Takedown Report

Women’s Wrestling News & Results — # 30

NAIA cancels all winter championships (From Mar. 12th)
Kansas City, Mo. – The NAIA announced today that effective immediately, it will be cancelling all remaining winter championship events, including those that are currently underway. …. story at https://www.transitionwrestling.com/naia-cancels-all-winter-championships/?mc_cid=dd3ca5e7e5&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Not the way Wiebe pictured it, but Olympic wrestling champ qualifies for second Games in Ottawa
By Dan Plouffe
Rio 2016 Olympic wrestling champion Erica Wiebe booked her return trip to the Olympic Games with her fourth victory of the day at the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament on Mar. 14 inside an almost eerily quiet Shaw Centre, closed to spectators due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “It’s the first step,” Wiebe said after surviving her women’s 76 kg semi-final contest with Ecuador’s Genesis Reasco Valdez to win an Olympic berth for Canada. “I am a competitor and I’m not happy with the way I wrestled. I have so much more to give. “But I’m really excited to put the training in over the next couple months and be ready to go for whatever happens in Tokyo.” When the final buzzer went, it was far from the storybook moment where the hometown hero raised her arms in victory in front of throngs of cheering fans. Instead, there were a couple quick claps and a smile from the 30-year-old to family members among the assembly of not even 200 people (mostly officials) who witnessed the major moment. “I don’t think anything in life really turns out exactly the way you picture it,”  ….. story at https://sportsottawa.com/2020/03/14/not-the-way-wiebe-pictured-it-but-olympic-wrestling-champ-qualifies-for-second-games-in-ottawa/?mc_cid=143786004c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

USA Wrestling V COVID-19
CURRENT UPDATE
Wreaper Wrestlers, the past few days and the fall out of sports events across the board due to the COVID-19 A.K.A Coronavirus has taken a toll. The toll at this point is more emotional than anything. Confusion, fear, apathy, staying hopeful or positive…it’s a mixed bag and it’s a lot to bear. With that said, Team Wreaper is committed to keeping up with COVID-19 related current events and passing along factual and necessary information as it relates to wrestling and only wrestling. We do not want to contribute to the spread of misinformation or contribute to the already highly emotional mood. USA Wrestling (USAW) is THE wrestling institution here in the US and all official news & decisions will come from USAW. Our job is to keep up with the information that is put out and circulate what it relevant to our Wreaper Wrestler community. At this point, what people want to know mostly are event postponements & cancellations. Understandable. …. rest of the story at https://www.wreaperwrestling.com/usaw-v-covid-19/?mc_cid=143786004c&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

POSTPONED – Girls Folkstyle Nationals will be postponed, with plans to reschedule
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | MARCH 13th
Today, Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced a guidance that requires cancelation of large public gatherings of over 250 people unless they limit contact between people to six feet. As such, USA Wrestling has postponed the USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals, which was scheduled for the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo., March 26-29. …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/March/13/Girls-Folkstyle-Nationals-postponed

Girls wrestling notebook: A year after being carried off on a stretcher, Anna McDougal is a state champion
By René Ferrán | For The Oregonian/OregonLive
A year after being carried off the Memorial Coliseum floor on a stretcher with a head injury in her state final, Elmira sophomore Anna McDougal completed her comeback with a 3-2 decision over North Salem’s Gabrielle Tata Rodrigues in the girls 155-pound championship match to finish a 35-1 season. “I’m so grateful to have won after my setback last year,” McDougal said. “I had to learn to overcome that and come back even stronger.”
Girls 115: Baker/Powder Valley junior Sydney Keller kept up a family tradition by winning a state title with a 14-2 major decision over West Albany’s Emily Alvis. Keller is the younger sister of two-time state champion Clay Keller.
Girls 135: Mountain View senior Taylor Ohlson bookended her career with a second state title, winning a 3-1 decision over Thurston’s Lindsay Burrell on the same night that her brother, Beau, became a four-time state champion. “That means everything to me,” she said. “I’m so grateful. All the hard work, the pain, the suffering, paid off.” …. rest of the story at https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/j66j-2020/03/cdce393dbb3738/girls-wrestling-notebook-a-year-after-being-carried-off-on-a-stretcher-anna-mcdougal-is-a-state-champion.html?mc_cid=f6e5f3ba8d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Erica Wiebe overcomes strangest of circumstances to pin Olympic wrestling spot
Stittsville, Ont., native punches ticket without spectators amid coronavirus pandemic
Long before knowing about the coronavirus pandemic, Olympic wrestling champion Erica Wiebe organized a small celebratory gathering for Saturday night in Ottawa. The game plan – in victory or defeat – was to thank her close family, friends and supporters for being in her corner for so many years.
Watch the 2020 Pan-American Wrestling Olympic Qualifier
Canadian wrestlers Erica Wiebe, Danielle Lappage secure Tokyo Olympic berths
“I’ve never heard of someone doing that before,” retired Canadian wrestler Jasmine Mian said earlier this week. “I think it shows how much she’s come to appreciate the journey of an Olympic pursuit and not just the result. “When you have your mind in the space of enjoying the journey, the results always come.” ….. story at https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/erica-wiebe-tokyo-bound-wrestling-qualifies-1.5498261?mc_cid=f6e5f3ba8d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

April 2, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized