Received: from sm11.texas.rr.com (24.93.35.42) by mail01b.rapidsite.net (RS ver 1.0.63s) with SMTP id 045403 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:37:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from TerrysDell (cs24242112-122.sport.rr.com [24.242.112.122]) by sm11.texas.rr.com (8.12.1/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g1RFYQKX028948 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:34:26 -0600 Message-ID: <018001c1bfa4$9e985650$887ba8c0@TerrysDell> From: "Terry Harkey" To: "Sharkey" Subject: JO summary Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:37:06 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_017D_01C1BF72.51A9E430" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Loop-Detect: 1 X-UIDL: 7a2f50207af71b6377db1460752649c0.02 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_017D_01C1BF72.51A9E430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ark-La-Miss Junior Olympians Take Their Places Nineteen Ark-La-Miss Junior Olympians (making 41 entries to events) = experienced a range of emotions from intense challenge to giddy thrills = in Columbus, Ohio, at the 2002 Junior Olympic Fencing Championship. Senior Evelyn Scarborough finished 31st in the Junior Women's Epee, = earning national points and becoming 45th in the nation. Evelyn fenced = fair in her pools ending 3 wins 2 losses. However, it is hard to = imagine the level of competition experienced at the Junior level. = Intense is one word that comes to mind. Evelyn did not get a bye, but = won her first round against Jessika Cox, 15-8. She then won her second = round against Sarah Forsthye, 15-10, which secured her place on the = points board. She lost 15-12 to Jessica Lewis-Turner in the round of = 16. Junior Jack Harkey led the men with his 35th place in Men's Cadet Epee. = He remains on the point board from his previous top 32, but did not = improve his national placement which stands at 62. Truly Jack's high = point, however, was not all his wins, but his last loss against 15th = ranked Alex Caven. Alex is a finely trained fencer from New York. = Their bout went to 14-14 with Alex taking the last touch in the Junior = Men's Foil event. =20 Both Erin Falbaum (40th in Cadet Women's Epee) and Lowery Rogers (43rd = in Jr. Women's Sabre) did very well coming just short of points, = followed closely by Dorothy Hubbard (Junior Women's Epee) at 44th. Mississipians Ken Williams, Kevin Bartley and Alan Kuhnle made their = debuts and held up pretty well to the stiff competition. Although we = didn't get a final quote on all of them, I think they eventually enjoyed = that level of experience. All of our fencers did well, even those whose "numbers" don't look so = great. Sometimes you just had to be there to understand the intensity = and quality of the competition. Maybe next year you will be!! (link to division finish) (put team pic) ------=_NextPart_000_017D_01C1BF72.51A9E430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Ark-La-Miss Junior Olympians Take Their=20 Places

Nineteen Ark-La-Miss Junior = Olympians (making=20 41 entries to events) experienced a range of emotions from=20 intense challenge to giddy thrills in Columbus, Ohio, at the 2002 = Junior=20 Olympic Fencing Championship.

Senior Evelyn Scarborough finished 31st = in the=20 Junior Women's Epee, earning national points and becoming 45th in the=20 nation. Evelyn fenced fair in her pools ending 3 wins 2 = losses. =20 However, it is hard to imagine the level of competition experienced at = the=20 Junior level. Intense is one word that comes to mind. Evelyn = did not=20 get a bye, but won her first round against Jessika Cox, 15-8. =20 She then won her second round against Sarah Forsthye,=20 15-10, which secured her place on the points = board. She=20 lost 15-12 to Jessica Lewis-Turner in the round of 16.

Junior Jack Harkey led the men with his = 35th place=20 in Men's Cadet Epee. He remains on the point board from his = previous top=20 32, but did not improve his national placement which stands at=20 62. Truly Jack's high point, however, was not all his wins, = but his=20 last loss against 15th ranked Alex Caven. Alex is a finely trained = fencer=20 from New York. Their bout went to 14-14 with Alex taking the last = touch in=20 the Junior Men's Foil event.

Both Erin Falbaum (40th in Cadet = Women's Epee) and=20 Lowery Rogers (43rd in Jr. Women's Sabre) did very well coming just = short of=20 points, followed closely by Dorothy Hubbard (Junior Women's Epee) at=20 44th.

Mississipians Ken Williams, Kevin = Bartley and Alan=20 Kuhnle made their debuts and held up pretty well to the stiff = competition. =20 Although we didn't get a final quote on all of them, I think they = eventually=20 enjoyed that level of experience.

All of our fencers did well, even those = whose=20 "numbers" don't look so great. Sometimes you just had to be there=20 to understand the intensity and quality of the competition. = Maybe=20 next year you will be!!

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(put team = pic)

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