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U.S. Congressional Wrestling Caucus Champions Women’s Wrestling

Washington, D.C. – – Wrestling builds leaders, and it was women’s wrestling being celebrated and discussed at the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday morning. The Wrestle Like A Girl organization and USA Wrestling planned an ‘Empowering Girls to Lead Through Sport’ breakfast in cooperation with Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and the Bi-Partisan Congressional Wrestling Caucus. Dialogue centered on characteristics learned in wrestling applied to life, leadership, leveraging sport as a vehicle for socioeconomic mobility, and the need for legislative support in the efforts toward sanctioning girls wrestling in the 32 states without a championship. The bi-partisan wrestling caucus was established in March 2019 through the stewardship of Captain Adam Chamie. Collectively, the caucus has pledged to support issues within the wrestling community.
Special guests from the wrestling community included 2019 women’s freestyle wrestling world champions, Jacarra Winchester, Tamyra Mensah-Stock and Adeline Gray. 2004 Olympian Tela O’Donnell Bacher and 2008 Olympian and U.S. National Women’s Freestyle Assistant Coach Clarissa Chun joined them.
Wrestling Builds Leaders
Congressman and Caucus Chair Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) sketched deep parallels between wrestling and success in life. “. . . In wrestling you’re going to lose some matches, and you may lose them right in the middle of a tournament . . . you suck it up and get back on the mat because someone else is going to kick you if you don’t,” said Mullin. “You gotta get over your failures fast, learn from your mistakes and move on. That is life, and that is the same thing that wrestling teaches you. In your successes, celebrate them and go back to work the next day because you’ve got someone else coming after you; that is life. Life is tough—you’re going to have successes, and you’re going to have failures, and if you can learn to be successful in a competitive wrestling room you will learn to be successful in life, too.” A study conducted by Ernst & Young consultants revealed that 94% of female c-suite executives have played a sport. Wrestle Like A Girl’s Founder and Executive Director, Sally Roberts, stated, “Wrestling teaches girls how to own their voice, their space and their bodies.” Rest of the story and pictures at https://www.transitionwrestling.com/u-s-congressional-wrestling-caucus-champions-womens-wrestling/?mc_cid=3b455adea1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

November 8, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized