Former Governor Livingston HS Fencing Standout wins All American Honors!

Former Highlander Fencing Standout wins All-America Honors!

 

Congratulations to Highlander Fencing Alum Nathaniel Benzimra (GLHS Class of 2009) on winning NCAA All-America Fencing honors this past weekend.   Nathaniel is a Junior Saberist for the Yale University Bulldogs.    

 

Benzimra becomes the first GLHS Alumnus to win All-America status as a fencer.   While at GL, Nate was part of the Highlanders' first State Championship Saber Squad.  

 

Nate's father, Albert Benzimra, has been a volunteer saber coach for the Highlanders for the past 5 seasons.

 

Nathaniel joins a dozen other Highlander Alums who fenced in the NCAA ranks this past season, including Bridget Greeley and Jillian Rosamilia (Lafayette), Nik Barbera and John Frame (Johns Hopkins),  Bev Yang (Cornell), Aileen Trella and Jordan Pagano (Sacred Heart), Ya Lu (Rutgers), Taia Harrison (Stevens), Andy Sui (NYU), Cheri Kao (Lehigh), and Jenn Denike (Duke).

Montclair Frosh/Soph HS - 2012

Governor Livingston Freshmen & Sophomores turned in a fine 
performance in the Frosh Soph, bringing in a total of 12 medals.  

Congrats to the finalists and well done to all who turned out to compete or coach.

Women's Freshmen Epee:  Emily Xu, Silver; Cornelia Wacaster, Bronze 
Women's Sophomore Epee: Alaina Jennings, Gold; Lauren Gonnelli, Silver
Women's Freshmen Foil: Zoya To, Silver; Kate Gonzales, Bronze
Women's Sophomore Foil: Camelia Hagerty, Bronze
Women's Freshmen Saber: Julia Yang, Silver; Jasmine Fong, Bronze
Women's Sophomore Saber: Alexandra Cassano, Bronze
Men's Freshmen Foil: Brandon Donohue, Bronze
Men's Sophomore Saber: Mark Watson, Gold

Congratulations to the Boys on their Victory - on to Columbia!

And congratulations and thanks to the GL Girls on an amazing season. We are so Proud of you!!

Here are links to Highlights on Flickr

GL Boys E8 vs Montclair  Pix

GL Girls E8 @ Livingston Pix

GL Boys Defeat N. Highlands in Sweet 16

GL defeated the Northern Highlander's Boy's Squad 19-8 in Sweet 16 action at GL. The meet remained close through the first two rounds. After NH closed to within one (8-9), Max's Menacker's victory in the 18th bout 18 win was pivotal. The Sabres then swept the third round with a strong finish and set the scene for Ryan Rossman to clinch the meet at 14-8.  Ryan Donohue, Jason Yang, and Eric Weng all went 3-0. 


The Flickr Gadget is down with some obscure error, but I've posted more HERE

Mandatory Practice Friday

Team:

We will be holding a MANDATORY practice on Friday at our normal time/location. We need to prepare as a team for the District Tournament.  Only fencers who are too ill to attend school on Friday are excused from practice.

Coach Paragano

GL Teams defeat Millburn

http://berkeleyheights.patch.com/articles/boys-and-girls-fencing-teams-defeat-millburn

GL Girls Foil Squad take first at Santelli

Just off the press from BH Patch.com:

http://berkeleyheights.patch.com/articles/photo-gl-girls-foil-team-wins-tournament

In a huge victory for the Gov. Livingston fencing team, the Girls Foil Team won the 49-team Santelli Tournament Saturday.    

The Foil squad includes Grace Boyle, Vivian Chu, and Kara Fan.

GL's three squads (foil, Saber and Epee) combined for an overall top-four finish.

"It was a great run against some strong competition," said coach Vince Paragano. "It also gets us on good footing for the District Tournament on January 29th."