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Kumbla and Aufrichtig at St. Louis NAC
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Four Fencers Place in Top-10 at St. Louis NAC

Sidarth Kumbla takes runner-up honors in men’s foil, Josef Cohen (6th in men’s sabre), Ethan Kushernik (7th in men’s epee), Delphine DeVore (8th in women’s foil) all earn top-10 finishes in their respective weapons at the North American Cup.

11/4/2021 11:54:00 AM

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Columbia Fencing was well-represented at this past weekend's North American Cup as four Lions—senior Sidarth Kumbla, senior Josef Cohen, first-year Ethan Kushnerik, and sophomore Delphine DeVore—finished among the top-10 in their respective weapons in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 29-Nov. 1.
 
Kumbla took runner-up honors out of 223 fencers in men's foil, Cohen placed sixth out of 152 men's sabre fencers, Kushnerik finished seventh out of 213 men's epee fencers, and DeVore registered an eighth place finish out of 153 women's foil fencers. Columbia also had a group of other fencers who placed among the top-32 in various weapons.
 
Several Columbia alums also placed high in various weapons including Olympian Jackie Dubrovich '16CC, who took fifth in women's foil, Andrew Doddo '21CC, who took fifth in men's sabre, and Anne Cebula '20BC, who placed sixth in women's epee.
 
Below is a list of Columbia's top-32 results:
 
NORTH AMERICAN CUP/COLUMBIA TOP-32 RESULTS
St. Louis, Mo. | Oct. 29-Nov. 1 | Cervantes Convention Center at America's Center
 
Division I Women's Epee (151 Fencers)
6th Anne Cebula BC'20
17th Ariana Mangano
18th Yana Botvinnik
 
Division I Women's Foil (153 Fencers)
5th Jackie Dubrovich CC'16
8th Delphine DeVore
27th Sara Taffel BC'18
31 Vivian Zheng
 
Division I Women's Sabre (128 Fencers)
23rd Vera Kong
 
Division I Men's Epee (251 Fencers)
7th – Ethan Kushnerik
14th – Alan Temiryaev
22nd – Justin Haddad
 
Division I Men's Foil (223 Fencers)
2nd Sidarth Kumbla
18th Zachary Zusin
32nd James Bourtis
 
Division I Men's Sabre (152 Fencers )
5th Andrew Doddo CC'21
6th Josef Cohen
24th Robert Vidovszky
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