USA Wrestling, Dan Gable Museum partner with NCAA, WebStream Productions for Div. I, II & III Wrestling Championships webcasts

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03/05/2010


Broadcasters from USA Wrestling and the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum will provide wrestling fans play-by-play commentary throughout the live webcasting of the NCAA Divisions I, II and III Wrestling Championships.

Jason Bryant of USA Wrestling and Kyle Klingman of the Dan Gable Museum called the action last year for the NJCAA, Division II and III championships as part of Wrestling 411. This year, the pair will team up for the three NCAA divisional championships to be Webcast through NCAA.com and produced by WebStream Productions.

NCAA.com will show the final round of the Division III championships, all four sessions of the Division II championships and first day coverage of the Division I championships. The second and third days of the Division I championships will be broadcast by the ESPN family of networks.

"It's going to be great to work with Kyle again at the Division II and III championships, said Bryant, USA Wrestling's Coordinator of Grassroots & Social Media. "There is an equal amount of excitement across all of the wrestling championships, and we're pleased to be able to call the action to wrestling fans around the country."

"Last year, WebStream Productions put together a first-class operation and I'd expect nothing less from John Servizzi and his staff," added Bryant. "It's a real team effort here with the NCAA, WebStream Productions, the Gable Museum and USA Wrestling all coming together to provide the wrestling community more online live coverage of NCAA wrestling than ever before."

The Division III championships finals Web cast will start Saturday, March 6 at 7 p.m. Central from the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The Division II Web cast will span all four sessions, beginning on Friday, March 12 at 11 a.m. Central for session one and then again at 6 p.m. Central for session two.

The semifinal session will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 13 with the finals session commencing at 8 p.m. Central from the Sapp Fieldhouse in Omaha, Nebraska.

The two sessions Web cast on NCAA.com at the Division I championships will take place on Thursday, March 18 at 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Central from the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.