USA Wrestling releases 2024 Olympic Games Procedures and 2024 Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier Procedures
SEP. 15, 2023, 09:12 A.M. (ET)
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING
USA Wrestling has posted the approved 2024 Olympic Games Procedures, as well as the 2024 Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier Procedures on its website TheMat.com.
There is a different Olympic Games Procedures for each of the Olympic disciplines: men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. Each of these disciplines have a different procedure.
These documents explain how athletes can qualify for the Olympic Team Selection process and how the qualifying events will be conducted, These procedures were developed by the USA Wrestling Sport Committee in each discipline, then approved by USA Wrestling’s Executive Committee, along with final approval by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. The procedures are posted as pdf’s in the National Teams section, under Team Selection Procedures. They are listed under the header Senior.
In addition, USA Wrestling has also posted the 2024 Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier Procedures. This spells out how USA Wrestling will determine what athletes will represent the nation at the 2024 Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier in Acupulco, Mexico, February 29-March 2. The USA will enter athletes in all of the Olympic weight classes they did not qualify for the Paris Games during the 2023 Senior World Championships.
There is a different Olympic Games Procedures for each of the Olympic disciplines: men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. Each of these disciplines have a different procedure. … rest of story at … Themat.com/usa-wrestling-releases-2024-olympic-games-procedures-and-2024-pan-american-olympic-games-qualifier-procedures
Why Jordan Burroughs Is The Most Important Wrestler Of His Generation
Jordan Burroughs has cemented his legacy as being the most transformative wrestler in America.
There have been many legends in the long and storied history of American wrestling. Jordan Burroughs stands out among wrestlers of his generation for both his accolades on the mat and his leadership off the mat. The United States of America is now in one of their most successful periods of freestyle wrestling of all-time and it all started with Jordan Burroughs.
Growing Up In South Jersey
Burroughs was first introduced to the sport of wrestling as a youth in South Jersey in the town of Sicklerville where he grew up. Though a state champion in talent-rich New Jersey, Burroughs was not one of the more heavily recruited wrestlers of the high school class of 2006.
Nevertheless, Burroughs accepted a scholarship to Nebraska which he attended from 2006 to 2011.
King Of College Wrestling
It took a year for Burroughs to find his groove in Lincoln, Nebraska but by his sophomore season he had established himself as one of the top middleweights in the country, earning third place at the 2008 NCAA Championships.
Burroughs ascended to the top of the podium the next year, winning his first NCAA title in 2009 at 157-pounds. An injury kept JB off the mat for the 2009-10 season, though Burroughs was able to return in 2010-11.
Watch this blast from Jordan’s past as he wins a match in December of 2008 at the CKLV over NCAA champ Jordan Leen of Cornell: … rest of story and video at … Flowrestling.org/articles/Why-jordan-burroughs-is-the-most-important-wrestler-of-his-generation
5 storylines to follow this college wrestling season
While every new college wrestling season brings a fresh set of storylines, names to know and teams to follow, one theme has been almost consistent for over a decade: the success of the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Head coach Cael Sanderson’s team will once again be a hot topic leading into the 2023-24 season, so here’s everything you need to know about the Blue and White, as well as the coaches, programs and competitors that will be aiming to challenge the reigning champs this year.
1. Penn State looks for its 11th title in 14 years behind two three-time NCAA champs
The Nittany Lions roll into this upcoming season with a pair of three-time champions, two NCAA finalists and four additional All-Americans. It’s a scary roster, one capable of making a mark on the record books.
No team in college wrestling history has ever crowned two four-time NCAA champions in the same year. Penn State has the chance to do that with 174-pound Carter Starocci and now-197 pound Aaron Brooks. Starocci and Brooks have a combined varsity career record of 128-5 and finished last year with bonus rates of 66.67-percent each. Penn State has had a number of stars come through the ranks of the program, including Olympic gold medalist David Taylor and fellow two-time Hodge winner and world team member Zain Retherford. Yet, no Penn State wrestler has ever won four titles in college. Starocci and Brooks enter this season on rare ground.
2023 NCAA CHAMPS: Compete breakdown and analysis of how Penn State won
But they aren’t the only title contenders on this team. Levi Haines, a 2023 NCAA finalist at 157 pounds, will enter the season as the No. 1 wrestler at his weight. Fellow 2023 finalist, Greg Kerkvliet, now holds down the top spot at heavyweight following the graduation of Michigan’s Mason Parris. Cal Poly transfer Bernie Truax will start the year at No. 2 at 184 pounds, and 149-pound All-American Shayne Van Ness will start the year No. 2 as well. If all six of those athletes — Brooks, Starocci, Haines, Kerkvliet, Truax and Van Ness — win, Penn State will set the record for the greatest number of champs at one tournament. Penn State has had five champs before, but no team has had six. But this historic result is possible.
Depth is a key marker of this year’s Penn State team too, and there’s another record that this group, a squad stacked from top to bottom, could chase after as well. Only one program has ever crowned 10 All-Americans at the NCAA tournament: the Minnesota Gophers in 2001. Penn State has the chance to add its name to that list. … rest of story at … NCAA.com/news/wrestling/article/2023-09-12/5-storylines-follow-college-wrestling-season
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