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U.S. World Team Trials preview in Greco-Roman at 84 kg/185 lbs. Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 06/16/2013 TheMat.com will be providing daily previews for all of the weight classes that will be contested at the World Team Trials on June 21-22 in Stillwater, Okla. [Article]
Cadet National Freestyle Duals All-Tournament Team announced Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 06/15/2013 In Cadet Freestyle, 39 wrestlers from 19 states made All-Tournament Team. There were 12 athletes who were on All-Tournament Team in both freestyle and Greco-Roman [Article]
UPDATE: Covington wins gold as USA gets six medals for third place in No-Gi at Worlds in Canada Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 06/15/2013 Colby Covington (pictured) got 77 kg No-Gi gold, with Brandon Ruiz & Bahar Shahidi getting silvers and Matt Holt, John Albert & Jayson Patino adding bronzes. Every U.S. Grappler was in the top five. [Article]
FLASH: Covington wins gold as USA gets six medals for third place in No-Gi at Worlds in Canada Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 06/15/2013 Colby Covington got No-Gi gold at 77 kg, with silvers to Brandon Ruiz and Bahar Shahidi, and bronzes to Matt Holt, John Albert and Jayson Patino. [Article]
Illinois sweeps Cadet Duals, defeats Pennsylvania 43-31 in freestyle finals Richard Immel USA Wrestling 06/15/2013 Illinois defeated Pennsylvania Red 43-31 to win the 2013 Cadet Freestyle National Duals in Daytona Beach, Fla. [Article]
UPDATE: Yoches wins gold, Patino & Yamashita get bronzes in Gi Grappling at Worlds in Canada Rusty Davidson Special to TheMat.com 06/14/2013 Aaron Yoches got a Gi gold at 100 kg, with Jayson Patino (71 kg) & Robert Yamashita (84 kg) getting bronze in Gi. Worlds ends Saturday with No-Gi. [Article]
FLASH: Yoches wins gold, Patino & Yamashita take bronzes in Gi Grappling at Worlds in Canada Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 06/14/2013 Aaron Yoches won a Gi gold at 100 kg, and taking bronzes were Jayson Patino at 71 kg and Robert Yamashita at 84 kg. No-Gi will be held Saturday. [Article]
USA Wrestling Weekly’s June 14, 2013 broadcast posted for viewing Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 06/14/2013 Content includes World Team Trials preview, Schoolboy National Duals, Senior athlete interviews, Celebrity PSAs for Olympic wrestling and more. [Article]
USA Wrestling offers All National Camps at five locations June 26-30 Bryan Baumgartner USA Wrestling 06/14/2013 USA Wrestling is offering All National Camps for women ages 8-18 this summer at five different locations [Article]
Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation donates $2,000 to CPOW Bryan Baumgartner USA Wrestling 06/14/2013 The Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation recently presented a $2,000 check to CPOW to continue the effort to keep wrestling in the Olympic Games [Article]
USA Wrestling releases women's freestyle rankings prior to U.S. World Team Trials USA Wrestling 06/14/2013 USA Wrestling has released its Senior rankings this week, with freestyle on Wednesday, Greco-Roman on Thursday and women's freestyle on Friday. [Article]
Todd Beckerman hired as new head wrestling coach at Brown Brown University 06/14/2013 Beckerman previously served as the head assistant coach at Maryland. He was an All-American wrestler for Nebraska. [Article]
2013 Cadet National Duals Greco-Roman All-Tournament Team announced Bryan Baumgartner USA Wrestling 06/14/2013 The 2013 Cadet National Duals Greco-Roman All-Tournament Team features 31 wrestlers from 14 different states [Article]
Billy Baldwin continues the fight to keep Olympic wrestling William Baldwin 06/14/2013 Actor Billy Baldwin Op-Ed piece continuing the fight to keep wrestling in the Olympics [Article]
Shake up at 96 kg in expanded FILA Rankings for men's freestyle wrestling William May FILA 06/14/2013 There are five American's in the latest FILA men's freestyle wrestling rankings including number one ranked Jordan Burroughs at 74 kg [Article]
U.S. World Team Trials preview in men's freestyle at 84 kg/185 lbs. Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 06/15/2013 TheMat.com will be providing daily previews for all of the weight classes that will be contested at the World Team Trials on June 21-22 in Stillwater, Okla. [Article]
Betzold wins Amateur MMA World title at FILA Non-Olympic Styles Worlds in Canada Rusty Davidson Special to TheMat.com 06/13/2013 Matt Betzold, who competes despite missing a left leg, won the 62 kg gold, and Nick Marr won silver at 71 kg for U.S. team. [Article]
U.S. World Team Trials preview in Women's Freestyle at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. Richard Immel USA Wrestling 06/13/2013 TheMat.com will be providing daily previews for all of the weight classes that will be contested at the World Team Trials on June 21-22 in Stillwater, Okla. [Article]
Illinois beats Pennsylvania in Cadet National Greco-Roman Duals final in Daytona Beach, Fla. Bryan Baumgartner USA Wrestling 06/13/2013 Illinois repeats as the Cadet National Greco-Roman Duals champion with a 60-18 victory in the finals over Pennsylvania. [Article]
Dominique Bradley withdraws from U.S. World Team Trials Law Offices of Howard L. Jacobs 06/13/2013 [Article]