UCI athletics offers clinics on ‘women in sports’ day

UC Irvine Athletics will hold a free health and fitness expo for girls in celebration of the national “Girls and Women in Sports Day.”

The event will feature instructional clinics in soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, golf, cheer and track taught by UCI student-athletes. The day also includes a health expo with vendors from the Orange County community promoting health and wellness.

After the clinics and expo, registrants will be treated to free admission as the UCI women’s basketball team takes on Cal State Northridge in the Bren Events Center. The clinics will run from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and the basketball game starts at 4.

Registration for the event is free and open to girls ages 8 through 12. Space for the event is limited to the first 200 registrants.

Online registration can be completed at the UCI Athletics Camps Website: www.athletics.uci.edu/ccp.

All clinic and expo activities will take place at the Crawford Hall Athletics Complex. For information, please contact Edie Gobel at (949) 824-7587.

— From staff reports