The Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Wrestling Club placed second at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association\u2019s recent\u00a0Southeast Conference Championship and finished eighth overall at nationals. The\u00a0 team has won three national championships in its 11 years competing in the NCWA.<\/p>\n
Nine members of the team advanced to nationals, including Santiago Martinez and Josh Woods, who finished second in their weight classes. Woods earned All-American honors for the third time with his performance.<\/p>\n
The NCWA also named Alex Chiricosta as an All-American, his second such honor.<\/p>\n
At Southeast Regionals, five Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ wrestlers finished in the top three, including first-place finishers Chiricosta, Woods, and Martinez. Ashton Griffin finished second and Max Becks finished third.<\/p>\n
Coach Jason Balma credits this year\u2019s success to the team\u2019s new role as underdogs. \u201cWe\u2019ve been beat up by the best of them this year, inside and outside the NCWA. Because of that, maybe we\u2019re not seen as a top-10 team now,\u201d he said. \u201cWe usually are going full throttle into the postseason. But this year we stepped back and rested. Now the guys are hungry to compete again, and maybe we can surprise some people since we\u2019re not the favorites anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team is coming off an unprecedented tournament schedule including trips to Puerto Rico, Georgia, California, Nevada, Virginia, South Carolina, and throughout Florida. The team also hosted many fundraising events including the 2nd annual Johnny Rouse Golf Tournament, NWCA, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Open, Knight Brawl Duals, and conference matches.<\/p>\n
The wrestling team is part of the Sport Clubs Council, a component of the Recreation and Wellness Center. The council and center are funded by the Student Government Association with a continuing mission to enrich campus life through programs that foster healthy lifestyles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Wrestling Club placed second at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association\u2019s recent\u00a0Southeast Conference Championship and finished eighth overall at nationals. The\u00a0 team has won three national championships in its 11 years competing in the NCWA. Nine members of the team advanced to nationals, including Santiago Martinez and Josh Woods, who finished second in their weight classes. Woods earned All-American…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[3910,8037],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-38479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-recreation-and-wellness-center","tag-wrestling-club"],"yoast_head":"\n