Takedown Report

Foley’s Friday Mailbag: August 23, 2019

T.R. Foley, InterMat Senior Writer 8/23/2019 foley@intermatwrestle.com
The Junior World Championships wrapped up last weekend in Tallinn, Estonia, with the United States capturing a handful of medals in freestyle, women’s wrestling, and Greco-Roman. The success of the Junior team was a positive sign for the health of their program. Cohlton Schultz securing silver — along with Alston Nutter, and Peyton Omania capturing bronze — led to the best Junior performance for Team USA in Greco-Roman since Washington hosted the Junior World Championships in 1984. While the freestyle team sucks up a lot of the oxygen in the United States, it’s important to take note of this accomplishment, last year’s silver medal by Adam Coon, and the gold medals from the Pan American Games. The progress has been slow, but it’s also been pretty steady. Not every level will win gold and not every year, but it is obvious that the team is picking up steam and that success can very quickly build on itself
Congrats to everyone involved in the program. From Matt Lindland to Gary Mayabb and many more of these successes are happening because these leaders are investing their time into the program and making sacrifices to see our nation improve in the classic style. To your questions … Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/22276?fbclid=IwAR1ZKffqnI2u55C9gDzATPMdn3G1gpRrfmg_SZijXXaGbj7H_KNnr0Eh0_4

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