LA JOLLA, Calif. - Members of the UC San Diego fencing team have been busy posting strong performances in competition at the domestic and international levels this summer.

The USA Fencing Summer Nationals took place July 2-11 in Minneapolis, Minn. Here's a look at how the Tritons did. Epeeist Isaac Ive is heading into his sophomore season this fall, while the others are incoming freshmen. 

• Isaac Ive 19^th in Division 1 Men's Epee
• Zara Fearns 3^rd in Division 1A Women's Saber 
• Brandon Kim 8^th in Junior Men's Foil
• Jerry Pan 27^th in Junior Men's Saber
• Sanil Sharma 56^th in Division 1 Men's Epee
• Daniel Wong 24^th in Division 1A Men's Epee
• Mia Wu 16^th in Division 1 Women's Epee
• Nolan Yumiaco 28^th in Division 1A Men's Epee 
• Lucas Zeng 3^rd in Division 1A Men's Foil
• Renee Zuhars 11^th in Division 1 Women's Epee

On the international front, two current Tritons and two incoming Tritons were in action recently.

• Bella Balogh represented Hungary in the European Championships and placed 82^nd in Women's Epee
• Sophomore Rafaella Gomes represented Brazil in the Pan-American Championships, finishing 16^th in Women's Foil
• Senior Vedran Markota represented Croatia in the European Championships and placed 39^th in Men's Epee
• Jerry Pan finished 2^nd in both Junior and Senior Men's Saber at the Canadian Championships

In addition, Gomes and Markota will compete in the World Fencing Championships, July 15-23 in Cairo, Egypt.

"Our program is getting better every year and looking at these individual results at national and international levels validates our strategy of being able to attract and develop talent," said UC San Diego head coach Juan Ignacio Calderon. "We all have a good feeling about this coming season, but we need to remain focused and committed to fulfill the ever-growing expectations in performance and scholar-athlete experience. We are certainly on the right path."

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After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.