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2019-20 Fencing Roster

Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Giana Vierheller

  • Position EPEE
  • Class Senior
  • High School Lamar H.S.
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • School Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

 
  • All-America honorable mention selection (2020)
  • NCAA Northeast Region Gold Medalist (2020)
  • Second Team All-Ivy (2018)
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season Dual Record Ivy League Northeast Regional NCAA Championship
2016-17 32-19 7-4 16-7, 5th place  
2017-18 40-8 10-5 17-6, 6th place 10-13, 13th place
2018-19 23-14 6-3 7-5, 16th place --
2019-20 31-19 8-3 17-6, 1st place Qualified-Canceled
Career 126-60 31-15 57-24 10-13
 
2019-20
 
As a senior, earned USFCA All-America honorable mention honors … Qualified to compete at NCAA Championships … Won Gold Medal with 17-6 overall record at NCAA Northeast Regionals … Finished 10-1 in the final pool to claim the Gold Medal … Earned First Team All-Northeast Region accolades … Finished 8-3 at Ivy League Round Robins … Finished with 31-19 dual meet record … Served as team captain.
 
2018-19

As a junior, completed her regular season with a record of 23-14 ... Represented the Lions at Ivy League Championships, marking a 6-3 record for bouts … Finished 16th overall at Northeast Regionals.
 
2017-18
 
As a sophomore, earned Second team All-Ivy League with 10-5 record at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 10-11) ... Qualified and fenced in first-ever NCAA Championships and posted 10-13 record for 13th place finish (March 22-25) ... Undefeated (9-0) at the Philadelphia Invitational (Jan. 21) ... Went 11-1 at the St. John's Invitationals (Jan. 20) ... Finished the regular season with the highest power ranking in the nation in women's epee and an outstanding 40-8 regular season record ... Named Columbia's student-athlete of the month in January.
 
2016-17
 
As a first-year, made collegiate debut with 8-4 mark at Penn Elite Invitational (Nov. 5) ... Went 7-2 at St. Johns Invitational (Jan. 21) ... Tallied 7-4 at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 11-12) ... Finished season with 3-0 sweep of NYU at Historical Meet (Feb. 15).  
 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
2017 Junior World Team USA member ... Finished 5th at 2017 Junior Olympics in women's epee ... Placed 9th and won team gold at 2017 Junior Pan American games ... Won the epee title at the 2015 Junior World Cup in Espoo Finland in 2015 ... Finished the 2015-16 campaign No. 3 in the Junior National Rankings ... Was on the podium with a third-place finish at the 2016 Junior Women’s North American Cup in Dallas ... In 2013 took first at the Cadet World Cup in Grenoble, France.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Epee
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2018-19Junior

    Epee
  • 2019-20Senior

    Epee