Zeke Jones and Jake Herbert to go ‘On the Mat’ this week
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by Kent Sesker
USA Wrestling national freestyle coach and 1991 World Champion, Zeke Jones, and 2009 World Team member Jake Herbert will be radio show guests Wednesday night.
Zeke Jones was a three-time All-American and NCAA runner-up for Arizona State and helped the Sun Devils win the NCAA team title in 1988. Jones went on to have a fabulous international career where he competed on seven world teams, winning the gold in 1991 and the bronze in 1995 at 114.5 pounds. He was an Olympic silver medallist in 1992 in Barcelona. Jones is currently the national freestyle coach for USA Wrestling and will be leading seven first-time world team members competing in the World Championships in Denmark next month.
Jake Herbert completed an undefeated season as a senior for Northwestern University in March by winning his second NCAA title at 184 pounds and the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy, given annually to the most dominant college wrestler in the nation. Herbert won the US Nationals freestyle division at 185 pounds in April and the World Team Trials in May. A Pennsylvania native, Herbert was a four-time All-American and three-time NCAA finalist.
"On the Mat" is a presentation of the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show.
Zeke Jones was a three-time All-American and NCAA runner-up for Arizona State and helped the Sun Devils win the NCAA team title in 1988. Jones went on to have a fabulous international career where he competed on seven world teams, winning the gold in 1991 and the bronze in 1995 at 114.5 pounds. He was an Olympic silver medallist in 1992 in Barcelona. Jones is currently the national freestyle coach for USA Wrestling and will be leading seven first-time world team members competing in the World Championships in Denmark next month.
Jake Herbert completed an undefeated season as a senior for Northwestern University in March by winning his second NCAA title at 184 pounds and the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy, given annually to the most dominant college wrestler in the nation. Herbert won the US Nationals freestyle division at 185 pounds in April and the World Team Trials in May. A Pennsylvania native, Herbert was a four-time All-American and three-time NCAA finalist.
"On the Mat" is a presentation of the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show.
