Crimson Fencing Names Captains for 2009-10
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard
men’s and women’s fencing teams have announced their
captains for the 2009-10 season, according to an announcement made
by head coach Peter Brand. Captaining the women’s team will
be sophomores Noam Mills and Caroline Vloka, while seniors Karl
Harmenberg and Long Ouyang will lead the men’s squad.
A member of Team Israel at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Mills
defeated 21 fencers at the NCAA Championships last season, en route
to a second-place finish and All-America first-team status in the
epee in her first season at Harvard. She was also tabbed to the
All-Ivy first team after compiling a 17-1 mark against conference
opponents and captured the gold medal at the NCAA Regionals.
Vloka placed second at last year’s NCAA Championships in the
sabre after scoring 105 touches and going 20-3 at the meet as a
freshman. She was also selected to the All-America and All-Ivy
League first teams. Vloka went a perfect 12-0 at the Ivy League
Championships, Part I and finished with a 16-2 record against Ivy
fencers.
Harmenberg, an epee fencer, won the gold medal at the NCAA
Regionals last season and went on to place 23rd at the NCAA
Championships. He was selected to the All-Ivy League second team
after posting a 10-5 record at the conference meet.
Ouyang, meanwhile, finished 19th in the foil at the 2009 NCAA meet
and won three bouts at the Ivy League Championships.
Photo courtesy of DSPics.com.
