Allen Marakov

Position:
Epee
Height:
6-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Basking Ridge, N.J.

Honors: All-American (2024) ... NCAA Championship Qualifier (2023, 2024) ... NCAA Regional Qualifier (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) ... ACC Bronze Medal (2025) ... USFCA All-Region (2022, 2023, 2024) ... ACC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2024) ... USFCA All-Academic Team (2024) ... CSC Academic All-District (2024) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024, 2025) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)

Career: One of Duke's most decorated fencers with an All-America accolade (2024), a pair of NCAA Championship appearances (2023, 2024), the ACC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award (2024) and three All-ACC Academic Team nods (2023, 2024, 2025) ... Fenced to a career 126-74 record ... Turned in an outstanding 2024 campaign by tying for third place at the NCAA Fencing Championship to receive All-America honors ... His bronze finish was the best of a Duke men’s epee player since 2014 ... Added ACC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades in 2024 ... Qualified for regionals each year of career, placing 11th, second, fifth and 17th ... Claimed 13th, fifth, seventh and third in four ACC Championship appearances ... During 2025 bronze finish, dropped a semifinal bout to eventual champion Eli Lippman, but bounced back to defeat North Carolina's Aiden Click 15-14 to take third.

2025: Experienced action in all six regular-season events and went 33-19 ... Turned a year-high 15 victories at the Philly Invitational ... Earned highest career individual placement at the ACC Championship by claiming bronze ... Dropped a semifinal bout to eventual champion Eli Lippman, but bounced back to defeat North Carolina's Aiden Click 15-14 to take bronze ... Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and finished 17th ... Earned a place on the All-ACC Academic Team.

2024: Tied for third place overall at the NCAA Fencing Championship to earn All-America honors … His bronze finish was the best of a Duke men’s epee player since 2014 … Named ACC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Earned CSC Academic All-District honors … Placed seventh during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Earned a fifth-place finish at regionals to earn USFCA First Team All-Region honors … Played to a 34-27 regular-season ledger … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team, the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Qualified for the NCAA Championships and placed 15th overall … Placed second at the NCAA Regional and fifth at the ACC Championship … Earned first team All-Region honors … Led the men’s epee squad with a 33-14 regular-season record … Went 12-4 at the Eric Sollee Invitational … Helped spearhead the men’s epee team to a 15-9 regular-season record … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Finished his freshman campaign 26-14 overall … Garnered 13th during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Finished year 11th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Named to the United States Fencing Coaches Association All-Region Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: Attended Ridge High School … Member of the Medeo Fencing Club under Yakov Danilenko … Named a 2020 USA Fencing All-American and Academic first team selection … Earned third place at the 2018 Summer Nationals in cadet and in the Division 1A men’s epee … Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Kristina and Jeffrey Marakov … Has one brother, Alexander.