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April 2009: Jake Finan, SFA Epee Fencer, wins the NJ Division National Qualifiers (U16) |
July 2006 - US Nationals, Atlanta, GA: Jake Finan, SFA Epee Fencer, wins the SILVER MEDAL (U12 Men's Epee) |
April 2006: Maya Lawrence wins the GOLD MEDAL at the North Americas Cup (NAC) in Sacramento, CA. Two Sebastiani fencers make the final. |
2006 National Qualifiers, NJ Division: Jonathan Finan places 1st (Epee); Jake Finan places 2nd (Epee); Kevin Gu places 15th (Foil) in his first competition! |
December 2005: SFA Epeeist Molly James wins the GOLD MEDAL at the North America's Cup (NAC) in Pittsburg, PA |
July 2005 - US Nationals, Sacramento, CA: SFA Epeeists Maya Lawrence and Molly James take the GOLD and SILVER MEDALS. Foilist Karen Petsche placed 8th. |
July 2005 - US Nationals, Sacramento, CA: Epeeist Ben Solomon (Sebastiani student at Princeton University) wins GOLD! |
2005 - IFA Championship: Epeeist Tommi Hurme and Foilist Jacueline Leahy (Princeton University) win the IFA Championships. |
2005 - NCAA Championships: Princeton Foilist Jacqueline Leahy wins the NCAA Regional Championships. Leahy and Princeton Epeeist Soren Thompson each take 3rd in the NCAA National Championships. Princeton Epeeist Erin Mc Gary (Epee) takes 6th. |
2005-2006: Michel Sebastiani in the News |
2004 Olymipiad - Athens: Sebastiani Epeeist SOREN THOMPSON finishes 7th in the individual competition. The US Epee Team places 6th. |
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| Princeton Fencing Coach Michel Sebastiani to step down and devote his time to his own Fencing School. |
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| Written by NewsHound |
| Wednesday, 22 June 2005 |
| PRINCETON, N.J. -- Princeton fencing coach Michel Sebastiani will retire at the conclusion of the 2005-06 season, his 25th at the Ivy League school, the university announced Thursday.
Sebastiani, who will be 68 when he steps down, has guided the men's program to a 199-84 record and the women's program to a 126-82 mark.
Under his guidance, the teams have combined to win nine Ivy League championships and six IFA national championships. He has coached three NCAA individual men's champions and one NCAA individual women's champion. Sebastiani's men's teams have finished in the top four of the NCAA or IFA 16 different times.
The men's team has had 19 straight winning seasons, while the women have had a winning record 11 of the last 12 years.
"Michel has left an impressive legacy through his work with Princeton's fencing program," athletic director Gary Walters said.
A native of France, Sebastiani holds two master's degrees from the National Institute of Sports in Paris. Before becoming a fencing coach, he was a member of the French national modern pentathlon team for the 1960 Olympic Games and an officer in the French Foreign Legion paratroopers.
He formerly headed the top fencing academy in the country in Houston, and in November of 2001 Sebastiani opened a fencing center in Princeton, the Cercle D'Escrime de Princeton-Sebastiani.
Sebastiani plans to devote his time to his own fencing school which boasts 120 members.
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