NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Harvard fencing team had a historic performance at the 2022 NCAA Fencing Championships, finishing as the NCAA National Runner-Up, while only fencing 11 of a possible 12 throughout the weekend, capped with an individual national title for Filip Dolegiewicz in men's sabre.
 
In the team standings, the Crimson finished with 168 points and a +241-touch differential on the weekend, with 23 less bouts fenced than Columbia, Princeton, and Ohio State – who finished in places three through five respectively. The +241-touch differential for the Crimson was 51 more than Columbia, giving Harvard the tiebreaker for the second-place finish. Harvard stood 21 wins behind NCAA Champions Notre Dame.
 
Harvard recorded two individual NCAA national champions for the first time in program history behind Dolegiewcz in men's sabre and Elizabeth Tartakovsky in women's sabre on Friday. The Crimson has now totaled 13 individual NCAA national champions in program history. Harvard was the only team to record two individual champions on the weekend in Dolegiewicz and Tartakovsky.
 
As a team, the Crimson recorded its second-best finish in program history at NCAAs behind only the program's national champion team in 2006. Harvard posted its eighth top-five NCAA finish in program history.
 
Over the course of the four days, Harvard had all 11 fencers earn All-America honors with four on the First Team, three on the Second Team, and four on the Honorable Mention Team.
 
The Crimson totaled four top-four finishers in Elizabeth Tartakovsky (women's sabre NCAA Champion), Filip Dolegiewicz (men's sabre NCAA Champion), Emily Vermeule (second place women's epee), and James Chen (t-third place, men's foil).
 
Collectively, the Crimson posted a 168-85 bout record across the weekend. The women tallied a 76-39 showing, while the men went 92-46.
 
For the men on the weekend, Dolegiewicz was crowned men's sabre NCAA Champion with his performance. Dolegiewicz had an outstanding 18-5 (+38 touch differential) showing to finish second in the standings, before winning 15-8 in the semifinals and 15-11 in the championship match to earn the crown.
 
In men's foil, James Chen fenced to a 17-6 record (+29 indicator) and a spot in the final four round. Chen finished tied for third after falling in the semifinal round and earned a First Team All-America award.
 
Mitchell Saron finished fifth in men's sabre, gaining the Second Team All-America nod with a 17-6 (+27 touch differential) performance throughout the weekend.
 
In men's epee, Mihir Kumashi turned his at-large bid into a Second Team All-America performance after going 15-8 with a +17-touch differential for seventh place. Jonas Hansen went 13-10 but managed an epee tournament-high +28-touch differential in the process, finishing in ninth place.
 
Kenji Bravo fought to a 12-11 record throughout the weekend, placing 11^th in men's foil and garnering Honorable Mention All-America honors for his performance.
 
Harvard All-America Honors
First Team All-America
Elizabeth Tartakovsky (Women's Sabre)
Emily Vermeule (Women's Epee)
Filip Dolegiewicz (Men's Sabre)
James Chen (Men's Foil)
 
Second Team All-America
Lauren Scruggs (Women's Foil)
Mitchell Saron (Men's Sabre)
Mihir Kumashi (Men's Sabre)
 
Honorable Mention All-America
Greta Candreva (Women's Epee)
Annora Lee (Women's Foil)
Jonas Hansen (Men's Epee)
Kenji Bravo (Men's Foil)
 
Harvard Results
Men's Sabre
Filip Dolegiewicz (18-5, +38) NCAA National Champion
Mitchell Saron (17-6, +27) Fifth Place
 
Men's Foil
James Chen (17-6, +29), T-Third Place
Kenji Bravo (12-11, -8) 11th Place
 
Men's Epee
Mihir Kumashi (15-8, +17) Seventh Place
Jonas Hansen (13-10, +28) Ninth Place
 
Women's Sabre
Elizabeth Tartakovsky (17-6, +31) NCAA National Champion
 
Women's Foil
Lauren Scruggs (16-7, +12) Seventh Place
Annora Lee (13-10, +19) 10th Place
 
Women's Epee
Emily Vermeule (18-5, +25) Second Place, NCAA National Runner-Up
Greta Candreva (12-11, +23) 12th Place

Coaching Staff
Aside from Matteo Zennaro, who was coaching in his second NCAA Championships with Harvard, the coaching staff of head coach Daria Schneider and assistant coaches Adam Maczik, Dagmara Wozniak and Eli Dershwitz were all coaching in their first career NCAA Championships with the Crimson. The group is filled with experience at all levels of fencing and all played large roles in the success of the program this weekend.

Between the five coaches:
3 Olympic Medals
9 Olympic Teams
7 Senior World Championship Medals
30 Senior World Teams
3 NCAA Individual Championships
4 Senior National Championships


Harvard All-Time Individual NCAA National Champions
1987: Jim O'Neil, Men's Epee
1994: Kwame van Leeuwen, Men's Foil
2005: Emily Cross, Women's Foil
2006: Benji Ungar, Men's Epee
2007: Timothy Hangmen, Men's Sabre
2010: Caroline Vloka, Women's Sabre
2011: Alexandra Kiefer, Women's Foil
2014: Adrienne Jarocki, Women's Sabre
2016: Adrienne Jarocki, Women's Sabre
2017: Eli Dershwitz, Men's Sabre
2018: Eli Dershwitz, Men's Sabre
2022: Elizabeth Tartakovsky, Women's Sabre
2022: Filip Dolegiewicz, Men's Sabre