Day One
Day one began very early for Clint and Evelyn as they arrived in the Sunset Ballroom of the Flamingo Hotel at 7am on Friday, January 3. Clint Bowers registered for Mixed Epee seeded 75th, closing at 8am with 110 competitors - 27 of which were A-rated. Some of the notables included Eric Hansen, Cody Mattern, Seth Baldwin, and John Carpenter. Clint's pool included A-rated fencers DeMirchian (11th seed, Armenian coach of Beverly Hills Fencing Center) and McNamara (20th, Masque Noir), B-rated fencers Stewart (52nd, NorthWest Fencing Center) and Olver (40th, Fencing Center of San Jose), D fencer Peterson (83rd, unattached), and Campellone (104th, College of the Desert). Clint's record was 2-4, with a 5-1 victory against Campellone and a 5-3 victory against left-handed Olver. DeMirchian and McNamara recorded 5-0 victories against Clint, while Stewart won 5-3 and Peterson 5-1. Clint came out 85th for the D.E. round of 128, drawing 44th seed Kanter. Their D.E. began 4 hours after finishing pools. He was defeated 10-15. His final placement was 88th.
Evelyn Scarborough registered at 2pm for Women's Epee, which closed with 48 competitors, including 7 A's and 9 B's. Notables included Daisy Gilker, Amy Fortune, and Margo Miller. Evelyn recorded a 4-0 mark, with a 5-3 victory against A-rated Amy Fortune (Fortune Fencing), 5-1 against Tyszka (D-rated, College of the Desert), 5-3 against Schindler (D-rated, Sonoma Fencing Academy), and 5-0 against Hartley-Smith (U, Nevada). She was seeded 2nd into the D.E. round, taking a bye into the round of 32, where she drew 36th seed Oriana Isaacson (Beverly Hills Fencing Center). Evelyn kept a steady lead to close the bout 15-10. In the round of 16, she drew Margaret Clarke (Stanford). In a bout that changed hands several times into the double digits, Evelyn pulled away for a 15-12 victory, putting her into the final of 8. She will fence 10th seed Cynthia Erickson tomorrow morning at 10:30am for the top 4.

Day Two
After a good breakfast, Evelyn was down at the Sunset Ballroom at 10am to warm up for the final 8 bouts of Women's Epee. At 10:30am she fenced Cynthia Erickson (Southern California). She took a strong lead and finished the bout 15-7. In the semifinals she drew A-rated Holly Buechel. Evelyn started with a 3-1 lead, with the score staying within one touch up to the last two minutes of the third period. Evelyn was able to regain the lead and finished the bout with a 15-12 victory. The final bout was scheduled to begin at 2pm in order to facilitate TV taping, but strip problems kept the women's epee final from starting until 4pm. Evelyn's opponent was Anna Garina (A-rated, Ukraine). The left-hander is ranked 73rd on the World Senior Women's Epee point standings, well above the highest U.S. Senior Women's epeeist. The atmosphere was intense, with bright lights on either end of the strip, numerous TV cameras, and a huge crowd. Garina took a 2-0 lead at first, fighting Evelyn for a tough two periods, closing the bout with a 15-10 victory. Evelyn took 2nd place, with an etched glass tumbler, but the best reward was renewing her B rating to a B 2003.