Swimmers and fencers start competition in championships By DAVE MORRIS Collegian Sports Writer The swimming and fencing seasons got off to big starts recently with major tournaments held in each sport at Penn State. For the fencers, under second-year coach Mac Garret, the big event was the Western Penn AFLA (Amateur Fencers League of America) exhibitions held here in November. The Collegiate Open, originally scheduled for Saturday, was cancelled due to the gasoline shortage and the energy crisis. Directors of the event decided to call it off because they feared some teams would have difficulty in making travel arrangements, Among the schools which were to compete were Wayne State, the third place team in the NCAA finals last year, and Case Western Reserve, the host school for this year's NCAA finals. The fencers won the first match of the year, 19-8 against Maryland. 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Two of the new Lady Lions are Karen Schukman and Ellen Coccagna, both freshmen. Schukman, who hails from West Hartford, STORE HOURS 10-9 MON thru FRI 10-5:30 SATURDAY The Daily Collegian Thursday. December 6. 1973- Conn., was selected to participate in the U.S.-Japan international meet at Rec Hall in January 1972. Her best efforts take place on the balance beam. Uneven parallel bars and floor exercise are Coccagna's strengths. She also is being counted on in the vaulting department. Also vaulting will be last year's only representative at the national gymnastics championships, sophomore Karen Johnson of Towanda, Pa. She was the East's number two vaulter last year while placing 35th in national competition. Three more sophomores, Nancy Park, Eileen Polusny and Sue Bergstrom will help carry the load on the balance beam and in floor exercise. 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