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AROUND THE QUADS

Roar, Lion, Roar

FENCING: Daria Schneider ’09 won the women’s sabre championship, and Columbia’s fencers finished third overall in the NCAA championships, their best finish since 1993. Columbia led with 93 victories after the completion of the men’s bouts but finished with 169, behind Penn State (194) and St. John’s (176).

Nine Lion fencers earned All-America honors. Joining Schneider as first-team All-Americans were Emily Jacobson ’08, Kurt Getz ’10, Scott Sugimoto ’07 and Dwight Smith ’09. Cassidy Luitjen ’07 and James Williams ’07 were second team All-Americans and Alex Krul ’07 and Max Czapanskiy ’09 earned honorable mention.

In league competition, Columbia’s women won the Ivy championship outright and Columbia’s men finished in a tie with Harvard for the Ivy crown.

WRESTLING: Matt Palmer ’07 finished eighth at the NCAA wrestling championships and earned All-America honors at 174 lbs. Brandon Kinney ’08, Matt Dunn ’10 and Devin Mesanko ’07 also qualified for the nationals to cap a strong season for the Lions, who posted two tournament wins during the year and were ranked among the nation’s top 25 squads. Columbia tied for second place in the Ivy League, its highest finish since 1986.

Palmer, an All-American at 165 lbs. two years ago, is the first Columbia wrestler to win All-America honors twice. He finished the season with a 17–5 record and his career with an 87–26 mark.

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