USA Wrestling s Rich Bender and Bruce Baumgartner released statements.
Bender: USA Wrestling is extremely disappointed and heartbroken about the hundreds of wrestling student-athletes who have lost their opportunity to have their 2020-21 season-ending competition due to the cancellation of the winter sports national championships at the NCAA Div. III level. This is the second straight year that this important group of student-athletes will not have an official national tournament.
As the National Governing Body for wrestling in the United States, we feel we have an obligation and responsibility to provide a competition for these athletes. We are poised to step into the breach on behalf of Div. III wrestlers. We have been actively pursuing a number of options that are available to us, working with our partners and stakeholders within the sport. It is our goal to provide a high-quality event for these athletes during this academic season. USA Wrestling has been able to successfully
In a normal year, Coralville may bring in more than $3 million from hotel-motel taxes.
“It’s a huge part of the local economy,” said Josh Schamberger, president of Think Iowa City, which is the convention and visitors bureau for Iowa City and Coralville.
This fiscal year, Schamberger expects Coralville to get about a third of that as the area misses out on hundreds of conventions, meetings and other events.
Schamberger has been one of the people trying to make sure cities get at least some of that revenue during the pandemic.
He recently spoke with The Gazette about bringing in events during a pandemic, the impact of no spectators for Hawkeye sports and how soon he anticipates seeing events return.
Juan Diego wrestler competes at division tourney
Friday, Jan. 29, 2021
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Proving that appearances can be deceiving, Isabella (Belle) Vargas, a 5-foot 2-1/2-inch, 108-pound Juan Diego Catholic High School senior, is a force to be reckoned with. While carrying a strenuous course load, she is finishing up her high school career breaking ground for girls across the state in the sport of wrestling. Vargas recently represented the 4A division at USA Wrestling’s annual Utah All-Star Duals Jan. 12 at Telos U in Orem.
“It is difficult for those who are not familiar with high school wrestling to understand what an honor it is to be chosen for the USA Wrestling all-star meet,” Athletic Director Chris Long said. “These athletes are truly the best of the best for all classifications in Utah. Belle is a talented, hard-working, dedicated and focused athlete. Belle is paving the way for other young women to be able to participate in wrestling. This is right up there
Adeline Gray with the American flag after winning her fifth world title (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)
Five-time world champion Adeline Gray announced that she will train in Corvallis, Oregon, at the Beaver Dam Regional Training Center, as well as continue to train in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center, as she makes her Olympic run. I m excited to see the Pacific Northwest, and I m looking forward to the support from the program, Gray told Taylor Miller of USA Wrestling. Oregon State is making big moves and investing in women, and it s awesome to feel wanted and feel like others value you. RTC programs have been funding men for a long time now, and it s exciting that women now get to benefit from that and the coaching resources.
‘Frustrating’: Cancelation slows progress of girls wrestling in Connecticut
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Stamford wrestlers senior Vienna Prado and sophomore Samantha Yap at Boyle Stadium Thursday. A year after the first girls state wrestling tournament, the sport is on hold. Yap was the 106 pound girls state champion last year.Scott Ericson / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Stamford’s Samantha Yap during the CIAC state open championship wrestlingin New Haven on Feb. 29, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Vienna Prado began wrestling in seventh grade, mostly taking on boys as she progressed from middle school and up through three years of high school wrestling.