Columbia HS fencer Jack Woods defends state boys foil championship

CHS fencer Jack Woods, third from left, captured the boys foil championship at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association individual championships at Livingston HS on March 1. Joing Woods, from left, are CHS coaches Daryl White, Frank Mustilli and Tiffani Ginlock.

LIVINGSTON, NJ — For the second year in a row, Columbia High School fencer Jack Woods captured the boys foil championship at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association individual championships at Livingston HS on March 1. Woods, a senior, is the first to win the NJSIAA individual championship two years in a row since Brian Kaneshige won the title when representing CHS in 2009 and 2010.

CHS teammate Nicholas Goguen-Compagnoni finished in fifth place in boys foil.