By Gary Mihoces USA Today 06/28/2011 Weeks before his death from cancer in 1993, Jim Valvano spoke these moving words as an honoree at the first ESPY Awards: “Don’t give up! Don’t ever give up!” Anthony Robles, who embodied that spirit every time he hopped onto a wrestling mat, is working on a speech of [...]
Archive for June, 2011
By Mike Finn For Justin Lester, Justin Ruiz and Dremiel Byers, the end of their Greco-Roman careers are much closer to the end than the beginning as each qualified for at least their fifth World Team appearance by capturing titles at this year’s Trials in Oklahoma City, Okla., June 10-11. And as much as they [...]
By Mike Finn There was something different about Clarissa Chun when she defeated Alyssa Lampe, June 11, in Oklahoma City, Okla., for the 105.5-pound spot on the U.S. World Championship team. It wasn’t just that Chun dominated — out-scoring Lampe by a 24-2 margin in two matches in their Championship Series — someone who defeated [...]
By Mike Finn, WIN Editor Donovan McMahill ended his career at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., as a two-time NCAA Division II champion, the only undefeated wrestler in his division in the nation and was later named the Division II Wrestler of the Year by Division II coaches. The native of Lochbuie, Colo. — [...]
By Rob Sherrill, WIN High School Columnist It’s time for our annual fearless forecast. You know…the one where we hang ourselves out to dry. Who will make the Cadet and Junior National finals at Fargo in July? As is our usual rule, everybody who makes our predictions has participated in at least one USA Wrestling [...]
Editor’s Notes: In the history of American wrestling, many World or Olympic medalists have come out of retirement to wrestle again. That includes legendary Dan Gable, the 1972 Olympic gold medalist, who returned to compete at the Northern Open in 1975 where his return ended with a loss to Lee Kemp. Gable was present at [...]
By Mike Finn OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — If there was one concern about Cael Sanderson returning to competition after a seven-year hiatus, it may have been whether he had enough “gas” to last the five matches he needed to win in one day in order to win this year’s World Team Trials at 185 pounds. [...]
ANN ARBOR, MI – Cliff Keen Athletic is pleased to announce an apparel partnership with Gator Wrestling Club for the 2011-2012 season. The sponsorship will launch at the U.S. World Trials being held June 9-11 in Oklahoma City, OK. Cliff Keen Athletic will be providing a full line of newly designed gear for the Gator [...]
By Jason Bryant, USA Wrestling 06/09/2011 OKLAHOMA CITY – Cael Sanderson is ready to return to the mat. The 2004 Olympic gold medalist and four-time NCAA champion plans to wrestle at the U.S. World Team Trials on Saturday at the Cox Convention Center. He plans to compete at 84 kg/185 lbs. CLICK HERE TO WATCH [...]
The University of Iowa announced Saturday, June 4, it will display a bronze statue of former Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable outside the main entrance to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The announcement was made by University of Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta at the “Gable’s Gold” celebration. The seven-foot statue is being sculpted by Larry Nowlan [...]
