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Isaac Trumble wins Gold Medal at U23 World Championships

RALEIGH, NC – NC State’s Isaac Trumble will have a little something extra in his luggage when he returns to US soil.
Wednesday afternoon Trumble earned a technical fall victory, 12-2, over Radu Lefter (Moldova), earning a gold medal (97 kg) at the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania.
He’s the first gold medal winner for NC State in any age division.
Trumble is a part of the first freestyle championship for the United States. Team USA earned first place with 148 points, followed by Turkey (113) and Azerbaijan (87).
Trumble blazed through the opening day, outscoring his opponents 35-4. 
He jumped out to a commanding 8-0 lead at the break in the gold medal match and never looked back. Lefter scored a two-pointer and Trumble bounced back with a counter to go up 10-2.
Last season the Springfield, Nebraska native finished 21-6 as a 197-pounder. … rest of story at … GOpack.com/news/2023/10/25/wrestling-isaac-trumble-wins-gold-medal-at-u23-world-championships

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U.S. Men’s freestyle wins team title, Trumble gets gold, Hardy earns Bronze, Jimenez, Blades to finals

OCT. 25, 2023, 04:13 P.M. (ET)
BY SAVANNAH ASMANN, USA WRESTLING
The United States locked up the team title in men’s freestyle Wednesday night at the 2023 U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania. Team USA had six medalists for men’s freestyle, a new record for the U23 age group. Women’s freestyle began competition on Wednesday and saw Audrey Jimenez (50 kg) and Kennedy Blades (76 kg) reach the finals.
The United States men’s freestyle team has its fourth World champion of the tournament. Isaac Trumble (97 kg) bested Radu Lefter of Moldova in a 12-2 dominating technical fall. Trumble led early, taking Lefter down twice, forcing him out of bounds, and adding a takedown to lead 8-0 through the first three minutes. Lefter responded with a takedown, but it wasn’t enough as Trumble locked in the victory with two more takedowns. The Nebraska native, who wrestles for NC State, captured gold in his first international competition.
Cooper Flynn’s tournament came to an end in the repechage match at 57 kg. Flynn led early on a passivity call after Germany’s Niklas Stechele was put on the shot clock. In period two, Stechele scored on a step out, then added a point after Flynn was put on the clock. The match was back-and-forth, with Stechele getting the 3-2 win on a late step out point.
At 65 kg, Brock Hardy won his repechage match 7-4 over Moldova’s Pavel Grauer, advancing to the bronze medal match. Hardy, who wrestles for Nebraska, is heading home with a World bronze medal as he defeated Georgia’s Goga Otinashvili in a rough 8-5 decision. The Georgian was first on the board with a throw that scored four. Hardy fired back with a takedown but there was debate about Otinashvili’s knee to the mat, so the United States challenged the call. The officials ruled in favor of Georgia, and it was a 5-2 match. Hardy responded with three gritty takedowns to capture the bronze.
Doug Zapf fell in a close bronze medal match at 70 kg. Kanan Heybatov … rest of story at … Themat.com/U-S-men-s-freestyle-wins-team-title-trumble-gets-gold-hardy-earns-bronze-jimenez-blades-to-finals

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Coalition leaders react to NCAA announcement that women’s wrestling is “on track for championship consideration”

A major milestone for women’s wrestling was achieved this past week, with the announcement from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that women’s wrestling is “on track for championship consideration.”  
Women’s wrestling is currently one of six sports in the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program, along with acrobatics and tumbling, equestrian, rugby, stunt and triathlon. From this group, wrestling became the most recent to meet the requirements to be considered for an NCAA Championship.  
In a press release update about the Emerging Sports for Women program, the NCAA announced that “women’s wrestling is on track to become the NCAA’s 91st NCAA championship, based on the latest sports sponsorship data released this month.”  
Women’s wrestling reached a major milestone when “more than 40 schools sponsored women’s wrestling at the varsity level and met the sport’s minimum competition and participant requirements in the 2022-23 academic year,” according to the NCAA release.   
In 2017, a coalition of wrestling organizations made its initial application to the NCAA’s Committee on Women’s Athletics for Emerging Sport Status. The coalition updated its application in 2018, which then moved forward through the NCAA process. In 2020, all three divisions of the NCAA (Div. I, Div. II and Div. III) approved women’s wrestling as an NCAA Emerging Sport for Women.  
Leaders from the wrestling organization in the women’s wrestling coalition that made the application and guided the sport through the NCAA process, have provided their comments about the sport now moving forward toward an official NCAA Championships.  
Rich Bender, Executive Director, USA Wrestling
“This is wonderful news for women’s wrestling in America, the culmination of years of tireless efforts by many to provide the platform for women to wrestle on college’s highest stage. The best is yet to come for women’s wrestling in the United States.”  
Sally Roberts, Founder and CEO, Wrestle Like A Girl
“This NCAA announcement is a landmark for women’s wrestling, signaling a transformative era for the sport. Through the combined advocacy by numerous partners at the high school and collegiate level, we’ve seen transformative growth in the number of girls and women participating in wrestling. This isn’t just about wrestling; it’s about creating expanded opportunities for young women, especially from first-generation college families, to pursue higher education and leadership roles. As we celebrate this milestone, our sights are set on the boundless potential and future of these emerging leaders in the sport.”  
Mike Moyer, Executive Director, National Wrestling Coaches Association
“On behalf of the NWCA Board of Directors and our President, Coach Tony Ersland, we want to extend a heartfelt thanks … Read the complete NCAA announcement below:
Emerging Sports for Women update: Women’s wrestling on track for championship consideration
https://www.ncaa.org/news/2023/10/17/media-center-emerging-sports-for-women-update-womens-wrestling-on-track-for-championship-consideration.aspx  
In its update on the six Emerging Sports, the NCAA reported the status of women’s wrestling for the 2022-23 academic year:  
Women’s wrestling 
2022-23: 51 teams reported sponsoring women’s wrestling, a 12-school uptick from 2021-22. Division III accounted for 30 schools in the 2022-23 sponsorship data, followed by 19 in Division II and two in Division I. 
Average roster size: 15.
Season of competition Winter.  
The women’s wrestling coalition is proud to announce that women’s wrestling continues its amazing growth at the NCAA level. There are 96 NCAA athletic departments which currently have a women’s wrestling varsity program or have announced that they are in the process of creating a women’s wrestling varsity team that will begin competition in the near future.   
Wrestling for girls and women continues to grow rapidly across the nation and around the world. … rest of story at … NWCAonline.com/national-wrestling-coaches-association-coalition-leaders-react-to-ncaa-announcement-that-womens-wrestling-is-on-track-for-championship-consideration

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