another day, another medal

another day, another medal
Erica Julen has now won a gold medal at the world championships to go with her bronze from yesterday.  This one is as a part of the Veteran women’s team epee.
Competing
with Erica on the team were Leslie Marx, Tanya Hurley, Bettie Graham, Elizabeth
Kocab, and Carola Scmid.  The US went 2 –
0 in the opening round, defeating Switzerland 30-21 and Finland 30-26.  This put them in 3rd place for the direct
elimination round.  They then defeated
Great Britain 30-13.  That was followed
by the defeat of number 2 ranked Germany 24-21. 
In the finals the women defeated number 1 ranked France 24-23 in overtime.
pax vobiscum,
 
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association

“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyon

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