KINGSTON (October 23, 2017) - The Queen's fencing team competed in the 48th annual RMC Invitational at the Kingston Combined Military Sports Complex. The Gaels fought to a third place finish for the RMC Cup, falling to first place Toronto and second place Western.

The RMC Cup rewards breadth and depth of program. Among the schools and private clubs competing at the two-day tournament, only those with entries in each of the six events were eligible to have their final places counted toward the Cup.

A silver medal in Men's Épeé, a bronze in Women's Foil, and strong places in other weapons helped to secure a bronze finish for Queen's over the host RMC Paladins.
 

Teams and results:

Men's Épeé, SILVER. Matthew Litwin (rookie), Michael Mussari, Gavin Crowder (capt.)

Women's Foil, BRONZE Angela Feng (rookie), Kyra Dorfman, , Jessie Pollett (capt.)

Men's Sabre, 11th. Jacob Huschilt, Calum Ross, Kenneth West (capt.)

Women's Épeé, 7th. Ashante Daley, Courtney Bannerman, Alana Johnson, Sharleen Fisher (capt.)

Men's Foil, 9th.  Michael Ciomyk, Paco Fernandez, Yannick Wong (capt.)

Women's Sabre, 6th. Katie Heeps (Rookie), Karen Zeng, Rae Lyn Hardy (capt.)


In addition to the six A teams above, Queen's entered B, C, and D teams for a total of 19 teams in the RMC Cup.

Up next, Queen's will host the Queen's Invitational next weekend from October 28-29.