Midwest Championships Part 2

Well the good news is that we basically kicked Notre Dame's ass for 5 years in a row now. We were the Midwest Champions. We won men's and women's over all, women's saber came in 1st while women's foil and epee came in second. The men came in first in all of thier weapons.

I actually fenced really well yesterday even though we lost to Notre Dame in the finals. To get into the finals we had to fence Northwestern which is a really tough school in women's epee. They have both french girls and some other girls that are really good. I don't know how I did it, but I beat both french girls....both of the bouts going into overtime. I did beat one of the french girls at the NYU meet, but I sure can't tell you which one because they both look the same. I mean they are twins after all. We only lost one bout to Northwestern. Elyse lost her one bout to one of the French's. Shura won her two bouts and I won mine, and then Elyse won the 5th bout that allowed us to beat Northwestern. When it came to the finals we knew that we were going to have to either fence Wayne State or Notre Dame. Well, Notre Dame beat Wayne state and so we fence Notre Dame. I was up first....I ened up losing to Kim Montoya, in over time 2-3...which I should have fun, but oh well. And then Elyse was up next, but she lost her bout to Kelly Hurrly. Then Shura beat Amy Orlando so that brought our spirts back up. So then it was my turn to fence Kelly and I don't know how I did it, but I beat her 5-3. Take into count the Kelly Hurrly is like ranked number 1 in the US, so I was quite happy. And then Shura won her next one to Montoya. Then Elyse had to fence Amy Orlando and lost 4-5.....So now it's 3-3 for the overall team score. Then Shura had to fence Kelly Hurrly and almost won, but lost. So then it was my chance...All I had to do was beat Amy Orlando and then we would be tied 4-4 for a team record. Well, I was winning, but I ened up losing 3-5. And then I lost it....I know it's not all my fault, but I blamed myself for not beating Amy which caused us to lose even though I know it's not all my fault....But hey, I'm still happy with beating both French girls and beating Kelly Hurrly.

Other than that not too much else has been going on. It seemed like it took forever to get back. I couldn't get comfey on the bus to sleep even though I was ass tired. I was also freaking out about my textile quiz. So I got up early today to study for it...I mean I did study on the bus, but I needed to do some more studying. So when I get to class a 8:30 this morning I found out that the quiz is actually on wednesday....oh was I pissed....I soooo didn't want to go to class today because I'm sooo tired. But I went because I thought that the quiz was today. Had I known that the quiz was actually on wednesday I probably wouldn't have gone to class because I needed to catch up on my sleep.....oh well. The other thing that sucks is that we have practice today. It's not actual fencing, but we have to go to the arpac to do "rehabilitation" as coach puts it. All I'm going to do is maybe run on a machine for a bit, and then change into my bathing suit, go in the hot tub and then the sauna, an then leave, go home and take a nap. I don't think I will nap too long because I have alot of work to do, so I might just sleep for like an hour or two....well that's about it, so unitl next time....ttyl! :)