Austin Marsden (left) and Cam Sykora (Marsden photo courtesy of Sam Janicki/Sykora photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo) Roger Kish is keeping the band together. After moving on from NDSU to take the head coaching job at Oklahoma, Kish will also be bringing a few of his assistant coaches with him. It was reported today by the school's athletic department that Austin Marsden and Cam Sykora would be moving to OU to join Kish's new Sooners' staff. Marsden, who spent his collegiate years at Sooner rival school Oklahoma State, was as an assistant coach at the University of Buffalo from 2017 to 2019, befo ..read more

Little Rock 197 lber Stephen Little in the U20 freestyle challenge tournament finals The SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio was the setting for three days worth of incredible action in freestyle and Greco-Roman over the weekend. The men's U20 and U23 World Team Trials took place and plenty of current and future stars did battle. Our U20 teams in both styles have been established, while our U23 teams largely need to follow the results of Saturday's National Team true-third place matches before final confirmation. What doesn't need any affirmation is the great showings by a handful of collegiate te ..read more

62 kg Final X qualifier Adaugo Nwachukwu (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) In just under a week, two-time NAIA champion and current William Penn wrestler, Adaugo Nwachukwu will compete at Final X for a spot on the Senior World Team. Nwachukwu will face off against a familiar opponent in Kayla Miracle in a best-of-three match-up for the 62kg spot. When asked how she was feeling about the event, Nwachukwu expressed her optimistic mindset. "After the U.S. Open, in my mind, I thought, 'there's two more matches left to wrestle to make the world team,' so I am ready to go. I ..read more

2x All-American Marcus Coleman (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Today, Davidson College announced that they have hired Iowa State's two-time All-American Marcus Coleman as an assistant coach. Coleman just concluded his career in Ames this March finishing fifth in the 184 lb weight class. He was 24-5 overall and made his first appearance in the Big 12 finals. The win in the NCAA fifth-place bout was the 99th of Coleman's career against only 42 losses. Coleman qualified for the NCAA tournament on five occasions at three different weight classes (174-197). He got on the podium f ..read more

79 kg U20 men's freestyle champion Dustin Plott (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) On Sunday from the SPIRE Institute, it was U23 men's freestyle who took center stage. Here are the champions from the U23 Trials after their wins they spoke with the media: 57 kg - Cooper Flynn 61 kg - Julian Chlebove 65 kg - Brock Hardy 70 kg - Doug Zapf 74 kg - Julian Ramirez 79 kg - Dustin Plott 86 kg - Dylan Fishback 92 kg - Jacob Cardenas 97 kg - Nick Stemmet 125 kg - Wyatt Hendrickson ..read more

Julian Ramirez at the 2023 U23 World Team Trials (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) U23 Men's Freestyle Final Results 57 kg - Cooper Flynn (Southeast RTC) over Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado WC) 4-7, 4-1, 9-4 61 kg - Julian Chlebove (Sunkist Kids WC) over Ethan Oakley (Boone RTC) 6-4, 8-3 65 kg - Brock Hardy (Nebraska Wrestling Training Center) over Ryan Jack (Wolfpack WC) 9-5, 10-5 70 kg - Doug Zapf (Penn RTC) over Ed Scott (Wolfpack WC) 5-4, 5-4 74 kg - Julian Ramirez (Spartan Combat RTC) over Matt Lee (Nittany Lion WC) 2-12, 5-2, 10-6 79 kg - Dustin Plott (Cowboy RTC) over ..read more

70 kg U20 men's freestyle champion Meyer Shapiro (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) On Saturday from the SPIRE Institute, it was men's freestyle who took center stage. Our U20 men's freestyle team was established and after their wins they spoke with the media: 57 kg - Luke Lilledahl 61 kg - Nic Bouzakis 65 kg - Jesse Mendez 70 kg - Meyer Shapiro 74 kg - Mitchell Mesenbrink 79 kg - Matthew Singleton 86 kg - Bennett Berge 92 kg - Jack Darrah 97 kg - Camden McDanel 125 kg - Christian Carroll ..read more

72 kg U23 Greco-Roman champion Hunter Lewis (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) On Friday from the SPIRE Institute, it was Greco-Roman who took center stage. Our U20 Greco-Roman team was established, while ten winners at the U23 level were crowned. Here are interviews with all ten U23 champions 55 kg - Yusief Lillie 60 kg - Phillip Moomey 63 kg - Jordan Hamdan 67 kg - David Stepanian 72 kg - Hunter Lewis 77 kg - Payton Jacobson 82 kg - Tyler Eichens 87 kg - Michael Altomer 97 kg - Tereus Henry 125 kg - Aden Reeves ..read more

U20 and U23 champion Michael Altomer (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) On the first day of the U20 and U23 World Team Trials, 20 champions were crowned. Actually, that's not accurate, 19 different wrestlers won titles because Michael Altomer won both the U20 and U23 divisions. Altomer did not need to wrestle in the challenge tournament portion of U20's due to his tournament title at the U20 Open. Even when he was on the mat in the best-of-three finals, it was very brief. In his first match against Brayden Gautreau in the U20 82 kg finals, Altomer only needed :36 seconds to rac ..read more

Ohio State's Nic Bouzakis at the U20 Open (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Geneva, Ohio will host the U20 World Team Trials and the U23 Nationals from June 2-4. Some of the best wrestlers in the nation will take part in this competition, which will also choose the world team for each age group. The wrestlers I am looking forward to seeing in Geneva are listed below. Names that immediately stand out to me at 57 kg, we have Luke Lilledahl, Jore Volk, Troy Spratley, Cael Nasdeo, and Bo Bassett. Luke Lilledahl breezed through the Open save for a 2-2 match in his quarterfi ..read more