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Monrovia in about 5-6 years will be Small School Power House . Call me what you want … “TeamGarcia don’t know what he’s talking about . These kids will move out by then.” I’m telling you on this date & time 5-13-2024 at 2:32pm . Maybe I know something you don’t .

Mark McKnight was already running M2 on a day to day basis given Taylor's multitude of other commitments. I believe he has taken over full management of the club.

I said this on another site: I really like all 6 guys' quality, for sure. We haven't had a group entering the Olympics in the last few cycles where the guy with the worst odds for medaling (Zain) probably has a 40% chance or better to get hardware. With that said, it's been a couple cycles since we've had zero gold medal favorites. Our floors are higher, but our ceilings are probably a little lower with this group. I'm guessing an objective oddsmaker would put our medal over/unders at 1 for gold and about 4.5 for medals. That would mean a gold from Lee/Dake/AB, four or five medals total, and one or two disappointed guys losing to a world-class dynamic performance at an inopportune time. As a fan, though, I definitely think 6 medals and a couple golds are possible. What say you, @Dingo Brigade?

Had a team drop out. Any teams looking to get ready for Virginia Beach wanna fill the spot?

USA Wrestling Central Regional is approaching (05/17/24 - 05/19/24) is rapidly approaching. Perry Meridian is happy to announce that our RTC guest clinician for Tuesday, 05/14/24, is our own Toby Billerman. Toby is a 2-time IHSAA placer (2nd-2022, 3rd-2021). Toby, currently wrestles for D-1 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Toby will concentrate on preparing everyone for Central Regional in Fort Wayne with an emphasis on Freestyle and Greco Roman. There will be plenty of live wrestling. Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM. Enter PMHS main entrance (Door No. 1) and proceed to the wrestling room. Come get better and learn from one of our best!

This is certainly correct. Spencer Lee 57 kg - while Lee is only ranked #26 by the UWW, he is clearly a medal contender Zain Retherford 65 kg - while unranked at 65 kg, he is ranked #2 at 70 kg Kyle Dake 74 kg - is the #1 ranked freestyle wrestler in the world at this weight Aaron Brooks 84 kg - while unranked, he beat the 'Magic Man' David Taylor who is ranked #2 in the world for his spot on the team Kyle Snyder 97 kg - #2 ranked wrestler at this weight Mason Parris 125 kg - #3 ranked wrestler at this weight

Matt Ramos Purdue University Franklin Community RTC Wednesday 6-7:30 pm. Enter door 21. 2018 U17 World Champion -2019 IHSA State Champion -3x NCAA D1 Qualifier -2022 U.S Senior Open Champion - 2023 NCAA D1 National Finalist 2024 Outstanding Senior for Purdue University Also selling shirts here as well.

Great showing for the Americans

VERY impressed by both of them. Lee was dominant except against the guy from China. Rutherford had to win 4 matches this morning to storm through repechage. Both have good medal chances. The whole men's team seems very, very capable of doing serious damage in Paris.

Fishers RTC - Wednesday, May 15, 6-7:30 PM - Enter Door FH6, Walk Straight Down Long Hallway, Wrestling Room is in Auxiliary Gymnasium on the Right Clinician: Hunter Bates - NCAA National Qualifier For Wabash College - IHSAA State Placer - 3rd Year as Varsity Assistant Coach at Fishers High School

Both Spencer Lee & Zane Retherford qualified for the 2024 Olympics to give the US men's freestyle team a full lineup in Paris. Lee went undefeated in impressive fashion to qualify. Retherford lost in the round of 16 to the Mongolian Ochir who then pulled him into repechage where Zane went 4-0 to qualify. Let's go USA!

Last I heard they wanted to bring the Hidlays on board

I forgot about Valizadeh, he's probably the most promising given his age and will have to do until Khateri is old/good enough Khateri competed at 45kg around 10 months ago and he doesn't seem as big as Amouzad so I think he should be able to make 57kg (maybe with a big cut) Hopefully Sina Khalili can be our guy at 74kg. Khateri-Amouzad-Khalili-Yazdani/Ghasempour-Azarpira-Zare could be a solid 2028 FS team (let me dream lol).

