Herbert Takes Silver at Wrestling World Championships
from USA Today
Jake Herbert, winner of the Hodge Trophy as the nation's top college wrestler last season, pounded his fist on the mat in disappointment after settling for a silver medal Tuesday at the wrestling world championships in Herning, Denmark. More    More

Jim Giunta talks NCWA with TOM
from The Open Mat
Jim Giunta is going into his 13th year of heading the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) with the same enthusiasm as he had when he began the fledgling college club wrestling organization in 1997. What started as a small organization with a few teams is now a very well run machine with a large membership base. The Open Mat was able to speak with Jim recently and get his thoughts on the organization’ past, present and future, and also his opinion on the state of Texas high school wrestling. More

Former Olympic Wrestling Champ Helping out SCSU
from the St. Cloud Times
Wrestling has taken John Peterson in many different directions. Part of that has to do with his own storied wrestling career. The other has to do with the Athletes in Action, the organization he has worked with for 35 years. Peterson, a native of Cumberland, Wis., who still lives there, works with the St. Cloud State, Augsburg and University of Minnesota wrestling teams as a volunteer assistant coach through Athletes in Action.This is his second year helping out St. Cloud State head coach Steve Costanzo and the Huskies. More

All Roads Lead to Dayton
from NCWA
Continuing with the success of the first “Flyer Invitational Tournament,” the University of Dayton Wrestling team will play host to their 2nd Annual early season event. Set aside the date, because all roads will lead to Dayton on the 14th of November. More

Getting to Know: Cory Cooperman
from ScarletKnights.com
New Rutgers wrestling coach Cory Cooperman had every reason to stay at Cornell. He aided the Big Red to a No. 5 finish at the 2009 NCAA Championships. He helped the program produce three Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association and Ivy League team titles, along with 12 All-Americans and two National Champions. Even with his success at Cornell, Cooperman couldn’t ignore his attraction to Rutgers. Cooperman says RU coaches Scott Goodale and John Leonardis are “like brothers.” He believes the foundation Goodale has established puts the Scarlet Knights in the right direction. More

WrestlingReport.com Pre-season NCAA D1 Team and Individual Rankings
from the Examiner
The start of the college wrestling season must be getting close; the pre-season predictions and rankings are already making an appearance. The amateur wrestling website WrestlingReport.com weighs in with their NCAA Division I team rankings for the 2009-2010 season... along with ranking individual wrestlers on a weight-by-weight basis. More

Athletes Avoid Swine Flu
from The Daily Collegian
While the eyes of 105,514 fans in Beaver Stadium last Saturday were fixated on the field, there were only two things Dr. Doug Aukerman could focus on. Water bottles and towels. To prevent their athletes from getting sick amidst the H1N1 scare nationwide, Penn State's athletic trainers have taken some extra precautions. More