The Sunkist Kids National Training Program at the West Virginia Univ. has announced the first three athletes to join its unique program where elite wrestlers will train for the Olympic Games while working for a major corporation, Mylan Laboratories.    The wrestlers who will join the new program are Greg Jones of  Slicksville, Pa. Scott Owen of DeKalb, Ill., and Kellan Fluckiger of Tempe, Ariz.    All three wrestlers are currently ranked on the Senior level in men's freestyle wrestling. In the most recent TheMat.com Senior Freestyle Rankings, published April 1, Fluckiger was No. 4 at 120 kg/264.5 lbs., Jones was No. 6 at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Owen was No. 7 at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. All are expected to compete at the U.S. National Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., April 29-30.    Greg Jones was a three-time NCAA champion for West Virginia Univ., and was named Outstanding Wrestler at the 2005 NCAA Championships. He has twice placed at the Sunkist Kids International Open, winning a bronze medal in 2004 and placing fourth in 2003.    Owen is the winningest wrestler in the history of the Univ. of Northern Illinois wrestling program and was a two-time All-American, placing fifth at the NCAA Championships in both 2002 and 2003. Owen won a bronze medal at the 2005 Dave Schultz Memorial International, and was fourth at the 2004 New York AC Christmas International. He has served as a coach at Northern Illinois since graduation.    Fluckiger competed for Arizona State Univ. and placed fifth at the NCAA Championships in 2003. Fluckiger was fourth at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and sixth at the 2004 U.S. Nationals.    The athletes will work for Mylan Laboratories at a full-time salary, with flexible hours for training and travel, and train under 2004 Olympic coach Zeke Jones in the outstanding facilities at West Virginia Univ.     "Mylan is proud to assist the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club athletes in their goals to be Olympic and World champions," said Dale N. D'Alessandro, Assistant Corporate Vice President, Human Resources for Mylan Laboratories.    Zeke Jones was a World Champion and Olympic silver medalist on the mats, and recently was elected to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He has great expectations for all three athletes who are joining the Sunkist Kids program at West Virginia Univ.    "Greg has achieved all of his wrestling goals so far," said Jones about Greg Jones. "He has set the bar even higher, to be a World and Olympic champion. He is the first athlete accepted into the program. It will allow him to train for and reach his goals."    "He has had a tremendous career," said Jones about Scott Owen. "He wants to get into a daily freestyle wrestling training environment. He believes with that opportunity that he can become a World and Olympic team member."    "The opportunity to have one of the nation's top young heavyweights in the program is tremendous," said Jones about Kellan Fluckiger. "This is a great situation to help him to get ready for the next step, and we are excited to have him as part of the program."    There are seven positions in this exciting new program. The acceptance will be done on a rolling process, until all seven jobs are filled and the athletes have committed to joining the training environment.     Zeke Jones is currently working to identify other athletes with the talent and desire to be a World and Olympic champions. He is seeking individuals who would be excited about a flexible job with this pharmaceutical company that provides the time off for wrestling training. And he is looking for wrestlers who would spend time training with the West Virginia athletes and contributing to the program there.    "To contrast our program with other training opportunities, there are some athletes looking for a pure wrestling environment," said Jones. "Our offers something different. Our program provides a daily freestyle training environment, with the ability to make a significant amount of money through the Mylan job program. These athletes will have benefits and a start on a career path. They are people who want something more than wrestling in their lives. However, their priority is wrestling, and they have the opportunity to do that very well."