DC Fencers Club offers a grand salute to Kat Holmes and Hadley Husisian, who join the full roster of 20 fencers to represent the United States at the #paris2024 #Olympics this summer. Both are affiliated with DCFC. We watched Kat and Hadley grow up and are thrilled to see them advance to the Olympic stage. […]
Congratulations to Capitol Division Member Kat Holmes on receiving the FIE #fairplay award for good sportsmanship, during the annual FIE conference in Paris, France. Congratulations also to the US Women’s Epee Team which received an award for the number one ranking this season. DCFC member Amanda Sirico, coached by DCFC Head Coach Janusz Smolenski, is one of […]
Thanks to John Chavez of The Bowie Blade-News and The Capital Gazette for this thoughtful article on the world championship team achievement of Bowie, Md., resident Amanda Sirico and her teammate and Capitol Division member Kat Holmes. Chavez spoke with Amanda during a homecoming celebration at DC Fencers Club. DCFC salutes The Bowie Blade-News and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: DC Fencers Club, Bowie fencer and Team USA make history and win gold at World Championships in China WASHINGTON, July 25, 2018 – Today, Amanda Sirico of Bowie, Maryland, and Team USA made history, winning the World Championship title in Women’s Team Epee at the World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, […]
A huge thank you to Olympian Kat Holmes for sharing her insights on the physical, mental, and emotional game of fencing at the elite level. Kat shared her knowledge at a clinic hosted by Friends of DCFC. We are pretty sure she left more than one young person with world-class fencing dreams and inspirations.
New Year, New North American Cup. DC Fencers Club offers a grand salute to James Kaull, who won his first Division I Championship title in Senior Men’s Epee at the January North American Cup (Jan. 6-9) in Columbus, Ohio. Kaull advanced to the gold medal spot after advancing out of a field of 311 top […]
DC Fencers Club salutes Team USA as they return from a fruitful Rio 2016 Olympics. The U.S. Olympic Fencing Team ended the Rio Olympic Games with one of its most successful results in history, bringing home four medals as nine of its 17 athletes stood on the podium over the course of the Games. Not […]
Congratulations to DCFC Alumni for great results at the 2012 NCAA Fencing Championships In individual events, Kat Holmes (Princeton, women’s epee) tied for third place. Congrats also to alumni on their efforts: James Kaull (Notre Dame, 7th place, Men’s Epee), Michael Josephs (Columbia, 11th place, Men’s Sabre), and Peter Souders (Boston College, 17th, Men’s […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2012 DC FENCERS CLUB YOUTH WINS GOLD AT JUNIOR OLYMPIC FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS With this win, Sirico gets an alternate slot with Team USA for the Junior World Fencing Championship in Moscow DC Fencers Club fencer Amanda Sirico of Bowie, Maryland won the gold medal in Cadet Women’s […]
A salute to our eighteen DCFC fencers who represented at the North American Cup, January 13-16, 2012 in Portland, Oregon. This mammoth event featured more than 1,000 fencers competing in all three weapons in the Division 1 and Under 20 categories. This tournament is a selection event for both squads that will compete at the 2012 […]
