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Coach's Bio

MATTHEW J. CATINO

  • Career Highlights
  • Achieved elite national rankings as junior and senior national point standings for the United States Fencing Association
  • Won a gold medal at USA Olympic Trials 2006 with the Metropolis Fencing Men’s Foil Team in 2000 in Austin, Texas
  • USFA A08 Foil Rating, since 2000
  • USFA Referee Level 5 Foil Rating
  • Coaching Achievements
  • Guilford High School Fencing Men’s and Women’s Head Coach 2001—2007
  • The Foil Club Head Coach & Founder 2004—2008
  • State of Connecticut coaching certificate since 2001
  • Certified in first aid and CPR
  • Guilford Sideliner’s 2006 Coach of the Year
  • Students won 35 medals at CHSFA Championships events, including 12 individual gold medals and 7 team championships
  • Qualified over 50 students for Junior Olympic championships in 9 years
  • The Foil Club finished 5th at Senior Men’s Foil National Team Championships in July 2006
  • Students currently fencing at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Penn State University, Tufts University, Vassar and Yale University