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...energy for long periods. In some cases, they need a helping hand. When Leslie Marx is asked how she is able to juggle her position as an assistant professor at the Simon school of business at the University of Rochester with her standing as the top U.S. epee fencer, she responds with a laugh, "A forgiving employer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MORE THAN ATHLETES | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

Chang was also the only men's fencer to make First Team All-Ivy. Scheffler and captain Paul Baez (epee) made the Second Team...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Chan Highlights M. Fencing; Women Send Three to NCAAs | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

Harvard foil fencer, sophomore Jill Katz, came in fourth place out of 47 participants in the region. Junior Sara Crasson also fenced foil, and came in 16th place. Junior Brindisi Chan also participated in the foil but didn't make it past the first round of competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men's, Women's Fencers Place High at Regional Qualifiers | 3/12/1996 | See Source »

...They did really well," Chan said. "The Penn head coach was an epee fencer, and beating his epee squad...

Author: By Jessica E. Kahan, | Title: M., W. Fencing Split | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...distinction between foil and sabre bouts is that the foil is a point weapon and thus the fencers must stab their opponents. A sabre is a slash weapon, and thus the fencer may stab or cut. In an epee bout, by contrast, whichever fencer hits first gets the touch...

Author: By Jessica E. Kahan, | Title: Women Fencers Win, Brandeis Foils Men | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

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