Fencing

After 50 years at the helm, Nikki Franke is handing Temple fencing over to former national champion fencer Jenni Salmon.

Temple junior epee fencer Naomi Ross and freshman foil fencer Anna Novoseltseva concluded their first NCAA championship appearances on March 25.

After a shortened 2020-21 season, No. 9 Temple University fencing looks to qualify for the NCAA Championship.

Kamali Thompson is training to compete at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics as an alternate.

Temple’s epee and sabre squads both went 3-0 during the event.

Ross would compete as a modern pentathlete, participating in fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting and cross country.

Kamali Thompson competed for Temple’s fencing team from 2008-12.

An epee has fenced in three European nations in the last three months.

Temple fencing sent 12 fencers to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional on Saturday in North Carolina.

The Owls swept both the weapon and individual titles.