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2012 - Worcester's Year of Sports
Worcester certainly has its fair share of NCAA Division I, II and III teams*. Combine that with the Worcester Tornadoes and Worcester Sharks and it looks like an impressive sports town. Add the new Worcester Hydra FC who has joined the United Soccer League's PDL for the 2012 season and the Worcester County Wildcats, a minor league football team, and the local sports scene looks even stronger. Yet 2012 is shaping up to be even more impressive, given the number of large sporting events scheduled this year.
It kicked off February 4_5 with the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, participating in the Fed Cup at the DCU Center and just keeps rolling along. Here’s a list worth noting:
- Fed Cup: USA vs. the Republic of Belarus (February 4-5)
- US Synchronized Skating National Championship (February 29 – March 3)
- Special Olympics Winter Games (March 10-11)
- 2nd Annual Guinness Celtic 5K (March 11)
- NCAA Hockey Division I Men’s Hockey Regional Championship (March 24-25)
- Tour de Worcester: Race 1 - Jay Lyons Memorial Road Race (April 29)
- New England Rowing Championships (May 5)
- ECAC National Invitation Rowing Championships (May 11)
- EARC Sprints (May 13)
- New Balance Reach the Beach Relay: Wachusett to Westport (May 18-19
- US Rowing Northeast Junior District Championship (May 19-20)
- USRA Marathon and Half Marathon (June 3)
- Tour de Worcester: Race 2 - Firefighters Memorial 6K (June 10)
- Longsjo Classic bicycle race – third stage of the four-stage event (June 30)
- George Street Bike Challenge (July 22)
- Little League Senior Girls’ Softball Eastern Regional (July 28-August 2)
- US Rowing Masters National Championships (August 7-12)
- Tour de Worcester: Race 3 - Canal Diggers 5K (September 8)
*NCAA Division I, II and III
- Anna Maria AMCATS – Division III
- Assumption Greyhounds – Division II
- Becker Hawks – Division III
- Clark Cougars – Division III
- Holy Cross Crusaders – Division I
- Nichols Bisons – Division III
- Quinsigamond Wyverns - (NJCAA) Division III
- WPI Engineers – Division III
- Worcester State Lancers – Division III