IOWA

[FSU25]

Is anybody going to IOWA for preseason nat.

[corydon wrestling]

yes my son is is going

[Infolady]

Chris Lynch, ISWA Folkstyle Director, is encouraging wrestlers to go. I think 8 or 10 kids from Franklin are going.

[consecobound]

Can you direct me to the tournament information? Thank you very much.

[creampuff12]

Can you direct me to the tournament information? Thank you very much.

http://www.preseasonnationals.com/

[lpd096]

I like the tournament format, etc. but to have schoolboys wrestling 1-1-1 is ridiculous! I know that Coach Willmann is taking a group from Lowell but to me, USAW needs to increase the period length for this age group. I have been to the Midwest Nationals during the summer and I stopped going for this reason...there is a lot of riding the line, stalling on top, and the officials won't call it! Not to mention a long drive for such short periods.

 

1-1-1 for the championship side of a national tournament is not right. Just my opinion. 

 

With that said, we still might go...we are still undecided.

[lpd096]

...well, I guess emailing DOES WORK sometimes! Shortly after I posted about this, I decided to give it a shot and email the tournament director for the USAW preseason nationals.

 

Brian Keck is the director.

 

I emailed him and he quickly returned an email back to me stating, "I was just thinking about this issue and I am going to increase the middle school periods to:      1 1/2-----1-----1.

 

The HS periods are 2----1----1.

 

NICE!!! (Hey, I'll take an additional 30 seconds of wrestling!)