Augsburg University in Minneapolis is home to the only four-year women’s college wrestling team in Minnesota.
The distinction can lead to some interesting conversations.
“It’ll always be like, ‘oh, my gosh, you don’t look like a wrestler.’ But it’s, like, what is that supposed to look like?” Katherine Escalante, an Augsburg University wrestler, said.
Shaylee Olson, one of Escalante’s teammates, said, “Every time I tell people I wrestle, they’re just like, ‘Wait, you’re a wrestler?’ It’s like a shock because I guess not many women do it, but it is super cool and I hope that more colleges in Minnesota do get a program.” View/continue reading at cbsnews.com →
Augsburg is not the only Women’s wrestling program in MN. There is also Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls, MN.
Thanks for correcting CBS’s report by stating, ‘the only four year college’. Northland Community and Technical College has wrestling now too! https://www.northlandcollege.edu/today/news/northland-names-dale-rystad-as-head-womens-wrestling-coach/