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USA Wrestling Awards Marquee Events to Fort Worth, Fort Wayne

USA Wrestling has named Fort Worth, Texas, as the host of the 2023 USA Wrestling Senior Nationals and the Folkstyle Tour of America Stockyard Stampede, while also naming Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the host for the 2024 Kids Folkstyle Nationals. The Fort Worth events will take place at the Fort Worth Convention Center. The senior […]

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Shreve­port-Bossier City Wins NCWA Nationals Bid

The National Collegiate Wrestling Association will hold its 2024 national championships in Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana. The 2024 nationals will be from March 14-16 after a March 13 high school ‘Recruit-Me’ Combine. Nine qualifying conference tournaments are scheduled for the weekend of March 2, spanning across the country. The event will be at Brookshire Arena and […]

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Female wrestler Alex Alli is the first athlete to commit to the International Wrestling Academy and will attend Erie Prep Academy. Photo courtesy of International Wrestling Academy/Erie Sports Center.

Erie Sports Center Announces Creation of International Wrestling Academy

The Erie Sports Center in Pennsylvania has announced the creation of an International Wrestling Academy which will offer boys and girls high school aged wrestlers an opportunity to train and compete in Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling in line with the USA Wrestling National Team program, philosophy and schedule. Chad Vandiver has been named as director […]

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Penn State to Host 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Wrestling

The Bryce Jordan Center on the campus of Penn State has been selected to host the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials ­– Wrestling on April 19­–20 in University Park, Pennsylvania. The champions from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling will become eligible to represent the United States at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. […]

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WrestleMania 39 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles was the highest-grossing event in WWE history at the time, with more than 160,000 fans in attendance. Photo by Justin Shaw/SportsTravel

WWE Produces Largest Event in History at WrestleMania 39

WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles had plenty of action, both inside and outside the ring. WWE announced the event as “the most successful WrestleMania of all time.” But shoehorned into the proceedings was the bombshell announcement that WWE was acquired by Endeavor, the company that owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The WWE promotion machine did […]

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USA Wrestling to Host Final X on June 10 in New York

USA Wrestling and Beat the Streets New York will present the Final X tournament on June 10 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Final X, presented by Tezos, will determine the 2023 U.S. Senior World Teams in men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. There will be 30 weight classes contested, 10 in each discipline. […]

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Women’s Wrestling Meets NCAA Championship Requirements

The National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championship Executive Committee has announced that NCAA women’s wrestling has successfully met the requirements established for consideration of an NCAA sponsored championship. More than forty teams across all three divisions report meeting their respective divisional NCAA rules required to be considered for NCAA championship sponsorship. “With the help of our […]

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Adam Andrasko, the CEO of USA Artistic Swimming, is also one of the top wresting referees in the state of Colorado. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz/SportsTravel)

Out of the Water, On to the Mat

Adam Andrasko was outside his house on a recent weekend in Colorado Springs when the father of a local high school wrestling star ran by on a jog. Andrasko, the chief executive officer of USA Artistic Swimming, was wearing a Team USA hoodie, the kind many national governing body leaders tend to have multitudes of […]

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Wichita to Continue Hosting NAIA Men’s Wrestling Championships

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has selected Wichita, Kansas, to host its 2023–2025 Men’s Wrestling National Championships at Hartman Arena. Visit Wichita hosted the championships from 2020 through 2022, bringing hundreds of athletes to the region resulting in nearly $800,000 in estimated economic impact each year the event is hosted in the city. “We […]

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Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will host the National Collegiate Wrestling Association for the first time in the spring. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Discover Puerto Rico Promotes Events With $20 Million Estimated Impact

A series of competitions and special training sessions for youth and collegiate athletes will generate more than an estimated $20 million for Puerto Rico’s economy in the coming months. Some of the events such as the Laurie Hernåndez Champions Challenge are being held for the first time in Puerto Rico. Others like the National Collegiate […]

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