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All NCAA divisions recommend adding women’s wrestling as emerging sport

Women’s wrestling has taken yet another step toward officially becoming an emerging sport in all three NCAA divisions.

In separate actions this week, the NCAA Division II and Division III Management Councils each recommended that their divisions add women’s wrestling (along with acrobatics/tumbling) to their list of emerging sports for women. These decisions are based on a recommendation from the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics, which oversees the emerging sports program with the goal of increasing participation opportunities for female athletes.  The Presidents Council of each division will review the proposal at its meeting next month. If each Council supports the recommendation, Division II and Division III members will vote on whether to add women’s wrestling and acrobatics/tumbling to their emerging sports lists at the 2020 NCAA Convention. Both women’s wrestling and acrobatics/tumbling are on similar tracks in NCAA Division I. Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22184?fbclid=IwAR0JmVuneCmRG9qPm61IL_7QRIA-BZgCZrzv_sbQIUAaB5eVX0vw9Kht8G4

July 26, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized