The 28th annual National Girls & Women In Sports Day will take place on February 5, 2014.
National Girls & Women In Sports Day (NGWSD) is a special day for girls and women to celebrate their participation in sports and athletics. When Title IX was enacted in 1971, 1 in 27 girls in high school participated in athletics. One in three girls participate in athletics in high school now! With the addition of women's boxing, the 2012 London Olympics became the first ever to have women competing in all same sports as men for 302 total medal events; the US sent more female than male athletes to the London Olympics. There has been an explosion in the number of athletic opportunities open to women and girls of all ages and levels of ability.
"Passing the Torch, Blazing the Trail!" is the theme for the 2014 National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). NGWSD presents a prime opportunity to communicate to others what Title IX has accomplished and how many girls and women it truly helps.
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