FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (7/05)
Contact: Lynn Stewart or Kelsey Johnson, Centenary News Service, 318-841-7265

Centenary Student Wins Silver Medal in National Fencing Championships

SHREVEPORT, LA — Centenary student Evelyn Scarborough took the silver medal in Division I-A Women's Epee at the U.S. Fencing Association's Summer National Championships held in Sacramento, Calif., July 1-10.

This year the Summer National Championships consisted of 95 events with over 5000 entries. Scarborough entered the Division I-A event ranked third in a field of 67 competitors. She lost the championship bout to Princeton University senior and former U.S. national team member Eleanor Leighton. Scarborough's finish guarantees her qualification for next year's Division I and Division I-A National Championships.

Scarborough is a senior biology major at Centenary, lives in Shreveport and currently fences for the Caddo Magnet Alumni Fencers Club.

Read about some of Scarborough's other achievements in a past news release from April 2005.

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