COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ivy League had an outstanding showing at the 2024 NC men’s and women’s fencing championship as Harvard won the NCAA title, four Ivies captured individual national championships, and 35 earned All-America status.
Harvard accumulated 169 points, finishing ahead of Notre Dame in the standings. In addition to the Crimson winning the national title, two other Ivies finished in the top-five as Columbia was third with 149 points and Princeton finished in fourth with 131 points. Harvard’s combined team championship was the eighth in the history of the Ivy League and first since 2019.
On the women’s side, the Harvard dominated as
Emily Vermeule (women’s epee) and
Jessica Guo (women’s foil) claimed individual championships. On the men’s side, Princeton’s
Tristan Szapary won in epee and Penn’s
Bryce Louie won in foil.
2024 NCAA FENCING ALL-AMERICA TEAMS:
First Team (Places 1-4):
Bryce Louie, Penn (men’s foil)
Blake Broszus, Penn (men’s foil)
Daniel Zhang, Harvard (men’s foil)
Sam Kumbla, Columbia (men’s foil)
Tristan Szapary, Princeton (men’s epee)
Henry Lawson, Harvard (men’s epee)
Ryan Jenkins, Princeton (women’s saber)
Vera Kong, Columbia (women’s saber)
Jessica Guo, Harvard (women’s foil)
Lauren Scruggs, Harvard (women’s foil)
Emily Vermeule, Harvard (women’s epee)
Tierna Oxenreider, Columbia (women’s epee)
Ketki Ketkar, Cornell (women’s epee)
Second Team: (Places 5-8)
Jordan Silberzweig, Yale (men’s saber)
Zach Binder, Columbia (men’s foil)
Justin Haddad, Columbia (men’s epee)
Mihir Kumashi, Harvard (men’s epee)
Tamar Gordon, Columbia (women’s saber)
Alexandra Lee, Princeton (women’s saber)
Sydney Hirsch, Yale (women’s saber)
Evelyn Cheng, Columbia (women’s foil)
Kristina Petrova, Yale (women’s foil)
Isabella Chin, Harvard (women’s epee)
Ariana Rausch, Princeton (women’s epee)
Mina Yamanaka, Columbia (women’s epee)
Honorable Mention (Places 9-12)
Matthew Linsky, Harvard (men’s saber)
Matthew Limb, Princeton (men’s saber)
Jackson McBride, Columbia (men’s saber)
James Chen, Harvard (men’s foil)
Theodore Vinnitchouk, Yale (men’s epee)
Joey Wu, Penn (men’s epee)
Zoe Kim, Harvard (women’s saber)
Sabrina Cho, Penn (women’s foil)
Jessica Lin, Princeton (women’s epee)
Grace Hu, Penn (women’s epee)