INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Men's and Women's Fencing Committee announced today the field of 144 competitors who will participate in the 2004 National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships. Brandeis University will host the championships at the Gosman Sports Center, March 25-28. For the schedule of events, please go to http://www.brandeis.edu/ncaafencing/.

The National Collegiate Men's and Women's Fencing Championships include individual events in each of the six weapons (women's foil, women's epee, women's sabre, men's foil, men's epee, men's sabre).

Fencers will compete in a round-robin of 24 fencers in five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top four fencers in each event will fence direct elimination 15-touch bouts for first, second, third and fourth place. Absolute ties for the seeding will be broken as follows: for positions one through three, by a coin toss; for position four, by a fence-off.

An institution's place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes for the duration of the championships.

The following individuals were selected to participate in the championships:

MEN'S EPEE First Name Last Name School Region Kai Keller Brandeis University Northeast Andrew Sofer Brandeis University Northeast William Verigan Columbia University Northeast Michael Yablon Columbia University Northeast Dana Sanford Drew University Mid-Atlantic South Nathan Bragg Duke University Mid-Atlantic South Julian Rose Harvard University Northeast Matthew Bouloubasis Johns Hopkins University Mid-Atlantic South William Jones Ohio State University Midwest Denis Tolkachev Ohio State University Midwest Alex Bruske Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Adam Wiercioch Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Fenil Ghodadra Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Ben Solomon Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Jason Henderson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic South New Jersey Benjamin Bratton St. John's University (New York) Northeast Arpad Horvath St. John's University (New York) Northeast Martin Lee Stanford University West Timothy French U.S. Air Force Academy West Jason Stockdale U.S. Air Force Academy West Michal Sobieraj University of Notre Dame Midwest Wojciech Dudek Wayne State University (Michigan) Midwest Marek Petraszek Wayne State University (Michigan) Midwest James Rorhbach Yale University Northeast MEN'S FOIL First Name Last Name School Region Benji Rostoker Brandeis University Northeast Jeremy Zeitlin Brown University Northeast Roland Breden California State University, Fullerton West Brian Fraser California State University, Fullerton West Calvin Chen Columbia University Northeast Jeremy Sinkin Columbia University Northeast Benjamin Hendricks Duke University Mid-Atlantic South Enoch Woodhouse Harvard University Northeast Willy Chang New York University Northeast Boaz Ellis Ohio State University Midwest Nathan Weir Ohio State University Midwest Jake Clark Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Ian Schlaepfer Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Alejandro Bras Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Eric Stodola Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Jesse Schibilia Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic South New Brunswick Henry Kennard St. John's University (New York) Northeast Nitai Kfir St. John's University (New York) Northeast Florian Reichling Stanford University West Derek Snyder University of Notre Dame Midwest Forest Walton University of Notre Dame Midwest Michael Galligan University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Andy Radu University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Cory Werk Yale University Northeast MEN'S SABRE First Name Last Name School Region Alexander Krul Columbia University Northeast Paul Reyfman Columbia University Northeast David Jakus Harvard University Northeast Christian Flanders Haverford College Mid-Atlantic South Randy Bresil Hunter College Northeast Phil Dolata New Jersey Institute of Technology Mid-Atlantic South Andrew Magee New York University Northeast Adam Crompton Ohio State University Midwest Jason Paul Ohio State University Midwest Ian Farr Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Martin Zagunis Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Benjamin Igo Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic South New Brunswick Sergey Isayenko St. John's University (New York) Northeast Darren Whitmer St. John's University (New York) Northeast Curtis Andras Stanford University West Robert Owens Stanford University West Sam Bartron U.S. Air Force Academy West Batron Martin University of California, San Diego West Wesley Newkirk University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Mid-Atlantic South Patrick Ghattas University of Notre Dame Midwest Matthew Sterns University of Notre Dame Midwest Mark Kindrachuk University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Justin Bernstein Vassar College Northeast Bobby Smith Wayne State University (Michigan) Midwest WOMEN'S EPEE First Name Last Name School Region Jessica Lewis-Turner Brandeis University Northeast Ruth Schneider Brown University Northeast Alexie Rubin Columbia University Northeast Meghan Phair Cornell University Northeast Katherine Harvard California Institute of Technology West Anne Kercsmar Duke University Mid-Atlantic South Jasmine McGlade Harvard University Northeast Lucy Mendel Massachusetts Institute of Technology Northeast Sharon Sullivan Northwestern University Midwest Alexandra Shklar Ohio State University Midwest Kaela Brendler Ohio State University Midwest Katarzyna Trzopek Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Case Szarwark Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Erin McGarry Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Sara Forsythe Temple University Mid-Atlantic South Apphia Taylor U.S. Air Force Academy West Courtney Krolikoski University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Mid-Atlantic South Kerry Walton University of Notre Dame Midwest Amy Orlando University of Notre Dame Midwest Holly Buechel University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Livia Rurarz-Huygens University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Anna Garina Wayne State University (Michigan) Midwest Anna Vinnikov Wayne State University (Michigan) Midwest Erica Korb Yale University Northeast WOMEN'S FOIL First Name Last Name School Region Senta Breden California State University, Fullerton West Cassidy Luitjen Columbia University Northeast Kathleen Reckling Columbia University Northeast Chloe Stinetorf Harvard University Northeast Anne Austin Harvard University Northeast Susannah Dorfman Massachusetts Institute of Technology Northeast Jessica Florendo Northwestern University Midwest Julia Foldi Northwestern University Midwest Hannah Thompson Ohio State University Midwest Metta Thompson Ohio State University Midwest Anna Donath Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Meredith Chin Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Sara Jew-Lim Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Jacqueline Leahy Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Leanda Ferland Sacred Heart University Northeast Amy Delahanty St. John's University (New York) Northeast Erzsebet Garay St. John's University (New York) Northeast Eva Petschnigg Stanford University West Jenna Remmert Temple University Mid-Atlantic South Andrea Ament University of Notre Dame Midwest Alicja Kryczalo University of Notre Dame Midwest Christina Kaneshige University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Emmanuelle Humblet University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Alisa Mendelsohn Yale University Northeast WOMEN'S SABRE First Name Last Name School Region Rachel Leibing California State University, Fullerton West Emma Baratta Columbia University Northeast Christian Robinson Columbia University Northeast Ivana Zgaljic Cornell University Northeast Ibtihaj Muhammad Duke University Mid-Atlantic South Eunice Yi Harvard University Northeast Abigail Burma Haverford College Mid-Atlantic South Lauren Van Gieson Northwestern University Midwest Mai Van Vu Northwestern University Midwest Louise Bond-Williams Ohio State University Midwest Marguerite Plekhanov Ohio State University Midwest Heather Brosnan Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Sophia Hiss Pennsylvania State University Mid-Atlantic South Mina Morova Princeton University Mid-Atlantic South Christina Crane St. John's University (New York) Northeast Julia Gelman St. John's University (New York) Northeast Aziza Hassan Temple University Mid-Atlantic South Katherine Zouein Tufts University Northeast Louise Zouein Tufts University Northeast Marisa Romero U.S. Air Force Academy West Valerie Providenza University of Notre Dame Midwest Angela Vincent University of Notre Dame Midwest Annika Eiremo University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South Katelyn Sherry University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic South 

For more information about the championships, log on to www.ncaasports.com.

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