The World Championships, held annually except in the year of the Olympic
Games, is the competition concluding a full year of World Cup competitions.
Fencers are seeded on the basis of rankings earned on the World Cup circuit
over the season.

Four fencers have been selected in each of six weapons - men’s epee, foil
and saber and women’s epee, foil and saber. Those athletes will compete in
the individual and team events.

This year’s team has significant depth and experience with eleven veterans
of the 2004 Olympic Games competing, including 2004 Olympic women’s saber
gold medallist Mariel Zagunis (20, Beaverton, Ore.) Four U.S. fencers are
currently ranked in the top-16 of the World Cup rankings. Many have medalled
or placed in the top eight of the Olympic Games or World Cup competition.

Results will be posted to the website www.fencing2005.com and will also be
available to media outlets. Please contact Cindy Bent Findlay for more
information.

US ROSTER TO THE 2005 WORLD FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's Foil
Dan Kellner    (29, Warren, N.J./Fencers Club)
Jon Tiomkin    (26, Hewlett, N.Y./Fencers Club)
Jed Dupree    (25, Bethlehem, PA / New York, N.Y./Fencers Club)
Andras Horanyi (18, Boulder, Colo./No. Colo. Fencers)

Women's Foil
Hanna Thompson (21, Rochester, N.Y./Ohio State)
Samantha Nemecek (17, Alto, Mich./West Mich. Fenc. Acad.)
Doris Willette (17, Lafayette, Calif./Golden Gate/Sword Play)
Andrea Ament (22, Gates Mills, Ohio/Saturn)

Women's Epee
Kelley Hurley (16, San Antonio, Texas/Team Hurley)
Maya Lawrence (25, Teaneck, N.J./Fencers Club)
Lindsay Campbell (24, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club)
Lauren Willock (20, Louisville, Ky./Louisville F.C.)

Men's Epee
Seth Kelsey    (23, Brush Prairie, Wash./NYAC)
Soren Thompson    (24, San Diego, Calif./NYAC)
Cody Mattern    (24, Tigard, Ore./NorthWest F.C.)
Benjamin Solomon (21, Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Alcazar)

Men's Saber
Ivan Lee    (24, Brooklyn, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
Jason Rogers    (22, Los Angeles, Calif./Gascon/Ohio State)
Tim Morehouse (26, Bronx, N.Y./Fencers Club)
Adam Crompton (20, Newark, N.J./Westbrook Foundation)

Women's Saber
Mariel Zagunis (20, Beaverton, Ore./Oregon Fenc. Alliance)
Sada Jacobson (19, Dunwoody, Ga./Nellya)
Rebecca Ward (15, Portland, Ore./Oregon Fenc. Alliance)
Caitlin Thompson (18, Portland, Ore./Oregon Fenc. Alliance/Penn State)

Coaches:
Men’s Epee - Paul Soter, San Francisco, Calif./Golden Gate
Men’s Foil - Simon Gershon, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club
Men’s Saber - Yuri Gelman, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club
Women’s Epee - Jim Carpenter, Grapevine, Texas/Grapevine
Women’s Foil - Mike Pederson, San Francisco, Calif./Golden Gate; Nat
Goodhartz, Rochester, N.Y./Rochester F.C.
Women’s Saber - Ed Korfanty, Portland, Ore./Oregon Fenc. Alliance

Cadre:
Team Captain and Chief of Mission: Jefferey Bukantz, Livingston, N.J.
Team Manager: Andrea Lagan, Boulder, Colo.
Armorer: Ron Herman, Iowa City, Ia.
Assistant Armorer: Kathy Walters, Greensboro, N.C.
Trainer - Doug Rank, Redwood, Wash.
Asst. Trainer - Brian Russo,

Charles Washburn (Philadelphia, Pa.) was selected as the referee from the
United States.