USA Wrestler Photo Contest
Top left: Jonas Ullsperger of the Unleash the Beast Wrestling Club of Chula Vista, California, straining to get control in a folkstyle match held in San Diego County. Scott Ullsberger photo. Top right: Juan Garcia, a junior from Danbury High School in Connecticut, competing at the Connecticut State Championships. Jacqueline Smith photo. Bottom left: Kaden Antonacci, a seven year old from the Laguna
Hills Wrestling Club in California, scoring a takedown in his Bantam 60-pound match at the St. John Bosco tournament. Tony Antonacci photo. USA Wrestler is seeking your best wrestling photography for publication in a future issue of the magazine. Other photos may be posted on
TheMat.com or on USA Wrestling Weekly. USA Wrestling reserves the right to publish all materials submitted for the Photo Contest with no restrictions! Mail photos to: Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling, 6155 Lehman Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918. E-mail photos to:
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NCAA champion Troy Nickerson takes over at Northern Colorado
University of Northern Colorado GREELEY, Colo. – The future of Northern Colorado Wrestling begins on Monday as Director of Athletics Darren Dunn announced Troy Nickerson as the program's seventh head coach in its 35 year history. "After a lengthy, diligent process, we found a great leader for our wrestling program in Troy Nickerson," Dunn said. "He is a bright star in wrestling, familiar with Colorado Wrestling and he will be a great mentor for our student-athletes. I am truly excited Troy will be joining our UNC family." Nickerson comes to Northern Colorado after coaching the
past two seasons at Iowa State and finishing a remarkable colle- giate career with Cornell from 2006-10.
"I'm extremely excited to join the Northern Colorado Wrestling community," Nickerson said. "I want to thank Darren Dunn and the search committee for believing in me and providing me with this opportunity. I will work tirelessly to make UNC Wrestling a force to be reckoned with in the future." Nickerson's main responsibilities at Iowa State included the lightweights of 125-149 pounds. During his two seasons, he coached one NCAA All-American and one NCAA qualifier in 2013-14 and finished all of his starters with a record of at least
.500 in 2012-13. Prior to joining the Iowa State wrestling pro- gram, Nickerson served as an assistant coach at the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club from 2011-12 in Ithaca, N.Y. He was also the head coach of the FLWC college team during 2010-11. During his four seasons as a member of the Big Red wrestling program at Cornell, Nickerson finished as an NCAA champion in 2009 at 125 pounds and a four-time All-American. What They're Saying "What a great day for wrestling! The fact that the Darren Dunn and the leadership of the University of Northern Colorado went to such great lengths to go out and hire a coach of Troy Nickerson's reputation and character sends a strong message about their commitment to wrestling. I'm confident that Troy will bring an energy and professionalism to the program that will set UNC Wrestling up for long term success. USA Wrestling wel- comes Troy back to Colorado, we're excited for him as he takes this next step in his wrestling career." – Rich Bender, Executive Director of USA Wrestling "Coach Nickerson is a phenomenal wrestler, coach, and men-
tor. There is no doubt that he will lead Northern Colorado pro- gram to extraordinary success." – Mike Moyer, Executive Director of National Wrestling Coaches Association
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