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Mason Parris, Sarah Hildebrandt and Kayla Miracle all make the U.S. Olympic team. Great job gentleman and ladies. A few other Indiana natives also has a solid showing at the Olympic trials.

Today.com contacted me and picked up my story. https://www.today.com/health/men-s-health/dad-mystery-brain-illness-rcna147984

After the state finals I thought they gave up on wrestling over there.

You are forgetting Mr. Stevan Micic and Ashton Mutawa who also qualified for the Olympics.

Big changes are coming to high school wrestling this season. Over the past ten years the collegiate folkstyle rules have become almost a different sport with out of bound stalling, what determines out of bounds, and this past year the three point takedown. While many were clamoring for the college out of bounds rules with only one supporting point determining being in bounds it was repeatedly shot down by the NFHS due to mat and gym size concerns. This year though, the NFHS has decided that it is time to implement the one supporting point criteria for high school wrestling. While making the wrestling area a little bigger this rule will make it easier for referees to focus on the action instead of checking for the proper amount of supporting points of the wrestlers. On top of that change the NFHS has approved the popular three-point takedown. This year at the NCAA level they went to a three-point takedown. Many people were cautious, but also excited about that big change. After the NCAA season concluded many felt that the three-point takedown was a huge success. If these two big changes aren’t enough for you, the NFHS has also aligned with the NCAA level with adding a four-point nearfall. After four seconds on your back the offensive wrestler will now be awarded four points instead of taking five seconds to earn only three points. This was implemented in the NCAA since 2015 and last year they updated the rule to allow two points for two seconds, three points for three seconds, and four points for four seconds or more. The NFHS will follow the NCAA and implement all three scenarios for nearfall. Other rule changes include a clarification of the Technical Fall criteria and not requiring a 10-foot circle on the wrestling mat. Here is the NFHS article on the changes https://www.nfhs.org/articles/participants-now-inbounds-with-one-point-of-contact-in-high-school-wrestling/ NFHS Article.pdf View full article

And a coach! Katie Kriebel is the assistant coach for the Senior Women's National Wrestling Team. She will be working with the team before the Olympics and in Paris. So proud of all these Forever Hoosiers!

I believe you are correct if Mendez continues tracking on his current path. 4X HS State Champ, NCAA Champ as a true sophomore & competed very well on the senior level at the latest Olympic Trials beating McKenna, Green & Diakomihalis then only losing to Retherford 3-2. Very impressive for someone who is only 20 or 21 years old.

I have Parris as the GOAT even if he doesn't medal (which would be a huge upset if he doesn't come home with a medal). 3x state champ, 1 loss in HS NCAA champ, Hodge winner Age group world champ Sr world medalist US Olympian Sarah Hildebrant is the women's GOAT without a doubt. But Parris is the overall GOAT at the moment. And I do suspect that Jesse Mendez's final resume will place him above Parris when its all said and done.

YES.

Certainly Lefever although not division 1 and Miracle for women and Sarah Hildebrandt

How many takedown records were done in this manner? If you are getting takedown records by teching kids in this manner it just means you wrestled a super weak schedule and your record doesn't mean anything.

Choosing down becomes much less relevant than ever before.

Bad Analogy. Just like your reasoning and most of your takes.

The only division that required a qualification was the Girls Showcase. Only other qualification is enough money to fly out to Vegas. These are UWW age groups which are based on 3 year increments in most circumstances and utilize the ever popular metric weight classes.

If only there was a website https://indianamat.com/index.php?/history/worlds.html/ 2021 Kayla Miracle- Culver Academies Event: Olympic Womens Freestyle Championship Weight: 62kg Place: 12th 2021 Sarah Hildebrandt- Penn Event: Olympic Womens Freestyle Championship Weight: 50kg Place: 3rd 2021 Stevan Micic- Hanover Central Event: Olympic Freestyle Championship Weight: 57kg Place: 14th 1988 David Butler Muncie Northside Event: Olympic Greco-Roman Championship Weight: 74kg Place: Qualifier 1976 Pete Lee- Muncie Central Event: Olympic Greco-Roman Championship Weight: 100kg Place: 5th 1936 Richard Voliva- Bloomington South Event: Olympic Freestyle Championship Weight: 79kg Place: 2nd

I wrestled a total of like 8 min and saw the pearly gates

Health first man. Thanks again for all of the prior updates. Get well.

Wow, so sorry! Get well soon!

Lots and lots of boos for Burroughs, but he wrestled incredibly well and intelligently. Soundly beats Mesenbrink. Burroughs prods Mesenbrink and the crowd booed him lustily. It was chippy on both ends and Burroughs had a great strategy. These people are nuts if they think Burrtoughs won for any other reason than being a much better, complete wrestler than the very, very young and less experienced Mesenbrink. Pretty weak in my opinion. You don't boo Michael Jordan and you don't boo Jordan Burroughs, again in my humble opinion. Nolf all over upstart Jacques 9-2.

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Thanks guys. I very much appreciate the support I’ve gotten from the Brownsburg wrestling community, and the Central Indiana wrestling community as a whole. I’m firmly convinced that being involved in this great sport has been a key factor in my fight. “Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy.” -Dan Gable I don’t know about easy, but it definitely helped!

