West Essex Men’s Epee Fencing Team Place At 2020 Cetrulo

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The following article was written by Audrey C. Baker, a Patch community member. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.

On Sunday January 12, 2020, the West Essex men’s Epee team placed 2nd, silver medal, out of 55 of New Jersey’s High School fencing teams attending the annual Cetrulo fencing event. Last year the team placed 3rd in the 2019 competition, held at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

The attending fencers all woke before 6am to board the team bus by 6:30 am. “Pools” of fencers are divided into 8 schools each. During the morning pools, each fencer fenced the equivalent of 7 bouts to seed the afternoon pools resulting in the final top 3 schools. The West Essex men’s Epee team only lost to 1 school in the afternoon elimination round resulting in a 2nd place standing.

Congratulations to the West Essex men’s Epee fencers which includes team Captain and Senior, Kevin Baker Junior Ethan Wiederhorn, Senior Robin Hu, and Freshman Brett Bochenheimer.
Congratulations to the coaches Mark Trudnos (head coach), Amanda Fernicola, Kaitlin Molleen and Chris DeNude, for their continuous support of the West Essex Fencing team.

Article written by Audrey C. Baker

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