Season tickets and single match tickets are now available for the University of Minnesota Wrestling 2017-2018 season. The Gophers will host six home matches this season, with season tickets starting at $60 this year, and are available immediately. Single match tickets start at $10 with youth/senior tickets at $5 and… Continue reading
Similarly to how people want to become more cultured and diversify themselves, wrestlers are always looking to learn about different styles throughout the wide world of wrestling. Colin Carr, a junior wrestler for the Gophers, traveled to North Ossetia-Alania in Russia to train with many world championship wrestlers for 16… Continue reading
Traveling the world for a wrestler is often all a part of the plan. For Miles Patton, it was his trip to Berlin, Germany this summer that gave him the chance to live in another culture, while also completing classes. Patton, redshirt sophomore this upcoming season, immersed himself in the… Continue reading
It would be hard to characterize Apple Valley wrestler Gable Steveson as a poor loser. In fact, the Gopher commit really has no experience coming up on the short end on the mat. Steveson has not lost a match since he finished as runner-up in 2014 as an eighth grader.… Continue reading
The University of Minnesota wrestling program announced its 2017-18 schedule today, a schedule that will feature one of the toughest road schedules in the entire country with trips to four of the top five finishers from the 2017 NCAA Championships. The Gophers will host six home dual meets this year… Continue reading
By the time Pat Smith stepped onto the mat in Iowa City, Iowa, for his shot at the 2016 Olympics, the Minnesota-born-and-raised wrestler had already endured his share of heartbreak in his beloved sport. There was the college career that didn’t reach the heights he had hoped. And the second-place… Continue reading
Prior to his breakthrough in April at the Greco-Roman World Team Trials, Patrick Smith was perhaps best known as the country’s premier carrot-chaser. A perennial bridesmaid. A fall-on-your-sword type of athlete who would always leave his heart out on the mat only to walk away second-best. It’s a torturous cycle,… Continue reading
Tampere, Finland – Two-time Cadet World Champion Gable Steveson (Minnesota recruit/Apple Valley) added a Junior World title to his list of achievements by defeating Naeiim Rah Hassanzadeh of Iran 5-1 for the 120 kg Junior World Gold medal. Steveson’s win was needed for the USA to win the freestyle team… Continue reading
