Marines attend USA Wrestling championship in Fargo
US Marines attended the US Marine Corps Cadet and Junior National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota, July 14-19, 2019. Marine Corps Recruiting Command partnered with USA Wrestling (USAW) to support student-athletes, coaches and their communities, to inform young people about opportunities within the Marine Corps, and to continue to foster the fighting spirit that Marines and athletes share.
“One of the reasons that we value the partnership is the shared ethos that the Marines and the wrestling community has together,” said Ryan Johnson, the director of corporate partnerships for USA Wrestling. “We talk also about the fighting spirit, being something that every wrestler has to dig deep at times to win those tough matches or to find a way to score points late in the match, which really ties in directly with what the Marine Corps has to do on a daily basis.” The championships, known as the largest wrestling tournament in the world, presented opportunities for 5,397 wrestlers aged 13-18 and from all weight classes to compete for a national title. USA Wrestling, a representative of the United States Olympic Committee, is the central organization that coordinates amateur wrestling programs throughout the nation. The organizations has more than 226,000 members. It charters over 4,500 wrestling clubs and sanctions over 2,100 local, state, regional and national competitions.
“These wrestlers are here to achieve greatness, to compete and to push themselves to their limits,” said Col. David M. Fallon, the commanding officer of 9th Marine Corps District. “They have worked so hard, sacrificed so much and done an enormous amount of training to get here. They have fought their own battles against complacency and indifference. The United States Marines respects those efforts.” Rest of the story at
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