Harvard wins the 2024 NC men's and women's fencing championship in Colombus, OH claiming the program's second title since winning in 2006.
Harvard dominated in the women's side, with Emily Vermeule and Jessica Guo claiming the women's Epee and Foil titles respectively. Maggie Shealy of Brandeis clinched the national women's Sabre title. On the men's side, Princeton's Tristan Szapary won men's Epee, Bryce Louie of Pennsylvania claimed men's Foil and Luke Linder of Notre Dame won the men's Sabre national title.
Following the completion of the regional competition (March 9-10), the 2024 NC fencing selections were released here on krikya18.com on Tuesday, March 12.
2024 NCAA fencing championship schedule
All times are in ET.
Sunday, March 24 | ESPN+ | | Final results
- Men's Epee rounds 4-5 | 9 a.m.
- Men's Foil rounds 4-5 | 9 a.m.
- Men's Sabre rounds 4-5 | 9 a.m.
- Men's Semifinal and Championship Bouts | 1:30 p.m.
- Men's Epee national champion: Tristan Szapary, Princeton
- Men's Foil national champion: Bryce Louie, Pennsylvania
- Men's Sabre national champion: Luke Linder, Notre Dame
- Team champion: Harvard
TRISTAN SZAPARY IS THE 2024 ÉPÉE CHAMPION!
— Princeton Fencing (@TigerFencing)
Thursday, March 21| | Complete Day 1 results
- Women's Epee rounds 1-3
- Women's Foil rounds 1-3
- Women's Sabre rounds 1-3
Friday, March 22 | | Final results
- Women's Epee rounds 4-5
- Women's Foil rounds 4-5
- Women's Sabre rounds 4-5
- Women's Semifinal and Championship Bouts
- Women's Epee national champion: Emily Vermeule, Harvard
- Women's Sabre national champion: Maggie Shealy, Brandeis
- Women's Foil national champion: Jessica Guo, Harvard
- Team champion: Harvard
Emily Vermeule is your Women's Epee National Champion! |
— Harvard Fencing (@HarvardFencing)
Saturday, March 23 | | Complete Day 3 results
- Men's Epee rounds 1-3
- Men's Foil rounds 1-3
- Men's Sabre rounds 1-3
NCAA fencing championship history
Notre Dame completed the three-peat in 2023, and now the Fighting Irish look to become the first school to win at least four consecutive fencing national championships since Penn State won six from 1995 to 2000.
Notre Dame may have won the most recent title, but Penn State has the most fencing championships with 13 since 1990. The Nittany Lions haven't won since 2014, though. The Fighting Irish have won the past three titles and five since 2017 (the 2020 championships were canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic).
| Year | Champion | Coach | Points | Runner-Up | Points | Host or Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Notre Dame | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 188 | Princeton | 175 | Duke |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 293 | Harvard | 241 | Notre Dame |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 201 | Penn State | 182 | Penn State |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Columbia | Michael Aufrichtig | 178 | Penn State | 166 | Cleveland |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 185 | Columbia-University-Barnard-College | 170 | Penn State |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | Gia Kvaratskhelia | 186 | Ohio State | 161 | Notre Dame |
| 2016 | Columbia | Michael Aufrichtig | 174 | Ohio State | 167 | Brandeis |
| 2015 | Columbia | Michael Aufrichtig | 165 | Penn State | 156 | Ohio State |
| 2014 | Penn State | Wes Glon | 180 | Princeton | 159 | Ohio State |
| 2013 | Princeton | Zoltan Dudas | 182 | Notre Dame | 175 | San Antonio |
| 2012 | Ohio State | Vladimir Nazlymov | 182 | Princeton | 161 | Ohio State |
| 2011 | Notre Dame | Janusz Bednarski | 174 | Penn State | 168 | Ohio State |
| 2010 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 191 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 182 | Harvard |
| 2009 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 195 | Notre Dame | 182 | Penn State |
| 2008 | Ohio State | Vladimir Nazlymov | 185 | Notre Dame | 176 | Ohio State |
| 2007 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 194 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 176 | Drew |
| 2006 | Harvard | Peter Brand | 165 | Penn State | 159 | Rice |
| 2005 | Notre Dame | Janusz Bednarski | 173 | Ohio State | 171 | Houston |
| 2004 | Ohio State | Vladimir Nazlymov | 194 | Penn State | 160 | Brandeis |
| 2003 | Notre Dame | Janusz Bednarski | 182 | Penn State | 179 | Air Force |
| 2002 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 195 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 190 | Drew |
| 2001 | St. John's (N.Y.) | Yury Gelman | 180 | Penn State | 172 | Wisconsin-Parkside |
| 2000 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 175 | Notre Dame/St. Johns (N.Y.) | 171 | Stanfrod |
| 1999 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 171 | Notre Dame | 139 | Brandeis |
| 1998 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 149 | Notre Dame | 147 | Notre Dame |
| 1997 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 1,530 | Notre Dame | 1,470 | Air Force |
| 1996 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 1,500 | Notre Dame | 1,190 | Yale |
| 1995 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 440 | St. John's (N.Y.) | 413 | Notre Dame |
| 1994 | Notre Dame | Michael DeCicco/Yves Auriol | 4,350 | Penn State | 4,075 | Brandeis |
| 1993 | Columbia | George Kolombatovich/Aladar Kogler | 4,525 | Penn State | 4,500 | Wayne State (Mich.) |
| 1992 | Columbia | George Kolombatovich/Aladar Kogler | 4,150 | Penn State | 3,646 | Notre Dame |
| 1991 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 4,700 | Columbia | 4,200 | Penn State |
| 1990 | Penn State | Emmanuil Kaidanov | 36 | Columbia | 35 | Notre Dame |
