Banner Season: Varsity Blues build large lead on Day 1 of men's fencing championship

St. Catharines, Ont. (via Brock Badgers) - The sound of steel rang throughout Brock University's Ian D. Beddis Gymnasium on Day 1 of the 2022 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Fencing Championships on Saturday, April 1.

The Toronto Varsity Blues led the team standings with 159 points after the first day of competition followed by Western Mustangs (86) and the McMaster Marauders (77).

No. 6 seed Ethan Haines of Ryerson narrowly defeated No. 8 Steven Zhang of Western by a score of 15-14 to capture the Charles Walters Trophy as individual foil champion in the final. The third-place match featured a pair of Brock Badgers duelling it out for bronze as Rial Tanguy got by Malcolm McLeod 15-10.

In the individual men's sabre final, top-ranked Queen's sabre Alex Sun dispatched Jacob Saunders of McMaster 15-13 to win the Schwende Trophy. Toronto's Boris Ng claimed bronze by defeating Varsity Blues teammate Cameron Haigh 15-11.

Colin McCurdy of Toronto won the Desjarlais Trophy in the individual epee final. McCurdy, the second seed, took down No. 5 John Huang of Western 15-11. In the bronze-medal match, Johnathan Zimmerman of Toronto struck down Colin Dale, also of Toronto, 15-8.

Individual Men's Results (Day 1)

Foil Individual
Gold (Charles Walters Trophy) - Ethan Haines, Rams
Silver - Steven Zhang, Western
Bronze - Tanguy Rial, Brock

Sabre Individual
Gold (Schwende Trophy) - Alex Sun, Queen's
Silver - Jacob Saunders, McMaster
Bronze - Boris Ng, Toronto

Epee Individual
Gold (Desjarlais Trophy) - Colin McCurdy, Toronto
Silver - John Huang, Western
Bronze - Johnathan Zimmerman, Toronto

Overall Men's Standings (Day 1)
Toronto 159
Western 86
McMaster 77
Queen's 61
Ryerson 55
Brock 40
Carleton 32
RMC 22
Waterloo 12
Guelph 10
Ottawa 4
Trent 0