USA Wrestling Regional events offer top competition in convenient locations

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Samantha Sieracki (USA Wrestling)
03/15/2010


USA Wrestling's traditional Regional Championships begin in late March. 

These events offer quality freestyle and Greco-Roman competition for Kids, Cadet, Junior, and Senior wrestlers across the nation.
 
On the Cadet and Junior level, wrestlers from any state can enter any Regional and can attend as many as they like. On the Kids level, the athletes must compete in their assigned region. 

The top three place winners in each weight class in Cadet and Junior Regionals qualify for their state teams for the ASICS Junior & Cadet Nationals in Fargo, N.D. 

All Regional events are included in the Future Olympian Rankings, and are a great way to boost point totals.

Wrestlers interested in receiving a high score for Future Olympian Rankings should be sure to attend the ASICS Folkstyle National Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa and ASICS USAW Kids National Championships in Orem, Utah for the Kids Division.  Upcoming National championships for the Cadet & Junior Divisions are the ASICS Folkstyle National Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa, ASICS FILA Cadet National Championships in Akron, Ohio, FILA Junior National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio and ASICS Cadet and Junior National Championships in Fargo, N.D. 

Athletes must participate in their appropriate Kid Regional in order to participate in the Kids freestyle & Greco-Roman Nationals in Orem, Utah. 

Kids'Regionals are comprised of six different regions: 
� Central (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia)
� Northeast (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland, Delaware) 
� Northern Plains (Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska)
� Southeast (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida) 
� Southern Plains (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico)
� West (Montana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, California, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii)

Men's champions at the Northeast Senior Regional in Brockport, N.Y. and the Northern Plains Senior Regional in Waterloo, Iowa qualify for the 2010 World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 11-12. In women�s freestyle, only the Northern Plains Regional is a 2010 World Team Trials qualifier. 

Listed below are all the remaining regional and national events for the Kids, Cadet, Junior, and Senior divisions:

Kids Division
� ASICS Folkstyle National Championships, Cedar Falls, IA, April 1-3, 2010, Folkstyle
� Central Regional Championships, Franklin, IN, May 22-24, 2010, GR/FS
� Southeast Regional Championships, Atlanta, GA, May 28-30, 2010, GR/FS
� Southern Plains Regional Championships, Hays, KS, June 3-5, 2010, GR/FS
� Northern Plains Kids & Cadets Regional Championships, Rochester, MN, June 3-5, 2010, GR/FS
� Northeast Regional Championships, Binghamton, N.Y., June 4-6, 2010, GR/FS
� West Kids & Cadets Regional Championships, Pocatello, ID, June 20-26, 2010, GR/FS
� ASICS USAW Kids National Championships, Orem, UT, June 28-30, 2010, GR/FS

Cadet Division
� Northwest Cadet Regional Championships, Battle Ground, WA, March 26-28, 2010 GR/FS
� ASICS Folkstyle National Championships, Cedar Falls, IA, April 1-3, 2010, Folkstyle
� ASICS FILA Cadet National Championships, Akron, OH, April 8-11, 2010, GR/FS
� Central Regional Championships, Franklin, IN, May 22-24, 2010, GR/FS
� Southeast Regional Championships, Atlanta, GA, May 28-30, 2010, GR/FS
� Northern Plains Kids & Cadets Regional Championships, Rochester, MN, June 3-5, 2010, GR/FS
� Southern Plains Regional Championships, Hays, KS, June 3-5, 2010, GR/FS
� Northeast Kids & Cadet Regional Championships, Binghamton, NY, June 4-6, 2010, GR/FS
� West Kids & Cadet Regional Championships, Pocatello, ID, June 20-26, 2010, GR/FS
� ASICS Cadet National Championships, Fargo, N.D., July 18-24, 2010, GR/FS

Junior Division
� Northwest Junior Regional Championships, Battle Ground, WA, March 26-28, 2010, GR/FS
� ASICS Folkstyle National Championships, Cedar Falls, IA, April 1-3, 2010, Folkstyle
� FILA Junior National Championships, Cleveland, OH, April 22-25, 2010, GR/FS
� Northeast Junior Regional Championships, Brockport, NY, April 30-May 2, 2010
� Western Junior Regional Championships, Salt Lake City, UT, May 6-8, 2010, GR/FS
� Northern Plains Junior Regional Championships, Waterloo, IA, May 13-15, 2010, GR/FS
� Central Regional Championships, Franklin, IN, May 22-24, 2010, GR/FS
� Southeast Regional Championships, Atlanta, GA, May 28-30, 2010, GR/FS
� Southern Plains Regional Championships, Hays, KS, June 3-5, 2010, GR/FS
� ASICS/Vaughan Junior National Championships, Fargo, ND, July 18-24, 2010, GR/FS

Senior Division
� Northeast Men�s Senior Regional Championships, Brockport, NY, April 30-May 2, 2010, Junior: GR/FS/Folkstyle, Senior: GR/FS
� Northern Plains Men�s & Women�s Senior Regional Championships, Waterloo, IA, May 13-15, 2010, Junior: GR/FS, Senior: GR/FS/WM FS
� ASICS U.S. Open Wrestling Championships, Cleveland, OH, April 22-24, 2010 GR/FS/WM FS
� World Team Trials, Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 10-12, 2010 GR/FS/WM FS

USA Wrestling Regional Championships are a great opportunity to prove yourself among tough competition, hone your skills, score points in the Future Olympian Rankings, and qualify for national championships.