Gable Stevenson pretty solid Indiana born wrestler

That adds to Indiana’s wrestling Olympians. We’re putting a squad together for Paris.

It should help everyone lean into their offensive strengths. The "best on their feet" wrestler can now use take down/let up even more successfully. The "has a hard time with take downs, but can really ride" wrestler can now really take advantage of choice between periods. From what we've seen in college, this should really open up what high school wrestlers are willing to risk to score points.

Agree to disagree. Sarah Hildebrandt is the undisputed Indiana women's GOAT. There are levels to this. This is akin to calling Caitlyn Clark the basketball GOAT.

Absolutely love all the rule changes. Not as much grey area with new college ob rules and more points on the board. All sounds great to me!

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Still believe it will end up being Mendez when he is done. He is building a Very strong resume and is really just getting started.

He's not a huge medal favorite. He'll come in as the 4th best guy and capable of beating anyone--but if brackets work out with him on the same side as 2 of the Big 3, he has to get an upset to medal. AMENDMENT: I just researched and saw that ranking points should be locked in with Mason and the Big 3 as the 4 seeds. That will mean he can medal without beating one of them and that he's a clear medal favorite. I disagree that a loss would be a "huge" upset because the rise of new, young monsters, along with upsets by savvy vets, are commonplace internationally--but him not medalling would be an upset if the draws hold.

I heard Harding is making a comeback

Right behind Sarah Hilderbrandt.

The White Sox are already mathematically eliminated from the play-offs even before the A's. Right @Kyle Ayersman?

Stop hating... Cubs fandom is sacred!!!!

If Hildy gets another Medal: GOAT Status on .

Merrillville semi state bringing the Olympians

Rare brain infection attacked Brownsburg wrestling coach: 'I'm dying' (indystar.com)

Alirez gets a passivity point, leads 5-4, Lee follows that up with 2. Leads 6-5 looks for a gut briefly. Gets a big 4 pointer, leads 10-5 briefly. Alrirez responds, 10-7. No lead is safe against this level of competition, but Lee is defending well.....10 seconds left. Late TD Alirez, but Lee wins 10-9, advances to the Challenge finals. Mendez trailing 3-2 but he's pushing the action, right around a minute left. Retherford holds him off 3-2, but Mendez is absolutely on anyone's level in the US

Nick Lee vs Andrew Alirez Mendez vs. the Pain Train Semis at 65kg

I'm stepping out until the evening session. It appears that Mendez' quarters match again Yianni is taking place this evening. Great job thus far by our Indiana men and women. Mendez, Lee, Parris, Hildebrandt and Miracle all still alive and working for the all-important Olympic berths. Carroll lost 1-1 to Cox and was absolutely in that match until the bitter end. Great showing by him and he is getting better and better all the time. Boyd, Carroll, Nate Jackson still alive in wrestlebacks. Great action and can't wait for tonight's all-star matches at every weight. Bye for now.

Fix wins 5-1 over Suriano. Great sportsmanship between the 2 after the match. Spencer Lee nearly techs Megaludis in the first, leads 8-0 in the 2nd Kennedy Blades in a dogfight against Skylar Grote. 2-0 Blades leads in the 2nd period.

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Since this new area is becoming a booming wrestling section of the state I have decided to take a visit to the Caprino @Y2CJ41 home on Sat for an "un-official" visit for a potential landing spot for a future hammer. Reporting no names but this kid has been previously Frepan/Seymour trained

Derek Blubaugh will run Franklin's RTC this week. Enter door 21. 6-7:30pm. Also, coming with Derek will be All American teammate heavyweight Cale Gray. Cale will be there to roll around with any big kids. Derek Blub2024 National Champion at 197 ... Earned 2024 Outstanding Wrestler at the DII National Championship ... A two-time NCAA Division II National Runner-up at 197 (2021-22, 2022-23) … Back-to-back GLVC Wrestler of the Year honoree in 2022-23 and 2023-24 … Captured his first Midwest Classic title at 197 in 2023-24 ... First Team All-GLVC in 2022, 2023, 2024 and a second team nod in 2021 … Two- time NWCA Scholar All-Academic and three-time Academic All-GLVC honoree … Led the Greyhounds in victories in 22-23 with 33, while capturing 12 falls … helped lead the Greyhounds to their first GLVC Championship in 2022-23 Four-year letterwinner in wrestling for Bloomington South...two-time state placer, 6th as a junior, 4th as a senior...career record of 153-26...four-time sectional and regional champ...Conference champ as a senior...two-time Team MVP...team captain as a senior...84 pins as a prep. Engineering major...National Honor society member...National art Honor Society member...son of Rene and Dana Blubaugh... Grandson of the Olympic Gold Medalist Doug Blubaugh, winner of the 1960 Olympic gold medal ... Doug Blubaugh was also the 1957 NCAA DI National Champion for Oklahoma State at 157lbs.

Quick thought to me would be Micic, but my mind is a bit foggy from New Years celebration. #BringBackTheTights

I’d put Howe then Angel at number one and two if you do NCAA results only. Howe 2-1-3-2 Angel 3x big ten champ National champ and 4x AA, never placed lower than 5th at NCAA, world 5th. Micic was a world champ this year if we are including world level accomplishments