Greetings Iowa/USA Wrestling Membership,

There are some results and upcoming events that I'd like to draw your attention to:

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!! Iowa Junior Greco-Roman National Duals Champions AND Iowa Junior Freestyle National Duals Champions. Read that again. This is a first and hopefully not the last, in fact, we're just getting started! I'd like to extend a huge congratulations to the athletes on each team, our directors and coaches who made the trip to Tulsa and to all of our clubs, tournament directors, coaches, board members and parents whose support is and will continue to be vital to our success as a State. Thanks for putting IOWA back on top!

We are offering a web store for National Championship T-shirts. Gear will be shipped or may be picked up before Fargo- show your Iowa Pride to the Nation. Here is the Link: https://www.legacyteamwear.com/iowausachamps 

In Another Pair of Firsts:

Iowa/USA wrestling will have an official Beach State Championship. The "Kraken Beach Wrestling Championships" will take place on Saturday, July 23rd at Island View Beach, Rathbun Lake, IA. Here is the website:  https://wrestlethekraken.com and the registration link: https://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&loadBalanced=true&TIM=1655932979120&pageName=&twSessionId=njxpgduvmn 

The "Wrestle Like a Girl Iowa Classic" will be held at Extreme Arena in Coralville, IA on Friday, August 5th (Freestyle) and Saturday, August 6th (Folkstyle.) Those who pre-register in Trackwrestling by July 1, will receive an automatic earlybird rate (no code required). USAW full membership is required to compete in freestyle; limited folkstyle membership is accepted for Saturday's folkstyle division. Here is the link for registration: https://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/TW_Register.jsp?tournamentGroupId=206602132&TIM=1655933819280&twSessionId=nilqfxpckt and the event website can be found here: https://wrestlelikeagirl.org/camps2/iowaclassic22

Lasty, please take four minutes to watch this video: https://app.frame.io/presentations/92aa73dc-2c7e-4e91-85b7-1ac3f1711e8b  Wrestling for Peace = "How do we as the wrestling family, come along side those in the wrestling match of life, encouraging them to overcome?" Lessons from this sport last long after your wrestling career has ended.

Best Regards,

Jason Christenson