Des Moines’ selection, with Iowa State as the host school, is one of two sites for the wrestling championships for 2013 and 2014. Oklahoma City was chosen for the 2014 championships.
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The Nebraska wrestling team has announced the return and addition of one of the most decorated student-athletes in program history, as Bryan Snyder has been named an assistant coach for the Huskers.The only four-time All-American and four-time conference champion in school history, Snyder comes back to the Husker wrestling program in its 100th anniversary season (2010-11). The Easton, Pa., native spent last year as the head assistant coach at Arizona State and helped guide five Sun Devils to the 2010 NCAA Championships in Omaha. Snyder began his coaching experience as an assistant at Harvard in 2002-03, while returning to the Husker wrestling program as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons (2003-04 and 2004-05), as NU went 38-5-1 in duals and finished fifth at the 2004 NCAA Championships.
Andrew Long has been dismissed from the Iowa State wrestling team for multiple violations of team rules, Cyclone coach Kevin Jackson announced Wednesday.
“I have met with Andrew and informed him of our decision that he is no longer part of the Iowa State wrestling program,” Jackson said in a statement. “We have had previous discussions [ Read More ]
Jared Frayer’s last-gasp attempt to wrestle a spot on the U.S. freestyle team away from Brent Metcalf is apparently dead.
The former Iowa strength and conditioning coach said Tuesday that he won’t take his challenge to a higher level after losing an appeal with USA Wrestling.
“It’s pretty much over and done with,” Frayer said. “It was more of something I had to do. It wasn’t some-thing I really expected to win, I guess, but it was just to set the precedent that it’s (expletive) the way matches are being decided – mine or anybody’s. It’s just ridiculous the way things are being handled by Fila or whoever it may be.”
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith has been named 2009 Freestyle Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling. This is the third time that Smith has received this prestigious award, also winning the award in 1998 and 2000.
I’ve been sketching rough drafts out of all weights so far and have a good idea about some maybe not quite as good an idea about others.
Obviously given that we’re still months out from the season starting these are going to be very touch and go in terms of weight changes and redshirts but they’re still fun to do.
So you might have noticed that we haven’t posted in a while. And that we’ve changed things up a bit. After a few years of the same look, we thought it was a time for a change up. And we’re pretty stoked about it. It’s got a place up on the top and bottom of all the posts and on the right of every place where you can get some more gear.
Brent Metcalf (Davison, Mich./New York AC) won a first-period clinch from defense, then opened up his offense in the second period to score a technical fall over Bubba Jenkins (Virginia Beach, Va./Sunkist Kids) in the Main Event of the seven-match card of wrestling bouts during the 2010 Beat the Streets Gala on Thursday, May 13.
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FRANKLIN, Mass. – In the wake of the recent premier of the movie Iron Man 2, a different kind of Ironman will be back in Massachusetts.
Unlike the super hero blockbuster, which stars Robert Downey, Jr. and boasts a soundtrack full of AC/DC tracks, wrestling will be the focus at Wadsworth Wrestling Club in Franklin at [ Read More ]
The Jeopardy question for Amatuer Wrestling for $300 might read something like “Who was the only person to beat Dan Gable, doing so in the 1970 NCAA Div I Championships? Who is Larry Owings? Whatever happened to the man that beat Gable? I’ve talked with a lot of people and we all know that someone [ Read More ]