SFU athletics

Fierce Fencers: An interview with two SFU students gunning for a gold

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n late May, two SFU student athletes earned bronze medals at the 2016 Canadian Fencing Federation’s National Championships in the University Division. If you’ve never heard about SFU’s fencing team before, it’s because we don’t actually have one. In fact, even as Marie-Rose Bruskiewicz and Isaac Velestuk stood up on the podium to represent SFU, the university was completely unaware of the talent in their halls, and the achievements that were being earned under their name. The Peak itself might have never uncovered the story of these two athletes if it hadn’t been for the determination of Marie-Rose, Isaac, and…

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