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...Wellesley tournament contained five separate events. The women competed in both foil and epee fencing, and the men participated in foil, epee and saber fencing...
Epee fencing is based on the dueling weapon, and the target is anywhere on the body. Ancient tradition dictated that the fight would end upon first blood. Foil fencing has a more limited target since it is based on a training weapon, and the target zone is the torso. A derivative of the cavalry sword, saber fencing is a cutting and thrusting weapon, and the target is anywhere above the waist...
...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...
...team, the regional qualifiers are sophomore Tony Greenberg, Chang and Kim for foil; sophomore Andrew Prihodko and Baez for epee; and junior Seth Goldbarg and Scheffler for sabre...
Chan, Crasson and Katz have all qualified for women's foil. The only exception is Danics, who has not fenced in enough matches due to a semester...