This past week, at the Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships, first-year Hadley Husisian defended her epée title from the 2022 Championships, becoming one of two American fencers to ever win the tournament, and the first American fencer to ever win the title twice.
American athletes starred with eight golds at the Junior and Cadet
Fencing World Championships in Plovdiv, where Russian competitors
remained absent because an International Fencing Federation decision
to allow their return does not come into force until later this month.
“It’s been a season-long effort that has resulted in three silvers and three bronzes individually [and] a second place team finish at NCAAs. [The] improvement from last year means the team is on an upward trend for sure,” senior foil Mohamed Hamza wrote to the ‘Prince.’
“This strong performance at Ivies for a second time in a row shows what we’re capable of doing,” said sophomore foil Maia Weintraub. “I believe all that’s left for us to do is fence our hearts out at [the NCAA tournament] and show everyone exactly what kind of team we are. A winning team.”