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Blackburn College Welcomes Whelan as Head Wrestling Coach

TDR Editor’s Notes; While the news that Blackburn College, in Illinois, will restart their Division III program and add a Women’s team is outside of eastern North Carolina it is important positive news. The start of the 2023-2024 college season is over 7 months away and there are over 40 new teams that have announced they will join in the competition. Almost 30 of them are Women’s teams in this fastest growing emerging field of wrestling. There will at least 7 men’s teams returning to competition and six new men’s teams. Keep wrestyling going and growing. Please share news of other new opportunities at schools and colleges to us at martinkfleming@takedownreport +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Blackburn College is proud to announce that wrestling has returned to the campus for the first time since the 1980’s. This time, Blackburn will expand to include a women’s team in addition to a men’s team. Khris Whelan, an alternate of the 1976 Olympic Greco-Roman team at age 15, has begun his tenure as the head coach for the men’s and women’s wrestling teams.

Whelan brings exceptional experience to the program. As a wrestler, Khris competed at the University of Missouri, where he was a two-time All-American. Following his experience as an athlete at the University of Missouri, Khris spent his time from 1987-1994 coaching at his alma mater. … rest of story at Blackburnbeavers.com/sports/wrest/2022-23/Wrestling+News

March 25, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized