Takedown Report

Women’s Wrestling News # 44

1 } – 3x World Team Member, Burkert Announces Her Move to the Southeast RTC
Jenna Burkert announces her move to Southeast Regional Training Center Jenna Burkert announced today in her interview with Mason Beckman that she is moving her training to the Southeast Regional Training Center in Blacksburg, Virginia.  Burkert, a native of Long Island, NY is a  three time Senior World Team Member and recently won silver at the Pan Am games in Lima, Peru in August 2019. … rest of story at _{http://www.hmawrestling.com/article/3x-world-team-member-burkert-announces-her-move-to-the-southeast-rtc/?mc_cid=c193cf2791&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

2 } – New Lexington female wrestler eyeing bigger dreams
Wrestling star Leilah Castro makes it official with national power Campbellsville
NEW LEXINGTON — Leilah Castro had been committed to national power Campbellsville University (Kentucky) for months, but the novel coronavirus prevented the New Lexington wrestling standout from making it official. She finally got that chance on Friday, when she signed her letter of intent in a small ceremony in front of the high school. The former state and national champion, who made history as the Muskingum Valley League’s first female state champion in wrestling, joins a program that was ranked No. 1 in the country in NAIA before COVID-19 ended the season at the national championships. … rest of story at _{https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/2020/07/13/wrestler-leilah-castro-signs-campbellsville-university-coronavirus/5419693002/?mc_cid=2a2de153ce&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

3 } – Girls wrestling on rise, seeks OHSAA sanction
In all likelihood, girls wrestling will be the next sport sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Statewide and national wrestling coalitions are working to make sure it happens sooner rather than later. The inaugural girls state tournament, Feb. 22 and 23 at Hilliard Davidson and sponsored by the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association, was by all accounts a big smash. But though surveys indicate that 800 girls plan to participate under the umbrella of a co-ed team next season (up from 490 in 2019-20), sanctioning would provide an even bigger boost to the movement. “While girls wrestling is by leaps and bounds the fastest growing sport in America, some schools won’t have anything to do with it if it doesn’t have the OHSAA’s name next to it,” said Olentangy Orange girls coach Brian Nicola, whose state runner-up team boasted an area-high 20 wrestlers last season and expects to have 30 next winter. … rest of story at _{https://www.dispatch.com/sports/20200714/girls-wrestling-on-rise-seeks-ohsaa-sanction?mc_cid=2a2de153ce&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

4 } – .The NCAA Div. I Council Voted “Yes” to Women’s Wrestling. Now What?
Last month the NCAA Division I Council adopted legislation to grant women’s wrestling emerging sport status (ESS). The vote, which was postponed from the end of April, brings the trio of NCAA divisions together in granting women’s wrestling Emerging Sport Status (ESS). Divisions II and III passed the vote in January.  This celebrated milestone becomes effective on August 1, and, as part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program, women’s wrestling will have 10 years to reach 40 programs as a prerequisite for championship status.  However, it wouldn’t be outlandish to think women’s wrestling might reach the 40-program requirement prior to even obtaining ESS on August 1. There are currently 39 varsity NCAA programs that sponsor women’s wrestling and talk of several more with interest in the addition.  … rest of story at _{https://www.transitionwrestling.com/the-ncaa-div-i-council-voted-yes-to-womens-wrestling-now-what/?mc_cid=54266e1576&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

5 } – Campbell: How one wrestles against racism and sexism today
By Kelsey Campbell
Changing the system is hard. We accept a system because on some level, it works. And depending on what side of history you find yourself on, you may have built a life and a plethora of success based on that very system. I’ve had to revisit so many thought processes, belief systems, and even who I believe myself to be in the face of our current health and social climate. The temptation as an athlete is to zero in on the training and the goal and the light at the end of the tunnel: Olympic. Gold. Medal. But there’s more. I am “mixed (half Jamaican, half white),” a fact I’ve always been quite proud of … although there were many times growing up that I felt unsure of what mixed even meant. I also happen to be a female wrestler. Contextually, the term ‘sexism’ was born out of the civil rights movement, but historically, it always did exist. I’ve known for most of my career that sexism existed. I would speak up at times, but it’s tough to make a point in a room full of genders that are not your own. The few brave individuals to come forward or fight the good fight paid a big price for it. In any case, I think in order to get my point across, I should share the textbook definitions of sexism and racism, alongside my personal experience with both, in order to paint a whole picture of it, from the perspective of a mixed, female wrestler. … rest of story at _{https://www.win-magazine.com/2020/07/campbell-how-one-wrestles-against-racism-and-sexism-today/?mc_cid=78726f35ba&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b#utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=campbell-how-one-wrestles-against-racism-and-sexism-today}

