USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – The 2016 USA Fencing Election concluded on Friday, June 10 at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time with a turnout of nearly 20% of eligible voters participating.

Donald K. Anthony Jr. (Columbus, Ohio) won the presidential election as the incumbent with 51% of the vote. Bill Oliver (Longmont, Colo.) earned 38% of the vote and Mark Stasinos (Orem, Utah) finished third at 11%.

Anthony becomes the first person to be elected to a second term as USA Fencing President since Steve Sobel (Cedar Grove, N.J.) served terms from 1972-76 and 1992-96. He will begin his second term after the Closing Ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on Aug. 21.

Lorrie Marcil Holmes (Washington, D.C.) earned a second term as an At-Large Director with 39% of the vote, defeating two of the current At-Large members of the board. An attorney and parent of 2016 Olympian Kat Holmes (Washington, D.C.), Marcil Holmes narrowly defeated Columbia University Coach Michael Aufrichtig (Brooklyn, N.Y.) who earned 37% of the vote. David Blake (North Billerica, Mass.), a member of the board since 2008 and owner of Prise De Fer Fencing Club, earned 23% of the vote.

David Arias (Birmingham, Ala.), who previously served as a USA Fencing Board member, ran unopposed for the position of treasurer. The president of Birmingham Fencing Club, Arias is a certified public accountant who also serves as the executive director of Magic City Harvest, a non-profit organization that provides food to people in need.

Marcil Holmes and Arias will assume their roles on the board at the Annual Meeting in September.