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MICHEL SEBASTIANI IN THE NEWS 2005-2006
M. Sebastiani with Gold medalist maya Lawrence




ARCHIVES.

Jake Finan wins the SILVER at the NATIONALS in Atlanta, GA (cat. Men Epee U12)!

2 Sebastiani fencers in final at the NAC in sacramento 4/21/06. Maya Lawrence won the Gold! 

Y14 NJ DIV Summer National Qualifiers:

Jonathan Finan place 1 (Epee)

Jake Finan place 2 (Epee)

Kevin Gu place 15 (Foil) first competition.

Results 2005

LATEST NEWS...ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL FOR A SEBASTIANI FENCER ! MOLLY JAMES WON THE GOLD AT THE NAC IN PITTSBURGH, PA   SUNDAY DECEMBER 11, 2005 !

CONGRATULATION MOLLY !!

(Michel Sebastiani Top fencer at the Cercle D'Escrime de Princeton):

MAYA LAWRENCE (Epee) won the Summer Nationals / Sacramento CA

MOLLY JAMES (Epee) won the Silver

Karen Petsche (Foil) finished 8th

(Michel Sebastiani Top fencers at P.U):

Benjamin Solomon (Epee) won the SUMMER NATIONALS (07/01-05 - 07/10/05) 

Tommi Hurme (Epee) won the 2005 IFA Championship and  finished 5th at the Junior Olympics in Arlington , TX . He made the US team for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Linz, AUSTRIA (3/23/05-03/31/05).

Jacqueline Leahy (Foil) won the 2005 IFA Championship and the 2005 NCAA Regional Championship. She took 3rd in the NCAA National Championship. 

Soren Thompson (Epee) took 3rd in the same Championship.

Erin Mc Gary (Epee) was 6th. 

2004 ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES

Michel Sebastiani Top Epee fencer SOREN THOMPSON finished 7th in individual. Team was 6th.   

 

Princeton Fencing Coach Michel Sebastiani to step down and devote his time to his own Fencing School.   PDF Print E-mail
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.