Word: fencer
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...coach, but that’s exactly what the fencing team has in its leader, Peter Brand. When the Israeli native came to Harvard in 1999, the squad was in disarray. Now, eight years later, high schoolers want to join the Crimson to have the chance to be his fencer. Brand boasts a national championship team, and numerous individual champions have emerged from under his tutelage. This year, Brand continued to add to his coaching resume. The fencing team took a number of hits throughout the season. From men’s co-captain Sam Cross leaving to battle leukemia...
...most dominant athletes are more than just a lean body with great skills. Instead, they act as role models and provide leadership in addition to their prowess. In what may have been the toughest year to be a captain, saber fencer Tim Hagamen more than rose to the occasion to meet all the requirements. Despite losing his fellow captain in the middle of the season, the senior led the men’s fencing squad to its third straight Ivy League championship and a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Tournament and earned an individual national title in men?...
...Championships in Madison, N.J. this weekend. Senior captain Tim Hagamen led seven All-Americans for the Crimson with an individual title in the saber. The finish is the second best in school history after last year’s national championship season. After regional competition, Harvard qualified just nine fencers for nationals, a number mathematically insufficient to allow the team to repeat. But two at-large bids later, the Crimson looked to have a shot at the nation’s strongest 12-person teams—Penn State, St. John’s, and Columbia. The Nittany Lions?...
Don’t be fooled by the big poofy hair, the glasses, or the mile-wide grin.No, this athlete may not look like your typical muscular jock, but he has a license to kill—with a saber, that is.Senior captain and saber fencer Tim Hagamen went into the NCAA national competition March 22-25 with one thing on his mind: winning. He had come close a few times before; he had already been awarded the title of all-America twice. This time it was about not only leading his team, but also becoming the first men?...
...Championships in Madison, N.J. this weekend. Senior captain Tim Hagamen led seven All-Americans for the Crimson with an individual title in the sabre. The finish is the second best in school history after last year’s national championship season. After regional competition, Harvard qualified just nine fencers for nationals, a number mathematically insufficient to allow the team to repeat. But two at-large bids later the Crimson looked to have a shot at the nation’s strongest 12-person teams—Penn State, St. John’s, and Columbia. The Nittany Lions?...