The fencing camps feature 13 instructional and
sparring sessions over the camp's five days. All sessions are held in
the Andrew P. Stifel Fencing Salle in Bartels Hall on the Cornell University
campus in Ithaca, New York. Campers are coached by Cornell's head fencing
coach Iryna Dolgikh and assistant coach Olena Gutor, plus world level
instructors from Russia. Cornell varsity fencers will serve as camp
counselors and assist during sessions.
Resident camp includes lodging
in a university residence hall and meals in one of our award winning
dining halls. All campers receive a FREE
camp T-shirt.
Residents
Commuters
Enrollment
price
$619
$499
Late enrollment/late
forms
+$30
+$30
To avoid a $30
late fee all required forms and full payment must be postmarked by:
July
10 for
the camp starting July 29.
July
17 for
the camp starting August 2. Click HERE
for more deadline information.
NOTE:
Campers who attend BOTH fencing
camps will receive a $100
discount off the second camp fee.
FEATURING ONE
OF THE FINEST
COACHING STAFFS IN THE COUNTRY
Iryna
Dolgikh Cornell University Women's
Head Fencing Coach Iryna Dolgikh, a world champion
fencer and most recently an assistant coach at Penn State, was
named the head fencing coach at Cornell University in June 2005.
The second-year Big Red head coach came to Cornell with a reputation
as one of the top fencing minds in the country and proved to
be in her first season working with her team.
Cornell's improvement was evident from
day one. Her squad finished 14th as a team at the NCAA championship
meet despite fielding only a women's team (the NCAA fencing
championship is scored as a dual men's and women's event).
She helped both Meghan Phair '06 and Alexandra
Heiss '09 finish in the top 20 at the meet. Cornell finished fifth as
a team at the IFA championships, an improvement over a 10th-place finish
at the event the year before Dolgikh arrived. The biggest monkey off
the team's back was also lifted, as it earned its first Ivy League win
in 14 years (a span of 65 league matches) when it defeated Brown in
Newman Arena as host of the first-ever Ivy League championship.
A native of Kiev, Dolgikh brings
a long line of credentials and plenty of coaching and fencing experience
into her first collegiate head coaching job. Dolgikh was the World Champion
in women's foil in 1976, a gold medalist in the World Cup in 1977 and
a bronze medalist in the USSR Spartakiad in 1975. Dolgikh was a member
of the Soviet Union's Junior World Team in the mid-1970s. She is a 1982
graduate of the Kiev Institute of Physical Culture.
Prior to Cornell, Dolgikh spent
three seasons as an assistant coach at Penn State, helping the Nittany
Lions to a pair of national runner-up finishes and a fourth-place finish
at the 2004-05 NCAA championships. In 2003, her epee fencers swept the
top three places at the NCAA championships.
Prior to arriving at Penn State,
Dolgikh spent two years as a private coach in Dallas, Texas. She was
a prominent coach and competitor in Russia and brings more than 20 years
of teaching experience in the Ukraine, Moscow and Bratislava and the
United States.
Contact coach Dolgikh by email at:
id48@cornell.edu or by
phone at: 607-255-2368
Vladimir
Gofman
Vladimir has 40 years of fencing coaching experience. He's trained
national champions in the Soviet Union, and worked in the Olympic
Sports Reserve School of Belarus. His team winnings include First
Place Epee team National Under 19 ('98), Third Place National Open
('98), Third Place National Under 19 ('99), Great Neck High School
South First Place Nassau ('02). He has several winning students in
the Long Island area and NYC, including Michael Elfassy - 1st National
Junior Olympics Cadet '06, 3rd Place Junior Olympics Junior '06. Vladimir
has many current and former Foil PSAL Tournament Champions from 1996-2008.
Many of his Epee students are tournament Champions in Long Island
High Schools including 2008 where his students took 1st for both boys
and girls. Vladimr has a Masters Degree in Physical Education from
the Gomel State University in Belarus.
Yakov Danilenko
Danilenko, a full time fencing coach with a
Master's Degree in P.E., was declared a Master of Sports of the USSR
in fencing, the highest classification for a coach in the former USSR.
He is a founder of the Medeo Fencing Club and has been a full time
fencing coach for 25 years. Yakov has over 34 years of fencing experience
and has coached many champions in Europe, the USSR and America.
Andrei Lamianski
Andrei Lamianski has 26 years of fencing experience
and has coached champions at the European Junior Fencing Cup, the
World Junior Fencing Cup, the championship of the World Junior Fencing
Cup and Champions of Belarus.
AnnaDmitrenko
A two time world champion, and five time USSR
champion in foil, Dmitrenko has 21 years of fencing experience as
a national team coach in her native Ukraine. During her tenure as
a national team coach, Anna has developed numerous national and international
champions.
Rachel Covault
Ten years of competitive fencing experience
and a 2004 gold medalist at the Midwest Sectionals in foil.
Olena Gutor
Olena graduated from Penn State and became an
assistant fencing coach for Cornell University in 2005. She has worked
at numerous fencing and volleyball summer camps in Pennsylvania, New
York and North Carolina. She fenced for two years in the fencing club
at Penn State and specializes in the foil.
Cornell
varsity fencers will serve as camp counselors.
Camp Information
Schedule
Registration will be held on the ground floor
of Robert Purcell Community Center on the first day of camp. A camper
orientation will be held following check in, after which camp counselors
will take campers to the first instructional session. Refer to the appropriate
camp itineraries (above) for exact times.
Facilities
All sessions are held in the Andrew P. Stifel
Fencing Salle and Newman arena in Bartels Hall on the Cornell University
campus. Campers eat in
world class dining halls and have access to recreational athletic
fields, outdoor basketball courts and a billiards/game room. Cornell
also boasts the Friedman strength and conditioning center, swimming
pools and a full-time training staff.
What
to Bring
Full electrical
equipment and plenty of practice clothes. All campers need to bring
alarm clock, pillow, blanket, sheets, towels, swimsuit and water bottle.
Transportation
We will pick up campers at the Ithaca Airport
or bus station. You MUST contact us in writing, with arrival
mode date and time three
weeks prior to
camp. There is a $25
round trip fee for this service. We do not offer
pick up from the Syracuse, Binghamton or Elmira airports.
You can request more information
from the Cornell Summer Sports School by phone at:
Vladimir
Gofman