By Craig Sesker USA Wrestling TEMPE, Ariz. – Step on the wrestling mat against Andrew Howe and prepare for a hard-fought, all-out battle. He still has two years of college eligibility remaining, but Howe is quickly establishing himself as a force on the Senior level in freestyle wrestling. Howe, a 2010 NCAA champion for Wisconsin [...]
Archive for October, 2010
The National Wrestling Coaches Association has picked Augsburg College from Minneapolis, Minn., to repeat as NCAA Division III national championship, according to its 2010-11 Brute-Adidas preseason poll, which was released Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. Just like last March, when the Auggies edged Wisconsin-LaCrosse by 10 points, Augsburg does not have one top-ranked wrestler. The following [...]
EDMOND, Okla. — Two-time defending national champion Nebraska-Omaha is the overwhelming favorite to capture a third straight crown in 2011 after the Mavericks were the unanimous first-place pick in the preseason NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association poll that was released Thursday. UNO received all eight first-place votes in balloting of coaches from around the [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Defending National Champion Notre Dame (Ohio) landed on top of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Preseason Top 20 Poll, the NAIA announced Tuesday. The Falcons racked up 160 total team points. Missouri Valley and Campbellsville (Ky.) share the No. 2 spot with 79.5 points. McKendree (Ill.) checks in at No. 4 with [...]
SIU-Edwardsville set to challenge for top by Scott Farrell The NCWA released its preseason coaches’ poll this month with a new program feasting at the favorite’s table. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, which placed third at last year’s NCWA Championships, has assumed the top position based on voting from the association’s Division I coaches. The Cougars return five [...]
2010 NAIA National Championships NO QUESTION WHO’S NO. 1 In four years, Notre Dame College rules the NAIA world by Tim Tushla From the La-Z-Boy to the limelight in just four years, it has been quite a journey recently for veteran wrestler and coach Frank Romano. Just the fact that he came out of retirement [...]
2010 – NCAA Division III National Championships Nothing easy about Augsburg’s 11th title by Kyle Klingman CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It is the question Wisconsin-LaCrosse head coach Dave Malacek wants to be asked: What will it take for a team other than Augsburg or Wartburg to win an NCAA team title? Wisconsin-LaCrosse, ranked first in preseason [...]
2010 – Division II National Championships UNO was near perfect in Omaha – by Tim Tushla OMAHA, Neb. — The word “never” is rarely used by coaches. It flies in the face of all the positive thinking and intense preparation that oozes from the wrestling room. But when a championship coach uses that word to describe [...]
By Tammy Tedesco National Wrestling Coaches Association 10/13/2010 The NWCA Board of Directors is pleased to partner with California USA Wrestling to host the 45th Annual NWCA All-Star Classic Presented by The Marines, on Sunday, November 21, 2010 in Fresno, California at Selland Arena. This event will serve as a fundraiser to assist in efforts [...]
By Jason Bryant In 1971, David Bowie released “Changes.” The key line in the chorus was “turn and face the strain.” After the U.S. freestyle performance in Moscow, Russia, at the 2010 World Championships, U.S. National freestyle coach Zeke Jones has to do exactly that, turn and face the strain. Building up to the 2010 [...]
