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Looking ahead to 2019-2022 NCAA Division I Championships

The 2019 NCAA Division I Championships will take place at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh
As we start a new year — and enter the heart of the college wrestling season — there might not be a better time to set our sights on the next four NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Here’s a sneak peek at the 2019-2022 NCAAs …

2019 NCAAs: Pittsburgh
The biggest event in collegiate wrestling returns to Pittsburgh for the first time in over six decades.
Where: The 2019 NCAAs will take place at PPG Paints Arena, in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. First opened in 2010 as Consol Energy Center, this facility which is normally the home of the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins has a seating capacity of approximately 19,700 fans.
Hosted by: University of Pittsburgh
Last time in Pittsburgh: Steel City hosted the NCAAs was back in 1957, at Fitzgerald Field House on the Pitt campus. This championship event — which welcomed 213 athletes from over 60 schools — was special for a number of reasons … including as the first to crown an African-American national mat champ (Simons Roberts of the University of Iowa) … and the last college appearance of Dan Hodge, the Oklahoma Sooner fall guy, with a 46-0 overall record, with 36 of those wins by pin. The Sooners pinned down the team title that year.

2020 NCAAs: Minneapolis
The 2020 NCAA D1 championships will be the … Rest of the story and details at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21093?mc_cid=376ecdb5ed&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

January 11, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized