Freshman Charles Copti heads to the Junior Olympics for fencing
By Sarah Elsakr | February 14, 2013Thursday, Charles Copti will take time off from his classes and midterms to travel to the Junior Olympics for the last time—as a freshman.
Thursday, Charles Copti will take time off from his classes and midterms to travel to the Junior Olympics for the last time—as a freshman.
Feeding off of a healthy home crowd and facing some of fencing’s best, Duke pulled off two major upsets as both the men’s and women’s teams won four out of their five bouts.
After going nearly perfect at the Sollee Invitational last weekend at MIT, Duke returns home to Card Gymnasium to compete in the annual Duke Home Meet this weekend.
The Blue Devils will travel nearly 700 miles to Cambridge, Mass. this weekend to participate in the MIT Duals.
Junior Dylan Nollner potentially has Olympic hopes after top finishes recently.
Blue Devil epeeist Dylan Nollner made the most of his first appearance at the Junior World Championships in Moscow, finishing in 10th place.
When she committed to Duke four years ago, Becca Ward all but retired from international fencing.
Welcome to the record books, Becca Ward.
The Blue Devils have sent three women and three men to compete for national titles of their own at this weekend’s NCAA championships.
Ward, five other fencers advance to NCAA championships
Both Blue Devil fencing teams won four of their five matches in the Duke Home Meet this weekend at Card Gym.
Despite insisting that she has no intention of fencing in the 2012 London Olympic Games, senior Becca Ward continues to prove that she is one of the best sabre fencers in the nation.
Becca Ward won her second NCAA saber title in three years Sunday, defeating Princeton’s Eliza Stone 15-12.
Saturday wasn’t a great day to be a Pennsylvania fencing team facing the Blue Devils.
Sophomore Becca Ward couldn’t quite defend her 2009 national title in the saber competition, but the Olympic medalist did manage a second-place finish in the event this year.
Duke’s fencing program is probably best known for Becca Ward, the sophomore sensation who won a silver medal for the United States in women’s saber at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She continues to...
A pair of Blue Devils set school records, and plenty more set personal-bests and garnered honors at the Terrier Classic Friday and Saturday in Boston. Freshman Cydney Ross broke Duke's record in...
Far from last week's comfortable atmosphere in Card Gymnasium, two of Duke's fencers faced tough circumstances in the Junior Olympics held in Denver Friday.