{"id":910,"date":"2012-08-25T15:28:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T15:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jesuitarchives.wordpress.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2016-08-09T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T16:33:13","slug":"the-history-of-fencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesuitroundup.org\/archives\/910\/the-history-of-fencing","title":{"rendered":"Fencing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fencing at Jesuit has had a long but bumpy ride. In 1956 Jesuit\u2019s \u201ctrue artists of the foil banded together under the guidance of Mr. Benjamin Wren, S. J., to form the first Jesuit Fencing Club.\u00a0 Since that time, members have met regularly in the basement [of Jesuit High School] for a bit of running about and sword clashing\u201d (The Last Roundup<\/i> 1958).<\/p>\n

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First Fencing Team (1956-1957)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After this two year run, the fencing club seems to have disappeared.\u00a0 However, the 1986 yearbook suggests, in a profile on fencer Allen Lambright, that the club may have been active on and off when it states:\u00a0 \u201cLambright participates in a sport . . . [that] has not had any [school support] in ten years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Allen<\/a><\/p>\n

The Archives does have several unidentified fencing pictures from 2000 \u2013 2001; thus, perhaps the sport or club reemerged at this time.\u00a0 In 2004 the yearbook began including a team picture.<\/p>\n

The 2007 yearbook notes:\u00a0 \u201cThe team competes in the United States Fencing Association, a group made up of mostly private club teams.\u00a0 In fact, Jesuit is one of just two North Texas schools with a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two students, Oliver Valdez \u201908 and David Taken \u201909, qualified for the Junior Olympics in \u201907.<\/p>\n