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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Taylor Miller (taylor.miller11@okstate.edu) Feb. 12, 2013 *Video will be posted later today  John Smith Discusses IOC's Decision to Drop Wrestling from 2020 Olympics   STILLWATER—Oklahoma State wrestling coach and two-time Olympic gold medalist John Smith weighed in on the International Olympic Committee’s decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Olympic games, which was announced Tuesday morning. A video of the interview is will be available later today. The transcript is below:  &...

Missouri Regional: Who Ya Got? Willie Saylor, Editor   The road to a National Duals Championship begins on Sunday, where sixteen teams will compete in regionals around the country. Winners of each will earn a spot to the National Duals finals along with the four schools with automatic bids to the championships: Ohio State, Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota, to be held on February 22nd and 23rd. We’ll look at each the teams that compose each qualifier throughout the week. First, here’s the breakdown of the Missouri Regional. Who do...

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Tom Brands Weighs In on Olympic Saga Iowa Sports Information   Q.  First of all, your reaction to the IOC  dropping wrestling in the 2020 Olympics.    TB:  Well, here's the thing:  First of all, I'm surprised that I'm surprised. Second of all, it's worse than death, because you can't control death.  I feel like we could have controlled this to some degree, get ahead of it a little bit.  There were warning signs in the past. We're not going to get into that. I think, talking to so...

For Immediate Release Feb. 12, 2013 Wrestling/Contact: Andy Fledderjohann No. 11 Virginia Wrestling to Face No. 13 Nebraska Sunday at NWCA National Duals Cavaliers seeded second in Cornell Regional CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The 11th-ranked Virginia wrestling team will take on No. 13 Nebraska at 1 p.m. Sunday in Ithaca, N.Y., in the first round of the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals. Virginia (15-3) is seeded second in the Cornell Regional, while Nebraska (10-5) is the No. 3 seed.  No. 10 Cornell is the regional’s top seed and will face ...

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No. 16 Purdue Wrestling Set to Face No. 20 Wyoming at National Duals   Sunday’s dual will be the fourth meeting between Purdue and Wyoming in school history.   WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) released the regional brackets for the 2013 National Duals on Tuesday, naming the 16th-ranked Purdue wrestling team the No. 2 seed in the Missouri Regional. The Boilermakers will face third-seeded and 20th-ranked Wyoming in the first round, marking just the fourth all-time meeting between the two sc...

Regional Duals Seeds Released! Willie Saylor, Editor   The NWCA has released the seeds for each of the four regional tournaments that will filter into Mat Mayhem’s grand finale. Sixteen teams will compete this Sunday at four locations around the country. The four winners will combine with four squads (Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Illinois) who received automatic qualification to the finals. All eight will head to Minnesota the following weekend (Feb. 23rd) for a chance to capture college wrestling’s National Dual title. Al...

WrestlingBrackets and seeds released for 2013 National Duals RegionalsHokies to face No. 25 Oklahoma in CorvallisRead the story- hokiesports.com to gohttp://www.hokiesports.com/wrestling/recaps/20130212aaa.htmlMANHEIM, Pa. – The regional brackets and seeds for the 2013 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Dual Meet Championships presented by Hibiclens and the Marines have been released for the four qualifier locations. All competition will take place this Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. ! Missouri will be the first region to begin competition as they start at...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 12, 2013 SID Contact: Taylor Thomas (765-730-6766 or tbthomas@illinois.edu) Link: http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/021213aaa.html FIGHTING ILLINI WRESTLING Delgado Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week  Sophomore Scores Decision Over Top-Ranked Hawkeye PARK RIDGE, Ill. – Illinois sophomore All-American Jesse Delgado was named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday, after the third-ranked Delgado upset No. 1 Matt McDonough (Iowa), 9-4, last Friday and scored a de...