Now that RFC has finished with its second large event of the fencing year, the Brick ROC (with many thanks to co-host RIT Fencing Club!), the next question on many people’s minds is “Do I qualify to go to Summer Nationals?”
Summer Nationals this year are being held in Salt Lake City from July 1 to July 10, 2017. Every age and skill category from Y10 to Vet and Div I to Div III is contested there. It’s a huge event — the world’s largest fencing tournament! It can be a fun family experience to combine it with a rocky mountain summer vacation.
There’s a new USA Fencing membership site, so the process for checking on your regional qualification points has changed. In this article, I’ll go through the regional point-based qualification paths for all youth categories based on RYC and RJCC results, and the DIV IA, DIV II, and DIV III qualification paths based on ROC results. At the bottom of this article is a guide to checking on regional points on the new USA Fencing site.
For each event category below, there is an age requirement, potentially a fencer letter rating requirement, and one or more qualification paths based on regional points earned at RYCs, RJCCs, or ROCs:
- Y10 (Born in 2006-2009):
- Fenced in a Y10 event in any RYC -OR-
- Fenced in the Ben Gutenberg SYC (or any other SYC)
- Y12 (Born in 2004-2007):
- In the top 65% of the Y12 regional points list (based on RYC results) -OR-
- Have at least 70 Y12 Region regional points
- Y14 (Born in 2002-2005):
- In the top 30% of the Y14 regional points list (based on RYC results) -OR-
- Have at least 175 Y14 regional points you are in
- Cadet (Born in 2001-2004):
- In the top 50% of the Cadet regional points list (based on RJCC results) -OR-
- Have at least 65 regional points in either Cadet or Junior
- Junior (Born in 1998-2004):
- In the top 50% of the Junior regional points list (based on RJCC results) -OR-
- Have at least 65 regional Junior points
- DIV III (Born 2003 or earlier and a D, E, or U rated fencer):
- Have any DIV II or DIV 1A ROC points (by finishing in the top 40% at a ROC)
- DIV II (Born 2003 or earlier and a C, D, E, or U rated fencer):
- Have any DIV II or DIV 1A ROC points (by finishing in the top 40% at a ROC)
- DIV 1A (Born 2003 or earlier, any rating):
- Have any DIV 1A ROC points (by finishing in the top 40% in a DIV 1A event at a ROC)
