People in the class of 2012
Fotinatos has been fencing for over six years under the tutelage of Stanislav Gutkovskiy, competing actively in the NJ division and North American Cup tournaments. Rated in all three weapons, he currently is a B in foil, C in saber, and E in epee. At Cornell, he posted a .745 MACFA record in his freshman season, the second best on the team. Despite it being his secondary weapon, he fenced saber at the 2009 USACFC championships and finished 7th in the individual event. As a sophomore, he served as a co-captain and saw great success as a member of the foil squad. Placing 21st at the Penn State Garret Open, he qualified for the third round of pools and recorded the highest finish for any non-varsity fencer at the event. At the MACFA championship tournament, he placed 3rd in individual foil and was a member of the gold medal foil squad, edging out six varsity teams and five club teams for a 1st place finish. At the 2010 USACFC event, he once again qualified for the individual round, this time placing fifth in foil.
Prior to Cornell, he fenced on the
Mike will serve as Captain for the 2010-2011 season, and thanks his parents and Cornell Alumni for their continued support. He is in a constant battle with obesity, and hopes that he will fit into his lame next semester.
Bryan has fenced for CLUB NAME for the last two years. Before attending Cornell, Bryan fenced for Newark Academy, in Livingston, NJ, for four years. His results at Cornell include top 16 individually at USACFC 2010, 9th place Epee squad at USACFC 2010, 3rd place team overall at USACFC 2010. He was Co-captain and Epee captain for 2009-2010. He loves helping the team, even though he is not the best fencer on it. Bryan is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and LIfe Sciences. He will be abroad in Birmingham, United Kingdom for the fall semester, but will return to the team in January 2011
Nick learned to fence at Rain City Fencing Center in Bellevue, WA. His competitive results include 3rd/223 in Div2 (Atlanta Summer Nationals 2006), 10th/101 at Temple 2009, and 6/56 in North Atlantic U19MF Sectionals. He has an A09 rating and was one of the most competitive foilists in WA state.
Over the past two seasons, Nick has consistently earned the highest record on the team. During his first season in MACFA, he earned a 44-7 record (.862). At the 2009 USACFCs, Nick was 2nd in Individual Men’s Foil, and on the gold medaling foil team. In 2010, he achieved an outstanding 33-3 record in the MACFA regular season (.917). At MACFA championships, he placed 1st in the individual tournament, and was a member of the gold medaling foil squad.
Nick is responsible for the creation of this website, and its predecessor, which was in operation from December 2008 until November 2009. He is a co-captain of the team this year, and will serve as Vice President from 2010-2011. Other notable achievements include winning the Bethe401 Halo Cup, which he earned by using only an uncharged Plasma Pistol and repeatedly pushing in the left thumbstick.
Alex started fencing since freshman year of high school and enjoys it. He entered Cornell’s fencing team his sophomore year and will continue to fence during his free time when he is not researching.
Prior to Cornell: Trevor fenced at the Rochester Fencing Club under the tutelage of Nat Goodhartz. He began fencing when he was eight years old, and started fencing on the national circuit the following year.
At Cornell: Trevor fences both Foil and Saber. During his freshman season, he fenced only saber at MACFA meets. Despite it being his secondary weapon, he still made a strong contribution to the team. Overall, he had a winning record of .59. At MACFA Championships he swept C-Strip saber and made it to the individual round. In the 2010 season, Trevor switched back to foil, earning a much stronger season record of 30-6 (.833). At MACFA Championships, he placed 7th in the individual tournament and was a member of the gold medaling foil squad.
Personal: Trevor is a junior in the College of Engineering. He can be counted on to enjoy a good jam session with his bass guitar, a good swim (he swims at Helen Newman on fencing off-days), or to spend a perfectly viable Saturday night playing Dungeons and Dragons. He has been likened to both Marvel’s Wolverine and Street Fighter’s Colonel Guile. He is currently learning Capoeira, and enjoys talking about his feelings to attractive women.
Tim started fencing in college, and has fenced for CUMFC for the past two years. Notable results include finishing 43rd out of 58 in Men’s Epee at the 2009 Penn State Garret Open and having a record of .429 in MACFA meets during the 2009-2010 year. He loves fencing, and looks to improve on his results. He is a double major in Applied & Engineering Physics and Operations Research in the College of Engineering. A huge fan of Rebecca Ward, he hopes to don his chain mail and return to fence for CUMFC in the 2010-2011 year.
At Cornell: Wen Xuan earned a .429 record in the 2010 season. In his freshman season against UNC, he went 2-1 by beating two As. A hard worker and solid contribution to the epee squad, he finished 22-27 the 2008-2009 season at MACFA competitions.
Prior to Cornell: Wen Xuan started fencing foil in 2001 in Malaysia changed to fencing epee in 2005. It was in China in 2006 when he began fencing more competitively.
Personal: Wen Xuan is of Malaysian citizenship, but he has lived in England, Singapore, China and the USA as well as Malaysia.