Category Amateur Wrestling

Barry Davis, Wife Named to Des Moines Register HOF

Track star Nan Doak-Davis and wrestler Barry Davis first husband-wife inductees. By ANDREW LOGUE REGISTER STAFF WRITER If Barry Davis had run a little faster, he might have left his future behind him. In fall 1981, Davis was a University…

Tony Davis Named Asst Coach at NC State

NC State Hires Tony Davis As Assistant Wrestling Coach Former National Champion Rounds Out Wolfpack Coaching Staff July 18, 2005 RALEIGH, N.C. – Tony Davis, a former NCAA champion and two-time All-America wrestler at Northern Iowa, has joined the NC…

Joe Ryan Joins Rutgers Wrestling Staff

From Rutgers Sports Information Office PISCATAWAY, NJ “Rutgers University wrestling head coach John Sacchi announced the hiring of Joseph Ryan as an assistant coach with the program. Ryan replaces long-time assistant coach Mike Leta, who announced his retirement at the…

Gardner: Cael Can Win More Gold

By Eric Petersen, staff writer Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner is hopeful Ames’ own gold medalist Cael Sanderson will continue his career at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and maybe beyond. Sanderson has not competed since winning gold last summer…

Wrestlers Come Home from ESPYs Empty-Handed

John Fuller/USA Wrestling None of the three wrestlers nominated for ESPY Awards this year came home with a trophy in hand from Los Angeles, but none of the three were too disappointed either. Nominated for ESPY Awards were 2004 Olympic…

A Week At Camp Sanderson

Neil K. Warner DAILY HERALD Brock and Mitch Brown have arrived at Timpanogos High School a few minutes early. It’s Monday morning at 9 a.m., and the Brown brothers are about to participate in the first wrestling camp they have…

Gardner Enjoys Life Off The Mats

The shoes Rulon Gardner left at the 2004 Olympics were meant to signal his retirement from wrestling. But since then, Gardner has trekked across the country promoting the sport he can never really abandon. Gardner handed the torch to the…

Olympic coach provides valuable wrestling lessons

It’s no surprise that Shon Lewis has evolved from a basketball wannabe in junior high to a four-time national wrestling champion and a coach of the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team that competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The intensity of…

Cael Sanderson World Class Intensive Training Camp Concludes

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State wrestling alum Eric Voelker (1986-89), a three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at 190 pounds, spent Wednesday afternoon as a clinician at the 24-day Cael Sanderson World Class Intensive Training Camp held at Lied Recreation…

The Sanderson Secret: Just Have Fun

by Sandy Stevens [email protected] Three little brothers from Utah, just having fun, enter their first Kids Regional tournament, in Wyoming. Still having fun, each is crowned a champion. “You better enjoy this,” a bystander tells their mom. “It’ll never happen…