Lower School students were fortunate to have Three-time Olympian Ann Marsh-Senic, Roeper ’89, come to share her fencing expertise with them, joined by her husband Anatolie Senic who is also an expert fencer. Ann competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games and will be returning to the Olympics as the team captain of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Fencing Team which will be competing in Rio de Janeiro. Ann and Anatolie are parents of Roeper students Adeline and Lucas. In her “spare time”, Ann is an emergency room physician! Thank you Ann and Anatolie for taking time to meet with our students!

On Friday, Ann told them about the sport of fencing, showed them the equipment used and showed a dvd of what fencing looks like. Then the students partnered up, foam swords in hand and were treated to a fencing skills activity demonstrated by Anatolie and Adeline who is in Stage III.

Roeper had a very strong fencing program in the 80’s and that’s where Ann got her start. She was the first US fencer to be ranked in the top 10 in the world and was ranked there from 1993 – 1997. She was the 1994 and 1995 US National Champion, won three world cup bronze medals, was the first US fencer to win a bronze medal at a Grand Prix World Cup and she won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 2001 World Fencing Championships. Recently, Ann traveled with the U.S. Women’s Foil Team serving as its captain since 2014.