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Watch the Division I National Championship Finals LIVE on USFencing.org

04/10/2014, 10:15pm CDT
By Nicole Jomantas

London Olympic medalist Kelley Hurley (left) will attempt to defend her 2013 Division I National Championship title.


London Olympian Race Imboden is the top seed in Division I men's foil in Minneapolis. Photo Credit: Nicole Jomantas

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Fencing fans will be able to watch their favorite athletes in action this weekend when the final rounds of the USA Fencing Division I National Championships are streamed live from Minneapolis, Minn.

Division I individual semi and final bouts will be streamed daily at www.usfencing.org.

The streaming schedule for the weekend is as follows (All times Central):

Friday, April 11
5:30 p.m.
Division I Men’s Foil

Saturday, April 12
4:45 p.m.
Division I Women’s Saber
Division I Men’s Epee

Sunday, April 13
5:30 p.m.
Division I Women’s Epee

Monday, April 14
1 p.m.
Division I Women’s Foil
Division I Men’s Saber

Athletes contending for spots in the finals include:

  • Kelley Hurley (San Antonio, Texas / Epee), two-time Olympian and 2012 Olympic team bronze medalist
  • Courtney Hurley (San Antonio, Texas / Epee), 2012 Olympic team bronze medalist
  • Race Imboden (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Foil), 2012 Olympian and 2013 Senior World medalist
  • Nzingha Prescod (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Foil), 2012 Olympian and 2013 Marseille Grand Prix Champion
  • Nicole Ross (New York City, N.Y. / Foil), 2012 Olympian and five-time Pan American team Champion
  • Jeff Spear (Wynantskill, N.Y. / Saber), 2012 Olympian and 2014 Madrid World Cup medalist
  • Ben Bratton (New York City, N.Y. / Epee), 2012 Senior World Team Champion
  • Ibtihaj Muhammad (Maplewood, N.J. / Saber), three-time Senior World team medalist
  • Daria Schneider (New York City, N.Y. / Saber), two-time Senior World team bronze medalist​
  • Eliza Stone (Chicago, Ill. / Saber), 2013 Senior World team bronze medalist
  • Margaret Lu (Greenwich, Conn. / Foil), 2014 Junior World Team Champion and five-time Junior World medalist
  • Sabrina Massialas (San Francisco, Calif. / Foil), two-time Cadet World silver medalist and 2014 Junior World Team Champion
  • David Willette (Lafayette, Calif. / Foil), two-time Junior World Team Champion
  • Eli Dershwitz (Sherborn, Mass. / Saber), three-time Junior World medalist
  • Andrew Mackiewicz (Sherborn, Mass. / Saber), 2014 Junior World team bronze medalist and 2012 Cadet World medalist​
  • Gabriel Armijo (San Diego, Calif. / Saber), 2014 Junior World team bronze medalist

Each Division I individual event will serve as a key qualifying tournament for the 2014 Senior World Championships, but no team is more wide open than the men’s epee field in which there are more than a dozen athletes with legitimate chances at qualifying to represent Team USA in Kazan, Russia.

Top-ranked Andras Horanyi (Colorado Springs, Colo.) earned a career-best epee result with a top-16 finish on the World Cup circuit and is seeking to qualify for his first Senior World Team as an epee fencer after three appearances at the Senior Worlds as a foil fencer. Among his challengers are his teammates at the U.S. Olympic Training Center –Jason Pryor (Colorado Springs, Colo.), a 2013 Senior World Team member, and Jimmy Moody (Colorado Springs, Colo.) who won the December North American Cup and placed third in November. Other top contenders include 2012 World Team Champion Ben Bratton (New York City, N.Y.) who is competing at his first Division I Nationals in three years and Alexander Tsinis (Little Neck, N.Y.) who is aiming for a third straight National Championship title.

In addition to live streaming, be sure to visit www.usfencing.org for live results, photos and more throughout the tournament. 

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