CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A selection of Harvard fencing student-athletes will head to Africa, Asia and Europe this weekend to compete in the first marquee international competitions of 2025.

Junior Chloe Williams and first-year Colin Heathcock travel to Tunis, Tunisia for the Saber Grand Prix. A USFTCA All-Region and NCAA Championships qualifier last season, Williams makes her first appearance at a Grand Prix in her fencing career. A native of Beijing, China, Heathcock is one of the rising stars in American fencing. A 2024 Paris Olympian, Heathcock won a gold medal at last season's Tunis Saber Grand Prix, as he currently ranks fourth in the International Fencing Federation's world rankings.

Crimson assistant coach Dagmara Wozniak will also travel to Tunis as the Women's Saber National Coach for the United States, marking her second competition since she took over the role in November.

In Hong Kong, senior and team captain Lauren Scruggs and sophomore Jessica Zi Jia Guo represent the Crimson at the Women's Foil World Cup. Two of the world's best foil fencers, Scruggs and Guo both rank in the top-10 of the FIE's World Rankings. A winner of a gold and silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Scruggs won gold at the January North America Cup in Kansas City, Missouri last weekend, while Guo is fencing for the first time in 2025.

A pair of Harvard fencers head to Paris, France for the Men's Foil World Cup, as sophomore Daniel Zhang and first-year Andrew Chen will take part in the competition. An All-America First Team honoree last season, Zhang ranks 13^th in the United States according to the FIE's world rankings, while Chen holds the No. 6 position in America.

Harvard makes its return to collegiate competition next weekend, traveling to Queens, N.Y. for the St. John's Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 19.

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