Photo: From left, Levi Haines, Cohlton Schultz, Kayla Miracle and David Taylor met with the media on Thursday in Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, one day before the 2024 Olympic Trials begin in State College, Pa. By Mike Finn A Challenge Tournament will take place Friday with the top-two finishers advancing to Saturday’s Best-of-3 Finals, unless a 2023 World medalist already earned a spot in the Championship Series. Kyle Dake has plenty of challenges to making his second straight Olympic team in freestyle at 74 kilos this weekend at the 2024 Olympic Trials. But no opponent will be tougher f ..read more

Any former Olympic medalists who will be attending the Olympic Trials April 19-20 in State College, Pa., are invited to attend the Olympic Medalists Autograph Session at Pegula Ice Arena from 2:30-3:30 on Friday or immediately following Session 1 if the session goes long. Please reach out to USA Wrestling’s Derek Sikora if you are going to be in attendance and are able to attend so arrangements can be. Sikora’s email is dsikora@usawrestling.org. The Fan Fest at Pegula Ice Arena is less than 1 block from the Bryce Jordan Center across University Drive. Over 15,000 fans are expected over the two ..read more

The following is a look at which wrestlers will be making the biggest impact at the six weight classes in Greco-Roman at the 2024 Olympic Trials, held April 19-20 in State College, Pa. A Challenge Tournament will take place on Friday with the top finishers advancing to Saturday’s Best-of-3 Championship Series. The lone exceptions are the weights where individuals qualified the weight at the 2024 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier earlier this year and earned an automatic spot in the Championship Series. Once the team is set, the winners of three weight classes — 60 kilos, 67 kilos and 77 kilos — will ha ..read more

The following is a look at what wrestlers will be making the biggest impact at the six weight classes in women’s freestyle at the 2024 Olympic Trials, held April 19-20 in State College, Pa. A Challenge Tournament will take place on Friday with the top finishers advancing to Saturday’s Best-of-3 Championship Series, where they will face individuals who either placed in last year’s Worlds or qualified the weight at the 2024 Pan Am Olympic Qualifier earlier this year. WIN Magazine will provide updates from State College as well as present a comprehensive look back at the Trials in the next issue ..read more

The following is a look at what wrestlers will be making the biggest impact at the six weight classes in men’s freestyle at the 2024 Olympic Trials, held April 19-20 in State College, Pa. A Challenge Tournament will take place on Friday with the top two finishers advancing to Saturday’s Best-of-3 Championship Series. The exceptions will come at weights where 2023 World Championship placers automatically earned a spot in the Best-of-3 Championship Series. Also, the two lightest weights still need to be qualified for the United States. The Olympic Trials winners at 57k and 65k will have one last ..read more

Wrestling fans attending the 2024 Olympic Trials in State College, Pa., will be in for in for a treat when they leave Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center between sessions as there will be a free Fan Fest across the street at Pegula Ice Arena. Similar to the Fan Fest at previous Olympic Trials and the annual Fan Fest/WIN Magazine Fan Expo at the NCAA Division I Championships every year, the event will be the gathering spot for the near-capacity crowd of wrestling fans attending the Trials. Fan Fest will be a great place to relax between sessions, allowing fans to not have to move their cars, meet ..read more

Photo: Former Olympic silver medalist Andy Rein was set to start his five-month journey over the Appalachian Trail in April. By Sandy Stevens Andy Rein was an Olympic silver medalist, an undefeated NCAA champion, a Tbilisi champion and is a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, but he sports a new challenge on the Vision Board in his North Carolina home.  The 66-year-old sets out this month to “thru hike” the entire 2,197 miles of the Appalachian Trail. (AT hikers spell it “thru hike,” or thru-hike, not “through hike”.) He is dedicating his hike to “Power Beyon ..read more

The NCAA Division I Championships are in the books. Penn State broke the records for most points scored and margin of victory over the second-place team. There were four Penn State wrestlers who won individual championships, including a pair of seniors who became the sixth and seventh all-time Division I wrestlers to win four NCAA titles. Click on the cover or call 888-305-0606 to subscribe to WIN Magazine. And one of those was Aaron Brooks, who moved up to 197 pounds, dominated his weight class … and was also named the winner of the WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ..read more

Photo: Aaron Brooks of Penn State defeated NC State’s Trent Hidlay to capture the 197-pound NCAA championships last month in Kansas City. The Nittany Lion became the seventh all-time wrestler to win four NCAA titles and now has captured the WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ASICS. By Tristan Warner, WIN Magazine NEWTON, Iowa – Paralleling his coach, Cael Sanderson, Penn State’s Aaron Brooks won three NCAA titles at 184 pounds before deciding to move up to the 197-pound weight class in pursuit of his fourth collegiate crown this season. Partly because his body was growin ..read more

The finalists have been named for the 2024 USA Wrestling Women’s College Wrestler of the Year Award … and fans can take part in the voting.  The award will be selected by a vote from three major constituent groups: wrestling journalists, women’s college head coaches and the fans. Each of these groups will account for one-third of the vote. Click here to Vote!  The eight finalists were all college national champions in 2024: NAIA champions Tavia Heidelberg-Tillotson of Menlo College, Carolina Moreno of Southern Oregon, Adaugo Nwachukwu of William Penn and Mia Palumbo of William Penn p ..read more