Monday, May 7, 2012

GRECO/STATE FREESTYLE QUALIFIER Saturday, May 12th, 2012 Hidden Oaks Middle School Prior Lake, MN Hidden Oaks Middle School Map

BARBARIAN MN/USAELIGIBILITY: TOURNAMENT LIMITED TO 210 PARTICIPANTS, IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THE TOURNAMENT IN AN EFFICIENT AND TIMELY MANNER.

Preregister by Emailing the Tournament Coordinator to reserve your spot. Pay at the registration table May 12th.  Same day walk up registration taken on an as available basis. Once the tournament fills, wrestlers showing up in Prior Lake will be weighed and sent to the Buffalo Freestyle qualifier which begins at 10am.
All wrestlers must be members of USA Wrestling.  Membership available for purchase online at themat.com or at registration the day of the tournament.

FEE: $24.00 wrestler fee includes both Greco and Freestyle Competition. $4 Adult admission

Divisions, Weights: PeeWee through Juniors. Scratch Weight. 3 to 4-wrestler Round-Robin Greco, then same group Round-Robin Freestyle after a short break.  Awards:T-shirt for all participants.  WEIGH INS: 7am-8:30am. Wrestling starts at 10am.

Tournament Coordinators:
Kevin O’ Neil 612-384-8320 kevinoneil@integra.net
Dr. Mark Berg 612-598-7717

Flat Earth Freestyle and Greco Results

Tyler Onstad, Jake Larkin, Levi Larkin, and Hunter Gruchow wrestled in the Flat Earth MN USA state qualifier this weekend.  What a great experience!  There were many talented wrestlers wrestling in the Jackson, Mn High School gym on Saturday morning.  The boys wrestled great but also realized they are still learning when it come to the greco/freestyle disciplines.  It's great they are going out and giving their all in something they are not all completely comfortable in.  These 4 boys are all new to the greco/freestyle world and they ran with some of Minnesota's best.

Jake Larkin 3rd Greco/4th Freestyle
Levi Larkin 1st Greco/1st Freestlyle
Tyler Onstad 2nd Greco/2nd Freestyle
Hunter Gruchow 1st Greco/1st Freetyle

Good Work Boys!!


From The MN USA Website:
Taking part in MN USA wrestling events is a great way to make some of the biggest improvements in the sport of wrestling.  Spring is the time when most wrestlers start wrapping it up for the year. Most wrestlers take this time off and wait until fall to resume their wrestling career. Why? Unless you are playing in another sport like baseball or track & field why not keep "playing" in wrestling? And even if you are playing another sport why not wrestle in a few tournaments? You might practice twice a week in a local wrestling room (Alexandria) and keep "playing" with the sport so you can keep improving your skills.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

FCA Wrestling Camp

We have three wrestlers going to FCA camp and have room for one more.  I wanted to post to see if anyone else was interested.  Here is the website.  June 1-3    http://www.fcand.org/fca-wrestling-camp-at-crystal-springs    *First response to me at long@runestone.net gets the transportation.


I would offer up one of my vehicles if we get a lot of interest, so there would be room for three more if needed, but we'll get to that when we see if there is any interest. 

Thanks!  Brenda Long