USC FENCING
2007 Linkmeyer Invitational
The 2007 USC Linkmeyer
Invitational Tournament on February 10th brought 222 entrants together
from all over the West Coast, resulting in some quality competition for
all participants. We were also very pleased to welcome fencers from New
Mexico, Gulf Coast Texas and Alaska Divisions. First places went to Kevin
Mo in Epee (A4), Cedric Anen in Foil (A2), John Siegel in Sabre (B2) and
Kendrick Mooney in Women's Epee (B2). For more results, click here
A bird's eye view of
the tournament
Gyorgy Ordody (right)
lunges at Patrick Burton
(clockwise from top left)
Ed Leung, Jae Sang, Charlie Moffett and their cheering squad pose for
the camera
Michael Zwimpfer (left)
makes an attack against Yann Staelens
Laura Horton (left) and
Laura Johnson smile for the camera
Paul Hicha (right) attempts
to parry Valentina Mindirgasova's attack
Kendrick Mooney (right)
faces Jen Marsh
Drew Moseley (left) and
Ewan Douglas smile for the camera
Eric Hansen (left) and
Alexander Senturia in pools
(l-r) Amy Bianchini,
Corin Porter and Amanda Rysling
Jamie Douraghy (left)
fleches at Michael Tiffany
Greg Schiller (left)
lunges at Lauren Mueller
Deric and Margaret Clarke
Rob Rhea (left) and Carl
Loeffler face off in pools
Ope Osoba, Rebecca Blasdell
and Lili Wyckoff greet the competitors
Hajime Matsukata (right)
lunges at Kevin Dunn
Emma Peterson (left)
fences Loy Grotts
(l-r) Stacy Lin, Jamie
Lam and Tiffany Hsu pose for the camera
Brian Davis (left) and
Duane Chan in DE's
(l-r) Janet Gegan, Marina
Case and Amy Chang
Dylan Case (left) and
Eric Hansen square off in DE's
Valentina Mindirgasova
(left) lunges at Ken Coleman
Marvyn Peralta (left)
and Daniel Srikureja smile for the camera
Direct Elimination in
Open Epee
Michael Stuppler (left)
and Eli Schenkel
Nikita Sakhanenko (right)
lunges at Charlie Moffett
Brenton Horrillo watches
the merchandise
Chris Dollar (right)
attempts to parry Jack Reznik's attack
Vanessa Heckman (left)
and Haomiao Huang shake hands after the bout
Kellie Windenburg (right)
and Kendrick Mooney in the Women's Epee Semifinals
Nathan Wagemann (right)
lunges at Maxwell Kleeman
Don Clinton repairs a
foil as David Clarke (right) checks body cords
Jae Sang (left) and Cynthia
Savino in Sabre Pools
Michael Zwimpfer prepares
to fence
Jesse Carlson (right)
lunges at Deborah Wang
(l-r) Valentina Mindirgasova,
Jen Marsh and Chris Noyes pose for the camera
Patrick Burton (left)
and Cooper Gegan in pools
Eli Schenkel (right)
lunges at Elijah Koerner
Dr. Scott Frank oversees
the event
Open Sabre Pools
Rebecca Van Guilder and
Ken Wheeler outside the gymnasium
If you focus very carefully,
you will see Garrett Carnahan and Jens Stephan in the quarterfinals
Mike Muhlmeyer gets ready
to fence
Cedric Anen (right) and
Danny Nguyen have a meeting of the minds in the quarterfinals
Rebecca Blasdell keeps
the chair warm
Attack from the left
Danica Kreculj (left)
and Camille Gallardo pose for the camera
Kendrick Mooney (right)
fleches at Karla Silva in the Women's Epee Final
Rob Rhea checks his epee
Yann Staelens (left)
and Sergey Vashkevich in the Open Foil Semifinals
(l-r) Vanessa Heckman,
Miles Rand, Paul Sherman and Tiffany Dell'Aquila smile for the camera
John Siegel (right) lunges
at Greg Schiller
Eric Hansen (left) and
Jesse Carlson in the quarterfinals
The trophies
The Officials
Terry Dix
Larry Dunn
Laura Johnson
Kelly Lundgren-Koehler
George Porter
Michael Ross
Alexander Vandenberg-Rhodes
(l-r) Linda Dunn, Larry
Dunn, Suzy Dollar, Laura Johnson and Adam Johnson behind the BC Table
Armourers Carl Oberg
and Don Clinton chat with Sam Signorelli of HOM Fencing
not pictured: David Clarke
not pictured: David Clarke
The Winners
Open Epee (l-r) Garrett
Carnahan, Eric Hansen and Kevin Mo
not pictured: Gyorgy Ordody
not pictured: Gyorgy Ordody
Women's Epee (l-r) Kendrick
Mooney, Karla Silva, Kellie Windenburg and Elizabeth Olivas
Open Foil (l-r) Eli Schenkel,
Yann Staelens, Sergey Vashkevich and Cedric Anen
Open Sabre (l-r) Kyle
Chan, John Siegel and Hajime Matsukata
not pictured: Greg Schiller
not pictured: Greg Schiller
Special
Thanks to Cynthia Savino for her photography
Questions or Comments?
Email us at fencing@usc.edu