JUNIOR AND CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BELEK, TURKEY -- The U.S. women's epee
team of Christa French (19, Southlake, Texas), Courtney Hurley (16, San Antonio,
Texas), Kelley Hurley (18, San Antonio, Texas), and Susannah Scanlan (16, St.
Paul, Minn.) performed strongly today, defeating Germany on their way to seventh
place.
The women beat Kazakhstan 45-27 in their first match and Germany 45-32 in their
second before taking on Estonia.
The Hurley sisters, first Courtney and then Kelley, opened up a seven point lead
early in the match, but the Estonian team fought back to a tie by the
third-to-last encounter. The Estonians opened up a four-point lead in the
semifinal encounter, and though Courtney Hurley closed the gap and outscored her
opponent 5-4, the Estonian team prevailed 35-32.
The U.S. men's saber team of Ras Davidson (18, Newark, N.J.), Harrison Mahaffey
(16, Los Angeles, Calif.), Aleksander Ochocki (16, Clark, N.J.) and Jeff Spear
(18, Wynantskill, N.Y.) placed eleventh in the large saber team competition.
Seeded 11th, the U.S. men defeated the team from Kuwait 45-22 in the first
round, the round of 32. They fell in a hard-fought match to the Korean team in
the next round 45-44.
Tomorrow marks the final day of competition, which will close with the Junior
Women's Foil and Junior Men's Epee Team events.
Results are below. For more details see www.fie.ch/External%5FData/ .
2007 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships
Belek, Turkey
April 10-18, 2007
April 17 results
Junior Women's Epee Team
26 teams
1 FRANCE
2. HUNGARY
3. CHINA
4. ESTONIA
7 U.S.A:
- Courtney Hurley (16, San Antonio, Texas/Team Hurley)
- Kelley Hurley (18, San Antonio, Texas/Team Hurley/Notre Dame '09)
- Susannah Scanlan (16, St. Paul, Minn./Twin Cities F.C.)
- Christa French (19, Southlake, Texas/ Grapevine Texas F.C./Northwestern
'10)
Junior Men's Saber Team
25 teams
1 UKRAINE
2 FRANCE
3 ITALY
4 POLAND
11. U.S.A.:
- Raskyrie Davidson (18, Newark, N.J./Westbrook Found.)
- Harrison Mahaffey (16, Los Angeles, Calif./Los Angeles Int'l .F.C.)
- Jeff Spear (18, Wynantskill, N.Y./Fencers Club/Columbia '10)
- Aleksander Ochocki (16, Clark, N.J./Fencers Club)
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