Word: vastola
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard fencers Gene Vastola, Rob Homer and Mike Bieker earned All-Ivy status on the squad, announced last week...
...Vastola won a spot on the first-team foil team, tying for most wins in any event with his 13-2 record. Homer (9-6) was selected to the sabre first team, and Bieker (8-7) to the foil second team...
Against McNamara, Vastola, although he fell 5-4, hinted at what might have been, making quicker lunges than earlier in the day and trading touches until it became 4-4. He then hit off-target twice and looked for all the world like the dominant fencer...
...crowd responded loudly with each near miss, eager to see its favorite dispose of the foil champion and leave a suggestion, at least, that he, in fact, should have occupied the top spot. But just as Vastola prepared for a low attack, McNamara came in with his point high and jabbed the Crimson captain in the chest. The crowd was disappointed...
Only captain Gene Vastola survived the preliminary rounds (which determined the team champions), and even he made it to the finals by only the barest of margins (see column at left). Once in the finals, Vastola, who had a shot at third until his last bout, placed sixth...