Coaching Staff
MATTHEW CATINO
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Career Highlights
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Achieved elite national rankings in the junior and senior USA Fencing national point standings
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Won a gold medal at USA Olympic Trials with the Metropolis Fencing Men’s Foil Team in Austin, Texas in 2000
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USFA "A" Foil Rating, since 2000
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USFA Referee Level 5 Foil Rating
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Coaching Achievements
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Guilford High School fencing team head coach, 2001 - 2007
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Fencers School of CT founder and owner, 2004 - present
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State of Connecticut certified coach since 2001
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Guilford Sideliner’s 2006 Coach of the Year
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Students won over 40 medals at CHSFA Championships events, including 12 individual gold medals and 7 team championships
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Qualified over 50 students for Junior Olympic championships in 9 years
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Students have fenced for NCAA programs Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Pennsylvannia State University, Tufts University, Vassar and Yale University
KYLE MEZZI
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Career Highlights
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Member of the Pennsylvannia State University Fencing Team, 2002 - 2004
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Earned a BS in Communications from Pennsylvannia State University, 2006
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Coach at Fencers School of CT, 2010 - present
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Guilford High School fencing team head coach, 2010 - present
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State of Connecticut certified coach since 2010
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Students won individual men and women's epee gold medal at CHSFA Championships in first year as coach
DORIAN COHEN
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Career Highlights
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Achieved elite national rankings in the cadet, junior and senior USA Fencing national point standings
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Earned multiple medals at North American Cups, Junior Olympics, and National Chamionships
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Qualified for NCAA Championships all 4 years for Duke University, 2007 - 2011
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3-time All-American at Duke University, 2008, 2010 & 2011
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CoSIDA Academic All-American and Male Student Athlete of the Year in his final year at Duke University, 2011
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Graduated with Distinction from Duke University with BS in Evolutionary Anthropology
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Currently enrolled in masters program at Hartford University