-Cotoc)
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Men's Sabre Team Relay (Day 3)
Gold: Toronto Varsity Blues (Haigh, He, Sinclair-Thompson, Zhao)
Silver: Waterloo Warriors (Yang, Miyake, Li, Cho)
Bronze: Queen's Gaels (Sun, Yung, Steverango, Wood)
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Women's Overall Standings (Day 3)
Toronto 402
Western 310
Queen's 182
Carleton 133
RMC 128
McMaster 83
Waterloo 78
Brock 76
Trent 43
TMU 27
Ottawa 20
Guelph 15
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Men's Overall Standings (Day 3)
Toronto 332
Waterloo 244
Western 197
Queen's 161
TMU 114
York 98
McMaster 80
Brock 77
Ottawa 72
Carleton 69
RMC 54
Trent 0
Guelph 0
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