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CAROLINA WRESTLING ANNOUNCES 2019-20 MAT SIDE SEATING

Posted On: August 26, 2019CHAPEL HILL — For the second year in a row, Carolina Wrestling is pleased to announce the opportunity to purchase mat side seating for the 2019-20 season in Carmichael Arena. This all-access seating in the Blue Zone is available for $100 for a season pass, which includes all seven home duals. Fans who purchase a mat side seating pass will also receive a guest pass for each dual for another seat in the Blue Zone. The 2019-20 schedule will be released at a later date.
“We feel this is a great way to continue to get fans closer to the action at Carmichael,” head coach Coleman Scott said. “We’re shaping up to have a very exciting home schedule this year … Rest of the story at   https://goheels.com/news/2019/8/26/carolina-wrestling-2019-20-mat-side-seating.aspx?mc_cid=eb3b72298a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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

Greensboro College Names Kevin Birmingham Head Coach

Wince & Birm

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Erik Wince has stepped down as Greensboro College’s head wrestling coach to join the wrestling staff at Division I American University, interim Director of Athletics Dr. Robin Daniel announced Tuesday. Kevin Birmingham, an assistant coach for the Pride the past two seasons, will succeed Wince as head coach. “Erik has built a solid foundation for our wrestling program, and we wish him all the best for the future,” Daniel said. Wince became the Division III Pride’s inaugural head coach in February 2015 and guided his teams to 18 dual victories during the past four seasons. In addition, Wince coached multiple wrestlers who achieved individual rankings and one who earned All-American honors in 2017. “I want to thank President (Lawrence D.) Czarda, former Director of Athletics Bryan Galuski, and Assistant Director of Athletics Randy Tuggle for entrusting me with the opportunity to build the Greensboro College wrestling program from the beginning,” Wince said. “This has been an unbelievable experience, and I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. Rest of the story at https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/Greensboro-College-Names-Kevin-28-8-2019
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Writing Time: New passions are fueling Gwiazdowski’s mind, pursuit of gold

Given the choice, Nick Gwiazdowski would rather not be fielding run-of-the-mill wrestling questions.  He’d prefer to talk about the Outlaw country music regularly pumping through his speakers, his newfound interest in art or the latest book he’s reading. He finds these interview topics more compelling than monotonous talk about takedowns and turns. 
“I’ve been trying to find ways to become more diverse than just wrestling,” Gwiazdowski said last week after a World Team training camp practice in Colorado Springs. “The things I’m becoming more diverse in I feel can help my wrestling skills with creativity or getting your brain to function faster and just react faster to things when it recognizes something or sees something it knows the response. “(They’re) not things I sit down and focus on super hard and try to train, but rather things you do consistently every day, every day, and I think it builds those connections to be a little bit stronger and a little bit faster.”  The 26-year-old New York native is trying to discover every little edge he can find in his quest to become the heavyweight king of the World. He claimed bronze medals the past two years at the World Championships and he’ll try in a little more than three weeks to seize the throne that’s belonged to Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili and Turkey’s Taha Akgul for the past five years.  The two-time NCAA champ from North Carolina State has beaten most of the top contenders at 125 kilograms and he sees a path to beating the ones who have bested him in the past. Rest of the story at https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/PortalPost.jsp?postId=1679886132

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