Interesting Wrestling Websites

In this post I would like to introduce you to several wrestling websites that might be interesting to you:

United World Wrestling:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/

Flo Wrestling:
http://www.flowrestling.org/

NCAA Wrestling:
http://www.ncaa.com/sports/wrestling/d1

USA Wrestling:
http://www.teamusa.org/usa-wrestling

Adidas Wrestling:
http://www.outercirclesports.com/

Asics Wrestling:
http://www.asicsamerica.com/sports/wrestling

Rio 2016 Olympic Games Wrestling
http://www.rio2016.com/en/greco-roman-wrestling

Also check out our AIC Wrestling Twitter Account!

https://twitter.com/AIC_Wrestling 

Rhoden Leads Wrestling At Doug Parker Invitational

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American International College wrestling team had its best weekend to date at the Doug Parker Invitational hosted by crosstown rival Spring College Saturday.

The Yellow Jackets, led by a strong senior group, placed 12th of 18 teams with only seven point scorers and finished with 35.5 points. Stevens Institute of Technology claimed the invite (162.0). Williams (139.0) and the host Pride (127.0) rounded out the top three squads.

AIC senior Sheldon Rhoden (Hartford, Conn.) led the team, opening the day with a dominant win over his Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) opponent, 16-0. It then took only 53 seconds to claim the fall over his Centenary counterpart and 14 seconds to pin the 197-pounder from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to reach the semifinals. In his semis bout with Stevens, Rhoden led, but gave up the decision to the eventual champion. Rhoden quickly rebounded, earning a major decision over Rhode Island College and ending the impressive day with a 28 pin against Wesleyan.

Senior heavyweight Soslan Khamitcaev (St. Petersburg, Russia) also rolled to the semifinals, pinning his opponent from Southern Maine before claiming a decision over Daniel Webster to reach the semis. Khamitcaev fell to the eventual heavyweight champ and was injury defaulted the rest of the match.

Brandon Riggins, a former NJCAA All-American, made his Yellow Jacket debut and started with a decision over a Division II Regional opponent from East Stroudsburg. Riggins then fell by way of decision to the United States Coast Guard Academy and injury defaulted the remainder of the tournament.

AIC freshmen Caleb Thompson (Springfield, Mass.) and Nick Kushner (Springfield, Mass.) also recorded wins on the day, both over Southern Maine opponents. Thompson picked up his win by fall, while Kushner snagged his victory by riding time point. 

Complete Results:
http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/wnecgoldenbears.com/documents/2015/11/21/Doug_Parker_Brackets.pdf?id=1152 
 

The Yellow Jackets next travel to the University of Southern Maine for the Ted Reese Invitational Saturday, Dec. 5 in Gorham, Maine.

Schulze Highlights Wrestling's Day at ESU Open

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – The American International College wrestling team competed at the 49th Annual East Stroudsburg University Open Tournament Sunday.

For the second consecutive weekend, the Yellow Jackets were led by senior Michael Schulze (Ehningen, Germany) as the team competed in its third match against primarily Division I opponents. It took Schulze just 2:20 of the first period to dispatch his opponent by way of fall. In the championship second round against an opponent from Army, Schulze nearly pulled off a six-point move, but was deemed out-of-bounds by the official. Due to an injury later in the match, he was forced to default.

AIC senior Sheldon Rhoden (Hartford, Conn.), a 197-pounder, wrestled up in the heavyweight class. The weight disparity was noticeable when Rhoden took a commanding 10-2 lead, but fell by way of pin.

Jacket junior Josef Smith also wrestled up at the 133-pound level and got out to an early lead and carried it into the third period before his combatant from Limestone took control for the victory.

American International freshman Brian LaValley (Springfield, Mass.) fell in his first bout, but refocused midway through for a late surge. LaValley returned in an exciting match against Army, stringing together a six-point scoring sequence late in the third and falling just short of coming away with a decision on the score card.

Classmate Caleb Thompson (Springfield, Mass.) also dropped a close decision, while redshirt freshman Nick Kushner (Springfield, Mass.) and sophomore Chris Hunter (North Attleboro, Mass.) gained vital experience over the course of the tournament.

Complete Results:
http://www.esuwarriors.com/news/2015/10/26/WREST_102615.aspx?path=wrestling 

AIC is back in action Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Doug Parker Invitational hosted by Springfield College

Wrestling Competes at Kaloust Bearcat Open

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The American International College wrestling team competed at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open Sunday hosted by Binghamton University.

For the second straight weekend, the Yellow Jacket grapplers sought out some of the toughest competition on the east coast and even the nation.

Leading the way for AIC was senior heavyweight Soslan Khamitcaev (St. Petersburg, Russia) who after receiving a first round bye, downed his opponent 2:18 into the first period to secure a second round championship. After the win, Khamitcaev pulled out of the competition with a nagging injury.

