March 20, 2003
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - NCAA and Air Force Academy officials announced today, that the men's and women's fencing championships will be moved to Saturday and Sunday, March 22-23 due to Colorado's severe weather conditions. The new schedule of events is as follows:
Saturday, March 22
Opening Ceremonies - 9:30 a.m.
Men's rounds 1-4 - 10 a.m.
Women's rounds 1-4 - 2 p.m.
Championships Banquet - 8 p.m. - Press Box
Sunday, March 23
Men's rounds 5-7 - 9 a.m.
Men's Semi/Finals - 12:00 - 1 p.m.
Women's rounds 5-7 - 1 - 4 p.m.
Women's Semi/Finals - 4 - 5 p.m.
Fencers will compete in a round-robin of 24 fencers in five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top four fencers in each event will fence direct elimination 15-touch bouts for first, second, third and fourth place. Absolute ties for the seeding will be broken as follows: for positions one through three, by a coin toss; for position four, by a fence-off.
An institution's place finish in the championships will be based on points earned by each individual. A team will be awarded one point for each victory by its student-athletes for the duration of the championships.
The following Stanford individuals were selected to participate in the championships:
MEN'S EPEE
Ken Jung (alternate)
MEN'S FOIL
MEN'S SABRE
WOMEN'S EPEE
None
WOMEN'S FOIL
WOMEN'S SABRE
Meghan Everett (alternate)