St. John's University Athletics
2012-13 Fencing Roster
Daryl Homer
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Saber
- Hometown:
- Bronx, N.Y.
- High School:
- Salesian
2011-12: Redshirted the season to train for the 2012 Olympics in London ... Placed sixth in the Oympics men's individual saber event, which was the highest finish by an American ... To reach the quarterfinals, he defeated the World's No. 2 ranked fencer Alexey Yakimenko of Team Russia ... Placed eighth in the Olympics men's team saber event ... Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 12 in the World after Olympic play ... Prior to qualifying for the Olympics, he won gold at the December North American Cup in Kansas City, Mo. ... Earned a gold medal with Team USA at the Pan American Championships ... won bronze as a team at the Moscow World Cup ... Placed eighth as a team at the Senior World Championships and finished 34th individually ... Made six top-20 individual finishes during the international season.
2010-11: Posted a 75-13 record on the year ... Repeated as national men's saber champion and earned First Team All-America honors by going 21-3 at the NCAA Championships ... Went 22-1 to win gold at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship ... Won 10 or more bouts in all of his competitions, the only member of the men's squad to do so ... Went 11-4 at the St. John's Invitational ... Won two gold medals at the Pan American Championships - one individually and one as team ... Finished 12th individually and 13th as a team at the Senior World Championships ... Won bronze as a team at the Junior World Championships and placed seventh individually ... Earned bronze at the North American Cup A ... Won silver at the Dormagen Junior World Cup for the second-straight year.
2009-10: Posted a 93-9 record on the year ... His 93 wins were a program best for the season ... Did not lose a bout until his third competition ... Won the NCAA Championship and earned First Team All-America Honors in men's saber at the NCAA Championships ... Claimed the NCAA Northeast Regional Title with a 22-1 record ... Finished 12-3 at the St. John's Invitational ... Won gold as a team at the Pan American Championships ... Earned the gold at the North American Cup F ... Won silver at the Dormagen Junior World Cup ... Earned bronze at the Junior World Championships and placed seventh individually ... Placed seventh as a team and 23rd individually at the Senior World Championships.
2008-09: Won the silver medal at the NCAA Championships, losing by a 15-14 score in the gold medal bout ... Earned 49 points at NCAA Northeast Regional by winning 17 of 21 bouts to finish first ... Finished seventh at NAC Juniors ... Went 11-1 at the St. John's Invitational ... Placed fourth as a team at the Junior World Championships and finished 28th individually ... Won bronze at the Montreal Junior World Cup ... Finished fifth at the Sosnowiec Junior World Cup.
Before St. John's: Fenced for the Peter Westbrook Foundation ... Won bronze in the 2007 Cadet World championships ... Placed 20th at the Montreal Junior World Cup ... Made a 27th place finish at the Dormagen World Cup ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Silver Eagle Award winner.
Post St. John's: Homer made his second-straight Summer Games, competitng for Team USA at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Bronx, N.Y., native took home the silver medal in the men's individual saber to become the first Johnny to win an Olympic medal since Keeth Smart in 2008. Homer became just the fourth American ever to earn an Olympic medal in individual saber and the first since 1984.
Personal: Currently a member of the Manhattan Fencing Center ... Born in the Virgin Islands ... Son of Juliette Smith and Daryl Homer ... Sister, D'Meca, is a foil fencer for Columbia ... Majoring in marketing ... Role model is Keeth Smart, a three-time Olympian and former St. John's fencer.