AIC freshman Caleb Thompson (Springfield, Mass.) also received a first round bye before falling to the 2015 NCAA Division I National Champion, Gabe Dean from Cornell University in the 184-pound weight class. Thompson won by injury default and the true-freshman currently leads the team in wins early in the season.

Two Yellow Jacket seniors, Michael Schulze (Ehningen, Germany) and Nick Demore (North Attleboro, Mass.) made their season debuts up a weight. Schulze, competing at 174-pounds, lost a championship round decision to an opponent from Old Dominion and fought well against his counterpart from Navy. Schulze was tied 1-1 after regulation, but an eight second riding time differential gave the decision to Navy.

AIC sophomore Chris Hunter (North Attleboro, Mass.) fell at 165-pounds in bouts with opponents from Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania, while freshman Nick Kushner (Springfield, Mass.) fell at the hands of Princeton and Bucknell. Classmate Brian LaValley also dropped bouts at 125-pounds to SUNY-Sullivan and host Binghamton.

AIC travels to the East Stroudsburg University Open Sunday, Nov. 15.


Complete Results:
http://www.trackwrestling3.com/tw/opentournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&sport=wrestling&TIM=1447040326318&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=955

The Team

 

 

125 Pounds:

Nick Kushner

Sophomore

133 Pounds:

NO PICTURE

Joseph Smith

Freshman

141 Pounds:

Chris Vega

Freshman

149 Pounds:

Nicholas DeMore

Senior

157 Pounds:

Christopher Hunter

Sophomore

165 Pounds:

Michael Schulze

Senior

174 Pounds:

PJ Baker

Senior

184 Pounds:

Brandon Riggins

Junior

197 Pounds:

Sheldon Rhoden

285 Pounds:

Soslan Khamitcaev

You might want to compare the AIC Wresling team with Team USA:
http://www.teamusa.org/usa-wrestling/team-usa

Season Schedule

Hello Guys,

how are you doing? I am excited about your interest in my blog. Today, I would like to inform you about our wrestling schedule for the upcoming season.

Season Start: November 1st, 2015

AIC Wrestling Schedule 2015-16 

This season we unfortunately just have two home competitions this season.

#JacketNation

 http://www.aicyellowjackets.com/schedule.aspx?path=wrestling

Also check out the major international tournaments:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/events 

If you have more questions, contact:
Michael Schulze 

Welcome

Hello,

Welcome to the blog of the American International College Wrestling Team.

Although wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world, most people do not exactly know what it is about. Here is a short definition for you:

wrestling
Syllabification: wres·tling

Pronunciation: /ˈres(ə)liNG/

The sport or activity of grappling with an opponent and trying to throw or hold them down on the ground, typically according to a code of rules. Popular in ancient Egypt, China, and Greece, wrestling was introduced to the Olympic Games in 704 bc; many of the holds and throws used now are the same as those of antiquity. The two main competition styles are Greco-Roman (in which holds below the waist are prohibited) and freestyle, which has become a popular televised sport.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/wrestling

Does this sound familiar to you? Of course it does! At some point everyone has wrestled at least once in their life: It might have been on the playground or at home with siblings.

The titled world's oldest sport, Wrestling has been around for thousands of years. The NFL, NBA, MLB are all babies compared to Wrestling. Along with track and field, Wrestling was in the first Olympics, so many years ago, when i say first I mean Athens, Greece B.C., Wrestling was around before Jesus was born and is considered the holiest sport being it is the ONLY sport mentioned in the bible.

What makes wrestling more honorable than other sports? The pride one takes in wrestling is unlike any other sport, Most kids start in their little league, or pop warner football, they have aspirations to make it to the MLB or NFL, this is the purest love of the game. They have no care about the millions that are made in the pros, they simply want to make it to be playing on Sundays. As they grow older and realize the world is expensive they no longer do it for the love, they do it to make it somewhere, to make the millions, to get a scholarship, etc, etc. Then they watch players like Steven Jackson holdout for MORE money, what message does this send kids? Wrestling is different, there is no money to be made in wrestling. Wrestlers do it for pure pride.

Wrestlers have NO ONE to blame if they lose, unlike team sports wrestlers are out there alone and have no one that can stop them from doing a stupid move. If a quarterback throws a pick six and loses the game for his team, the wide receiver has nothing to do with that, the offensive line could do nothing about that. It was the quarterbacks fault he did not check it to the running back or go through his read, I've seen it countless times, and its still hard for me to watch. Wrestling is different, You and an opponent, thats it. Pressure at big tournaments is unbelievable. Any basketball player, even in the NBA, has never felt the pressure of an NCAA final wrestling match. In the NBA they are watching you and 9 other players with around 20,000 fans. NCAA wrestling finals between 20,000 and 40,000 fans depending on the venue, on a raised mat with all of them staring at you and your opponent with the ref to call the points, You have seven minutes to prove you are the best in the country.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/52813-wrestling-mans-toughest-and-oldest-sport

College- as well as professional Olympic wrestling is taking this to another level. Check out this video: