USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body for amateur wrestling in the United States and a United States Olympic Committee member organization.
USA WRESTLING BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers
President - James Ravannack First Vice President - Greg Strobel Second Vice President - Bruce Baumgartner Treasurer - Duane Morgan Secretary - Van Stokes Past President - Stan Dziedzic Directors
Jon Anderson Dave Black
Jim Considine Zac Dominguez Charles Elvin Patricia Fox William Grant Werner Holzer Mike Juby Mark Krug Jeff Levitetz Brent Metcalf Mike Moyer
Louis Rosbottom Iris Smith Rick Tucci
Sara Bahoura Bob Colgate
Tervel Dlagnev Mike Duroe Anthony Flatt Dan Gable
Sonny Greenhalgh Jordan Holm Chris Kallai
Craig LaMont Kerry McCoy Teague Moore Mark Reiland Nancy Schultz Lee Roy Smith
Marcie Van Dusen USA Wrestler is published at:
USA WRESTLING NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 6155 Lehman Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918-3439 (719) 598-8181 - (719) 598-9440 (FAX) web site address:
http://www.usawrestling.org http://www.themat.com
USA WRESTLER
OCTOBER 2015, VOL. 44 NO. 1 Executive Director
Communications Director Advertising Director Cover Design Copy Editor Copy Editor Printing
Rich Bender Gary Abbott
Kevin Hansen Richard Immel Tony Black Shonna Vest
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USA Wrestler, the official publication of the National Governing Body for amateur wrestling, is published six times a year (October, December, February, April, June, August) by USA Wrestling. Each issue is mailed to approx- imately 140,000 households of members and supporters of the organization. Non-member subscriptions are available for $30.00; inquire for foreign subscriptions. © 2015
USA WRESTLING'S MISSION
USA Wrestling, guided by the Olympic spirit, provides qual- ity opportunities for its members to achieve their full human and athletic potential.
Featured stories
4 Executive Notes with Rich Bender 16 Images from World Championships 18 Where are they now? Henry Cejudo 21 20 questions with Erin Clodgo 24 Q and A with Tom Ryan
28 Poster from World Championships 30 Star of the Future: Fredy Stroker 34 Coaches Corner with Steve Fraser 39 Photo Contest 40 USA Wrestling Success Story 42 Fun and Games by Richard Immel
FRONT COVER PHOTOS: World champions Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Snyder cele- brate after their gold-medal victories (Tony Rotundo photos). BACK COVER PHOTO: World champions Adeline Gray and Helen Maroulis pose with their gold medals. (Tony Rotundo photo). CONTENTS PAGE PHOTO: Greco-Roman star Andy Bisek celebrates after capturing his second straight bronze medal at the World Championships. (Tony Rotundo photo).
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Jordan Burroughs and Adeline Gray each won their third World titles while Kyle Snyder and Helen Maroulis captured their first to highlight the U.S. performance at the World Championships in Las Vegas.
JUNIOR AND CADET NATIONALS: Colorado’s Mosha Schwartz won a Cadet Triple Crown, Daton Fix and Joe Smith led Oklahoma to the Junior freestyle title and the Alo sisters from Hawaii came up big in Fargo, N.D.
SPENCER LEE STRIKES GOLD AGAIN: Pennsylvania phenom Spencer Lee turned in a phenomenal performance to capture a Junior World freestyle title in Brazil. Lee won a Cadet World championship for the United States in 2014.
PAN AMERICAN GAMES: The United States turned in a dominating performance at the Pan Am Games, earning four gold medals in freestyle, two in Greco-Roman and two in women’s freestyle in July in Toronto, Canada.
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