Past Articles

Title Author Affiliation Date Front Copy
Tervel Dlagnev named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for Aug. 25-31 Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 09/01/2009 [Article]
2009 World Championships preview at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. in women’s freestyle wrestling Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/31/2009 TheMat.com will be publishing weight class previews in all three styles for the 21 days leading up to the World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, which begins on September 21. [Article]
UPDATED: U.S. wrestlers eliminated at Beach Worlds in Bulgaria Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/30/2009 Jeff Funicello and Ben Johnstone dropped first-round bouts in the Under 85 kg division in Obzor, Bulgaria. It was the first stand-alone World Beach Championships. [Article]
Top college official Mike Allen steps down after 35-year career 08/30/2009 Allen was a fixture at the NCAA Division I Championships, working that event 23 times in his career. [Article]
Mike Allen slaps mat on accomplished officiating career 08/30/2009 [Article]
Athletes to call supporters during Living The Dream Thank-a-thon on Tuesday, Sept. 1 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/28/2009 National Team members in men's freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's freestyle will thank Living the Dream Medal Fund supporters by phone on Tuesday night, Sept. 1 [Article]
Black, Wilson named coaches of U.S. Women’s World Team Gary Abbott 08/27/2009 Kevin Black and Keith Wilson will join National Coach Terry Steiner to coach the U.S. Women's World Team in Herning, Denmark, Sept. 23-25. Both have previous World Team coaching experience. [Article]
Penn State adds Jake Kemerer to its recruiting class Pat Donghia Penn State 08/27/2009 [Article]
Lightner hired as new Oklahoma assistant wrestling coach Mitchel Heckert Oklahoma 08/27/2009 [Article]
USA WRESTLING JOB OPPORTUNITY: National Events Assistant USA Wrestling 08/28/2009 [Article]
Ramirez named Coordinator of Wrestling Officials for Big Ten and Big 12 conferences Big Ten and Big 12 08/27/2009 [Article]
Slay announces USOTC freestyle resident athletes Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/26/2009 Freestyle Resident Coach Brandon Slay (pictured) welcomes five National Team members into the USOTC resident program, along with other talented athletes. [Article]
TDR this week- Steve Garland, Lee Roy Smith, John Stutzman, Brian Smith, Greg Randall Takedown Radio 08/26/2009 [Article]
Registration for the 2009 USA Wrestling Preseason Nationals opens on Sept. 1 08/25/2009 Registration for the USA Wrestling Preseason Nationals opens on Sept. 1 at 5:00 p.m. ET and is limited to the first 1,200 wrestlers with competition in High School and Middle School divisions. [Article]
Dennis Hall named head coach for USA Wrestling’s Training Program at Northern Michigan University Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/28/2009 Hall, a World champion and Olympic medalist as an athlete, will head up the USOEC Greco-Roman program at Northern Michigan University. [Article]
Zeke Jones and Jake Herbert to go ‘On the Mat’ this week Kent Sesker Dan Gable Museum 08/25/2009 [Article]
Two U.S. wrestlers set for Beach World Championships in Bulgaria August 30 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/24/2009 Two-time World bronze medalist Jeff Funicello (pictured), and Ben Johnstone will compete at the Beach Worlds in Obzor, Bulgaria, August 30. [Article]
Dremiel Byers named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for Aug. 18-24 Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 08/24/2009 [Article]
Byers, Bergman win gold medals at Ion Corneanu Memorial in Romania Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 08/24/2009 2002 Greco-Roman World champ Dremiel Byers (pictured) and Freestyle Team USA member J.D. Bergman won golds at the Ion Corneanu Memorial in Pitesti, Romania. The U.S. won seven total medals. [Article]
U.S. Greco Roman Veterans team travels to Finland for World Championship, Sept. 4-6 Rebecca Campbell USA Wrestling 08/21/2009 Led by past Veterans World champion Ronald Hughes, a 14-member U.S. team will compete at the Veterans World Greco-Roman Championships in Kouvola, Finland, Sept. 4-6. [Article]