Claudia Kulmacz 2016-17 Fencing Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• 2015 NCAA Midwest Regional Women’s Sabre Third Place
• 2015 ACC Championship Women’s Sabre Runner-Up
• 2015 All-ACC
• 2017 ACC Championship Women’s Sabre Third Place
• 2017 NCAA Midwest Regional Women’s Sabre Fifth Place
• 2015 2016, 2017 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2015 Janusz Bednarski Award

AS A SENIOR:

• Finished her senior season with a record of 24-23, competing in all six contests
• Opened the season going 9-2 at the Elite Invitational
• Posted a 3-2 record at the NYU Invitational
• Finished the season with a 5-2 record at the ACC Championships

AS A JUNIOR:

• Capped an excellent junior campaign with a third-place finish at the ACC Championships
• Went 11-3 during pool play to advance to direct elimination at conference championships; fell to Duke’s Lindsay Sapienza in the semifinal before defeating UNC’s Diana Philpot in the third-place bout
• Placed fifth at the Midwest Regional
• Went 35-18 during the year in dual bouts
• Posted a 6-2 mark during team play at ACCs as the Irish won their third straight conference championship
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Earned a monogram

AS A SOPHOMORE:

• Turned in a 40-14 record during the 2016 season
• Began the year with an 8-1 record at the DeCicco Duals  
• Went 14-7 at the Northwestern Duals  
• Wrapped the regular season with a 12-3 mark at the Duke Duals  
• Went 6-3 during the ACC Championship team competition to help the Irish capture their second straight women’s title
• Finished eighth overall in individual competition at ACCs  
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Earned a monogram

AS A FRESHMAN:

• One of five freshmen to compete for the Irish at NCAA Championships, helped women’s team win ACC team title and finished second in women’s sabre competition
• Earned second-highest season record on the women’s sabre team with 51-21 mark, behind classmate Francesca Russo
• Began the year 10-5 at Ohio State Elite Cup, followed by near-matching 8-6 and 8-4 records at St. John’s and NYU
• Finished Northwestern Duals with 14-5 mark, and went on to post 4-0 undefeated record at DeCicco Duals before logging a 7-1 record at ACC Championship in team competition
• At ACC Championship, finished second in women’s sabre competition, sporting a 12-3 record
• At NCAA Midwest Regional, finished third with 9-3 record
• At NCAA Championship, earned an 11-12 record, good for 13th place  
• Earned a monogram

PREP AND PERSONAL:

• Graduated from Bergen County Academies in June of 2014
• Competed in both volleyball and fencing at Bergen County, earning four varsity letters
• Outside of school, practiced with the Bergen Fencing Club
• Captained prep fencing team junior and season seasons  
• Ranked 23rd in the nation by U.S. News at one point in prep career  
• As a freshman, won the New Jersey state qualifier tournament
• In sophomore season, women’s fencing team ranked as high as No. 2 in the state of New Jersey
• Named New Jersey athlete of the week
• As a junior, won the New Jersey state qualifier tournament for second time in her career and won the Holy Angels Tournament in same season  
• Women’s sabre team ranked No. 2 in the state  
• Also placed fifth at Summer National Championships  
• As a senior did not compete due to injury
• Biggest athletic thrill to date remains winning the 2013 Junior Olympics
• Off the strip, was named to school’s honor roll all four years and served as an event director with the Polish American Sports Association
• Only child of Ted and Inga Kulmacz  
• Father Ted competed in fencing and weightlifting at the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland, while mother, Inga played volleyball at the University of Economics & Finance in Warsaw as well  
• Born in Bayonne, New Jersey but currently calls Upper Saddle River, New Jersey home
• Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business