Fencing

[mdinitz]

CMU hosted a small USFA open tournament today, so I went since it was so convenient and I miss competitive fencing. I haven't been a USFA member since I was in high school, since at Princeton I only fenced NCAA meets. At one point senior year I was a D, but since my membership expired I went into this tournament unrated. I went 3-1 in the pool,

Comments

[marymcglo]

Congrats!

[anonymous]

what does D mean? the only thing i know about fencing is that "epee" is always in the crosswords. :-)

-Kathy

[mdinitz]

The USFA (US Fencing Association) gives out five ratings, from A (the best) to E (the worst). But the majority of fencers are actually unrated, so don't even have an E. I had a D my senior year of high school, but at Princeton I didn't fence any USFA events, so my membership expired and I lost my rating. But this was a big enough tournament that finishing third got me a D, so now I'm back to where I was before Princeton :-).

[mdmbuttafly]

Yeah, back to where you were after only _one_ tournament! Good job hun! :-) You keep it real out there and you'll prolly land yourself with a C soon.

~K