FENCING | Epéeist pierces the competition
Last weekend, Yale men’s fencing team captain Michael Pearce ’09, an epeeist, went 9-0 against Brown, Harvard and Columbia. A long-time national and international fencer, Pearce was a member of the U.S. National Fencing team prior to fencing for Yale.
Q When did you first discover fencing?
A I started at home in San Francisco when I was seven or eight. My mom found a flyer at the local JCC. I started it there and liked it. In California, there are local and regional tournaments. In regional tournaments I would do well. By training harder, I just improved, and it was in...
