Emma Buckingham Finishes 15^th at NCAA National Fencing Championships

Emma Buckingham of Haverford College finished 15^th in women’s epee at the 2008 NCAA National Fencing Championships.  She had the highest finish of any woman from an NCAA Division III school in any of the three weapons.

Her performance at the NCAAs capped a season in which she won nearly 80% of her bouts in team competition, won the epee gold medal at the National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association (NIWFA) Christmas Invitational and the silver at the NIWFA Championships, and won the epee at the Eastern Women’s Fencing Conference (EWFC) Championships, becoming the EWFC epee fencer of the year.

She had qualified for the NCAA National Championships field of 24 by the strength of her season record and her sixth-place finish at the NCAA Regional Qualifiers, behind five fencers from top-ten Division I teams.

Emma Buckingham Haverford university made it to the final round at the NCAA  championship Read more>

Haverford came in second in the team competition at the NIWFA championships, with Emma going 9-2.  Emma then got the silver medal in the individual competition:
http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/5261/3

Emma won the epee competition at the Eastern Womens Fencing Conference individual championships.  Here is the link:
http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/4991/3

Emma's performance at the Brandeis meet.  http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/4501/3