Dec. 2, 2007

DETROIT - Freshman Jakub Gibczynski (Lodz, Poland/Lodz) picked up his first career individual title to lead the Wayne State University fencing team at Istvan Danosi/Michigan Open Sunday afternoon at the Matthaei Gym.

In the men's sabre event, Gibczynski defeated Michigan's Blake Rowley with Nick Piotek from Michigan State placing third. WSU sophomore Patrick Tomlinson (Marysville, Mich./Marysville) and redshirt freshman Andrew Opalewski (Macomb, Mich./Utica Eisenhower) finished 11th and 12th respectively while Peter Franko placed 16th.

Men's Sabre (16 Competitors)

1. Jakub Gibcznski - Wayne State 2. Blake Rowley - Michigan 3. Nick Piontek- Michigan State 4. Ryan Wagoner -Michigan State 5. Doug Sollman- Detroit 6. Evangelos Fouris - Detroit 7. Zev Berger - Michigan 8. Vaughn Vargo-Laevars - Michigan 9. Terence Ng - Michigan 10. John Leefers - Michigan State 11. Patrick Tomlinson - Wayne State 12. Andrew Opalewski- Wayne State 13. Michael Danelia - Detroit 14. Ryan Majewski - Michigan State 15. Eric Harman - Michigan 16. Peter Franko - Wayne State

Michigan State's Eric Carlson took first place honors defeating U-M's Barruad Guillaume in the epee event. MSU's Markus Bahr fished third with WSU freshman David Lockhart (Troy, Mich./Troy) placing 9th.

Men's Epee (15 competitors)

1. Eric Carlson - Michigan State 2. Barraud Guillaume - Michigan 3. Markus Bahr - Michigan State 4. Jake Trihart - Michigan 5. Josh Castle - Michigan State 6. Adam Haag - Michigan 7. Colin McIntyre - Michigan 8. Rafeek Habib - Unattached 9. David Lockhart - Wayne State 10. Ben Rubenstein - Michigan State 11. Merek Roman - Michigan State 12. Kevin Schalte - Michigan 13. James Butters - Unattached 14. Chris Dietrich - Michigan 15. Adam Erickson - Michigan State

Wayne State graduate student Nick Stephanoff placed fifth in the foil event while sophomore Brandon Isaac (Taylor, Mich./Truman) redshirt sophomore Michal Brichacek (Livonia, Mich./U-of-D Jesuit) finished 7th and 9th respectively. Detroit's Craig Budzynski clamed the individual title defeating U-M's Dave Baron with UD's Brad Coon placing third.

Men's Foil (16 competitors)

1. Craig Budzynski - Detroit 2. Dave Baron - Michigan 3. Brad Coon - Detroit 4. Nick Stephanoff - Wayne State 5. Mario Romero - Michigan 6. Peter Chockley - Michigan 7. Brandon Isaac - Wayne State 8. Tom Baker - Michigan State 9. Michal Brichacek - Wayne State 10. Jamie Gawecki - Detroit 11. Justin Schaudt - Michigan State 12. Will Bonner - Michigan State 13. Steven Ewart - Case Western 14. Chris Zagore - Case Western 15. Jacob Bosse - Case Western 16. Das Avishek - Michigan

The men's fencing team returns to action Jan. 13, 2008 at the Detroit Mercy Duals.