Daniel Naftalovich of Tenafly…..competing in the U.S Memory Championship in NY

Daniel Naftalovich of Tenafly Preparing for The US Memory Championship

By Amy Kuperinsky/The Star Ledger

Daniel Naftalovich of Tenafly… is a mental athlete. At the showdown, he’ll attempt to memorize 52 playing cards, in a random order, in five minutes

The 22-year-old Rutgers University senior has competed in memory games five times; in 2008, he placed second. An alumnus of the Bergen County Academies, a magnet high school in Hackensack, he’s one of many students who have taken a class on memory there

This year, 10 mental athletes from New Jersey will compete at the championships. Eight took the class at Bergen.. Read the full story on www.nj.com