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New Jersey City University to add men’s, women’s wrestling

TDR Editor’s Notes ; This is great news! Wonderful to see more collegiate wrestling opportunities. This increase in college teams will hopefully encourage an increase in high school teams and participation numbers. Many positive events in New Jersey wrestling.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — In a historic expansion of its athletic offerings New Jersey City University will add men’s and women’s wrestling as the latest sports in its lineup of intercollegiate athletic programs, Shawn Tucker, Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President, has announced. NJCU will become the first university in the state of New Jersey to sponsor an NCAA women’s wrestling program. Each program will have its own full-time head coach. An extensive national search to fill each head coaching position will be conducted during the months of May and June. The men’s and women’s wrestling programs will be club programs during the introductory 2019-20 academic year before being elevated to full varsity status in Fall 2020. Potential future conference affiliations will be determined during the 2019-20 year. Both programs will practice and compete at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center on campus.

“The addition of men’s and women’s wrestling to our intercollegiate athletics program is a significant moment in the history of our athletics department,” said NJCU President Dr. Sue Henderson, the current chair of the NCAA Division III President’s Council and Vice-Chair of the NCAA Board of Governors. “While assessing areas for potential growth within our athletics program over the last 12 months it became clear to our leadership that there were enormous opportunities within this popular sport. Men’s wrestling is currently well established, both in New Jersey’s high schools and within the NCAA championship structure. Meanwhile, wrestling is one of the fastest growing women’s sports in the United States and the world. With the introduction of the sport at our institution, we will be positioned well to capitalize on the movement and be at the forefront as leaders in another women’s sport, giving new opportunities to female student-athletes.” Rest of the story and details at
http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21876?fbclid=IwAR3AmXzsWek24bzVRMILU0TN5CwW95sATZucGqnWPLqp73YZI3mk8VpZVPA

May 1, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized