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ASICS Junior National Championships
Las Vegas/ASICS U.S. Open
Western Junior Regional - Women
Grappling World Team Trials
The Western Junior (High School) Regional Championships will be held in Las Vegas, NV from April 16-18, 2013.
USA Wrestling does not charge for changing weight classes, even at weigh-ins. Registration will be capped at 700 Junior (High School) freestyle wrestlers and 500 Junior (High School) Greco-Roman wrestlers. Sign up today to guarantee your spot!
The top
three (3) place winners in each Junior weight class at the Western Junior Regionals qualify for their
state's National Team above the state limit. USA Wrestling's
ASICS/Vaughan Junior National Championships are July 12-20,
2013, in Fargo, ND. Please contact your USA Wrestling state director for more
information. To find your state director, please visit www.usawrestling.org.
USA Wrestling’s regional events are contested in freestyle and Greco-Roman, the only two styles of wrestling at the Olympic level. Freestyle wrestling is exciting, creative, and dynamic because points can be scored from almost anywhere. The most recent Olympic wrestling gold medals were won by freestyle wrestler Jordan Burroughs and Jake Varner in 2012. Other notable freestyle wrestlers include 2008 Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo, Cael Sanderson (Olympic gold medalist and four-time undefeated NCAA champion), Jake Herbert (World silver medalist and two-time NCAA Champion), and Tervel Dlagnev (World bronze medalist and two-time Division II NCAA Champion). Greco-Roman wrestling is known for powerful lifts and big throws, as all attacks must be made above the waist. Current National Greco-Roman Head Coach Steve Fraser was a gold medalist in 1984, and Rulon Gardner won gold in 2000.
Get
filmed at the Western Junior Regional!
CaptainU is providing HD
match filming for interested athletes.
Call 415-200-1264 by Friday, April 12 to get
your matches filmed.