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Hi 👋

Welcome to Week #8 of the Wrestling Snacks newsletter.

I hope y'all enjoyed your Holiday weekend and were ready to get back after it on Monday morning. I sure was!

I'm currently on my way to Las Vegas to watch the Cliff Keen Invite, and I'm pretty excited about watching a great weekend of wrestling. I'm also hoping to make a few connections and line up some more coaches and athletes to interview for the newsletter.

Speaking of great wrestling, how many of you watched the Cy-Hawk dual on Sunday? What did you think? I really thought Iowa State was going to pull it off this year, but once again, Iowa shows that they know how to compete. It was a sold-out crowd, which is so great for the sport.

This week, I'm excited to share with you a new project I've been working on the past month. For the 2024 Youth Wrestling season, I'm going to take a stab at opening a second location for our club wrestling program called TW Wrestling. Details are all finalized, and our registration is live and ready to roll. I've made some updates to my site and the registration pages. Take a look HERE and let me know what you think!

Let’s GO 💪

News Bites

• 🤯 16 of the Top 25 teams in the country will arrive in Las Vegas for the annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, and over half of the nation's ranked wrestlers will be competing.

• 🤼‍♂️ Cliff Keen Invitational tournament schedule.

• 🚀 NCAA Division I Dual Meet Rankings.

• 💪 No. 4 Iowa stops No. 8 Iowa State 18-14 in Cy-Hawk wrestling rivalry dual.

• 🇺🇸 Team U.S.A. Sweeps U15 Pan Am Championships with three team titles (Women’s, Men’s Freestyle and Men’s Greco).

Snacks

This week's snacks come from Jon Reader: NCAA National Champion, 3X NCAA All-American for Iowa State 🌪️ and Associate Head Coach at the University of Wisconsin 🦡.

Below are some excerpts from our conversation, along with key takeaways and tips that can be applied to improve yourself as a Coach, Athlete, or wrestling Parent.