Wrestling: Set To Host National Freestyle Camp
February 25, 2004 11:27 AM | General
February 25, 2004
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University will host a National Freestyle Training Camp on March 24-31, in Morgantown, W.Va., announced WVU assistant and U.S. Olympic Freestyle coach Zeke Jones.
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“We are very excited to have the nation’s best freestyle wrestlers train here in Morgantown,” says Jones. “This is just another step the U.S. athletes are taking to bring home gold medals this summer.”
The training camp is designed to prepare the country’s best athletes in preparation for the U.S. Open National Freestyle Championships and U.S. Olympic Trials.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials competition format features a two-day challenge tournament and a championship finals series. The challenge tournament in all three styles will take place Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22, in Indianapolis. This will include all of the competitors except the 2004 U.S. national champions who will advance to the finals. The 2004 National Championships will be in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 9-10.
There are 18 U.S. Olympic Team berths available, seven in the men's freestyle portion, for an opportunity to compete at the next Olympic games in Athens, Greece, on August 22-29, 2004.
