CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A selection of Harvard fencing athletes will travel to Africa, Asia and Europe this weekend to compete in the first major international competitions of 2025.
Junior Chloe Williams and freshmen Colin Heathcock Travel to Tunis, Tunisia for the Saber Grand Prix. Williams qualified for the USFTCA All-Region and NCAA Championships last season and is competing in a Grand Prix for the first time in her fencing career. Hailing from Beijing, China, Heathcock is one of the rising stars in American fencing. Heathcock, a Paris 2024 Olympian, won a gold medal at the Tunis Saber Grand Prix last season and is currently ranked fourth in the International Fencing Federation world rankings.
Crimson assistant coach Dagmara Wozniak will also travel to Tunis as the women's saber national coach for the United States, marking her second competition since taking the job in November.
In Hong Kong, senior and team captain Lauren Scruggs and in the second year Jessica Zi Jia Guo represent the Crimson at the Women's Foil World Cup. Two of the world's best foil fencers, Scruggs and Guo, are both in the top 10 of the FIE world rankings. A gold and silver medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Scruggs won gold last weekend at the North America Cup in January in Kansas City, Missouri, while Guo is fencing for the first time in 2025.
Two Harvard fencers travel to Paris, France, for the Men's Foil World Cup as sophomores Daniel Zhang and freshmen Andrew Chen will take part in the competition. Zhang, an All-America First Team honoree last season, is ranked 13thTh in the United States according to the FIE world rankings, while Chen is ranked No. 6 in America.
Harvard returns to collegiate competition next weekend, traveling to Queens, NY for the St. John's Invitational on Sunday, January 19th.
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