USC FENCING
West Coast Collegiate
Invitational
ASU Jan. 27-29, 2006
ASU Jan. 27-29, 2006
In our first ever trip
out of California, our team of 21 Trojan fencers competed in six events
at the 2006 West Coast Collegiate Invitational at Arizona State University.
Our competition included teams from UC Berkeley, Arizona State, Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, UCSD, UCLA, University of Florida, University of Wyoming,
UC Irvine, University of Colorado at Boulder, UC Santa Cruz, and Temple
University in Philadelphia. Our women's sabre team, trying to repeat as
WCCI champions, faced tough competition in pools but took 3rd overall
after a hard-fought victory over Temple. Some memorable highlights included
Scott Simon losing only a single epee bout on the entire weekend, Darryl
Hwang coming back to win bouts for USC in Men's Sabre, Rebecca Van Guilder
fencing back to back days on the Women's Foil and Epee Teams, our Men's
Foil Team getting several decisive victories despite the loss of their
team captain mid-season to a nasty car accident, Adam Hsieh winning a
crucial clutch victory to push Men's Epee up in the standings, some terrific
fencing by our second epee squad of John Leisure, Adam Johnson, and Jon
Wingo, and an amusing team dinner at Organ
Stop Pizza.
We bring everything but
the kitchen sink
Fencers + 8 hour bus
ride = Good Times
(l-r) Scott, Bryant and
Adam eat breakfast
(l-r) John, Adam, Rebecca,
Lani and Stacy get ready to start
Ope (right) lunges into
his opponent's preparation
Scott salutes his opponent
Ope gets ready to start
the bout
Adam H. makes a picture-perfect
touch to the forearm
(l-r) Hao, Ope, Voltaire
and Hugo smile for the camera
Voltaire gets ready to
fence
Adam fixes weapons on
the spot
Jon Wingo scores a touch
Hooray Fire Drill!
Rebecca, Stacy and Lani
enjoy wonderful Phoenix, Arizona as the alarm is turned off
(l-r) Ope, Mike and Kate
wait outside
Front Row (l-r): Voltaire,
Rebecca, Adam J., Lani, Scott, Collin and Tiffany
Back Row (l-r): Hao, Adam H., Annie, Hugo, Kate, Jon W., John L., Stacy, Bryant, Mike and Ope
Back Row (l-r): Hao, Adam H., Annie, Hugo, Kate, Jon W., John L., Stacy, Bryant, Mike and Ope
(l-r) Kate, Adam, Voltaire,
Darryl and John smile for the camera
There's gotta be a dirty
joke here. There just HAS to be.
Bryant is happy that
the fire drill is over
Kate, Derek and John
enjoy the lunch graciously provided by Mike's Mom
Adam salutes his opponent
Ope (left) and Darryl
wait for their next bouts
Scott (left) scores a
touch
Smiling for the camera
Stacy (right) makes the
attack
Adam H. (left) picks
the shoulder
The Mighty Wurlitzer
at Organ Stop Pizza
Adam turns 23 (SO OLD!!)
(l-r) Lani, Tiffany,
Stacy, Ope, Hao, Voltaire and Jen enjoy the pizza
(l-r) Mike, Rebecca B.,
John, Rebecca V.G., Hugo and Kate smile for the camera
Amazingly, Bryant, Adam
H., Darryl, Collin, Scott and Jon W. take a break from eating to look
at the camera
Adam should not be trusted
with sharp objects
(l-r) Rebecca and Hugo
smile for the camera
(l-r) Rebecca B. and
John L. smile for the camera
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Kate (left) and Andrea
A fed V.G. is a happy
V.G.
Stacy brings work home
with her
Why it's hard being the
President of USC Fencing
(l-r) Kate, Hugo and
Hao wake up early the next morning
Stacy warms up at the
venue
Collin (right) advances
towards his opponent
Rebecca flanked by her
brother Andrew and her cousin Taylor sporting awesome USC Trojans shirts
Stacy (left) takes her
opponent's blade
(l-r) Rebecca, Mike and
USC Fencing Alum Annie Muske-Dukes (currently fencing for University of
Colorado)
Kate (right) goes for
the touch
Rebecca and her Posse
Kate smiles for the camera
Tiffany (left) faces
off against Temple Women's Sabre
Women's Sabre final placing:
(l-r) 3rd place USC, 1st place UCSD and 2nd place University of Florida
Medalists Tiffany, Jen
and Kate smile for the camera
Back in LA, Stacy, Rebecca
and Lani are ready to go home
Back home in front of
the Lyon Center
Questions or Comments?
Email us at fencing@usc.edu