Western Wayne Today

Wayne State University's fencing program hosted the annual Danosi Open on February 10 at the Matthaei building in Detroit. The event saw strong performances from WSU's women's fencers, with Salma Abdrabou from Mohandessin, Egypt, winning the Senior Women's Epee category.

The competition included six events for women's fencers: Senior Mixed Foil, Senior Women's Sabre, Senior Women's Epee, Senior Mixed Sabre, Women's Foil, and Senior Mixed Epee. Notably, there were no team competitions as participants competed individually. The event was open to any USA Fencing member born in 2010 or earlier.

The Danosi Open is named after Istvan Danosi, who served as the fencing coach at Wayne State University from 1958 to 1982.

Among the top performers were Ludovica Mancini from Rome, Lazio, Italy, who finished second in Women's Foil with a record of 8-1. Reka Galfalvy from Budapest, Hungary secured second place in the Senior Women's Epee with a record of 6-1.

Salma Abdrabou emerged victorious in the Senior Women's Epee by defeating her teammate Reka Galfalvy in the final round. Other winners included Owen Traugot in Senior Mixed Foil and Lana Chami in Senior Women's Sabre.

Wayne State will next compete at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference Championships hosted by Ohio State University on February 24 and 25 at French Field House in Columbus, Ohio.