Schedule for Nationals

Thursday

9:00-9:30pm - Meet at the Lerner Health and Wellness Center (Helwell) with all your personal belongings to help load the vans full of team gear. Try and keep all personal belongings in a Backpack sized bag or Smaller. I will be passing out T-shirts. If you haven't paid please bring you 16 dollars.

10:00pm - Depart Helwell

10:00pm to 10:00 am - Drive. We will have marked rest stops. Drivers do not need to stop at all of them, but should stop at least every four hours or so. No driver is to drive more than 5 hours without a break and no more than 6 hours in a row.
One other non driver must be awake at all times. Take turns.

Friday

10:00am - Arrive in Chicago. We will all park our cars in the same parking garage at the UofC campus. Everyone will be free to go in groups of three or more people around the city. If you are meeting friends or family I need to know and I need their phone number.

5:00pm - Arrive back at the UofC for check. Set up strips, confirm Lunch orders.

5:30pm - Leave for the hotel.

6:00pm - Arrive at hotel. Check in, settle, and then gather for group dinner (Pizza!)

10:00pm - Everyone is back in their rooms.

10:30pm - Lights out

Saturday

5:00am - WAKE UP

5:30am - Pack up and head to UofC

6:30-7:20am - Men's Check in

8:30am - Men's Pools Begin

9:30-10:30 - Women's Check in

1:00pm - Women's Pools begin

8:00pm - Done for Day (we hope). Get dinner (local diner?)

9:30pm - Back to Hotel

10:30pm - Bed time

Sunday (if competing)

6:00am - Wake up

6:30am - Packed and to venue

7:15am - USACFC Meeting/ Check in

8:30am - Men's Bracket

1:30pm - Women's Bracket

TBA - Leave when all fencer's have finished competing.

Drive Home

If we have no one competing Sunday we will relax Sat night at the hotel and leave around 10am Sunday for home.