Though Marchant had already graduated from college, she took the opportunity to partake in the fencing club. After only three weeks, her parents’ accountant, Edgar Sanchez, a former adjunct professor at Quinnipiac suggested she should take up swimming instead, but Marchant was hooked.

Ever since then, Marchant stuck with it, competing with the épée, a dueling sword, in the Veteran 50-50 épée class currently.

“I went from being like he told me I should take up a different sport to being state champion, regional champion, national champion, North American Cup champion, world champion,” said Marchant.

When Marchant is not competing, she is training other fencers and Quinnipiac students.

Currently running on Tuesdays from 10 to 11:15 a.m., Marchant teaches FLW-127, “Beginning Fencing” to students who are interested in learning more about the sport and how to fence. Marchant also owns her fencing school, Rogue Fencing Academy in Woodbridge, where she helps fencers learn and grow within the sport.

Coming back to Quinnipiac to teach has been a full-circle moment for Marchant.

When she heard there was an open position for a fencing instructor, Marchant knew she wanted to give back to where she first learned to fence.

“When I heard that the job was open, I was like, this is where I learned. I want to come back and give back,” said Marchant.

This year amid teaching, Marchant traveled to Dubai for the World Championships and Dublin for the World Cup to compete and represent Team USA. In her training, Marchant keeps up a disciplined physical routine while also preparing and training for the mental aspect that comes with the sport.

While Marchant is training physically and mentally, she finds that fencing has benefitted her mental health and that everyone should do a sport for their mental health too.

Continuing to share her love for the sport at Quinnipiac, Marchant encourages those interested in fencing to get out there and try the sport and take risks.

“Yeah take risks. Because it's not until you start taking risks that your game starts elevating. Because what's the worst that's gonna happen? Oh, you're gonna get hit. Big deal. We have all the safety equipment. You're fine, but until you start taking the risks, you won't start succeeding,” said Marchant.