USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Sixty-six members of Team USA will fence in the Veteran World Championships in Limoges, France this week.

The Veteran Worlds features competitions in all three weapons – epee, foil and saber – with athletes going for gold in the 50-59, 60-69 and +70 categories as well as men’s and women’s team events for each weapon.

Team USA includes dozens of past medalists as well as nine athletes who hold individual titles from previous Veteran World Championships:

• Jane Eyre (Swedesboro, N.J. / 60-69 saber), four-time individual Veteran World Champion
• Elizabeth Kocab (Farmington Hills, Mich. / 60-69 epee), three-time individual Veteran World Champion
• Ellen O’Leary (Decatur, Ga. / +70 saber), two-time individual Veteran World Champion
• Jennette Starks-Faulkner (Middletown, Conn. / 60-69 foil and saber), 2014 Veteran World Champion
• David Seuss (Charlestown, Mass. / 60-69 saber), 2013 Veteran World Champion
• Wang Yung (Woolwich Township, N.J. / 60-69 saber), 2011 Veteran World Champion
• Walter Dragonetti (Elyria, Ohio / 50-59 epee), 2009 Veteran World Champion
• Larry Pinkus (Kensington, Md. / +70 saber), 2005 Veteran World Champion
• Kazimieras Campe (Edgewater, Md. / +70 epee), 1998 Veteran World Champion

Results will be updated live at http://veteransfencingwch2015.blogspot.com/p/resultats.html.

Competition schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, Oct. 20
Women’s 50-59 Epee
Men’s 60-69 Foil
Men’s +70 Foil

Wednesday, Oct. 21
Men’s 50-59 Foil
Women’s 60-69 Epee
Women’s +70 Epee
Men’s +70 Saber

Thursday, Oct. 22
Women’s 50-59 Foil
Men’s Team Foil
Women’s Team Epee
Men’s 50-59 Saber
Men’s 60-69 Saber

Friday, Oct. 23
Men’s 60-69 Epee
Men’s +70 Epee
Men’s Team Saber
Women’s 60-69 Foil
Women’s +70 Foil

Saturday, Oct. 24
Men’s 50-59 Epee
Women’s Team Foil
Women’s 60-69 Saber
Women’s +70 Saber
Women’s 50-59 Saber

Sunday, Oct. 25
Men’s Team Epee
Women’s Team Saber

The complete athlete roster is as follows:

Men’s 50-59 Epee
Eli Delgado Jr. (Henderson, Nev.)
Walter Dragonetti (Elyria, Ohio)
Benoit Pouliquen (Eden Prairie, Minn.)
Mark Segal (Upland, Calif.)

Men’s 60-69 Epee
Jere Bothelio (Simi Valley, Calif.)
William Gelnaw (Fullerton, Calif.)
Drew Ridge (Warminster, Pa.)
Mark Wheeler (San Jose, Calif.)

Men’s +70 Epee
Kazimieras Campe (Edgewater, Md.)
Frank Hewitt (Jamul, Calif.)
Jonathan Jefferies (Alameda, Calif.)
Arnold Messing (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Men’s 50-59 Foil
Jamie Douraghy (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Greer McMullen (Atlanta, Ga.)
Robert Pavlovich (Manhassett, N.Y.)
Emanuel Voyiaziakis (Long Beach, Calif.)

Men’s 60-69 Foil
Philippe Bennett (New York City, N.Y.)
Henri Darricau (Littleton, Colo.)
Thomas Lutton (Cupertino, Calif.)
Joseph Streb (Columbus, Ohio)

Men’s +70 Foil
James Brykczynski (Ewing, N.J.)
Davis Carvey (Seattle, Wash.)
Joseph Cohen (Cape May Court House, N.J.)
John Rea (Wilmington, N.C.)

Men’s 50-59 Saber
Bill Becker (Gilbert, Ariz.)
Val Kizik (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Dmitri Kopylov (Roseland, N.J.)
Chris Matt (Fairfax Station, Va.)

Men’s 60-69 Saber
David Seuss (Charlestown, Mass.)
Ted Smith (Placerville, Calif.)
Joseph Streb (Columbus, Ohio)
Wang Yung (Woolwich Township, N.J.)

Men’s +70 Saber
Victor Bianchini (San Diego, Calif.)
Peter Calderon (Plainsboro, N.J.)
Larry Pinkus (Kensington, Md.)
Philip Sbarbaro (Vienna, Va.)

Women’s 50-59 Epee
Valerie Asher (Bethesda, Md.)
Ellen Finnegan (West Roxbury, Mass.)
Cristina Ford (Salem, Ore.)
Cristina Gordet (Somerville, Mass.)

Women’s 60-69 Epee
Bonnie Aher (Brookfield, Conn.)
Tanya Hurley (Hillsborough, N.J.)
Elizabeth Kocab (Farmington Hills, Mich.)
Janice Midgley (Tinton Falls, N.J.)

Women’s +70 Epee
Patricia Bedrosian (Malibu, Calif.)
Sally Higgins (Tinton Falls, N.J.)
Catherine Radle (Atlanta, Ga.)
Kathryn Rubin (Waban, Mass.)

Women’s 50-59 Foil
Lynn Botelho (Indiana, Pa.)
Bonnie Hennig (Simsbury, Conn.)
Ursula Szpak (Trophy Club, Texas)
Kristin Vines (Hixson, Tenn.)

Women’s 60-69 Foil
Jennette Starks-Faulkner (Middletown, Conn.)
Jude Offerle (Winnetka, Ill.)
Madelon Rosenfeld (New York City, N.Y.)
Anne-Marie Walters (Parkland, Fla.)

Women’s +70 Foil
Ruth Dodge (Casa Grande, Ariz.)
Judith Evans (Greenwich, Conn.)
Diane Reckling (White Plains, N.Y.)
Patricia Bedrosian (Malibu, Calif.)

Women’s 50-59 Saber
Lydia Mazorol (Simi Valley, Calif.)
Donna Pepe (Oxford, Conn.)
Robin Pernice (Carlisle, Mass.)
Chaz Smith (Placerville, Mass.)

Women’s 60-69 Saber
Jeannine Bender (Arlington, Va.)
Jane Eyre (Swedesboro, N.J.)
Jennette Starks-Faulkner (Middletown, Conn.)
Jude Offerle (Winnetka, Ill.)

Women’s +70 Saber
Diane Hiatt (Sparks, Nev.)
Sally Higgins (Tinton Falls, N.J.)
Ellen O’Leary (Decatur, Ga.)
Catherine Radle (Atlanta, Ga.)