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USC FENCING |
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2008 Linkmeyer Invitational |
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279 fencers made the 14th Annual USC Linkmeyer
Invitational Tournament on February 9th the largest yet. We were also very pleased to welcome fencers from all over the West Coast to our event. First places went to Michael Raynis in Epee (A4), Eli Schenkel in Foil (A2/B3), Ewan Douglas in Sabre (B2) and
Andrea Rentmeister in Women's Epee (A2). For more results, click here |
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Pools are posted |
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Brennan Louie (right) lunges at Serhiy Vashkevich |
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(l-r) Eric Wang, Steve Toth, George Clovis and Tiffany Dell'Aquila enjoy the sabre competition |
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Madeline Amos (left) fleches at Kendrick Mooney |
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Ken Yen Huang (left) and David Moran smile for the camera |
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Viktor Mohacsy (left) lands a touch against Travis Tibbitts |
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Nicolas Sallembien, Gyorgy Ordody and Karl Christe discuss the finer points of epee |
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Philip Hedges (left) and Michael Raynis in the Open Epee Semifinals |
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Stacy Lin (let) and Lily Zheng have the most amazing deals on fencing shirts |
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Cedric Anen (left) and Serhiy Vashkevich react to the previous touch |
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Greg Schiller takes his minute break during DE's |
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Nicole Bowers and Sophia Rubenstein face off in Direct Elimination |
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Jamie Lam (left) and Tiffany Hsu smile for the camera |
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Steven Ellis (left) and Sean Graham lunge at each other |
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Sam Signorelli of HOM Fencing Supply readies some equipment |
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Cynthia Tsunoda (left) lunges at Paul Riviere in Open Epee pools |
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Tiffany Dell'Aquila and Steven Ellis pose for the camera |
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Eli Schenkel and Serhiy Vashkevich in the Open Foil Finals |
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Gary (left) and Cooper Gegan smile for the camera |
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Katharine English (right) lunges at Natalie Vie |
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Alexander Chen prepares for his next bout |
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Greg Schiller (right) attempts to parry Antoine Pequignot's attack |
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Trent Wells (left) and Fadi Sarkis wait for their next bout |
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Two epee fencers losing their balance or break dancing... YOU decide |
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Benson Fan (left) and Matt Damron smile for the camera |
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Chris Dollar (left) attempts a riposte against Cameron Sprowles in the Open Foil Quarterfinals |
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(l-r) Krystal Perkins, Jeff Spoelstra and Jorel Estrada discuss their epee pools |
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Daisy Flores (right) fleches at Andrea Rentmeister in the Women's Epee Final |
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Benjamin Dorn (left) passes on some advice to David Drake during the break |
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Paul Hicha (right) lunges at Aaron Rennell |
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(l-r) Clare Deffense, Mary Huang, Loy Grotts and Michele Chimienti smile for the camera |
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Keith Lichten (right) lunges at Gyorgy Ordody in the Open Epee Quarterfinals |
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Mike Muhlmeyer (left) and Johnny Driggs at the registration table |
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Eli Schenkel (left) and Serhiy Vashkevich in the Open Foil Final |
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Chris Getsla and Frank Hewitt watch an epee bout |
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Andrea Rentmeister (left) goes for the toe against Chelsea Ambort in the Women's Epee Semifinals |
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Ashkon Ansari, Mike Dollar, Edith Van Winkle and Peter Lu cheer on one of their teammates |
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Ewan Douglas (right) lunges at Greg Schiller in the Open Sabre Quarterfinals |
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Pia Douglas (left) and Laura Johnson smile for the camera |
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Andrea Rentmeister (left) fleches at Daisy Flores in the Women's Epee Final |
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Jeff McLaughlin and Scott Frank pose for the camera |
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John Siegel (left) and Ewan Douglas face off in the Open Sabre Final |
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The goodies |
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Michael Raynis (left) lunges at a counterattacking Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu in the Open Epee Final |
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The Officials |
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Linda Dunn at the Bout Committee Table (np, Suzy Dollar) |
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Derek Cotton |
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Bill Oliver |
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Robby Carrillo |
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Terry Dix |
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Larry Dunn |
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Allex Gruman (left) checks Garrett Carnahan's weapon |
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Laura Johnson (left) checks Rosanna Lacarra's epee |
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Kelly Lundgren-Koehler takes a break between bouts |
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Eric McDonald |
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Eric Momberg |
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Sean O'Brien |
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Otra Olver |
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George Porter |
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Alexander Vandenberg-Rodes |
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(r-l) Armourers Donald Clinton and Carl Oberg talk with Bill Oliver |
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Armourers David Clarke and Darryl Hwang in one of the few quiet moments at the Armoury Table |
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The Winners |
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Open Epee (r-l) Michael Raynis, Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, Philip Hedges and Keith Lichten |
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Women's Epee (l-r) Andrea Rentmeister, Daisy Flores and Karla Silva not pictured: Chelsea Ambort |
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Open Foil (r-l) Eli Schenkel,
Serhiy Vashkevich, Cameron Sprowles and Benjamin Dorn |
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Open Sabre (l-r) Ewan Douglas, John Siegel, Viktor Mohacsy and Rhys Douglas |
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Special
Thanks to Matt Damron for his photography |
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