Age-group U.S. Greco wrestlers sought for Superior International Camp & Competition, June 9-15
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by Northern Michigan
MARQUETTE, Mich. —The second annual Superior International Camp and Competition, located in the Northern Michigan University Olympic Training Site, is seeking additional American Greco-Roman wrestlers in the UWW Cadet and UWW Junior age groups to participate in this international event on June 8-15, 2015.
The event is split into two parts. First, there is a joint training camp held from June 8-12. Following the camp, the Superior International Competition will commence from June 13-15. Teams may arrive on June 7 and depart June 16, if they wish. This camp will provide numerous workout partners and guarantee 8-10 matches for each athlete.
This is an amazing opportunity for U.S. wrestlers to get high quality international training and competition. It is a great way to prepare for the important summer events on the national and international levels.
Registration fees are $50 per day, which covers room and board, as well as transportation to and from the Marquette airport.
The coaching staff for this event will be the NMU-OTS Greco-Roman coaches Rob Hermann and Aghasi Manukyan. Hermann has won four National Greco-Roman titles and was the U.S. Olympic team head coach in 1996. Manukyan has a wrestling history that includes participating on the Soviet Union and Armenia national teams, competing in the 1996 Olympic Games, and was a 1993 World Champion. Manukyan has also served as head coach for the Armenia National Junior Greco-Roman Team.
World powers Egypt and Sweden will be among a number of foreign delegations that will also attend the camp and tournament.
To register, contact Coach Hermann no later than May 1, 2015 with your interest in order to secure housing facilities. Hermann can be reached by phone at 906-227-2869, by cell at 850-261-1719, by fax at 906-227-2492, or through his e-mail (rhermann@nmu.edu)
For more information on the NMU-OTS program, visit www.nmu.edu/ots
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Prepared by Chris Salgot, Student Writer
The event is split into two parts. First, there is a joint training camp held from June 8-12. Following the camp, the Superior International Competition will commence from June 13-15. Teams may arrive on June 7 and depart June 16, if they wish. This camp will provide numerous workout partners and guarantee 8-10 matches for each athlete.
This is an amazing opportunity for U.S. wrestlers to get high quality international training and competition. It is a great way to prepare for the important summer events on the national and international levels.
Registration fees are $50 per day, which covers room and board, as well as transportation to and from the Marquette airport.
The coaching staff for this event will be the NMU-OTS Greco-Roman coaches Rob Hermann and Aghasi Manukyan. Hermann has won four National Greco-Roman titles and was the U.S. Olympic team head coach in 1996. Manukyan has a wrestling history that includes participating on the Soviet Union and Armenia national teams, competing in the 1996 Olympic Games, and was a 1993 World Champion. Manukyan has also served as head coach for the Armenia National Junior Greco-Roman Team.
World powers Egypt and Sweden will be among a number of foreign delegations that will also attend the camp and tournament.
To register, contact Coach Hermann no later than May 1, 2015 with your interest in order to secure housing facilities. Hermann can be reached by phone at 906-227-2869, by cell at 850-261-1719, by fax at 906-227-2492, or through his e-mail (rhermann@nmu.edu)
For more information on the NMU-OTS program, visit www.nmu.edu/ots
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Prepared by Chris Salgot, Student Writer
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