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Van Brummen, Holmes Named to U.S. Pan Am Games Team
June 19, 2015 | Women's Fencing
Princeton's Anna Van Brummen and Katharine Holmes will head north of the border in July to compete at the Pan Am Games in Toronto.
USA Fencing announced the three fencers from each weapon, men's and women's, who will compete on the American squad at the Pan Am event, which will run July 20-25. Both épée fencers, Holmes will fence in both the individual and team competitions while Van Brummen will compete only in the team event. Katarzyna Trzopek, a 2006 Penn State alum, will join Holmes and Van Brummen on the American épée team, competing in both the individual and team events.
Participants were selected based on their place in the USA Fencing National Team Point Standings, and Princeton is well represented on that list in women's épée. As of the May 25 Senior World Team list, Holmes tops the rankings with rising senior Isabel Ford fifth, Van Brummen sixth and Lindsay Campbell '02 11th.
Van Brummen, a rising senior, is a three-time first-team All-Ivy League honoree and earned her first All-America honor this past season, earning bronze at the NCAA Championships. Holmes, who will be a senior when she returns to Princeton after taking time off to pursue a 2016 Olympic bid, is a three-time All-America with a high finish of third in 2012, and has won three All-Ivy recognitions with two first-team honors.