The Queen's Gaels Fencing team were represented by 42 athletes at the Brock Open this past weekend in St. Catharines from November 18-19.

Most notable from the Gaels showing at the Brock Open was Queen's fencing rookie Matthew Litwin, who claimed the silver medal in Men's Epee. 

Following Litwin's performance, the Gaels top four women's foilists – Kyra Dorfman, Jessie Pollett, Angela Feng and Laura Lacombe – all placed well in their competition.

All in all, the Tricolour had strong performances across the board during a weekend where they faced stiff opposition from private clubs and other universities.

Best results by weapon are listed below – size of draw indicated in parentheses:

Men's Epee (77): Matthew Litwin, silver

Women's Foil (49): Kyra Dorfman, 5th
                                Jessie Pollett, 8th
                                Angela Feng, 11th
                                Laura Lacombe, 13th

Women's Sabre (41): Katie Heeps, 7th

Men's Sabre (59): Kenneth West, 14th

Men's Foil (91): Michael Ciomyk, 16th

Women's Epee (51): Ashante Daley, 19th     

Up next, the Queen's Fencing team will prepare for the Carleton Invitational in Ottawa on January 13-14.