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AROUND THE QUADSROAR LION ROARFENCING:It was another banner year for Columbia’s fencers. The men won the Ivy League championship outright with a perfect league record and the women finished a close second to Penn, losing by one point to the Quakers with the title on the line. The men finished fifth in the NCAA Championships, best among Ivy schools, and the combined men’s and women’s squads won IFA six-weapon championship. Jeremy Sinkin ’05 (foil) earned All-America First Team honors, with Alex Krul ’07 (saber) and Bill Verigan ’06 (epee) making Second Team and Calvin Chen ’07 (foil) and Paul Reyfman ’05 (saber) receiving honorable mention. On the women’s side, Emma Baratta ’06 (saber) earned All-America First Team honors in saber and Cassidy Luitjen ’07 (foil) received honorable mention. ALL-IVY:Andrew Sohn ’04 (saber), who went 10–0 in Ivy competition, became the 14th fencer to earn All-Ivy First Team honors for the fourth consecutive year. Joining Sohn on the men’s All-Ivy First Team were his teammates on the saber squad, Paul Reyfman ’05 and Alex Krul ’07, as well as Mike Yablon ’04 in epee. Four women made All-Ivy First Team: Emma Baratta ’06 and Niki Padula ’06 in saber, Cassidy Luitjen ’07 in foil and Alexie Rubin ’07 Barnard in epee. All-Ivy Second Team honors went to Jeremy Sinkin ’05 in men’s foil, Jerome Hsu ’07 in men’s epee, Kathleen Reckling ’07 in women’s foil and Christian Robinson ’06 Barnard in women’s saber. Sue Altman ’04 earned First Team honors in women’s basketball and Matt Preston ’05 earned Second Team recognition in men’s basketball. In wrestling, Steve Sutton ’07 (133 lbs.) earned Second Team honors and Jeff Sato ’06 (125 lbs.), Devin Mesanko ’06 (157 lbs.) and Sven Haefmeister (174 lbs.) received honorable mention. In men’s swimming and diving, Mike Bazylewicz ’04 (1,000 freestyle) and Ben Collins (400 medley) made First Team, with Bazylewicz (1,650 freestyle) and Collins (200 medley) also making Second Team. Columbia’s 800-yard freestyle relay team of Bazylewicz, Collins, Jake Abbott ’07 and Tobin White ’07 also made Second Team. In women’s swimming and diving, Lauren Morford ’07 (1,000 freestyle) made First Team and Grace Coyle (one-meter diving) made Second Team. In men’s track and field, Steve Sundell ’04 made the First Team at 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters. Erison Hurtault ’07 (400 meters) also made the First Team while Vincent Galgano ’04 (800 meters) and the distance medley team of Galgano, Hurtault, Daniel Knappmiller ’05 and Gerry Groothuis ’05 made the Second Team. In volleyball, Natalia Premovic ’07 earned All-Ivy honorable mention.
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