Matt Gentry, 2X Olympian, be relentless in improvement, toe the line, and more…

Hi 👋

Welcome to Week #17 of the Wrestling Snacks newsletter.

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Before we get started, I wanted to share an awesome wrestling clip the NFL released a few days ago. Please take a few minutes the watch How Wrestling Created The BEST Football Players

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News Bites

• High School Sophomore Jax Forrest Defeats NCAA #1 Luke Stanich

• High School Freshman Jaclyn Bouzakis Won Warrior Open Over Two College #1s

• Little Rock wrestling takes out #16 Oregon State for back-to-back ranked team wins (Defeated #24 Arizona State, the week prior)

• Louisiana becomes 45th state with official girls state championships

• Iowa Wins 46-0, Sweeps All 10 Matches Against Northwestern

Snacks

This week's snacks come from Matt Gentry: 2X Olympian (2008, 2012), 5th at the 2012 Olympics, 2X Pan American Games medalist and NCAA National Champion for Stanford (School’s first NCAA National Champion in the sport of wrestling). He is currently the assistant coach at The University of Chicago.

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.