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Small school in Nebraska big on female wrestlers from Hawaii

Editor’s Note; Interesting recruiting connection and probably unexpected when the school added this emerging, growing sport of Women’s Wrestling. It is expected that over 40 colleges and universities will sponsor women’s team next season.
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Welina Tong tried wrestling for the first time six years ago and loved the sport so much she was willing to move 4,000 miles from her home in Hawaii to the snowy plains of Nebraska to compete. She’s not alone. She and two other women from the Aloha State are competing this season for Midland University, a 1,400-student private school that is among three dozen small four-year or junior colleges sponsoring varsity women’s wrestling programs. Tong got into the sport quite by accident. She was late for the first day of varsity basketball tryouts her junior year in high school and afraid of facing repercussions from the coach. On her way to the gym she bumped into a friend who persuaded her to try out for wrestling instead. The next year Tong won the state championship at 175 pounds, and Midland assistant coach Antonio Barber was on the phone trying to recruit her. Rest of the story at http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/small-school-nebraska-big-female-wrestlers-hawaii-52732194

February 11, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized