September 2007 Wrestling Articles

Former NCAA champion and three-time All-American will work with light weights

TEMPE, Ariz. – Zach Roberson, a three-time All-American and 2004 NCAA 133-pound Champion at Iowa State, has joined the Arizona State University wrestling coaching staff Head Coach Thom Ortiz announced Tuesday. The second-ranked freestyle wrestler in the United States at 60kg (132 pounds), Roberson will work with the lightweights in the Sun Devil program while working toward his goal of representing the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics.

“I am excited to have a talented wrestler like Zach Roberson in our wrestling complex… more »

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Tyron Woodley has been named the assistant coach for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville wrestling program.
SIUE Coach Patrick McNamara welcomed his new assistant, who comes to Cougar wrestling after spending the last two years on staff at the University of Missouri.
Woodley joins SIUE as it begins its final year wrestling as an NCAA Division II institution. Beginning with the 2008-2009 wrestling season, SIUE will compete at the NCAA Division I level.
"I am really excited to be apart of a rising program. This is a very unique situation. Our… more »

The defending national champion Golden Gopher wrestling team enjoyed an eventful day in Washington, D.C. Friday, as they commemorated their NCAA victory with stops at the Capitol Building, Pentagon and a ceremony at the White House with President George W. Bush.

The 2006-07 championship squad, along with several athletics administration and team staff members, were treated to tours of some our nation’s most important landmarks before ending their day by commemorating their third NCAA championship on the lawn outside the White House.

The team’s day began at 8 a.m. sharp, as they received a… more »

Greeley, COLO.
University of Northern Colorado head coach Jack Maughan today announced the wrestling schedule for the 2007-08 season.

The Bears open their season at the Cowboy Open in Laramie on Nov. 10 and then host the Northern Colorado Open on Nov. 18. For the second year in a row, the Bears will also face #1 Minnesota, this time as the defending national champions in Rochester, Minn. They will close out November at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, which will feature several Big 10 and Pac-10 teams.

After the holidays,… more »

Baku, Azerbaijan -  Former Oklahoma State All-America wrestler Daniel Cormier became the first American to win a freestyle medal at the 2007 FILA World Wrestling Championships when he claimed the bronze at 96kg Friday after picking up a 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 win over Kyrgyzstan’s Alexey Krupnyakov in the bronze medal match. With the win, Cormier claimed the first international-level medal of his career.

“We were really dedicated in our training for this,” Cormier said Friday. “I came home last week and every day there was someone there to train with. Some of the time it was… more »

HOLLAND, PA

The Council Rock South Wrestling Booster Club is again joining forces with Team Apache Wrestling Club, PAWF (Pennsylvania Amateur Wrestling Federation) and Council Rock School District to proudly present WRESTLE 4 RELIEF III on Sunday, October 14th, 2007. This charity fundraiser will take place at Council Rock South High School in Holland, PA. We are happy to announce that the charity for 2007 will be Autism Awareness. We will be raffling off items in an effort to raise money for this great cause. Concessions will also be available. Find out more about Autism Awareness at:… more »

The USA wrestling team came out like a hurricane in day 2 in Baku. Each of the first 4 matches the US won in straight periods. Schwab rolled through the Australian and Puerto Rican. Joe Heskett and Joe Williams rolled through their first opponents as well but had close bouts from there on out. The intensity and endurance of this tournament hit me hard as I was following each and every match. You really got to be clicking on all cylinders to be battling these other countries.

Heskett during the bouts with the Iranian and Hungarian really… more »

Oklahoma State Wrestling Announces 2007-08 Schedule
OSU set to host Big 12 Championships, reigning NCAA champs Minnesota and
NCAA runners-up Iowa State.

Stillwater, Okla. ­ The Big 12 Wrestling Championships coming to
Gallagher-Iba Arena along with home duals against reigning NCAA champions
Minnesota, 2007 NCAA runner-up Iowa State, in-state rival Oklahoma, Penn
State, Northern Iowa and Cal Poly highlight the 2007-08 Oklahoma State
wrestling schedule that was announced by Head Coach John Smith today.

The Cowboys also take the mat against Nebraska at the Ford Center in
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Henry Cejudo (55Kg) and Mike Zadick (60Kg) come out flat for the first match at the World Championships. The pace was slow with as little action as it took for their opponents to win both rounds. Years of preparation and months of intensity just didnt carry over on the mat today in Baku. Only the 55 and 60 Kg weight classes wrestled on this first day of freestyle. In World Championship competition if you lose you only make it to the consolation rounds if the opponent you lost to goes to the finals.

Henry Cejudo lost… more »

AU Assistant Wrestling Coach Brad Vering Wins Silver at the Senior-Wrestling World Championships

Vering earned his best career finish in the international event

Sept. 18, 2007

WASHINGTON - American University assistant wrestling coach Brad Vering earned a silver medal at the Senior-Wrestling World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, Tuesday. Vering was defeated 4-0, 4-0 by former Olympic champion Aleksey Mishin of Russia in the 84 kg finals.

"We are very proud of what Mark accomplished," AU Head Coach Mark Cody said. "The best wrestlers in the world competed at… more »

Sitting on the edge of match side for my first world championships and Im stunned by the absurdity of it all. Maybe you want to call it culture shock, but it doesnt feel like it. It just feels like im watching these matches like I am Alice in Wonderland.

I look down and see an electronics advertisement with two kids in their underwear, one giving a thumbs up and the other eating an ice cream cone. How does two kids in their underwear have anything to do with electronics? Does kids in their underwear produce the… more »

NORMAN, Okla.- University of Oklahoma wrestling welcomed one of the largest classes ever to the program this season. Ten new Sooners have started practice and will quickly challenge for starting spots on the squad.

"Our recruiting classes aren't usually this large, and there is a good possibility that several of these guys will wind up in the starting line-up," Head Coach Jack Spates said. "We have signed guys that are extremely capable of contributing right away and put us in a position for a bright future."

The Sooner recruiting effort went coast-to-coast, signing state… more »

IOWA CITY -- University of Iowa Assistant Wrestling Coach Dan Gable has decided to step down from that position. The announcement came today from Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands.



Brands said Gable will remain fully engaged in the day-to-day operations of Iowa’s wrestling program, but without the title or on-the-mat responsibilities that come with the title of assistant coach.



“Dan has been my coach and my mentor. What’s important to me is that he’s going to remain involved in the Hawkeye wrestling program and will continue… more »

Redshirt freshman transfers into program from Purdue

TEMPE, Ariz. – Brent Chriswell, a two-time high school state champion from Washington, has transferred to Arizona State University and joined the Sun Devil wrestling program, seventh-year Head Coach Thom Ortiz announced. A native of Seattle, Wash., Chriswell comes to Tempe following one year at Purdue University where he redshirted his true freshman season

While redshirting at PU, Chriswell competed in a pair of events for the Boilermakers during the 2006-07 season. Wrestling at 184 pounds, he won the Edinboro Open and took second at the Nittany… more »

The University of Minnesota wrestling program announced its schedule for the 2007-08 season today, highlighted by home meets with 2006-07 national runner-up Iowa State, Big Ten rival Iowa and the 2007-08 Big Ten Championships, which will take place March 8 and 9 at Williams Arena. After gaining their third national championship a year ago under head coach J Robinson, the Golden Gophers will attempt to make it back-to-back titles and bring home the another national crown this winter.

This yearÂ’s schedule features the programÂ’s typically strong non-conference schedule. The Gophers will participate in two early-season open… more »

The Indiana Hoosier wrestling schedule begins with the Crimson and Cream intrasquad scrimmage on Monday, Oct. 29, held at the Brown County High School in Nashville, Indiana. The Hoosiers then head to Wabash College for a dual against the Little Giants on Nov. 9 before beginning tournament play.

Indiana's first tournament is set for Nov. 11 when they will compete at the Michigan State Open. The Hoosiers then welcome Cumberland (Ky.), Duke, Liberty, Ohio and Oregon to Bloomington for the Hoosier Duals on Nov. 24.

IU looks to strike it rich at the Las… more »