Waconia Junior, Max McEnelly, competed in the UWW U17 (Cadet) Freestyle World Trials on April 30th & May 1st and was victorious in winning his 2nd National Title and claiming the World Team spot at 92kg (~202lbs). To do so, Max had to navigate a brutally tough bracket filled with Freestyle National All-Americans and nationally ranked kids to make the finals. Once in the finals, Max faced Camden McDanel for a best 2 out of 3 series. Max lost the first match 12-12 (on criteria), then rallied back to win match #2 5-3 and match #3 15-14 on a last second takedown! Winning this tournament means that Max will wrestle this summer at the U17 Freestyle & Greco World Championships across July 25-31 in Rome, Italy. Congrats to Max on this phenomenal accomplishment! Everyone across Waconia Wrestling Club is extremely proud of your representation of our club and know you will wrestle hard in Rome!
Congratulations to all our Waconia wrestlers that participated at the MNUSA Freestyle & Greco State Championships on April 30th & May 1st in Shakopee. A large number of kids across the K-12 program within Waconia Wrestling Club have really embraced these new styles, had fun and have gained some new skills that will improve their positioning and body awareness when we flex back to folkstyle this summer/fall. Great job Wildcats! Congrats to all the kids that put it on the line this weekend as follows:
MNUSA Greco State Participants/Results
12U: Will Katherman 3rd, Max Miller 3rd, Calvin Steen
14U: Beckett Marsh 6th, Wes Hammarsten 4th, Blake Miller 4th,
16U: Ian Olson 3rd, Carter Katherman 5th, Jimmy Johnson 6th, Sawyer Nemitz 3rd, Vince Halliday 2nd
Juniors: Bradee Dwinell 3rd, Sam Connell 3rd
MNUSA Freestyle State Participants/Results
10U: Lucas Turek
12U: Max Miller 3rd, Will Katherman 6th, Keegan Hammarsten,
14U: Jon Kopp 3rd, Beckett Marsh 5th, Blake Miller 5th, Wes Hammarsten, Cooper Stejskal,
16U: Ian Olson 2nd, Vincent Halliday 3rd, Carter Katherman 4th, Jimmy Johnson, Wil Goldschmidt, Sawyer Nemitz,
Juniors: Lincoln Vick 1st, Bradee Dwinell 4th, Alex Torres 5th, Andrew Torres, Sam Connell,
Congrats to all our kids that competed in the NYWA post-season series, across Districts, Regionals and the State Championships! We had great participation this year and had a lot of fun hosting both the Individual and Team Regional Qualifiers as well. Thank you to all who helped to make it a super successful end of the year!
K-8 Individual Region 3 Results: Link
K-6 Team Region 3 Results: Link
K-6 Grade State Tournament Results: Link
State Individual:
Girls Division:
State Invite:
By the numbers - 7-8th Grade:
7-8th Grade State Individual:
Invite:
Congrats to our youth wrestling team on a great performance at MNUSA! The K-6 dual team finished 4th overall in the team tournament. Also, the program sent 23 individual qualifiers to the MNUSA Folkstyle State Tourney, allowing each kid to get valuable experience and test themselves against some of the state's best wrestlers.
Congratulations to the following individual place winners:
Girls
Caroline Moyer 8U 50# - State Champion
Breslyn Kirkpatrick 10U 60# - State Champion (now 2x!)
6U & 8U
Jacob Reiner 6U 55# - Runner Up
Logan Kleinknight 8U 55# - 3rd Place
10U
Lincoln Kleinknight 10U 77# - Runner Up
Michael Reiner 10U 77# - 6th Place
14U
Aiden Meuwissen 14U 136# - State Champion (now 2x!)
Beckett Marsh 14U 77# - 5th Place
16U
Vincent Halliday 220# - Runner Up
Ian Olson 88# - 3rd Place
Sawyer Nemitz 170# - 3rd Place
Waconia Wrestling Club is pleased to begin offering a new Freestyle/Greco training program for kids ages 4th grade - 12th grade to grow their technical skills and to grow in their knowledge and fundamentals of the sport by training in these international styles. Freestyle & Greco-Roman are the 2 primary styles trained internationally and are different in their rules, scoring and terminology compared to American Folkstyle wrestling. Both are exciting and fast paced and will help your wrestler make gains in their technique and skillset for the next Folkstyle season.
See below for all the details, including how to register, program flyer, key dates, FAQs and interviews/testimonials on the benefits of freestyle/greco-roman training.
PROGRAM DETAILS:
WWC FREESTYLE/GRECO PROGRAM COACHES / STAFF:
KEY TOURNAMENT DATES:
FREESTYLE/GRECO EXPERIENCES & TESTIMONIALS
OTHER INFORMATION/RESOURCES:
Congratulations to our Waconia High School Wrestling Team on a great 2021-2022 season!
The Waconia Wrestling Community really came through and held a Takedown Cancer fundraiser on January 13th for the Randy Shaver Cancer and Community Fund. Thanks to all of you for the support of the variety of fundraising initiatives, being in attendance, and big shoutout to the youth wrestlers who operated the raffle & donation table. The event ended up raising $6,193 with the raffle & donation table accounting for over $1000 of the total. We look forward to making this an annual tradition.
Platinum Golf Sponsors 2021
Team USA discusses Freestyle Wrestling as Key to their Folkstyle success.