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Two-time national champ Ownbey added to Newberry staff

NEWBERRY — Newberry wrestling head coach Cy Wainwright has announced the hiring of Daniel Ownbey as the new assistant coach. Daniel OwnbeyOwnbey make his way to Newberry after a one-year stint at Greensboro College where he helped coach four regional placers. Prior to Greensboro College, Ownbey had one-year stints with the N.C. Pride Club, UNC Pembroke, and Ferrum College. During his coaching experience, Ownbey had helped coach a combined eight regional placers and four national qualifiers.

“We’re excited to bring coach Ownbey to Newberry,” said Wainwright. “He brings a lot of knowledge and knows what it takes to compete at the highest level and to become a champion.” Ownbey, a 2015 graduate of UNC Pembroke, was a four-time All-American along with being a two-time national champion in the 141-pound weight class. He became UNC Pembroke’s first-ever two-time champion, its third four-time All-American, and graduated as the program’s third-winningest wrestler with a career mark of 133-18 (.881). Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21979

May 31, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

History, opportunity to guide Clemsen at Maryland

By Richard Mann, InterMat Senior Writer
The Big Ten Conference houses some of the most storied wrestling programs in the history of the sport. When Maryland joined the conference in 2014, the Terps wrestling team was not on par with some other conference members, but the program appeared to be on an upswing. Some thought the conference change would help the team compete against the perennial powers. However, the bottom quickly fell out and the losses began to mount. To an outside observer, the situation appears to be a complete rebuild. However, the next program leader will have the opportunity to be guided by both history and opportunity. In 1954, Ernie Fischer became the first wrestling All-American in University of Maryland history. He made the NCAA finals at 167 pounds but came up short against Joe Solomon of Pittsburgh. Two years later the Baltimore native represented the U.S. at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. He went 1-2 with his losses coming against eventual silver medalist Ibrahim Zengin of Turkey and gold medalist Mitsuo Ikeda of Japan. Fischer, who was inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989, passed away this past April. He was 88 years old. At the most recent Olympics in 2016, the U.S. finished with two gold medalists: Kyle Snyder and Helen Maroulis. Like Fisher, both Snyder and Maroulis are Maryland natives. However, neither wrestled collegiately for the Terps. While Maroulis’ situation speaks to need for a rapid proliferation of NCAA wrestling opportunities for women, the fact that Snyder did not wrestle for the biggest college in his home state remains a sore spot for some local wrestling enthusiasts. Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21972?mc_cid=f84a8f4615&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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U23 Greco-Roman World Team Trials preview

By Mike Willis, USA Wrestling | May 30, 2019, Taylor LaMont is looking to make his seventh age group World Team
The U23 Men’s Greco-Roman World Team Trials will take place this weekend in Akron, Ohio. The winners will represent Team USA at the 2019 U23 Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, November 1-3.
Several U23 World Team eligible wrestlers are competing in Final X for an opportunity to make a Senior World Team. These individuals will be able to wrestle off the winner of the U23 World Team Trials Tournament at a later date. This includes Brady Koontz at 55 kg, Kamal Bey at 77 kg, and Cohlton Schultz at 130 kg.
This would also apply to G’Angelo Hancock at 97 kg, but he has opted to compete in the tournament.
55 kg
2018 World Team Member: Dalton Duffield
Dalton Duffield is looking to reclaim his spot as the U23 World Team member. He will have to fend off Junior World silver medalist, Cevion Severado to do so.
60 kg
2018 World Team Member: Randon Miranda
Another wrestler looking to make back-to-back U23 World Teams is Randon Miranda. He will face a deep weight class featuring 2018 senior World Team member, Dalton Roberts and 2016 Junior World bronze medalist, Taylor LaMont. Miranda lost to Roberts, 6-0, in the third-place match of the 2019 U.S. Open before defeating him in the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, 8-2. He defeated LaMont at the Open, 5-3, and lost to him in the Challenge Tournament true second match, 4-2.
63 kg
2018 World Team member: Travis Rice
Josh Saunders is probably the best known name in this bracket. Rest of the team and story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/May/30/U23-Greco-Akron-Preview?mc_cid=f84a8f4615&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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Goodale Named Dan Gable Coach of the Year by WIN Magazine

