vote on line for wheelchair fencer

[fencingcaddy]

Cat Bouwkamp, 13 year old wheelchair fencer, is one of 13 nominees for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) October Female Athlete of the Month poll on twitter. Cat lives in Fishers, Indiana and is an 8th grader. She won a Bronze medal last month in Warsaw , Poland at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup competition. There is an article on the World Cup at http://usfencing.org/news/article/28615.

Wheelchair fencing supporters can vote for Cat by going to http://twtpoll.com/lm64jn, but the poll closes on 11-8-2009. She is running neck and neck with a figure skater at the present. Thanks for your support.

[fencingcaddy]

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 for suporting Cat, voting, and getting votes. It was great fun.