Vote for Cathrine Bouwcamp! USOC Female Athlete of the Month

[trafl926]

Cat Bouwcamp went to her first Wheelchair World Cup in Poland and came not only with the bronze but the first US medal is wheelchair women's saber!

Now she is on a pool for the USOC's Female Athlete of the Month! She did have a commanding lead but has since been taken over by a figure skater!

So get out the vote! It closes on Sunday!

http://twtpoll.com/r/lm64jn

[prototoast]

Not that I wish to diminish Ms Bouwcamp or her accomplishment, it should be noted that Mariel Zagunis is also nominated.

[Craig]

Not that I wish to diminish Ms Bouwcamp or her accomplishment, it should be noted that Mariel Zagunis is also nominated.

True. Mariel, however, has 18 votes to Cat's 760+, so if we want a fencer to win this poll voting Cat over the top would be the way to go, unless we have about 1000 voters mobilized to vote for Mariel.

Or, everyone could set up multiple twitter accounts and vote away...

Craig

[oiuyt]

While we're stuffing the ballot box, Kurt Getz was nominated on the men's side.

-B

[fencingcaddy]

If you haven't voted, time is getting short. As of the time of this posting only 18 votes separate the closest nominee from Cat Bouwkamp. Support a wheelchair fencer by voting!

[fencingcaddy]

Okay folks, getting desparately close.. Cat Bouwkamp may get beat by a (breathee in, breath out ) figure skater. May God have mercy on our souls...

[SEM Fencer]

The figure skater is winning by 7 votes. We cannot let a girl in a flippy, sparkly costume take out a chair sabre fencer...VOTE!!!! Poll ends today!

[Capt. Slo-mo]

And at the wire, Cathrine pulls ahead by 49 votes for the win! The poll is now closed.

[fencingcaddy]

Thanks so much to everyone who voted in the Athlete of the Month poll on twitter. When the polls closed tonight Cat was the WINNER of the public poll for USOC Female Athlete of the month of October. The closest nominee trailed by 49 votes, with 1,095 votes for Cat and wheelchair fencing. Thank you all or suporting Cat, voting, and getting votes. It was great fun.

[fencingcaddy]

The online vote accounted for 10 percent of the final tally, with a voting panel of U.S. Olympic family members comprising the remainder. Today the USOC announced that Cat Bouwkamp officially tied for second place for USOC Female Athlete of the Month. First place went to Olympic gold medal gymnast Bridget Sloan, also from Indiana, who won at the 2009 World Championships in London . Cat tied with Taekwondo athlete Danielle Pelham who won the women's bantamweight title at the World Championships. Third in the voting was two-time Olympic gold medal sabre fencer Mariel Zagunis. The USOC article is at http://teamusa.org/news/article/28950.