Steel clashed during an action-packed day of individual competition on Day 1 of the 2020 OUA men's fencing championships at Brock University's Ian D. Beddis Gymnasium on Feb. 1.
 
The Toronto Varsity Blues lead the team standings with 143 points after the first day of competition, followed by the RMC Paladins (120) and the host Brock Badgers (71).
 
U of T's Ben Mucsi won the Desjarlais Trophy in the individual epee final. Mucsi overcame an ankle injury to beat Brock's Logan Wilford 15-12.
 
Johnathan Zimmerman finished seventh, Colin McCurdy was 10th and Beston Leung was 15th in the individual epee competition.
 
Blues veteran David Chen-Li finished just off the podium in the individual foil competition, placing fourth. Teo Lemay, Yiming Xu and Edward Li were sixth, seventh and ninth, respectively.
 
Cameron Haigh led Toronto's sabre charge with a fifth-place finish, while Filbert Yung was seventh. Seth Logan placed ninth with Boris Ng finishing 13th.
 
DAY ONE Men's Fencing
2020 Results
 
Overall Men's Standings (Day 1)
Toronto, 143
RMC, 120
Brock, 71
Queen's, 58
Western, 49
Ryerson, 37
Carleton, 36
Waterloo, 35
Guelph, 7
McMaster, 3
Trent, 0
York, 0
 
 
Foil Individual
Gold (Charles Walters Trophy): Gareth Marks, Waterloo
Silver: Ethan Haines, Ryerson
Bronze: Malcolm McLeod, Brock
 
Sabre Individual
Gold (Schwende Trophy): Garrett Whelan, RMC
Silver: Alex Sun, Queen's
Bronze: Aaron Olmstead, Brock
 
Epee Individual
Gold (Desjarlais Trophy): Ben Musci, Toronto
Silver: Logan Wilford, Brock
Bronze: Kim Byoungchan, RMC
 
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