Minnesota Division Summer National Qualifiers

Update 4/2/2024: Registration for this event is closed. No late registrations are accepted.

Thank you for your patience with event times. Updated times have been posted in askFred.

Close of Check-in Times for Fenced Events

C&Under: Div2/Div3 Men's Foil- 9AM

C&Under: Div2/Div3 Women's Foil - 10AM

C&Under: Div2/Div3 Men's Saber 11AM

C&Under: Div2/Div3 Men's Epee NOON

y14 Women's Foil-1PM

C&Under: Div2/Div3 Women's Epee- 2PM

y14 Men's Foil- 2PM

Not fenced- there were events with less than 4 people that registered.

Y14 -Men's Saber (no registrations)

Y14- Women's Saber (no registrations)

Y14- Men's Epee (two registrations- event will not be fenced and both fencers will qualify for Summer Nationals)

Y14-Women's Epee(two registrations- event will not be fenced and both fencers will qualify for Summer Nationals)

C&Under: Div2/Div3 Women's Saber -event will not be fenced due to a withdrawl 4/6/20024. All three remaining fencers will qualify for Summer Nationals

Please check that your membership is current before the event!

Having trouble signing up? Make sure that you are a current USA Fencing Member:https://member.usafencing.org/search/members?page=4 and that your division is set to Minnesota in your USA Fencing profile. Bout Committee cannot fix errors in your USA Fencing profile or your AskFred accounts for you. You will need to contact USA fencing or AskFred for help well before the event registration deadline..

You must have at least the Access Membership ($29) to compete in qualifiers and if you want to go to Summer Nationals you will need to upgrade to Competitive membership.

Qualifying tournament for Summer Nationals in Columbus, Ohio for members of the Minnesota Division, for the events both Men's and Women's events in the Y14 (birth year 2009-2012) and Division 2/3 (C & under, b. birth year 2010 or earlier) categories.. Full USA Fencing gear including second working weapon required. Talk to your coach before attending to make sure you are prepared (you understand qualification and have appropriate gear). Not sure what age group you can fence in? Check https://www.usafencing.org/age-classification-eligibility.

For more info on summer nationals -if you compete regionally or nationally check to see if you already qualified!

https://www.usafencing.org/summernationals2024

Fencers MUST BE PREREGISTERED BY Sunday 3/31/2024 to compete in Division Qualifiers - we will not accept late entries at the door or by email after registration closes. This enables us to hire the appropriate amount of staff to handle the event. The schedule posted is tentative and the final schedule will be emailed to participants based on registration, referee availability and number of strips after the close of registration. Please plan to reserve the day for the event. We will attempt to start all events as close to the close of check-in as possible.

The top 3 or top 25% (whichever is greater) fencers in each event qualify for Summer Nationals in those events.

Entry fee:

$30 for one event, +$10 for each additional event CASH or CHECK ONLY.

Venue:

Updated 3/6/2024: Youth Enrichment League Hopkins will host

Events Scheduled:

Only events with 4 or more fencers at close of registration will be contested. Registrants will be emailed so they will know if they need to fence or qualify based on low registration. If you qualify for Div 2 and you are eligible to fence Div 3, you also automatically qualify for that. There is not a separate Div3 event.

Referees:

Let us know if you are interested in refereeing. All referees must be "Good to Go" in the referee data base (current membership, background check, and Safe sport).

Safe Sport:

This is a sanctioned USA Fencing event. Fence Safe, Safe Sport, and Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention policies will be followed. Learn more at: https://www.usafencing.org/fencesafe