| U.S. Beach and Sombo Nationals, plus Board and State Leaders meetings, set for Palm Beach County, Fla., Aug. 17-20 |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/19/2006 |
USA Wrestling will be hosting its first U.S. Beach Nationals and U.S. Sombo Nationals in Palm Beach County, Fla. in August. In addition, the USA Wrestling Board of Directors meeting, as well as the annual State Leaders Conference, will be held there during the weekend of August 17-20. |
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| TheMat.com posts free instruction video download on defense against reverse lift from National Coach Ike Anderson |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/19/2006 |
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| Pritzlaff poised to make run at earning spot on World Team |
Craig Sesker |
USA Wrestling |
05/19/2006 |
Donny Pritzlaff will take the No. 1 seed into the U.S. World Team Trials at 163 pounds in freestyle after knocking off Joe Williams in the finals of the U.S. Nationals. |
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| Jacobson vs. Ripley is the new “Bout of the Week” on USA Wrestling Members-Only website |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/19/2006 |
The gold-medal finals at 55 kg/121 lbs. in women's freestyle at the 2006 U.S. National Championships is the Bout of the Week, featuring USOEC wrestler Sharon Jacobson of the Gator WC against Malinda Ripley of the Sunkist Kids. |
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| College Update for May 18: The coaching rotation continues |
Jason Bryant |
NWCA/InterMat |
05/18/2006 |
The college coach merry go-round continued this week, reports InterMat's Jason Bryant, with Clarion hiring Teague Moore, Hofstra choosing Tom Shifflet and St. Cloud State adding Steve Costanzo. Bryant also updates the Virginia Tech transfer situation and college signings at all levels. |
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| Cooper, Grajales, Long, Chaires, Long and Robinson receive USA Wrestling Greco-Roman awards for April |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/18/2006 |
USA Wrestling Greco-Roman program has created a new awards program. Claiming honors for April 2006 are athletes Marcel Cooper, Eric Grajales, Andrew Long and Michael Chaires; Coach Matt Long and leader John Robinson. |
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| St. Cloud State hires Steve Costanzo as head wrestling coach |
Thomas C. Nelson |
St. Cloud State Sports Information |
05/18/2006 |
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| Tom Shifflet named head wrestling coach at Hofstra |
Jim Sheehan |
Hofstra |
05/18/2006 |
Tom Shifflet, who helped strengthen the wrestling program as head coach at UNC-Greensboro, has been named the head coach at Hofstra Univ. Shifflet replaced Tom Ryan, who took the head job at Ohio State. Shifflet is a native of New York, and becomes Hofstra's 10th wrestling coach. |
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| Cooper back, better than ever after brief retirement |
Craig Sesker |
USA Wrestling |
05/17/2006 |
Greco-Roman wrestler Marcel Cooper's retirement after the 2004 Olympic Trials lasted only a few months. Now he's the man to beat at the U.S. World Team Trials at 145.5 pounds. |
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| Wrestlers DiSalvo, Nurrenbern, Tirapelle receive NCAA post-graduate scholarships |
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05/17/2006 |
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| U.S. World Team Trials registration deadline is Friday, May 19 |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/18/2006 |
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| Buxton named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/17/2006 |
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| Wrestlers' transfers denied by appeal committee at Virginia Tech |
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05/17/2006 |
The Iowa City Press-Citizen's Andy Hamilton reports a Virginia Tech faculty appeal committee has upheld its athletic department's decision to deny the immediate transfer release of five wrestlers who hoped to follow coach Tom Brands to Iowa.
<a href="http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060517/HAWKS0110/605170313/1053/HAWKS" target=_parent>Iowa City Press-Citizen article</a> |
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| Numerous Olympic stars expected at Women’s World Cup in Nagoya, Japan, May 20-21 |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/17/2006 |
The world's top six women's wrestling teams will compete at the Women's World Cup in Nagoya, Japan, May 20-21: Japan, China, the United States, Canada, Russia and Ukraine. Numerous Olympic and World medalists will be in the field. |
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| U.S. taking strong contingent to Pan American Championships |
Craig Sesker |
USA Wrestling |
05/16/2006 |
Six champions from the U.S. Nationals - three in men's freestyle and three in Greco-Roman - are expected to compete against nations from North, Central and South America on June 1-4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
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| Jamill Kelly, Jesse Jantzen named assistant coaches at Harvard |
Harvard Sports Information |
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05/16/2006 |
Kelly won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games while Jantzen was an NCAA champion and three-time All-American for Harvard. |
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| USOEC Greco-Roman men's program producing national champs |
Cristina Seiter |
USOEC media relations |
05/16/2006 |
The United States Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan is developing some of the best international wrestlers in the country. |
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| Cejudo named USOC Male Athlete of the Month for April |
Russell Carlton |
U.S. Olympic Committee |
05/15/2006 |
Henry Cejudo of the Sunkist Kids, who became the first high school wrestler to win a U.S. Nationals freestyle title since USA Wrestling became the governing body, was named Male Athlete of the Month by the U.S. Olympic Committee. |
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| Teague Moore named new head coach at Clarion |
Clarion University Sports Information |
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05/15/2006 |
The Pittsburgh native and former NCAA champion from Oklahoma State takes over the Pennsylvania program after Ken Nellis stepped down in March. |
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| All seven U.S. Nationals champions to compete for the USA at Women’s World Cup in Nagoya, Japan, May 20-21 |
Gary Abbott |
USA Wrestling |
05/15/2006 |
The U.S. team at the Women's World Cup in Japan this weekend will be very strong, with all seven 2006 national champions in the lineup. Among the team members are Olympic medalists Sara McMann and Patricia Miranda and World champion Kristie Marano. |
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