SAS Foil Open 2 results
Five WWU fencers competed in the SAS Foil Open 2 today in Seattle. Of the 38 competitors, the final placement of WWU fencers was:
27th, KY (2nd highest placement for an unranked fencer)
32nd, Greg
34th, Micah
36th, Joe
37th, Morgan
Full results can be found here.
The tournament was a very tough one. With 38 fencers, of which all but 12 held rankings. There was one A-ranked fencer present, who ultimately took first place after seeding 5th. KY had the best pool results of our team, with a bout record of 1-4.
Going into the direct eliminations, the rankings were this:
28th, KY
33rd, Micah
35th, Greg
36th, Joe
37th, Morgan
Unfortunately, KY and Morgan were placed against eachother in the first round of the DE. KY won the bout 15-0. KY then faced Omar Bhutta, the one A fencer, and fought him to a very respectable 7-15 loss.
Micah faced her bout against the 32nd seed, and lost 12-15; the closest loss of all the WWU fencers in the DE's.
Greg faced the 30th seed in his DE bout, and fenced to 15-9 for a win. The win placed Greg at the bottom of the round of 32. This put the former 30th seed into 33rd, which bumped Micah down to 34th as a result. In the second round Greg faced the 9th seed, and lost resoundingly 1-15.
Joe faced the 29th seed in his DE bout. Joe lost 8-15. It was his opinion that had the two of them fenced again under a different director it would have turned out differently.
The tournament was an educational experience. Kevin was present, but lacked a few key pieces of equipment so spectated instead. We all returned to Bellingham with a desire to do this again.
27th, KY (2nd highest placement for an unranked fencer)
32nd, Greg
34th, Micah
36th, Joe
37th, Morgan
Full results can be found here.
The tournament was a very tough one. With 38 fencers, of which all but 12 held rankings. There was one A-ranked fencer present, who ultimately took first place after seeding 5th. KY had the best pool results of our team, with a bout record of 1-4.
Going into the direct eliminations, the rankings were this:
28th, KY
33rd, Micah
35th, Greg
36th, Joe
37th, Morgan
Unfortunately, KY and Morgan were placed against eachother in the first round of the DE. KY won the bout 15-0. KY then faced Omar Bhutta, the one A fencer, and fought him to a very respectable 7-15 loss.
Micah faced her bout against the 32nd seed, and lost 12-15; the closest loss of all the WWU fencers in the DE's.
Greg faced the 30th seed in his DE bout, and fenced to 15-9 for a win. The win placed Greg at the bottom of the round of 32. This put the former 30th seed into 33rd, which bumped Micah down to 34th as a result. In the second round Greg faced the 9th seed, and lost resoundingly 1-15.
Joe faced the 29th seed in his DE bout. Joe lost 8-15. It was his opinion that had the two of them fenced again under a different director it would have turned out differently.
The tournament was an educational experience. Kevin was present, but lacked a few key pieces of equipment so spectated instead. We all returned to Bellingham with a desire to do this again.
posted by Greg at 4:23 PM
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