AROUND THE QUADS
ROAR LION ROAR
FENCING:
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.
400 Attend Women's Sports Gala
Cristina Teuscher ’00 (left) shares a laugh with former
Olympic swimming teammate and fellow gold medalist Summer
Sanders at Columbia’s Celebration of Women in Sports
dinner on February 6. Sanders was the featured speaker at
the event in Low Rotunda.
PHOTO: GENE BOYARS
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