Class of 1989
Three -Time Olympic Foil Fencer
First US Woman to be Ranked Among the Top 16 in the World
1992 Barcelona Olympics: 9th Place, Women’s Foil, Team
1996 Atlanta Olympics: 7th Place, Women’s Foil, Individual; 10th Place, Women’s Foil, Team
2000 Sydney Olympics: 4th Place, Women’s Foil, Team; 16th Place, Women’s Foil, Individual
2016 Rio Olympics: Captain of the US Fencing Team
(the leader of the team in charge of coordinating the 10-12 coaches who coach the team and individuals; serving as liaison between the team, the tournament organizing committee, and the referees, which includes filing protests’ and mentoring the athletes)
Ann began fencing in 8th grade at Roeper. She had started playing team sports at Roeper the year before and had played basketball, soccer, and volleyball, but then decided to opt for fencing instead of volleyball in 8th grade. Her first coach was Jon Zelkowski, who had been hired by legendary dance teacher Norma Carter to continue the fencing program that she had originally started. Jon taught at Roeper for six years, putting together an impressive team for such a small school. Jon also helped Ann start fencing at the local fencing club and attend Michigan Division tournaments.
Ann qualified for her first under-20 and under-17 world teams while still at Roeper, and won the under-17 national championships her junior year.
Over the next years, while she completed college (Columbia University) and medical school, Ann competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics. Ann trained full-time and traveled the World Cup circuit from January 1993 until the 1996 Olympic games. She made 10 World Cup finals and has won three bronze medals. Ann was the first US women's fencer to be ranked in the top 16 in the world, and was ranked there for five years.
Following the 1996 Olympics, where she finished a strong 7th, which was the highest a US women’s fencer had finished in 46 years, Ann started medical school at the University of Rochester. She fenced occasionally during her early years at medical school, but found that she missed the traveling and competitions. After returning to training her third and fourth years, Ann qualified for the 2000 Olympics in Australia. The US team missed the bronze medal by one point to Germany -- at the time, the best finish ever for a US team in her event. The following year, in 2001 at the World Championships, the team won the bronze medal in the team event, defeating the German team who had narrowly bested them the year before.
Most recently, Ann served as Captain for the US Fencing Team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Ann now lives in Michigan and is a physician specializing in emergency medicine. She and her husband, Anatolie Senic (who fenced for the USSR) currently have two children at Roeper, Adeline and Lucas, as well as a son, Dmitry, who graduated from Roeper in 2014. Daughter Adeline is also a fencer, and is currently (2018) ranked in the top 30 in the country in her age group.