Teaneck Fencer Overcame Injury to Reach 2012 Olympics
Teaneck High School graduate makes it to London games.
Maya Lawrence, on right, will represent the United States at the 2012 Olympics
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Maya Lawrence, a Teaneck High School graduate, refused to let painful injury stop her as she advanced her fencing career to reach the 2012 Olympics.
The epee fencer tore her right ACL in 2009, a year after injuring the left, The Record reported. Still, the 32-year-old Lawrence is part of the first US women’s epee team to win a medal at a World Cup.
Lawrence was a member of U.S. World Championship and National Teams in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011.
Lawrence, a Princeton graduate who has a master’s degree from Columbia, has also been forced to put her career on hold for practices, Forbes.com reported.
The Teaneck native first started fencing in her sophomore year at Teaneck High School.
Tee Smyth
11:59 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Good luck, Maya!
Paul Ostrow
4:47 pm on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Let's go Maya! (We won't say "break a leg")
USA-USA-USA
Bob Bryant, Jr.
4:50 pm on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Way to go, Maya. I know your father, Reggie, is very proud of you.
Tamika
8:16 pm on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Good Luck Maya I have spreading word so people will route for our hometown girl!
Diane Schwarz
11:45 am on Friday, July 27, 2012
Yay Maya! Teaneck is rooting for you!
What a model YOU are, as a Teaneck HS Graduate! Princeton & Columbia graduate also! Yay for Teaneck schools!
JamesTS
7:42 pm on Friday, July 27, 2012
Great news for Teaneck. We should all be very proud to have Maya. Impressed by academy and athletics succeses!
Syble C.
12:12 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
What a great thing for Maya and Teaneck! Although she only made it to round 2, she is a tremendous inspiration fo not only Teaneckians, but the USA. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!! You go, girl!