Takedown Report

Women’s Wrestling News – # 33

Key coaches and leaders begin plans to launch a Community College Women’s Wrestling Nationals for 2021
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | APRIL 09, 2020
A group of women’s college wrestling coaches and administrators from two-year universities held a historic meeting with members of the USA Wrestling staff on Wednesday, Feb. 26, to begin planning to launch a Community College Women’s Wrestling National Championships in 2021. With the rapid growth of women’s college wrestling, as well as the development of specific national tournaments for NCAA and NAIA women’s programs, these leaders have agreed to organize a women’s national championships in freestyle wrestling for community college teams and athletes next year. They asked USA Wrestling to organize a conference call to being work on this project.
The plan which was developed in the meeting is to finalize a date and location for this first national competition, tentatively targeted for February 2021. Teams and individual athletes from any community college will be invited to participate, regardless of what national or regional sports organization oversees their school’s sports program.
Those teams invited will include community college programs affiliated with the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC), the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) and others, as well as wrestling-related college organizations including the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA). In addition to organized teams, community college women student-athletes who wrestle on a men’s college team or club will also be invited to participate and challenge themselves against other community college women wrestlers. …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/April/09/Plans-set-for-Community-College-womens-nationals-in-2021?mc_cid=e9d5e5bec8&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

HOW-TO TAKE DOWN QUARANTINE
RESOURCES & SUGGESTIONS FOR TACKLING SOCIAL DISTANCING
Due to COVID-19, the world as we know it came to a crashing halt. NCAA’s? Cancelled. Olympic Trials? Cancelled. The Olympic Games? postponed until 2021. In a world filled with fear and uncertainty, how can you keep getting better at your craft? With no wrestling events on the horizon, this time right now is incredibly valuable. While social distancing may seem boring, it is a window of opportunity to get in better shape, learn new skills, recover, and even watch film. No matter how unlikely it seems at the current moment, life will go back to normal eventually. That being said, you can be bitter about the current circumstances, or you can use them to your advantage.  …. story and many good ideas at https://www.wreaperwrestling.com/how-to-take-down-quarantine-resources-and-suggestions-for-tackling-social-distancing/?mc_cid=1270ffe756&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Another step forward: Community College National Championships planned for 2021
It’s not news that the landscape of women’s wrestling is actively changing.
The NAIA and NCAA are moving toward championship status and, as a result, the WCWA—historically home to nearly all collegiate women’s wrestling programs across organizations—faces drastic reductions in membership. Only 26 programs renewed memberships for the 2019-20 season, and the future and purpose of the organization is in question.
But as the NAIA and NCAA picked up the sport under their organizational umbrellas, the questions turned into: What about programs at community colleges? Who builds their structure? Do they wrestle folksytle or freestyle?
USA Wrestling’s announcement on Thursday (Key coaches and leaders begin plans to launch a Community College Women’s Wrestling Nationals for 2021) answered some of those questions and provided even more to think about. In short, a group of coaches and administrators met late February to discuss plans for a Community College Women’s Nationals. It would be the first time an exclusive championship event for two-year programs has been established, and it’s tentatively scheduled for February 2021. “Teams and individual athletes from any community college will be invited to participate, regardless of what national or regional sports organization oversees their school’s sports program” (Abbott, 2020).
The effort is huge for community colleges and women’s wrestling at large. …. story at https://www.transitionwrestling.com/another-step-forward-community-college-national-championships-planned-for-2021/?mc_cid=ddb6bdf133&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Sarah Hildebrandt’s five “must-read” books
Five “must-read” books by Sarah Hildebrandt.
1) The Name of The Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
I’m fairly certain it is illegal to not include this book as part of my book recommendations. It goes far beyond being a great fantasy novel. The world, the storytelling, the characters, every aspect is a wonder. To top it all off, Rothfuss writes so exquisitely. You’ll find yourself rereading pages multiple times just to feel those words hit again. You’ll think, “Dang, I didn’t even know you could make the English language do that!” The story is exciting and will leave you conjuring up your own personal theories for what will happen next. A book that I think has changed the Fantasy genre forever, in the best way possible. Believe the hype. Read this book.
2) The New Toughness Training for Sports, by James E. Loehr
This is an older book, but what it teaches is timeless and beneficial. Reading a sports psychology book is a great way to stay involved with your training when you might not be able to physically train. Loehr dives into tons of different avenues throughout the book, adequately covering each one. I read this book late into my career and still learned so much. It is also filled with exercises and progress trackers that allow you to not just think, but also understand, and design a plan to get you where you want to be. U.S. women’s coach Terry Steiner first recommended this book to me, …. story at https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1586845533520&twSessionId=rtszqjjvtg&postId=779419135&mc_cid=2380a36a7a&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Abby Nette becomes second Lady Tiger in three years to earn Patricia Miranda Medal award
