News and Events
USA Wrestling Freestyle and Important Dates
2012 Schoolboy, Cadet and Junior
National Dual Team Qualifier
Desert Vista High School
16440 S. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ
March 3, 2012
more info
ASICS USAW Folkstyle Nationals
UNI Dome
2401 Hudson Road
Cedar Falls, IA
March 30-01, 2012
more info
2012 Western Junior Regional & Veteran's Nationals
Tucson Convention Center
260 South Church Avenue
Tucson, AZ
May 03-05, 2012
more info
2012 ASICS University & FILA Cadet Nationals
Akron, OH
May 31-03, 2012
more info
2012 Schoolboy/girl National Duals
Indianapolis, IN
June 06-10, 2012
more info
2012 Cadet National Duals
Ocean Center - Exhibit Hall
101 North Atlantic Avenue
Daytona Beach, FL
June 12-16, 2012
more info
2012 Junior National Duals
Oklahoma City, OK
June 26-30, 2012
more info
2012 ASICS/Vaughan Junior & Cadet National Championships
FargoDome
1800 University Drive North
July 13-21, 2012
more info
2011 Western Junior Regional and Veteran Nationals, and Cadet Festival
The Tucson Convention Center held a very successful Junior Regional, Cadet Festival and the Grand Canyon State games. Many weight classes had over a dozen wrestlers. Top athletes were present and ready, showcasing their amazing talents in both greco-roman and freestyle wrestling. The junior division had national caliber wrestlers throughout each weight class like 2011 FILA Cadet Champion Joey Lavallee. Many winners from the Arizona Dual Teams were Zack Walton-Cadet Champion, Angel Cartagena-Schoolboy Grand Canyon Champion, Danny Vega-Schoolboy Grand Canyon Champion, Quentin Hovis-Finalist, Jacob Swift- Schoolboy Champion, Anthony Wokash-3rd, Johnny Waddell-3rd, Gabriel Ortiz-schoolboy Champion, Bridger Barker-schoolboy Champion, Angel Laguna-Cadet Champion, Taylor Twins-3rd and 5th, Mike Clare-Cadet 2nd, Garrett Ryan-Cadet Champion, Brix Kronborg-Cadet Champion, and Michael Childress-Cadet Champion.
2011 Northwest Regionals + Reno Worlds
Arizona's Daniel Cartagena wins the 2011 Northwest Regionals in Battle Ground , WA! Daniel competed at 135lbs in Freestyle and beat Loftis of Idaho in the finals in 2 periods.
Also, Seth Monty places 5th at the Reno World Championships, with 160 wrestler in the weight class! Ryan Allred placed 3rd and Brandon Coutney placed 4th. Excellent job to all.
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Western Junior Regional & Veteran's Nationals
The Western Junior & *Cadet Regional Championships and Veterans Nationals will be held in Tucson, Ariz., from May 3-5, 2012.
USA Wrestling does not charge for changing weight classes, even at weigh-ins. Registration will be capped at 300 Junior wrestlers per style, 300 cadet wrestlers per style, and 200 veterans per style. Sign up today to guarantee your spot!
USA Wrestling’s regional events are contested in freestyle and Greco-Roman, the only two styles of wrestling at the Olympic level. Freestyle wrestling is exciting, creative, and dynamic because points can be scored from almost anywhere. The most recent Olympic wrestling gold medal was won by freestyle wrestler Henry Cejudo in 2008. Other notable freestyle wrestlers include Cael Sanderson (Olympic gold medalist and four-time undefeated NCAA champion), Jake Herbert (World silver medalist and two-time NCAA Champion), and Tervel Dlagnev (World bronze medalist and two-time Division II NCAA Champion). Greco-Roman wrestling is known for powerful lifts and big throws, as all attacks must be made above the waist. Current National Greco-Roman Head Coach Steve Fraser was a gold medalist in 1984, and Rulon Gardner won gold in 2000.
The top three (3) place winners in each Junior weight class qualifies for their state's National Team above the state limit. USA Wrestling's ASICS/Vaughan Junior & Cadet National Championships are July 13-21, 2012. Please contact your USA Wrestling state director for more information. To find your state director, please visit www.az-usaw.org/board
This event will also feature the Veterans Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals
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2012 National Dual Team Qualifier
March 3 @ Desert Vista High School
For many wrestlers in AZ, their season is just getting started. With the completion of the AZ High School State Championships, a new chapter opens for many top wrestlers. This years qualifier will help field a core group of Schoolboy, Cadets and Juniors freestyle wrestlers who will compete in their respective National Dual Championships.
Scoolboys will compete in Indianapolis, IN June 6.
Cadets will compete in Daytona Beach, FL June 13.
Juniors will compete in Oklahoma City, OK June 26.
Schoolboys will compete in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle classes.
Cadets and Juniors will only compete in the Freestyle class.
These tounamnets are perfect primers for the ASICS Kids National Championships, in Orem, UT and the grand ASICS Cadet/Junior National Championships in Fargo, ND.
These Dual Championships provide wrestler with 7-9 elite match-ups. The tounament is done in a dual team format, with four round robin groups. Teams wrestle 4-5 times a day and cannot be eliminated. An invaluable experience to become a national calibur athlete.
2012 AZ National Dual Team Camp
There will be a 3 week intensive training camp starting
May 25 - June 12. This camp will be provided to the athletes and will be essential to preparing our wrestlers for these great competitions. Training will be provided by top coaches and instructors.
We look forward to seeing you at the qualifier and camps.
Good Luck!
2011 Schoolboy National Duals NEWS
Greco rounds are complete for team AZ.
Blake Monty earns honorable spot on the Schoolboy All-American Greco Team. Blake was 7-0 in Greco and 6-1 in Freestyle. AZ went 2- 5. But, in 3 of the losses AZ actually outscored thier opponents in technical mat points: 70-32(AZ-IN),53-43(AZ-KS),and cons.round 62-51(AZ-MN)
Biggest reason for loss- not having a full line-up. Two more Dual Meet wins would have placed AZ in the top 16 with a chance to win 9th place.
Cadet Dual Records 2011
Full Team ResultsAngel Leguna 6-2
Josh Fedie 0-2
Kamden Krum 5-1
Jayce Clary 1-7
Ryan Kuhn 3-5
Travis Matt 2-6
Glenn Farina 1-5
Bryce Durbin 0-2
Zack Walton 1-7
Curt Done 5-2
Daniel Cartagena 6-0
Keifer Taylor 2-3
Weston Taylor 2-6
Ethan Tursini 3-5
Mike Clare 2-6
Garrett Ryan 7-1
Dustin Nelson 4-4
Brix Kronborg 4-3
Mike Childress 3-5