Word: risto
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trounced the Harvard epee contingent in all nine bouts. Finnish Olympic star Risto Hurme teamed with Swedish brothers Hans and Lars Weiselgren to trample Harvard's Matt Simmons, John Hawkins, John Hirschfeld and Sam Anderson...
...individual competition, NYU's Risto, Hurme captured the epee title, Steve Benko won in foil, and Wayne State's Danosi finished first in sabre...
...individual competition, MIT's Johan Ackerman followed up the Engineers' team foil title by winning the individual crown. Ackerman, a member of the Swedish Olympic team, was never in serious trouble in Saturday's finals. In epee, NYU's Albert Peters upset his more highly-touted teammates Risto Hurme and Hans Weiselgrin to win the individual title, and still another NYU teammate, Peter Westbrook, bested Columbia's Tom Losonczy in a fence-off for the sabre title...
Harvard picked up its other two victories in the epee competition, where John Hawkins and captain Eugene White each won one bout. White, one of the few bright spots for Harvard in the meet, also dropped a close bout, 5-4, to NYU star Risto Urme, NCAA epee champion and member of the Finnish Olympic team...
...took two firsts and a fourth in the three weapons to edge Lvy League champion Penn by a slim point for the team title. Violet sabreman Peter Westbrook, undefeated during the entire three-day tournament, easily won the sabre title, and teammate Risto Hurme grabbed the epee championship with an impressive 21-2 bouting record...