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Health & Fitness

Westchester-Rockland Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers Nov 17th

The Westchester-Rockland Division has set their Junior Olympic Qualifiers for Nov 17th at the Fencing Academy of Westchester in Hawthorne, NY. The Junior Olympics will be held in Portland Oregon in February and feature the top fencers in the entire country. 

To qualify for Junior Olympics an athlete needs to either be on the National Rolling points for Cadet (U16) or Junior (U19) or to qualify through their geographic division. Qualifying through the division is limited to 25% of the total number of entrants with a minimum of 3 qualifier spots per event.

Last year at the Junior Olympics in Baltimore, Maryland the West-Rock Division had 61 individual Entries including 2 National Medalists. 

If you are a fencer looking to sign up or are a interested party who want to see some of the best fencers the area has to offer here is the link hosting the event with more information and sign up: http://askfred.net/Events/whoIsComing.php?tournament_id=24274 Deadline to register is Nov 9th.

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