by Jason Bryant | Jul 17, 2022 | Blog
Hear from athletes, coaches and officials on the pressure that comes with getting called to the raised mat in the Fargodome at the 2022 USA Wrestling Junior & 16U National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. Hear from Jude Swisher, Colin Martin, Mark Strickland,...
by Jason Bryant | Jul 16, 2022 | Blog
Noted college women's lacrosse coach Kelly Amonte Hiller is in Fargo watching her daughter Harlee competed at the 16U Women's Freestyle National Championships. A fan of combat sports and multiple sports for athletes, Amonte Hiller talks about her daughter's time in...
by Jason Bryant | Jul 16, 2022 | Blog
Tips and tricks on how coaches and staff survive the week-long monstrosity that is the USA Wrestling Junior/16U Nationals at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. Included are Cory Cooperman, Bill Crum, Obe Blanc, J.D. Oliva, Cornell Robinson, Donald Motley, Koral...
by Jason Bryant | Jul 6, 2022 | Number Crunching
A year-by-year listing of the champions (official and unofficial) from USA Wrestling's Junior & 16U National Championships since 1971. The event has been combined in Fargo since 1996. YearJunior MFSJunior GRJunior WFS16U MFS16U GR16U...
by Jason Bryant | Jul 5, 2022 | Number Crunching
There have been 18 women to place six times combined in the 16U and Junior Women's Tournaments in Fargo. WrestlerState(s)12345678TotalEmily ShilsonMinnesota66Teshya AloHawaii66Maya NelsonColorado4116Ronna HeatonSouth Dakota336Alexandria LilesColorado/Texas3126Jesse...
by Jason Bryant | Jul 1, 2022 | Number Crunching
Looking at the wrestlers who have reached at least five finals during their USA Wrestling Junior/16U wrestling careers across all styles. WrestlerTotal1st2ndState(s)T.J. Hill1073MissouriDavid Kjeldgaard981IowaSean Hage880GeorgiaBrent Metcalf871MichiganMatt...
by Jason Bryant | Jun 30, 2022 | Number Crunching
There have been 16 wrestlers in USA Wrestling history to have won both styles in the 16U age group in both years they've been eligible. Here are those 16 wrestlers, the years they won, their weights and the states they represented. All this information is found in the...