St. Catharines, Ont. (Feb. 19, 2023) - With strong finishes in all three weapons, the Queen's Gaels Women's Fencing Team won the Overall bronze and the Men's Team finished fourth at the 2022-23 OUA Fencing Championships, hosted by Brock University from February 17-19.
On the first day of competition, the Gaels'
Caroline Whitehead won the Women's Individual Sabre bronze medal and, on the second day, she captained the Queen's Women's Sabre Team (Whitehead,
Kirstin Lang,
Vivian Yao,
Hannah Naguib) to a bronze medal victory over McMaster.
The Queen's Men's Sabre Team (
Alex Sun,
Filbert Yung,
Luke Steverango,
Timothy Wood) captured the bronze on Day 3 of the Championships, defeating TMU.
Queen's Women's Epee Team (
Courtney Bannerman,
Sheyma Ben Mabrouk,
Charlotte Reed,
Elizabeth Fullerton) and the Foil Team (
Hannah Bryan,
Nancy Chua, Jing Han (Wendy) Li,
Kelachi Nsitem) had strong fourth place finishes on Day 3.
The Men's Foil Team (
Cameron Hostetler Keates, James Samuel Broughton,
Ewan Peterson,
Ben Laurin) also secured the fourth place spot and the Men's Epee Team (Peizhen (Daniel ) Li,
Herbert Wang, Zhiqian (Jacob) Zhang, Ce (Sean) Liang) finished in sixth place at the Championships.
Full Queen's Results:
Queen's Women's Overall - Bronze
Womens' Sabre
Caroline Whitehead - Bronze
Kirstin Lang - 6th
Vivian Yao - 16th
Hannah Naguib - 18th
Team - Bronze
Women's Foil
Nancy Chua - 12th
Hannah Bryan - 14th
Jing Han (Wendy) Li - 21st
Kelachi Nsitem - 27th
Team -- 4th
Women's Epee
Sheyma Ben Mabrouk - 10th
Charlotte Reed - 16th
Courtney Bannerman - 22nd
Kaitlyn Rea - 29th
Team - 4th
Queen's Men's Overall - 4th
Men's Sabre
Filbert Yung - 4th
Alex Sun - 5th
Luke Steverango - 23rd
Timothy Wood - 27th
Sabre Team - 3rd
Men's Foil
James Samuel Broughton - 6th
Cameron Hostetler Keates - 16th
Ewan Peterson - 19th
Ben Laurin - 26th
Foil Team - 4th
Men's Epee
Herbert Wang - 17th
Peizhen (Daniel) Li - 20th
Ce (Sean) Liang - 26th
Zhiqian (Jacob) Zhang - 28th
Epee Team - 6th