6 } – World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist Clarissa Chun goes On The Mat
Clarissa Chun, a 2008 world champion and 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist Clarissa Chun comes on the show to break the silence from On The Mat. Chun is on the coaching staff for Team USA and has a distinguished career on the mat. The Hawaii native has been an icon in American women’s wrestling. … rest of story at _{http://www.mattalkonline.com/podcast/trackwrestling/on-the-mat/world-champion-and-olympic-bronze-medalist-clarissa-chun-otm608/?mc_cid=54266e1576&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

7 } – JUNIOR NATIONALS MEMORIES: FIRST JUNIOR NATIONALS FOR GIRLS IN 2002: MONTGOMERY, RIPLEY, ROSENBROCK TOP STARS
Wrestling for girls and women is exploding all across the nation and world, with more and more opportunity at every level of the sport. Girls high school wrestling has grown in size every year since 1990, something which is helping make wrestling a larger and more diverse sport. There are currently 28 state high school associations which have official girls high school programs, with more expected in the next few years. One of the biggest milestones for the growth and popularity for girls high school wrestling came in 2002, when USA Wrestling added a Junior girls division at the combined Junior/Cadet National Championships in the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. This was the first year in which USA Wrestling state associations began bringing teams of high school girls to compete alongside the boys at the largest wrestling tournament in the world. … rest of story at _{https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/July/21/Junior-National-memories-of-the-first-Junior-Girls-event?mc_cid=aa0bad43f6&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

8 } – Forrest Molinari: My Wrestling Hero
The 74th installment of My Wrestling Hero features Forrest Molinari. The 2019 World Team member shares her thoughts on her wrestling heroes: Craig Holden, Jason Moorman and Mark Perry. 
These are Molinari’s words on her wrestling heroes: 
“I feel like a wrestling hero is someone who impacted your career in a way that it would have never been the same, so for me, the first person that comes to mind is one of my wrestling coaches from high school, Craig Holden. I don’t think I would be where I am today without him. He was the head football and head wrestling coach when I got into high school and then he stepped down as the head wrestling coach my junior year, but he still stuck around to make sure to take me to all my tournaments after women’s wrestling started popping up after CIF women’s wrestling got sanctioned. He helped me get a scholarship for college. I actually saw him the other day when I went home to California. He’s always been like a second dad to me by making sure my grades were good when I was in school and that I was staying out of trouble and going to all my practices and competitions. … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1594267621086&twSessionId=vcywjwtncx&postId=784238135&mc_cid=fc895bba88&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

9} – #WOMENSWEDNESDAY: VERONICA CARLSON ON ATHLETE LEADERSHIP, HER WRESTLING CAREER AND MORE
By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling | July 22, 2020, 5:25 p.m. (ET)Today, we visited with Veronica Carlson, chair of USA Wrestling’s Athlete’s Advisory Committee and a member of USA Wrestling’s Executive Committee. Carlson has been a major leader in the sport, helping amplify the voice of the athletes during this time of challenge and change. Veronica talks about how athletes are making a big impact in today’s world, as well as a review of her career on and off the mat. Carlson was a World-class athlete on the mat for many years, competing in the 2013 Senior World Championships and winning a silver medal at 2009 Junior World Championships. After getting into the sport in Illinois, she was recruited to train at the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan while still in high school. After a year of college wrestling at Missouri Baptist, she became a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Carlson made numerous Women’s National Teams and won a number of international medals. Her competitve career ended after the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, … rest of story at _{https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/July/22/Womens-Wednesday-with-Veronica-Carlson?mc_cid=b08de964d0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

10 } – Jenna Burkert: My Wrestling Hero
Today’s installment of My Wrestling Hero features Jenna Burkert. The 2019 World Team member shares her thoughts on her wrestling heroes, including four-time World and Olympic medalist Patricia Miranda. 
These are Burkert’s words on her wrestling heroes: 
“When I first started wrestling I would say it was Kristie Marano, Kristie Davis. My big wrestling hero was Patricia Miranda. I remember I met her and all the National Team athletes when I was in sixth grade. I was 12 years old and my coach hooked me up to go out there. It wasn’t a kids camp. It was literally their national team camp and then me. That was a really cool experience. I have all these pictures with all the athletes. Most of them took the time to meet me and say hello.
“It was a year or two later I was wrestling at the Cadet finals of Body Bar and I ran into Patricia Miranda. Right away she said hello to my mom and I already felt all special because this Olympic bronze medalist remembered who I was. She asked how I did at Body Bar. I told her I was in the finals and she told me it was awesome. … rest of story at _{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1595471090067&twSessionId=fnvxbysyao&postId=786712135&mc_cid=b08de964d0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

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