Kaley Chicoine became the first Des Moines Fencing Club member to capture a medal at a U.S. National Fencing Championships! Kaley took 6th place (out of 130) in Division III Women's Epee on July 10 at Nationals in Atlanta. She won five of her six bouts in the pool round to earn the 24th seed in direct elimination, and then upset the ninth seed in the round of 32 en route to earning a place on the podium with the rest of the Final 8.
Chicoine, of St. Charles, IA, has been fencing for a little under two years, but took to epee rapidly and has moved up dramatically over the past six months, finishing the Heartland Circuit with a gold medal at the Kansas City Open in June. She is pictured here with Dulap, the DMFC Penguin. (Photo by Abbey Janecek.)
Chicoine, of St. Charles, IA, has been fencing for a little under two years, but took to epee rapidly and has moved up dramatically over the past six months, finishing the Heartland Circuit with a gold medal at the Kansas City Open in June. She is pictured here with Dulap, the DMFC Penguin. (Photo by Abbey Janecek.)
Other DMFC fencers have done well at these Nationals. Allison Crawford of Granger finished 23rd of 85 in Division III Women's Sabre on July 9, her highest national finish to date. Nile Engelhardt finished in the upper third in Division III Men's Sabre, and takes the strip for the Division II event tomorrow.
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