Funniest part is the one with a few good wins, Valizadeh was the only one who didn’t get sent. I’ve heard that Ahora Khateri is already around 57 kilos.

we have tried Khari, Ahmad Javan, and Sarlak over the past few months and they all underperformed. We have no choice but to wait for a new guy to emerge at 57kg. My hopes are with Ahora Khateri, but he needs at least another 2-3 years

Sarlak makes me want to claw my eyes out he’s so bad

Sarlak loses to Kalzhan 7-2 in the QF. Kalzhan will have to beat Lee (USA) for Sarlak to have another chance in the repechage, but that is very unlikely... More likely is that we will not have a wrestler at 57kg in Paris. But that doesn't really matter since we don't have anyone that can compete for a medal anyway.

Sarlak beats the Georgian 9-3 in the R16 and will wrestle Kalzhan (Kazakhstan) in the QF the American beat Zou 10-9 Zou beat Sarlak 6-2 in Sarlak's last Worlds. the loss was very unexpected but Zou turned out to be a very good wrestler at 57kg and he looks to be in good form here

Sarlak beats Pirrodu (ITA) 4-2 in the R32 He faces 2024 Euros Bronze medalist from Georgia in the R16, he should win but ultimately to win a qualifying spot he will need to either (i) win his bracket (by defeating the winner of Spencer Lee / Zou Wanhou), or (ii) reach the SF of his bracket then defeat the losing semi finalist from the other bracket (likely to be either Horst Lehr or Aman from India). neither route seems likely

Date September 8, 2024 Registration Registration will start in late July Petition Information Petitions are closed Brackets and Streaming Coming Soon Stud List Coming Soon Location: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 4000 Parnell Ave Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Event Schedule (Tentative) Saturday September 7th Weigh-ins VIP Weigh-ins 2-3pm Normal Weigh-ins 5-7pm Sunday September 8th Wrestling Session 1 9:00 am pm EST Weights: 109, 123, 141, 147, 168, 193, 288 Wrestling Session 2 2:00 pm EST Weights: 116, 129, 135, 153, 160, 178, 218 Weigh-In Information Saturday September 7th VIP Weigh-ins 2-3pm Normal Weigh-ins 5-7pm No Satellite Weigh-ins Weigh-ins will be in a singlet or NFHS approved two-piece uniform No weight change fee Weigh-ins are WHOLE pounds, tenths will count! For example if you weigh 153.3 you will NOT wrestle the 153lbs weight class! VIP Weigh-In Information Saturday September 7th VIP Weigh-ins 2-3pm $20 cash only paid at the door No limit to number of VIP weigh-in athletes Entry Fee $40 Registration by September 4th at 10:00pm EST or 850 paid entries, whichever comes first. No membership card is required to wrestle You must pay online by credit card ONLY! There will be no refunds of paid entries. Online registration ONLY will be accepted this year. Registration will be cut off at the first 850 paid entries or September 4th at 10pm ET whichever comes first. Please note we have sold out the past four years. The Tournament Committee will retain the right to add up to an additional 25 wrestlers, at their discretion, via a petition process, after the entry cutoff. Information about the petition process will be posted within a day after registration closes. Once we reach the entry limit registration will be shut down. After that point the ONLY way to enter is through a petition. Memorial Coliseum Procedures No charge for parking on Saturday for weigh-ins. Please tell the attendant you are there for wrestling weigh-ins Coolers will be allowed in the athlete lunch area only. Athletes can bring coolers in through the Athlete Entrance ONLY! Tournament Gear and Apparel 3X Gear is the official gear distributor for the IndianaMat Hoosier Preseason Open. They will be on hand with a full selection of tournament apparel and other wrestling apparel and supplies. Spectators $20 per person can be purchased at the door Sunday morning or before session 2. Age Groups Students currently enrolled in 7th-12th grades will be wrestling in one division. Awards Top 4 will receive medals and the top 4 will qualify for Super 32 early entry Contact Joe Caprino joe@Indianamat.com Wrestling Information -Wrestling will take place on Sunday September 8th, 2024 -Weight Classes: 109, 116, 123, 129, 135, 141, 147, 153, 160, 168, 178, 193, 218, 288 -Wrestlers in 7th-12th grade may participate -Double elimination wrestle-backs to 4th place -Period lengths Championship 2:00-1:30-1:30 Consolation 2:00-1:00-1:00 -Overtime will be 1 minute sudden victory neutral and 30 second ride-out -We will seed all wrestlers with specific criteria so please include your state or national credentials when registering -2024/2025 NFHS rules will be utilized, except the overtime modification -Wrestling will be on full mats -Singlet or approved NFHS uniform is required -College out of bounds rules will be utilized. -Headgear is not required, but recommended -Mouthpieces are required if you have braces -NFHS hair rules will apply Seeding Information MatScouts Willie Saylor will seed up to 16 in each weight class. All others with criteria below will be separated beyond the seeded wrestlers. Each wrestler that qualifies will be given a "Separation Criteria" from the list below. The criteria are ranked in order. 1. Nationally ranked in FloWrestling or MatScouts rankings 2. State Champion/IHPO Champion 3. State 2-3/IHPO 2-4 4. State 4-5 5. State 6-8 6. State Qualifier/IHPO Top 6 or 8 7. Other Credentialed athletes that deserve separation With these groups we will determine seeds. Here is an example If we have 2 wrestlers with #1 criteria, 4 with #2, 2 with #3, 2 with #4 and 5 with #5 this is how it will work. The top two seeds will be the two wrestlers with #1 criteria in a random order Seeds 3-6 will be the wrestlers with #2 criteria in a random order Seeds 7-8 wrestlers with #3 criteria in a random order Seeds 9-10 wrestlers with #4 criteria in a random order Seeds 11-14 wrestlers with #5 criteria in a random order The seeds will be determined randomly by TrackWrestling. Host Hotel Information coming soon College Coaches We will offer a special college coaches package for $50. You may pay in advance or pay if you are not attending the event and want the entry database using this button Click here to purchase The package will include: Registration list of all high school aged wrestlers with name, address, grade, weight, accomplishments, GPA, and college test scores* Preliminary entry list sent after registration closes Note: Due to coliseum policies you will need to purchase a ticket separately. *Tournament entry information with addresses and contact information will be sent the week after the event and will have all high school aged wrestlers that opted to have information released to coaches. Past Results 2023 Results(747 wrestlers from 9 states) 2022 Results(732 wrestlers from 10 states) 2021 Results(716 wrestlers from 12 states) 2020 Results(707 wrestlers from 16 states) 2019 Results(610 wrestlers from 11 states) 2018 Results(605 wrestlers from 12 states) 2017 Results(607 wrestlers from 10 states) 2016 Results(647 wrestlers from 11 states) 2015 Results(580 wrestlers from 11 states) 2014 Results(586 wrestlers from 14 states) 2013 Results(598 wrestlers from 10 states) 2012 Results(444 wrestlers from 8 states) 2011 Results(254 wrestlers from 9 states) 2010 Results(171 wrestlers from 9 states) IHSAA Rules Regarding Coaching at the IHPO 15-2 During School Year Out-of-Season 15-2.1 Individual Sports (Cross Country, Golf, Gymnastics, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Wrestling) a. Students may participate in non-school contests as individuals or as members of a non-school team in non-school contests provided that participation during school time is approved by the school principal or his/her designee. b. Coaches, from a member school coaching staff, may coach students in that sport if NOT under the organization, supervision and operation of the member school. c. Member schools may not organize, supervise or operate athletic practices or interschool athletic contests. d. Member schools may not provide school-owned uniforms (jerseys, shirts, shorts, pants, singlets, or swimsuits, etc.) worn by the student in non-school contests. Estimated Future Event Dates *We try our best to be the weekend after Labor Day September 7-8, 2024 September 6-7, 2025 September 12-13, 2026 View full article