Times are close of registration, E.S.T. (Same time as Chicago). Events are open only to Indiana Division members of USFA. (You may join at the venue.) This is a qualifying event for the Summer Nationals; there are no alternate qualifiers. Therefore, only those who intend to compete in the Summer National Championships (Austin, TX June 30 - July 8) should enter. You must meet USFA age requirements to fence at this tournament.

Automatic Qualifiers

A list of Automatic Qualifiers as of April 2 is given here. If you're on the list, you're already qualified!

*"C" & Under event: Open only to fencers rated "C" and below.

• Top finishers qualify for the Division II Summer Nationals.
  
• All veteran competitors qualify for Veteran events at Summer Nationals
  
• All competitors rated "D" and below will qualify for Division III Summer Nationals. (That's right, to qualify for the Division III event in July, all you need to do is compete !)
• According to the USFA website, all fencers who are "C" and under, and who qualify for the U19 Individual National Championships (e.g., either via automatic qualification or through sectionals) also qualify for Division II.
• Evidently you must fence in either the Divisional Qualifier or the Sectional Qualifier and be a "D" and under to qualify for Division III, or be an automatic qualifier to Division II and also be a "D" and under.

**Under 16: Open only to fencers who were born 1984 or later. Note that according to the USFA, if you were born after 1986 you will have to have Y14 points to qualify to fence in the U16 event at Nationals even if you were to have finished high enough to qualify in this tournament. Fencers on the Cadet point list automatically qualify.

• Top 30% qualify for Under 16 Summer Nationals.
  

**Youth-14: Open only to fencers who were born 1985 or later. Note that according to the USFA, if you were born after 1987 you will have to have Y12 points to qualify to fence in the Y14 event at Nationals even if you qualify based on this tournament. Fencers on the Y14 list automatically qualify.

• Top 30% qualify for Youth-14 Summer Nationals.
  

There are no qualifications necessary for the Youth12 and Youth10 categories this year.

The complete rules for qualifying to national tournaments are located here.

Close of registration for U-19 and open team events for Summer National Championships is the same time as for the "C" and under event.

DIRECTIONS:

Directions to the Indiana Fencing Academy in Mishawaka, IN are located here.