IL. Division Junior Olympic Qualifier

**Regular Fee Registration is now closed**

Fencers may walk-in to register day of event with a $10 late fee applied per event.

Junior Olympic Qualifiers for

Cadet (U17) Born 2007-2010

Junior (U20) Born 2004-2010

MS,MF, ME, WS, WF, & WE.

Junior Olympic Information can be found here: https://www.usafencing.org/juniorolympics2024

Entry fee $30 typer event.

Late fee at door of $10.

Please have proof of membership ready.

We are only able to use information found in the USA Fencing member database. Found here: https://member.usafencing.org/search/members Any issues regarding the status of your membership (including Division Affiliation, Rating, Birth Years, etc) please contact members services at USA Fencing ASAP. They can be contacted at: information@usafencing.org

The Venue is Patten Gymnasium at 2407 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL. On the corner of Lincoln and Sheridan. There is limited parking in Parking lot 109, abundant parking in the Parking Garage connected to the Ryan Fieldhouse, and plenty of street parking. The entrance will be the side service door via parking lot 109.

For any issues, please contact Dennis at DWKolakowski@Gmail.com

Events Scheduled:

Cadet (U17) Women's Epee 11am

Cadet (U17) Women's Foil 2:30pm

Cadet (U17) Women's Saber 2pm

Cadet (U17) Men's Epee 2:30pm

Cadet (U17) Men's Foil 12:30pm

Cadet (U17) Men's Saber 11am

Junior (U20) Women's Epee 9am

Junior (U20) Women's Foil 12:30pm

Junior (U20) Women's Saber 12:30pm

Junior (U20) Men's Epee 11am

Junior (U20) Men's Foil 9am

Junior (U20) Men's Saber 9am

Preregistration opens on 9/28/2022

Preregistration closes on 12/10/2022

Events where only one fencer have registered, the fencer must pay the related fee and be physically present at the close of registration for that event.

A Valid USA Fencing Membership (Either Competitive or Access) is needed to compete. You can join or renew your membership here: https://member.usafencing.org

All payments will be made at check-in day of the competition. Payments can be in Cash, Check, or Credit Card (no Amex) Walk-in Registrations will be assessed a $10 late fee per event.

Events will close registration at the listed check-in times, no registrations will be allowed after the close of registration for any reason. Please arrive early enough to check-in, warm-up and be ready to start by the close of registration deadline.

Relevant Information from the Athletes Packet:

"2.6.3 Determination of Divisional Qualifiers

Division qualifiers are determined by the qualifying information for various event types. For more information, see Table 2.6.3.1"

"1.2 DIVISION AFFILIATION

A member can declare a division affiliation based on their residence, location of the school that member is attending or location of the primary club that the member will represent in USA Fencing competitions. Each fencing season, a member must declare the division affiliation for that membership year. That division is the one from which the fencer must qualify to the USA Fencing National

Championships. The member may request a change in division if they move to a new geographic location (permanent residence or school) or select a primary club which is located in a different division, and notifies the National Office in writing of the new address and division change request."

"2.6 GENERAL QUALIFYING INFORMATION

2.6.1 Division Qualifiers

Division qualifiers are competitions in which a specified number of fencers, based on their results, qualify to the USA Fencing National Championships and the Junior Olympic Championships.

Division qualifiers are restricted to members of the division for the following events: Y14, Div II and Div III (USA Fencing National Championships) and Cadet and Junior (JOs). Veteran fencers can qualify for USA Fencing National Championships via Di- vision II or Division III division qualifiers. Division qualifying tournaments cannot be mixed gender competitions. Fencers who have earned national points are the only athletes who will be skipped over in the results to determine qualifying athletes. Athletes who have already qualified via a regional path will not be skipped over.

Fencers must be U.S. citizens or Permanent Res- idents. Athletes that have represented another country in the last three years at FIE-level compe- titions (Veteran/Senior/Junior and those athletes that represented another country in the Cadet World Championships) are not eligible to compete in a National Championship, unless the athlete has been officially approved by the FIE to represent the USA. A foreign fencer who is in the United States on a visa is NOT eligible to fence in any National Championships, individual or team, or associated division qualifying competitions."

Full Athlete Packet can be found here: https://www.usafencing.org/athlete-handbook

As this is a qualifying event, we cannot estimate the number of fencers that will register at the door. In the event of larger than anticipated numbers we thank you in advance for your patience.