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2008-09 Men's Fencing

Benjamin Ungar

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bronx, N.Y.
  • High School Bronx High School of Science
  • Position Epee
  • Concentration
  • House Affiliation Quincy

Biography

Senior (2008-09):
Team captain ... Earned All-America first-team honorsafter finishing third in epee at NCAA Championships; won 15 boutsat NCAA meet ... Placed fifth at sixth at NCAA Regionals ... Tabbedfirst-team All-Ivy League ... Academic All-Ivy League ... Was 32ndin sabre at Garret Penn State Open ... Recorded a 13-2 mark at theVassar duals ... Had a 5-1 record at St. John''s Invitationalagainst Ohio State and St. John''s ... Was 6-0 in the epee at theIvy League Championships, Part I ... Posted a 5-1 record at thesecond half of the Ivy League Championships ... Won the gold medalat the IFA Championships ... Named CollegeFencing360.com HonorableMention Fencer of the Week (March 4).

2007-08:
Took year off trying out for 2008 Olympic games.

Junior (2006-07):
First-Team All-Ivy League in epee.

Sophomore (2005-06):
Won gold medal at NCAA Championship in epee with 15-14victory over Ohio States''s Denis Tolkachev ... Ungar became thethird Harvard men''s fencer to win an NCAA individual title ...Helped Harvard win 2006 national team championship ... AcademicAll-Ivy League.

Before Harvard
Member of United States National Men''s Epee Team at Cadetand Junior World Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2006 ... NationalHonors Society ... National Merit Scholarship Finalist ... Bronzemedalist at World Junior Championships ... Brother, Jonathan Ungar''03, also fenced at Harvard.