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2011-2012 wrap-up: In dual meets, Marian's men's and women's teams went 4-5. Both teams had victories over Homewood-Flossmoor, Marian Central, and U of Chicago Lab School; the men won their match against Maine West and the women won against Deerfield/Highland Park.

Junior Varsity Medalists: at the Homewood-Flossmoor HS JV Team Tournament, Kevin Kwok, Joe Rivera, Gabe Rohn & Jeremy Williams earned 1st place in men's foil, John Kirschenheiter, Alex Wieringa & Andrew Tolbert earned 2nd place in men's epee and Fred Lam, Antonio Davis & Brian Coleman also earned 2nd place in men's epee.  In addition, Jackie Johnson earned 1st place in women's foil as part of a combined team with Marian Central. At the J-V Championship at Marian Central, Kevin Kwok earned 5th in men's foil, Andrew Tolbert tied for 3rd in men's epee, Alex Wieringa earned 2nd in men's epee and John Kirschenheiter earned 1st in men's epee.

Varsity Medalists: John Kirschenheiter earned 8th in men's epee at Catholic Memorial HS Invitational, and Laura Maro earned 6th in women's saber in the Dual Meets Tournament and 4th in women's saber at the Midway Classic (U High, Chicago).

Most Improved Fencers: Alex Wieringa and Alanna Marston

Captains for 2012/13: Alex Wieringa (Epee), Jeremy Williams (Foil), Laura Maro & Melen Skurka (Saber).

General information

Marian Catholic High School fencing club is a club sport, fielding men's and women's squads in foil, epee and saber. Our season runs from late October through the beginning of February. There are no tryouts, although we encourage prospective fencers to try us out by attending Open Strip Fencing sessions in September and October.

OPEN STRIP - think "Open Gym" only with foils, epees & sabers!

Check the daily bulletin in September and October for weekly Open Strip dates and locations. Prospective fencers who have Athletic Physical Forms on file (or in hand) are welcome and encouraged to attend. Come meet the team and give the sport a try. Please wear sneakers (no school shoesor flip flops) and sweatpants or stretchy jeans - all other equipment will be provided.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FENCING, SEE SR. DOROTHY MARIE OR MS. ANN JONES.

TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP - All students who receive parental permission and agree to terms of club membership will be admitted.

1. Club Fee: Everyone who wants to practice and compete with the team during the fencing season must pay a $125.00 fee, due no later than the Winter Sports Parent Awareness meeting.

Club fees are used to purchase and maintain our equipment for both practice and competition. They also cover fees for dual meets and team tournaments, as well as team t-shirts. We have masks, practice weapons, competition weapons, lames, body cords and scoring boxes.

2. Athletic Physical Form and Parent Awareness Meeting: Club athletes compete for Marian on the same basis as any other sport - all fencers must turn in an Athletic Physical Form and attend the Winter Sports Parent Awareness Meeting with a parent or guardian or they will not be able to practice and compete with the team.

3. Personal Equipment: Fencers are required to purchase their own jackets, pants and protective equipment. These items must be regulation fencing equipment according to tournament rules. We do a group order at the beginning of the season for anyone interested, which gets us a club discount of 15%-20% (depending on the vendor) and means the Club pays for shipping. (Some second-hand items may be available for purchase from returning fencers.)

Items you will need to purchase (before discount) are:

• Jacket - $46.00
• Plastron (under arm protector) - $58
• Pants - $30.00 to $46.00
• Glove - $10.00
• Chest Protector (women only) - $27.00

4. Tournament fees: Each fencer is responsible for paying their own entry fees for invitationals, opens and championship tournaments. These are typically $20 to $25 due at check-in the morning of the competition.

 

Fencing after Marian

• Aaron Cook '10 competes in men's foil at Purdue University.
• Emily Brewster '10 fences on the Boston Univ. saber team.
• Sandy Denton '09 competed in Division 2, Women's Epee at the 2009 Summer Nationals held in Texas, finishing 22nd out of 118 competitors.
• Alex Block '08 is employed as a fencing instructor at the Milwaukee Sport Fencing Academy in Wisconsin.
• Kathleen Halpin '07 fences with the women's saber team at Cornell U. in Ithaca, NY.
• Stephanie Wegrzyn '06 founded the fencing club at Columbia College in Chicago.

Alumni/ae - send us news of your current fencing activities and we will add it here!