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Transition Wrestling website expands college women’s wrestling coverage

BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | NOV. 06, 2019
As women’s wrestling grows across the nation and around the world, there are new voices within the sport emerging in the media space. This year alone, two new websites have been developed covering women’s wrestling, as well as a new podcast. TheMat.com will be publishing updates on these new media outlets as part of its #WomensWednesday series.
Our first feature focuses on Transition Wrestling (https://www.transitionwrestling.com/), a website covering collegiate women’s wrestling. This new media platform was founded by Gabrielle Lord-Klein, a former collegiate wrestler and coach, who has a passion for the sport and the women athletes who participate in it.
About Gabrielle Lord-Klein: A high school wrestler in Wisconsin, Lord-Klein spent two years on the women’s freestyle wrestling team at the U.S. Olympic Education Center (USOEC) at Northern Michigan University. When that program was discontinued, Lord-Klein wrestled for Waldorf University, where she became a two-time WCWA All-American. She was a member of the Junior Pan American Team, as well. After starting her career in financial planning and analysis in California with little connection to the sport, Lord-Klein changed her path and became a graduate assistant coach at Waldorf, where she received her Masters degree. Lord-Klein launched Transition Wrestling this year, while still working full-time in the business community. She runs the website and its social media, with some help from intern Allison Petix (who competes for King University). Highlights of our conversation with Gabrielle Lord-Klein follows.
Q: Why did you create Transition Wrestling?
Lord-Klein: This has been a long time in the works. It is so important to me. I had finished wrestling in college and moved out to California for two years. I was completely separated from the wrestling community. There was no space to be a fan of anything wrestling-oriented. My choice was either you are in wrestling or out of wrestling. Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/November/06/Transition-Wrestling-Womens-Wednesday?mc_cid=62d0d9a4aa&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

November 11, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized