March 16, 2008

U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. - Air Force Academy fencer Peter French earned NCAA All-American honors at the NCAA Fencing Championship in Columbus, Ohio. He finished in sixth-place in men's epee. French, a sophomore from Austin, Texas, was in fifth place following Saturday's rounds 1-4. He finished the tournament with 14 victories. On Sunday, AFA freshman Dan Trapani, from Houston, finished in 14th place in epee following the final rounds of the competition, moving up one place following Saturday's rounds 1-4.

"I am happy for Peter's placement in the NCAAs," said head coach Abdel Salem. "He has been one of our top fencers this year, adding All-American honors to his already 2008 West Regional and Junior Olympic titles." "Dan fought hard to move up in the epee standings and finished the tournament with 11 victories."

Collectively, the two-man Air Force team attributed for 25 points to finish in 21st place in the team standings. Ohio State won its 57th national title. Wayne State's Slava Zingerman was the men's epee national champion.

Men's Epee Finals Rounds 5-6 - Sunday, March 16
Men's Epee
1.	Slava Zingerman	Wayne State
2.	Arthur Urman	Penn State
3.	Graham Wicas	Princeton
4.	Stanley Vaksman	St. John's
5.	Teddy Sherrill	Harvard
6.	Peter French	Air Force
7.	Tommi Hurme	Princeton
8.	Greg Howard	Notre Dame
9.	Karol Kostka	Notre Dame
10.	Jason Pryor	Ohio State
11.	Clayton Kenney	Stanford
12.	Misha Mokretsov	St. John's
13.	Michael Pearce	Yale
14.	Daniel Trapani	Air Force
15.	Lorenzo Casertano	Columbia
16.	Billy Stallings	Harvard
17.	James Moody	Penn State
18.	Remy Olson	Haverford
19.	Sean Harder	Ohio State
20.	Adam Yarnell	Brown
21.	Brent Kelly	Columbia
22.	Sam Richardson	Boston College
23.	Benjamin Wieder	Pennsylvania
24.	Benton Heimsath	North Carolina

Results courtesy of Ohio State University