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2018-19 Men's Fencing Roster

Solomon Polansky

  • Position Foil
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Minnetonka, MN
  • Highschool The Blake School

Biography

Statistically Speaking
- Ranks 11th in school history in career Foil wins (213); ranks 30th overall in career wins (213)
 
2018-19
- Named Second Team Google Cloud Academic All-America and First Team All-District
- Placed 18th with a 9-1 record at Temple Open
- Tied for 42nd with two wins at Penn State Garret Open
- Won seven of nine bouts at Haverford Invitational
- Earned 10 wins at Duke Invitational
- Went 8-4 at Drew Invitational
- Went unbeaten (14-0) at NJIT Invitational
- Won six bouts at Temple Invitational
- Tied for third and earned his 200th career win at MACFA Championships with a 14-3 record
- Placed 23rd with three wins at NCAA Regional
 
2017-18 
- Went 56-41 on the season; led Foil squad in wins
- Placed 13th with nine wins at Temple Open
- Finished 25th and won three bouts at Penn State Garret Open
- Won three bouts at Philadelphia Invitational
- Went 6-1, and earned 100th career win, at home MACFA Round Robin
- Won all three bouts versus Vassar
- Grabbed eight wins at NJIT Invitational
- Picked up four wins at Temple Invitational
- Finished in a tie for third with 15 wins at MACFA Championships
- Placed 19th with four four wins at NCAA Regional
 
2016-17 
- Went 62-43 and ranked second on Foil squad in wins  
- Tied for 14th (8-3) at Temple Open  
- Won two bouts at Elite Invitational  
- Won one bouts at Columbia Invitational  
- Went 5-4 at Haverford Invitational  
- Led Foil squad with 12 wins (12-3) at Philadelphia Invitational  
- Won four bouts at Duke Invitational  
- Went 9-2 at Drew Invitational  
- Won seven of nine bouts at NJIT Invitational  
- Placed ninth at MACFA Championship with 9-3 record  
- Finished in 23rd at NCAA Regional
 
2015-16 
- Finished with a 20-14 record  
- Tied for 17th place (9-1) out of 77 at Temple Open  
- Placed 42nd (1-4) at Garret Open  
- Won all five bouts at JHU Invitational  
- Went 5-1 at Philadelphia Invitational
 
Personal 
- Solomon Polansky  
- Son of Robert and Jane Polansky  
- Mother played tennis at the University of Chicago  
- Aunt, Clare Look-Jaeger, ran track and field at Marquette  
- Placed eighth at state championship, earned honorable mention all-state and helped team to state team title as a freshman  
- Finished second in foil at states, led team to state foil title and runner-up finish for overall team title as a sophomore  
- Three-time first team all-state and two-time state foil champion  
- Two-time captain and three-time team MVP  
- Led team to runner-up finishes for the foil and overall team titles at states as a senior  
- Fenced four years with the Twin Cities Fencing Club  
- Won 2015 March NAC Division III Bronze medal  
- National AP Scholar and member of Cum Laude Society
- Team captain for Relay for Life
- Dean’s List student majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in financial economics

 
Season W-L
2015-16 20-14
2016-17 62-43
2017-18 56-41
2018-19 75-39
Career 213-137

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    6'" 0 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    6'" 0 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    6'0" 0 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    Foil
    6'1" 170 lbs