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Do YOU want to join our Team?
If you are a fencer who
is interested in joining our team, you will find information on becoming a
student at Barnard College, Columbia
College, the School
of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
and the School
of General Studies in
"Our Schools."
Click
here to see our Team Handbook. It has
a great deal of information about how the Columbia Fencing Team operates.
Please
go to the Recruit Information
Page so that we can get in touch with you and also
advise the admissions office of your interest. (Please be aware that the
rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Administration, the NCAA, prohibit
us from contacting you by mail until you have started your Junior Year in
High School and in person or by telephone until July 1 after you have
finished your Junior Year. We are not even allowed to call you back if you
leave a message on our answering machine prior to that July 1 date.)
There
is also special information for all high school fencers who are interested in
fencing in any college on The
College-Bound Fencer page. This will give you some excellent tips
on what to do as you search for your college. It lets you know what you
should do, and what a college coach may and may not do.
Additional
Information on
Columbia
Fencing
Fencing in
New York
- One of the great advantages for
the
Columbia
fencer is being in
New York City
, the “Fencing
Capital of the
USA
.” See
our special page, Fencing in New York City, for more information. In addition
to the excellent clubs in
New York
,
Columbia
University
has been selected by the
United
States
Fencing Association as a “National Training Center.” Many of the
highest level fencers in the country from other schools and clubs are now found
regularly training in
Columbia
's Fencing Room
along with
Columbia
's
top fencers. We are very pleased to have this opportunity to assist in the
development of the best fencers in our country.
International Experiences - The fencers and
coaches at
Columbia
frequently represent the
United States of America
and the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime in international competition. (Yes,
it is possible to both do well academically and fence at the highest
level!) The number of current students and alumni from the
Columbia
Fencing Team on the
USA
National Team to the World Championships is almost always greater than fencers
from any other team. We are
very proud to have established the Herbert C. Spiselman Memorial Endowment
for Fencing. A special bronze plaque, dedicated in 2002, commemorates this
fine man whose memory will live on forever in the wonderful assistance provided
to
Columbia
Fencing. Specifically, this endowment will be used to provide grants for our
best fencers to compete in World Cups and World Championships. Details are
available on the
Spiselman Grant web page.
Find us - Where do the fine
Columbia
Fencers train and compete? How does
one travel to
Columbia
's
Campus? See the Columbia Campus Map.
What
does it look like here? - See some views of our beautiful campus. (Don't expect
"City" scenes.) Click on Campus Views.
The 2007 Men's and Women's Ivy League Champions
Here are the Women and Men of Columbia Fencing. This picture was taken on February 25, 2007, shortly after both the Columbia Women's Fencing Team and the Columbia Men's Team won their Ivy Team Championships. CONGRATULATIONS!
Additional Links - Here are links to keep up to date
with the fencing world:
The United States Olympic Committee's
(USOC) recognized National Governing Body
The
International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recognized International Governing Body
The local USFA group that
organizes non-collegiate fencing in New York City
The FIE's recognized body in charge of the America's Zone
Columbia Fencing Contact Information
Telephone: 212/854-4040
Facsimile: 212/854-7397
E-mail: fencing@columbia.edu
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Columbia
Fencing
321
Dodge
Physical
Fitness
Center
3030 Broadway, Mail Code 1906
New York
,
NY
10027-9982
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Pictograph for Fencing at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China
Contact Coach
George
Kolombatovich
at fencing@columbia.edu with questions or comments about this
web site.
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