VICTORY!
Salle Mauro WINS 25 MEDALS at 2004 Summer Championships
Salle Mauro's coaches and students proudly returned back from the 2004 Summer National Championships in Charlotte, North Caroline with a record breaking 25 medals - including 5 Championship Gold Medals and 5 Coaching Medals!

It was are best showing at a national tournament yet. Summer nationals is a great time for fencers to compete and have a good time after a hard year of competition. To the right you see several of Salle's happy fencers taking a well deserved break in between events. The little boy in the middle is Moe, Mauro's energetic little son.

The tournament was a tremendous victory for the Salle. Mario Rodriguez, the Salle's longtime wheelchair fencer member, won not only the saber event but also the foil event. Also striking gold was Ben Parkins in foil, and Greg Micek, who really made a break through and winning his first national event. Finally little Lizzy McDermott won the Div II championships beating out dozens of sometimes older or more experienced fencers in , a huge event with over 169 competitors.

Lizzy and her twin sister are seen here in this panoramic of the venue, along with coach Mauro.

Division II Men's Foil
8th Place: El-Saleh, Michael

Division II Women's Épée RUNNER-UP
Silver medal: Brandfeild-Harvey, Neely

Division II Women's Foil CHAMPION! (169 Competitors)
Gold medal McDermott, Catherine

Division III Men's Foil
Silver Medal: El-Saleh, Michael

Division III Women's Foil RUNNER-UP
Silver Medal: McDermott, Elizabeth

Under-16 Men's Épée
6th Place: Krudy, Zoltan A

Under-16 Men's Foil
6th Place: Parkins, Benjamin B

Under-16 Women's Épée SECOND RUNNER-UP (82 Competitors)
Bronze medal: T Brandfield-Harvey, Neely

Under-19 Men's Foil SECOND-RUNNER-UP
Bronze medal . T Galligan, Michael J

Veteran 50/59 Men's Épée
8th Place: Henzler, Thomas A

Veteran 60 and over Men's Saber
7th Place: McDermott MD, John P

Wheelchair Men's Épée RUNNER-UP
Silver medal: Rodriguez, Mario

Wheelchair Men's Foil CHAMPION!
Gold medal: Rodriguez, Mario

Wheelchair Men's Saber CHAMPION!
Gold Medal: Rodriguez, Mario

Youth-10 Men's Épée (22 Competitors)
7th: Tyler, Alexander

Youth-10 Men's Foil (72 Competitors)
5th Place: Dudey, Michael L

Youth-12 Men's Épée CHAMPION!
Gold Medal: Micek, Gregory J

Youth-14 Men's Foil CHAMPION!
Gold Medal: Parkins, Benjamin B
7th Place: El-Saleh, Michael

Youth-14 Women's Épée RUNNER-UP
Silver Medal: Brandfield-Harvey, Neely

Youth-14 Women's Foil RUNNER-UP (119 Competitors)
Silver Medal: McDermott, Catherine

Men's Foil Team RUNNER-UP
Colin Sutter Silver medal Men’s Foil Team.
Richard Spicer Silver medal Men’s Foil Team.
Benjamin Parkins Silver medal Men’s Foil Team.
Michael El- Saleh Silver medal Men’s Foil Team.

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