CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Current and former Harvard fencers enjoyed tremendous successes abroad last weekend, capturing medals at international tournaments critical for Olympic qualification.

For the first time in program history, Harvard had three representatives on a senior team in the same event. A trio of saber alumni garnered a team bronze medal at the Men's Saber World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia. Eli Dershwitz '19, Filip Dolegiewicz '23, and Mitchell Saron '23 pushed the United States to a third-place team finish at the marquee international tournament. The United States is now the third-ranked men's saber team in the world according to the International Fencing Federation with only three Olympic qualification events remaining.

In the individual portion of the Men's Saber World Cup, Dolegiewicz earned a career-high eighth place finish, catapulting him to fourth place in the United States rankings. The top-four in the United States qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Dershwitz finished in ninth and is in second in the United States rankings, while Saron logged a 40^th place finish but is currently in third in the national rankings.

On the women's side, Elizabeth Tartakovsky '23 earned a share of a bronze medal at the Women's Saber World Cup in Lima, Peru. Tartakovsky, a native of Livingston, N.J., currently sits in 12^th in FIE's Senior Women's Saber world rankings. This is Tartakovsky's second medal in her senior world cup career.

A pair of current women's foil fencers embarked to Turin, Italy for the Foil Grand Prix. First-Year Jessica Zi Jia Guo impressed with a seventh-place finish. Guo, representing Canada, was the youngest athlete in the top-10 (18) in Turin. Teammate Lauren Scruggs finished in 18^th place at the Foil Grand Prix. Guo is the ninth-ranked senior women's foil fencer in the world, while Scruggs is 15^th in FIE's world rankings.

Guo, a native of Toronto, Ontario, has finished in the top-eight of her last three international competitions with two medal performances. Guo is just one of two Canadian fencers to secure three consecutive top-eight finishes internationally. Before this season, Guo never medaled at a grand prix or world cup.

Harvard fencing returns to collegiate action on Sunday, Mar. 10 for the NCAA Northeast Regionals.