by Jason Bryant | Oct 1, 2015 | Short Time
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shorttime/STWP_DavidTaylor_207a.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe to this show via: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More David Taylor was one of the most exciting collegiate wrestlers of the last...
by Jason Bryant | Sep 21, 2015 | Short Time
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shorttime/STWP_BeshadaFretwell_205.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe to this show via: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More It'll be a big week coming up in New Jersey as Flipswrestling will host...
by Jason Bryant | Jun 23, 2015 | Blog
At the beginning of this month, I made a 12-hour drive from my home in suburban St. Paul down I-35 through the plains. The endpoint was Stillwater, Okla., home of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. It was the annual Honors Weekend to celebrate the induction of the...
by Jason Bryant | May 13, 2015 | Blog
About a month ago, Aaron Pico wrestled Brent Metcalf at AGON V in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was a physical battle between an iconic Iowa Hawkeye who embodies the toughness of wrestling and a teenage phenom from California who is widely viewed as the heir apparent. Many,...
by Jason Bryant | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog
Where did April go? I mean really, where did it go? It seemed like moments ago we were watching the finale of the college season. We watched Logan Stieber of Ohio State join a very select group of athletes. We saw his squad win its first NCAA Division I Wrestling...
by Jason Bryant | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog
I love dual meets. It was a dual meet that first introduced me to wrestling back in 1995 and it was a dual meet tournament that got me addicted to the sport just a few days later. A few weeks back, I wrote about the personal relationships in this blog and how my...
by Jason Bryant | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog
In the most recent episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, I talked with King University head wrestling coach Jason Moorman and two-time WCWA champion Julia Salata about the school’s second straight national championship. One of the things that stuck out to me in...
by Jason Bryant | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog
For the last 20 years, the Virginia Duals has occupied a space on my January calendar. In January of 1995, I saw my first-ever wrestling dual in my high school gym on a cold (by Virginia standards) Wednesday night. Two days later, I sat in the stands in the Hampton...
by Jason Bryant | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog
Since 1995, I’ve been dealing with wrestling rankings in some way, shape or form. In my early years, it was limited to high school wrestling rankings at the local or state level. When I joined the NWCA staff in 2005, one of my main responsibilities was running...
by Jason Bryant | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
With the college wrestling season here, we’re already wound up looking over results, following our teams on Twitter and flocking to various message boards to debate virtually anything about our favorite teams. Having spent almost 20 years competing and covering the...