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Campbell Wrestling announces staff changes for 2023-24 season

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell wrestling head coach Scotti Sentes has announced staff changes leading into the 2023-24 season.  

Dresden Simon has been named as the director of operations. Former director of operations Josh Heil is transitioning to assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, and Chris Kober has also been named an assistant coach after serving as a volunteer coach for one season.  

Simon comes to Buies Creek from Florida, where he spent one year coaching the Buffalo Wrestling Club and The Villages High School. Prior to that, he wrestled at Central Michigan University for six seasons. He tallied a career record of 107-59 at 133, 141 and 149 pounds.  

“Dresden is a student of the sport and very knowledgeable in all aspects of wrestling,” said Sentes. “(He) has spent his entire life around great wrestling and graduated from a program that puts hard work and no excuses above everything else…The Director of Ops position is one of the hardest and busiest positions on staff, so you need someone like Dresden who can think quick on their feet and who is not afraid to take on any role.” 

Simon qualified for the NCAA Championships in his final three seasons with the Chippewas and was named Second Team All-America in 2019-20. He was a two-time MAC Conference champion, and he was named the conference’s Outstanding Wrestler in 2019-20.  

The previous director of operations, Josh Heil now serves as an assistant coach and the program’s recruiting coordinator. He was the first three-time SoCon champion in program history as a wrestler for Campbell. A former teammate of many current Camels, Heil has earned a great deal of respect from the team.  … rest of story at … GOcamels.com/news/2023/6/27/campbell-wrestling-announces-staff-changes-for-2023-24

Brent Slade Commits to Campbell

By Ross Bartachek, Photo by Randi Yeager
Another wrestler is headed out to North Carolina to join Campbell University. Southeast Polk wrestler Brent Slade announced his commitment to the Camels. The two-time state medalist is coming off a third place finish this past season for the Rams. 

Slade began his high school career competing for Ames High School where he finished seventh as a freshman. All the more impressive about that finish was the fact that Slade churned out that performance competing up at 145 pounds, which is typically a difficult weight for freshmen to break through in. He later transferred to SEP where he has gone on to earn a third place finish as a junior up at 170 pounds this past year. 

In addition to his in-season accolades, Slade has done a tremendous job earned hardware for Iowa/USA Wrestling. He won state titles in freestyle as a freshman and sophomore and he also won a Greco-Roman state title last summer. Last July he earned an All-American finish out at Fargo taking fifth at 170 pounds in Greco-Roman. 

He is already off to a strong start this freestyle/Greco season by winning the Northern Plains Regional in freestyle and he was third in Greco-Roman. … rest of story at … Rokfin.com/article/13731/Brent-Slade-Commits-to-Campbell

June 28, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized