Garden City High School salutes senior fencers

Patrick Bohn

Patrick Bohn joined the GCHS fencing team during his sophomore year. He was quickly identified to be a saber due to his exceptional footwork and strong eye-hand coordination. He was a faithful member of the team eventually working his way to starting position during junior year. He was elected to be a captain starting his senior year. This year, Patrick has stepped his fencing up to a whole new level with a dominant record and strong placement at the Brentwood Holiday Tournament where he made the third round and lost to runner-up Kyle Cheng. Patrick is also a goalkeeper on the GCHS soccer team and doubles player for GCHS tennis team. Compiling a strong winning record in team competitions, he received a bid to the Nassau County Individual Championships and placed in the top ten in the county! Patrick will be attending college in the fall and intends to study history with hopes

Eric Hartmann

Eric joined the fencing team as a freshman for the winter 2020 season. His family thought he was trying out for the rifle team, but at the suggestion of his friends and band members he chose to try fencing instead. As an elementary school student, Eric had the desire to try fencing as one of his classmate’s older brothers fenced. Unfortunately, the timing didn’t work out until the summer of 2019 when he took an introduction to fencing course at Hofstra and was taught foil fundamentals. As a new fencer, Eric practiced with the team and competed at the underclassmen event in Oyster Bay. He cheered the team on to becoming Nassau County Champions and learned from the older / experienced fencers. To better understand strategy and improve his fencing technique, Eric joined the foil exclusive 5T fencing club in Mineola and began lessons and classes. After COVID affected his sophomore year, Eric moved into a sub role for the foil squad as a junior and was elected co-captain of the foil squad and became a starter in his senior year. His senior season winning percentage was high enough to qualify him to participate in Nassau Individual County Championships and Eric was named to the All County Team Honorable Mention based on

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his ranking among the top foil fencers. He has continued his training at 5T and competed in local competitions. Eric earned a USA fencing rating in the spring of 2022. Being on the team has given Eric the opportunity to grow in the sport, gain leadership knowledge, and acquire teamwork skills in a somewhat individual sport. He has gotten to know many talented fencers and made new friends. Eric plans to study engineering in college and continue his fencing at the club level. He would like to thank his teammates, co-captain, coaches, and parents for the support and encouragement through the years and wishes the team well.

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