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  • U.S. University Nationals: Freestyle Preview

    May 22, 2013 16:40

    U.S. University Nationals: Freestyle Preview

    By Jason Bryant Editor, Amateur Wrestling News Leave it to the United States so move quickly when it comes to enacting positive new rule changes for the international styles of wrestling. On Tuesday, USA Wrestling moved to approve FILA’s rule changes for all its regional and national events, including this [...]

     
  • U.S. University Nationals: Greco-Roman Preview

    May 22, 2013 14:05

    U.S. University Nationals: Greco-Roman Preview

    By Jason Bryant Editor, Amateur Wrestling News Leave it to the United States to move quickly when it comes to enacting positive new rule changes for the international styles of wrestling. On Tuesday, USA Wrestling moved to approve FILA’s rule changes for all its regional and national events, including this [...]

     
  • USA Wrestling adopts new rules for regional, national championships

    May 22, 2013 12:20

    USA Wrestling adopts new rules for regional, national championships

    By USA Wrestling On Tuesday, USA Wrestling’s Junior Olympic Wrestling Committee approved the following motion: Effective immediately, all national tournaments shall implement the newly approved rules of wrestling. The rules under which regional championships will be competed shall be determined by the respective regions. The first of the USA Wrestling [...]

     
  • Cornell’s Kyle Dake wins SI’s male College Athlete of the Year award

    May 22, 2013 8:55

    Cornell’s Kyle Dake wins SI’s male College Athlete of the Year award

    The longest writing project of Kyle Dake’s Cornell career spanned 144 pages and exhausted two ballpoint ink cartridges, but it earned him zero credits toward his status as an academic All-America. This was a voluntary thesis, on the subject of making wrestling history. It took 3 1/2 years to complete [...]

     
  • Oklahoma State to hold free Wrestle for Moore clinic on Saturday

    May 21, 2013 16:49

    Oklahoma State to hold free Wrestle for Moore clinic on Saturday

    By Taylor Miller Oklahoma Sports Information Several Oklahoma State wrestlers will join other collegiate wrestlers and coaches from all over the state on Saturday to hold a free wrestling clinic called Wrestle for Moore at Oklahoma Wrestling Academy in an effort to help the victims of the May 20 tornado. [...]

     
  • Badger State Wrestling: Talking with Logan Stieber

    May 21, 2013 16:38

     

    Badger State Wrestling: Talking with Logan Stieber

    Shane Sparks of Badger State Wrestling talks with two-time NCAA wrestling champion Logan Stieber after Stieber checked in at the Askren Wrestling Academy. Click the image to play the video.

     
  • Z-Fanatical Mindset Monday: Driving with the Emergency Brake?

    May 21, 2013 7:41

    Z-Fanatical Mindset Monday: Driving with the Emergency Brake?

    Imagine driving a high performance car, say a Lamborghini, on a race track. You start the car and you begin to drive. You give it more gas,You shift the gears, Your speed climbs. You feel your car moving faster and faster until all of a sudden…you hit a plateau. Your [...]

     
  • NWCA announces Division I All-Academic Teams, Individuals

    May 20, 2013 23:18

    NWCA announces Division I All-Academic Teams, Individuals

    Manheim, PA – The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has announced its annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 Teams and Individual All-Academic wrestling team for the 2012-13 wrestling season. Harvard University is honored as the nation’s top academic wrestling program, while four NCAA Champions (Cornell’s 4x Champ Kyle Dake, Oklahoma State’s [...]

     
  • New Rules: Why 17 points means more than 17 points

    May 20, 2013 12:15

    New Rules: Why 17 points means more than 17 points

    Cover image by John Sachs/Tech-Fall.com By Jason Bryant Editor, Amateur Wrestling News Don’t be confused by the headline. It’s not a typographical error. Less than 24 hours after the final senior-level international dual held in the United States concluded, there is actually a buzz about freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Most, [...]

     
  • With new rules on display, United 4 Wrestling excites California crowd

    May 19, 2013 22:41

    With new rules on display, United 4 Wrestling excites California crowd

    Cover image by Tony Rotundo/WrestlersAreWarriors.com By Craig Sesker USA Wrestling Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs celebrates his win in the United 4 Wrestling event on Sunday in Los Angeles. Tony Rotundo photo. LOS ANGELES – An incredible day for wrestling was capped by an amazing performance by arguably the best [...]

     
 
 
 
 
 

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