Corey Kilgallon fences against older competition at Show-Me State Games

Saturday, July 26, 2014 | 5:47 p.m. CDT

COLUMBIA Although she is just 17, Corey Kilgallon isn't afraid to go up against the big guys.

Kilgallon, who is from Millstadt, Illinois, fenced in the Sabre Division at the Show-Me State Games on Saturday. As a rising high school senior, she was one of the youngest competitors in the division and was also the only female to compete.

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Kilgallon said it was fun to fence and win against older people, especially those of the opposite gender.

"I think it's really funny because when I was a freshman I competed in this tournament with all these college guys," Kilgallon said. "I was only three weeks in to fencing, and I was beating these college guys, and they were cussing and stuff because a little Girl Scout beat them."

Kilgallon won third place in the overall competition Saturday and first place in the women's division.

She said that most smaller tournaments that she fences in have a mix of ages and genders. It's the bigger, national tournaments such as the Junior Olympics, which Kilgallon fenced in that sort competitors by their age and gender.

"I'm actually used to it because I'm rarely with people of my own age. It's usually older people," Kilgallon said.

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Corey Kilgallon fences against older competition at Show-Me State Games