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2023-24 MIT Women's Fencing Roster

Konnie Duan

  • Height 5-5
  • Year First Year
  • Hometown Tarzana, Calif.
  • High School Harvard-Westlake School
  • Weapon Foil
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational Fifth Place (November 4, 2023)
New England Championship n/a
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship n/a


Accolades:
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2023-24)
- USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2023-24)
2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 13-5
- NFC record: 7-3
- Finished in fifth place at The Big One Invitational (11/4)

Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and engineering


High School:
- Graduated from Harvard-Westlake School
- Co-captain
- Cum Laude Honor Society
- Perfect score on the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science A Exam (top 0.48% out of 70,000 test-takers)
- Four-time American Invitational Mathematics Examination Qualifier (top 5% in the American Math Competition)
- Two Sigma AMC 10B Certificate of Excellence (second highest female scorer in Southern California/Nevada)
- High Honors on the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (top 50 of all competitors nationwide)
- Science Bowl co-president, Clean Technology Club co-founder


Club:
- Elite Fencing Club
- B22 Rating
- 2022 USA Fencing National Championships: Third place in Division II Women’s Foil
- 2022 Junior Olympics: 26th place in Cadet Women’s Foil
- 2020 Junior Olympics: 27th place in Cadet Women’s Foil
- 2022 December North American Cup: 62nd place in Junior Women's Foil
- 2023 USA Fencing National Point Standing Junior Women's Foil: 113th place
- 2022 USA Fencing National Point Standing Cadet Women's Foil: 57th place
- 2020 USA Fencing National Point Standing Cadet Women's Foil: 57th place