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — The Open Mat announced on Tuesday the third annual winner of the Patricia Miranda Medal is Abby Nette of Campbellsville University. Nette is the second Lady Tiger to earn the award as Kayla Miracle did so in 2018.
Through the final two years of her collegiate career, Abby had only one loss on her record and collected a pair of WCWA National Championships. The first came in 2019 with Emmanuel College, while the most recent was with Campbellsville. In her four years of collegiate competition, Abby finished as an All-American three times. She was previously third as a sophomore in 2018. 
“I feel like this was a goal coming into this year and I’m glad I achieved this goal,” stated Nette when asked about winning the Miranda Medal. “I thought about it at the beginning of the year and I thought about it last year, and I wanted to make it happen this year, for sure.” 
“It makes me feel really special. In high school, I wasn’t sure I was going to wrestle in college. So, where I am now, receiving this award, it’s special. It’s a pleasure. I’m excited for the future generations who will get to compete for this award, so it’s pretty exciting and being one of the first three to receive it”. Abby also calls the previous two winners of the award, Miracle and Parrish, her “two best friends.” She admits that she “looks up to both of them,” which makes the honor all the better.
The Patricia Miranda Medal aims to honor one outstanding athlete from women’s college wrestling who embodies the spirit of the pioneers that came before them. A panel of voters that includes each of the past four-time WCWA champions, Helen Maroulis, Victoria Anthony, Emily Webster, and Kayla Miracle, along with 2019 winner Dominique Parrish, in addition to representation from the media selected a winner based on four criteria: record, dominance, past credentials, and additional accomplishments.
Abby went 15-0 as a senior, …. story at https://campbellsvilletigers.com/news/2020/4/14/womens-wrestling-abby-nette-becomes-second-lady-tiger-in-three-years-to-earn-patricia-miranda-medal-award-winner.aspx?mc_cid=48a895b9a1&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Tamyra Mensah-Stock named 2019 USA Wrestling Women’s Wrestler of the Year
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | APRIL 16, 2020
Tamyra Mensah-Stock celebrates after winning her 2019 World title.
Tamyra Mensah-Stock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC) was named 2019 Women’s Wrestler of the Year by USA Wrestling. It is the second time in her career winning this prestigious award, to go along with the 2017 award. Mensah-Stock won the 2019 Senior World Championships at 68 kg in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in September, her first World title and second consecutive World medal after winning a World bronze medal in 2018. She was one of three U.S. women to win World gold medals in 2019. Mensah-Stock finished the entire 2019 year undefeated. Mensah-Stock was also named United World Wrestling’s Women’s Wrestler of the Year in 2019, based upon her results in UWW Ranking Series competitions.
At the Senior World Championships, Mensah-Stock defeated World champion and Olympic medalist Jenny Fransson of Sweden in the finals, 8-2. She won five matches in the event, all in dominant fashion, including a 10-1 victory over 2016 Olympic champion Sara Dosho of Japan in the quarterfinals. Overall, Mensah-Stock won gold medals in five other international events, and also went undefeated in the 2019 Women’s World Cup in November in Narita, Japan. …. story athttps://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/April/16/Mensah-Stock-named-2019-Womens-Athlete-of-the-Year?mc_cid=c40241fd14&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Women’s Wrestling to Join Mid-South Conference
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Indiana Tech women’s wrestling program will have a conference home in its inaugural season for the 2020-21 academic year as the university was officially announced as an affiliate member of the Mid-South Conference Wednesday.  
The Mid-South Conference is one of three conferences (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference and Sooner Athletic Conference) in the NAIA to sponsor the sport of women’s wrestling. The MSC was the first conference in the NAIA to sponsor the sport after adding women’s wrestling in 2017. Tech will join fellow first-year program Lourdes University as the newest members of the conference and join Brewton-Parker College, Campbellsville University, Life University and the University of the Cumberlands.  
Campbellsville finished the 2019-20 season ranked first in the NAIA Coaches’ Top 20 Poll and a nation-leading 13 women qualify for the 2020 NAIA National Invitational prior to the event being canceled due to COVID-19. The Tigers also won the 2020 Women’s College Wrestling Association (WCWA) National Championship back in February and swept the Mid-South Conference regular season and tournament titles this season. “We are super excited to join one of the elite conferences in women’s wrestling,” head women’s wrestling coach Paul Rademacher said. “We will get to test our athletes on a regular basis to make sure they are ready for the NAIA National …. story at https://indianatechwarriors.com/news/2020/4/15/womens-wrestling-to-join-mid-south-conference.aspx?mc_cid=eb28f2fdb6&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Girls Wrestling in Pennsylvania to grow
…. story at https://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/wrestling/mc-spt-sanctionpa-girls-wrestling-20200415-j5m7ujfzzrfh3gswptpeczbmei-story.html?mc_cid=eb28f2fdb6&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

April 22, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized