ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell fencing is coming off the heels of an 11th-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Championships, the team's highest finish since 2022, and seven USFCA Northeast All-Region honors. The past season was one to be celebrated for the Big Red, as the team went 30-8 overall. In May, the program graduated eight seniors, three of which earned a nod on the USFCA Northeast All-Region teams and another who earned a bid to nationals. The void left by this talented group will not be easily filled, but Ariana Klinkov, the Head Coach of Fencing, has added five new faces to the roster this season to help bridge the gap. Meet the new arrivals below.
Fr. • Epee • 5-11 • Chicago, Ill. (Latin School of Chicago)
Competed for Windy City Fencing while attending the Latin School of Chicago ... competed at the 2023 Cadet International Circuit in Belgrade, Serbia ... helped junior women's team capture silver at the 2023 Junior Olympic Championships ... earned a team bronze medal at the 2021 July Challenge held in Philadelphia.
Fr. • Epee • 5-6 • Toronto, Ontario (Oakville Trafalgar High School)
Was a member of the Canadian Junior National team that finished fourth at 2024 Junior World Championships and 20th in Junior World Cup in Beauvais, France ... won gold in epee at 2023 Canada Games and Canadian National Championship ... secured silver in junior and senior at 2023 and 2024 Canada Cup ... finished ninth out of 245 competitors in junior epee at 2023 November North American Cup and 14th in 2022 December North American Cup ... earned honor roll for four consecutive seasons at Oakville Trafalgar High School.
Fr. • Foil • 5-7 • Belmont, Mass. (Belmont High School)
Was a member of the 2022-23 USA Cadet International Traveling Team while fencing for Star Fencing Academy ... finished eighth out of 162 competitors at the 2022 October Cadet North American Cup in Minneapolis, Minn. ... also medaled at the 2022 Div-1A National Championships and earned 11th at the 2022 Cadet North American Cup ... represented Team USA at the 2021 Junior Pan-American Games and 2023 Cadet Pan-American Championships ... also earned USA Fencing All-Academic First Team ... was a Scholastic Art and Writing National Gold Medalist and National Latin Exam Gold Medalist ... served as editor-in-chief of high school newspaper while also being a member of the National Honor Society and AP scholar with distinction.
Fr. • Sabre • 5-4 • New York City, N.Y. (Stuyvesant High School [New York, N.Y.])
Was a member of the 2023 U.S. International travel team ... placed 9th at the 2021 October NAC ... finished top 16 at the 2023 Division 1 December NAC ... placed 5th at the World Cup team event in Meylan, France ... finished 22nd overall at the 2023 World Cup in Bucharest, Romania ... three-time USA Fencing First Team ... All-American and All-Academic Team ... played club for Manhattan Fencing Center.
Fr. • Foil • 5-5 • Manhasset, N.Y. (Wycombe Abbey School [United Kingdom])
Was a member of the Luxembourg Cadet and Junior National Team from 2021-2024 ... competed on the Luxembourg team in multiple European Cadet Circuit ... also competed in the Cadet World Cup in Cabries and the U23 European Circuit in London ... finished 10th in the senior category of the 35th Tournoi International d'Escrime de Neufchateau, Belgium ... fenced for ZFW Fencing Club in London ... won the top gold award in the British Physics Olympiad ... qualified for the British Math Olympiad Round 1.
