MARK YOUR CALENDARS, ONE YEAR FROM TODAY: 
 2000 Final Wrestling Olympic Team Trials to be hosted at Reunion Arena in Dallas, June 22-24 
 One year from today, June 22, 2000, will be the first day of competition at the 2000 Final Wrestling Olympic Team Trials, at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. 
 The best amateur wrestlers in the United States in the two Olympic styles of wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman, will travel to Dallas to battle for positions on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, which will compete in Sydney, Australia. 
 A total of 16 berths on the U.S. Olympic team will be up for grabs - eight in freestyle and eight in Greco-Roman. 
 The United States is among the top wrestling nations in the world, and numerous world-class athletes are expected to compete in the event. The U.S. won eight wrestling medals, including three gold medals, at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. This included five medals in freestyle and three medals in Greco-Roman. In addition, wrestling is one of the most successful of all U.S. sports teams in the history of Olympic competition. 
 The venue for the tournament will be Reunion Arena, the home of the NBA Dallas Mavericks and the newly crowned NHL Stanley Cup champion Dallas Stars, which has the capacity to seat 16,000 fans. This will be the first Olympic Trials event in any sport ever held in Dallas. 
 Organizers have set a goal of establishing a new attendance record for a USA Wrestling event. The 1996 Final Freestyle Olympic Team Trials, which were held in Spokane, Wash., set records for attendance at a freestyle wrestling event in the United States. A total of 24,578 spectators attended the 1996 Final Freestyle Olympic Team Trials in Spokane, Wash. 
 The Dallas bid for the Olympic Team Trials was presented by the the Mayor's Sports Marketing Advisory Council and the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Dallas 2012 Bid Committee was also very active in the process. A successful Olympic Trials in wrestling should help build exposure for the city in its efforts to host the 2012 Olympic Games. 
 The 2000 Final Wrestling Olympic Team Trials will be held over a three-day period. The competition will begin on Thursday, June 22, with the Challenge Tournament in Greco-Roman, featuring all of the Olympic Trials qualifiers except the 2000 U.S. Nationals champion in each weight class. 
 Friday, June 23, will feature competition in both Greco-Roman and freestyle. The Greco-Roman Championship Series will be held, featuring the 2000 U.S. Nationals champion battling the Challenge Tournament champion in each weight class. The winner of this best-of-three series in each weight class will earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team. 
 In addition, the freestyle competition will begin with the Challenge Tournament, featuring all of the Olympic Trials freestyle qualifiers except the 2000 U.S. Nationals champion in each weight class. 
 Saturday, June 24 will feature the Freestyle Championship Series, a best-of-three series between the 2000 U.S. Nationals champion battling the Challenge Tournament champion in each weight class. The winner of this best-of-three series in each weight class will earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team. 
 Journalists and fans are encouraged to begin making plans to attend this spectacular event.