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2023 Wrestling World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Brackets & Schedule

The 2023 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament will determine the last qualifiers for Final X. Here are brackets and a schedule for this weekend’s event

The 2023 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament takes place Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21 in Colorado Springs Colorado. The winners of each weight class will qualify for Final X where they will have the opportunity to win a best-of-three series against another opponent with a spot on USA’s World Team on the line.

World Team Trials Challenge Tournament Schedule

*all times listed are Mountain Standard Time

Saturday, May 20 – Greco-Roman

Session I

10:00 AM – 1:30 PM – Prelims, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolation

Session II 

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM – Consolation Semifinals  

Session III 

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Finals and 3rd Place 

* Workout Facility Available- DCC Wrestling Room from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM 

Sunday, May 21 – Men’s & Women’s Freestyle

Session I 

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM – Prelims, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Consolation(*Cons depending on final entries) 

Session II 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Consolations and Consolation Semifinals  

Session III 

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Finals and 3rd Place 

Brackets for the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament

Brackets will be available on FloArena here.

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May 19, 2023 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

In the North Carolina Museum of History there is an exhibit dedicated to the individuals who have made sports significant in our state. Many are listed as being inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. There are inductees from across the state and across many decades past and include the breadth of sports such as football, baseball, basketball, nascar racing and many others but there are no wrestlers or athletes with wrestling connections. When asked by another wrestling fan “Why is there no wrestlers included in this Hall of Fame?” we realized that besides the common complaints of lack of respect and recognition to the sport the answer may be as simple as none have been nominated.

Wrestlers can be nominated by accessing the form at the Hall of Fame’s Web site at https://ncshof.org/nominate/ The eligibility guidelines are the following;

  • All North Carolina natives should be eligible unless, in the judgment of the Board, they moved from the state (and never returned to live) at too early an age to be reasonably considered.
  • Any non-native who has come to the state and maintained an official residence for 10 consecutive years shall be eligible. Any non-native whose entire athletic career has been during the time of his/her residence in the state shall be eligible.
  • Any athlete in a lifetime sport such as golf, tennis, etc, preferably shall have reached the peak of his/her performance prior to selection or shall have retired from active participation.
  • Any administrator, coach, or member of the media shall have reached the age of 62 or shall have retired from the field prior to selection. An exception may be one who has worked or coached in the state for 20 years.

Instead of pondering, complaining or discussing, … get to nominating!

May 19, 2023 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment