Team Wisconsin is fresh off an impressive performance at the 2024 USMC Junior and 16U National Championships with 30 wrestlers earning All-American status! Taylor Whiting and Brooke Huffman brought home national titles, and Brynn Engel, Hunter Stevens, Makhi Rodgers, and Brett Back placed second in the national event. The team achieved top-10 placements in three divisions and six received distinguished awards.

Statement from State Chairperson Todd Schaaf
I want to express my congratulations to all of the athletes that competed in Fargo. Competing on the national stage and earning All-American status is such a great achievement and a testament to your hard work. I am immensely proud of the dedication shown not only by the WWF but also our entire coaching staff and the countless volunteers working behind the scenes. Seeing Wisconsin's impact at this event and the national respect for our award winners fills me with gratitude for being part of such a fantastic organization within the wrestling community.

A special congratulations to our award recipients: Neysa Bianchi, Women’s Freestyle Developmental Coach of the Year; Ben Askren, Men’s Freestyle Developmental Coach of the Year; Scott Kluever, USAW Chuck Elvin Junior Person of the Year; Jeff Jones, Alice Riggle Award for Operations Official of the Year; Maddie Ruckdashel, Tuska Adam's Outstanding Official of the Women’s Tournament; and Kayla Spurley, Lifetime Achievement Award.

Wisconsin is the go-to for getting things done, and I look forward to finishing the 2023-24 season strong while continuing to fulfill the WWF mission with the support of our dedicated team in all areas of the sport.

Re-live or catch up on #Fargo2024!
Links for the daily blogs and photos are posted below.

• All-American Summary: https://bit.ly/4cXJcmH
• D1 blog WFS: https://bit.ly/3WkjmSE
• D2 blog WFS: https://bit.ly/3LFOQOk
• D3 blog MFS: https://bit.ly/46owWsF
• D4 blog MFS: https://bit.ly/4cZVpXW
• D5 blog MFS: https://bit.ly/4dfCNmw
• D6 blog GR: https://bit.ly/3zSISa0
• D7 blog GR: https://bit.ly/3WiOguJ
• Women’s Freestyle and Greco-Roman photos on Flickr here.
• Thank you to Sarah Dailey for capturing photos of men’s freestyle! Her albums are posted on Adobe here or FaceBook here.

Mark Your Calendars!

• WWF District Meetings: District meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, September 11th. The Wisconsin Wrestling Federation is divided into eight districts with a representative from each district responsible for the operation of the annual district meeting. Districts will hold elections and select kids state qualifier tournament sites. District Directors for districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 are up for elections this year—current clubs and USA Wrestling leaders are eligible to vote. Please select here to confirm your district, meeting location, date and time.
• WWF Annual Meeting: The annual meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 6th at The Lodge in Mauston. This is an open meeting where we will hear from WWF State Chairperson, Todd Schaaf, and multiple other directors with their year-in-review. Up for vote this year are the positions of Kids Director, 16U Director, Junior Director and Women’s Director. For more information on the WWF team, please visit us online here.

WI x Team USA Highlights
Wisconsin wrestlers continued making their mark with Team USA last month. A trio of graduated seniors, Aeoden Sinclair, Connor Mirasola, and Brett Back, all won gold medals at the U20 Pan Am Championships. Kylie Welker won a gold medal at the Grand Prix in Spain following a victory in the U23 World team wrestle-off, and Mitchell Mesenbrink accepted his place on the U23 World Team. U23 Worlds are slated for October 21st – 27th in Tirana, Albania.

Payton Jacobson will compete at the Olympic Games next week in Paris! Wrestling will be contested August 5th-11th, and the 87kg weight class for Greco-Roman will be contested August 7th and 8th. Also in Paris is Casey Goessl, who was selected by United World Wrestling as a referee for the Olympic Games. Be sure to follow along on USA Wrestling for more updates!

Rounding out Team USA representatives this month, Colton Weiler is set to compete at the U17 World Championships in Amman Jordan, August 19th-25th. Weiler won the U17 World Team Trials at the US Open in Las Vegas back in April.

Good luck to everyone competing on the World stage, and congratulations to our athletes and coaches who wrapped up such a successful summer season in July!

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