People in the class of 2009

Fill-in at MACFA 2 - 2009.  Never fenced before, yet still managed to win two bouts. 

Greg began fencing in sophomore year of high school on his school’s varsity team where he was then sabre team captain in his junior and senior year. He studied under Leonid Kvurt at the North Shore Fencer’s Club in Long Island in his junior year. In his senior year he was ranked as one of the Top-10 sabrists in Nassau County. A previous captain and treasurer of the Cornell Men’s Fencing Team, Greg placed 4th on C Strip in MACFA Champs and made his debut in USACFC Championships as a starter where the CUMFC Sabre squad placed 7th overall. Greg was a brother at Delta Chi.

James started fencing as a freshman at Cornell.  Taught mostly by Mike Klinger, James excelled quickly and developed into a competent epee fencer by the end of his undergraduate career.  
James is a boss, and a member of Delta Chi’s CUMFC lineage.

At Cornell, Ethan Peck joined the team as a Freshman foilist. He became foil captain during his Junior year and received the Best Performance for having the best regular season record at Cornell.  In his senior year, he was elected VP and remained foil captain, but showed a drastic improvement in skill, increasing his win percentage by a notable margin in 2009.  At his final USACFC championship, he clinched the final bout in the gold medal round, solidifying a 1st place finish for the Cornell foil squad.  
Before Cornell, Ethan began fencing in 9th grade at Clarkstown High School North. His senior year, Ethan became the Captain of his high school team and won the Rockland high school fencing championships. He began fencing from the influence of his older brother, and currently attends graduate school at University of Colorado Boulder, where he misses the Cornell freshmen foilists that he grew to love ever so dearly. Ethan hopes to one day become a professor, and possibly coach fencing in his spare time.