AFA's Peter French earned NCAA All-American honors
3/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Fencing
March 16, 2008
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. - Air Force Academy fencer Peter French earned NCAA All-American honors at the NCAA Fencing Championship in Columbus, Ohio. He finished in sixth-place in men's epee. French, a sophomore from Austin, Texas, was in fifth place following Saturday's rounds 1-4. He finished the tournament with 14 victories. On Sunday, AFA freshman Dan Trapani, from Houston, finished in 14th place in epee following the final rounds of the competition, moving up one place following Saturday's rounds 1-4.
"I am happy for Peter's placement in the NCAAs," said head coach Abdel Salem. "He has been one of our top fencers this year, adding All-American honors to his already 2008 West Regional and Junior Olympic titles." "Dan fought hard to move up in the epee standings and finished the tournament with 11 victories."
Collectively, the two-man Air Force team attributed for 25 points to finish in 21st place in the team standings. Ohio State won its 57th national title. Wayne State's Slava Zingerman was the men's epee national champion.
Men's Epee Finals Rounds 5-6 - Sunday, March 16Men's Epee1. Slava Zingerman Wayne State2. Arthur Urman Penn State3. Graham Wicas Princeton4. Stanley Vaksman St. John's5. Teddy Sherrill Harvard6. Peter French Air Force7. Tommi Hurme Princeton8. Greg Howard Notre Dame9. Karol Kostka Notre Dame10. Jason Pryor Ohio State11. Clayton Kenney Stanford12. Misha Mokretsov St. John's13. Michael Pearce Yale14. Daniel Trapani Air Force15. Lorenzo Casertano Columbia16. Billy Stallings Harvard17. James Moody Penn State18. Remy Olson Haverford19. Sean Harder Ohio State20. Adam Yarnell Brown21. Brent Kelly Columbia22. Sam Richardson Boston College23. Benjamin Wieder Pennsylvania24. Benton Heimsath North Carolina
Results courtesy of Ohio State University
