Next competition

The fun never stops! Just wanted to let everyone know that I have another competition coming up very soon in Valencia, Venezuela, the Pan-American Zonal tournament. There will be two individual competitions and one team event with the first event on the 25th. I am not sure why they are having two individual events especially since the first individual event doesn't count for much. The second individual event and the team event count for overall world ranking points.

The competitors will obviously be from the Pan-American zone. Some of the harder competition will come from the Venezuelan team, Argentina, and Cuba (if they send a team). Right now the United States women's foil team is head to head with the Venezuelan team in qualifying for the Olympic Games although, we are still far off from the qualification competitions. The Venezuelans have had a few successful tournaments and managed to push themselves into the lead in the world cup team point standings. It's important that the USA team beats them on their turf as a way to show them that we are going to take our position as the top team in the region.

I am leaving for Valencia next Sunday and I'll be there for a week. Hopefully I will be better about blogging this time around. Remember that this whole experience of blogging about my competitions is brand new for me. I know, I know, more pictures. I'm working on it.