Gopher freshman heavyweight Gable Steveson has been selected as the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week by the body’s official website TheMat.com. Steveson is now 13-0 after winning the championship at the tough Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this past weekend. Steveson defeated three ranked wrestlers, two by major decisions,… Continue reading
Colorado Springs, Colo. – The Executive Committee of USA Wrestling has approved a change to the names of age divisions used at all USA Wrestling Regional and National Championships. The change in age division names does not impact those eligible for competition, rather it is a change of the age… Continue reading
The 2018 U.S. World Wrestling Teams in the three Olympic disciplines have set high goals for the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, set for the Papp Laszlo Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, October 20-28. The United States was the 2017 World Team Champions in men’s freestyle, and will be seeking to… Continue reading
Rudy James is an assistant coach for Apple Valley High School SKOPJE, Macedonia – Rudy James of St. Paul, Minn., earned a silver medal at 70 kg on Friday at the Veteran World Championships in Skopje, Macedonia. Three other Americans placed in the top five. James competed in Division B,… Continue reading
TRNAVA, Slovakia – The USA Junior men’s freestyle team finished Saturday night’s session with two silver and two bronze medals in Trnava, Slovakia. Claiming silver medals were Aaron Brooks at 79 kg and Zach Elam at 97 kg. 2017 Cadet World champion Brooks had a back-and-forth battle with Hayato Ishiguro,… Continue reading
TRNAVA, Slovakia – In only his third freestyle tournament of his career, Mekhi Lewis advanced to the Junior World semifinals at 70 kg with two quick wins on Saturday morning in Trnava, Slovakia. His wins included a technical fall and a pin. Against Erik Reinbok of Estonia, Lewis scored takedown… Continue reading
The 2018 Junior World Championships are underway in Trnava, Slovakia, where University of Minnesota wrestler Gable Steveson will look to capture his fourth consecutive world championship. Gable has won three previous world titles up to this point in time. The four-time state champion from Apple Valley won Cadet World Championships… Continue reading