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers wrestling head coach Scott Goodale was named the 2019 Dan Gable Coach of the Year by WIN Magazine over the weekend. The 12th-year leader of the Scarlet Knights led RU to its first-ever Top 10 finish at the NCAA Wrestling Championships this past March, as Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault collected the programs’ first individual national championships. Under the guidance of Goodale, Rutgers wrestled to a 12-6 dual record in 2018-19, which included wins over three ranked foes – No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 19 Princeton and No. 20 Purdue. The Scarlet Knights also finished with a 5-4 mark in Big Ten Conference action, the third time RU closed out league action with a winning record since it joined in 2014-15.

Goodale was also named a co-winner of the Mike Chapman Impact Award – along with Fresno State’s Troy Steiner – for Rutgers’ Top 10 result in average home attendance in 2018-19. One of the top home environments in the country, the Scarlet Knights averaged 5,038 fans per home match at the RAC last season, as they finished within the Top 5 in national home attendance for the fourth consecutive season. RU returns five national qualifiers next season, including Suriano, who secured a 29-3 record to go along with his Big Ten and NCAA titles. Rest of the story at https://scarletknights.com/news/2019/5/28/wrestling-goodale-named-dan-gable-coach-of-the-year-by-win-magazine.aspx?mc_cid=1eedb1e477&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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Seth Gross to transfer to Wisconsin

Seth Gross, the 2018 National Champion at 133 pounds, will transfer to Wisconsin for the 2019-20 school year as a graduate student. Gross was a two-time NCAA finalist and two-time All-American for Badgers’ head coach Chris Bono and associate head coach Jon Reader at South Dakota State. 
Gross became the first Jackrabbit student-athlete at the Division I level to win an individual national title after he ended his 2018 season with a 29-1 overall record. Twelve of his 29 victories in 2018 were by fall and seven by tech fall. Gross, a Hodge Trophy finalist, was a two-time Big 12 Conference Champion at 133 pounds and the Big 12 Conference Wrestler of the Year in 2017-18. Rest of the story at https://uwbadgers.com/news/2019/5/28/wrestling-seth-gross-to-transfer-to-wisconsin.aspx?mc_cid=1eedb1e477&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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Javier Maldonado Named Wrestling Assistant Coach

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock head wrestling coach Neil Erisman today announced the addition of Javier Maldonado as the first assistant coach in Trojan program history. “Javier is going to be a great addition to our program,” Erisman said. “His knowledge, experience and overall character align with who we are and the direction we are going. He has a unique experience in building a program from scratch as well, so those insights will be invaluable as we build ours. I am thrilled to have Javier and his family here at Little Rock.” Maldonado comes to Little Rock after spending the past four seasons as the head coach at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. Maldonado faced a similar challenge as Erisman, building a program from scratch, and led the Fire to a 41-31 dual meet record in his four years.

During his tenure at Southeastern, Maldonado mentored 18 national qualifiers with six wrestlers earning NAIA All-America honors. His teams posted a winning record in three of his four seasons, winning 12 dual meets in both 2015-16 and 2018-19, his first and last seasons, respectively.
Additionally, Maldonado’s programs have succeeded in the classroom as well as the Fire led the Mid-South Conference in scholar-athlete honorees. Under his leadership, Southeastern finished 12th in the 2019 National Wrestling Coaches’ Association Scholar All-American rankings with a combined 3.145 GPA for his starting lineup. Rest of the story at https://lrtrojans.com/news/2019/5/28/javier-maldonado-named-wrestling-assistant-coach.aspx?mc_cid=1eedb1e477&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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