TAKEDOWN RADIO TDR This Wk- Stutzman, Dannen, Borschel, Slay, Smith, Hipps, Meeks Bros. Wrest

Posted on | April 9, 2010 | No Comments

Hello wrestling fans. it’s been a bit crazy this week for sure. We’ll do our best to get down to it this week from our Brute adidas studios of TDR in Des Moines, Iowa.

Joining us-
John Stutzman- Head Coach Bloomsburg (PA)- The Bloomsburg University wrestling team advanced two wrestlers to Friday’s action at the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling championships in Omaha, NE. Matt Moley and Rick Schmelyn while Nate Graham was eliminated. All in all a good year for Bloomsburg.

Troy Dannen- University of Northern Iowa Athletic Director. A few days ago Brad Penrith was released as Head Coach of the Panthers. Interested Coaches should listen to this interview to find what Dannen is looking for in a new head coach for his program. Long been rumored that the wrestling program would be cut, Dannen has stated to me that this will not happen at UNI. Dannen is looking to grow the program and its performance on a national level.

Jay Borschel won his first NCAA title becomes one of 19 Iowa wrestlers, in school history, to post an undefeated season record (37-0). He ends his Iowa career with a 98-10 record, winning the 2010 Big Ten and 2009 Midlands titles at 174. The Marion, IA, native is a two-time all-American, three-time NCAA qualifier and three-time Big Ten and Midlands place winner. Borschel went 62-3 in dual matches and 21-1 in Big Ten duals, scoring 265 team points in dual competition. He led the team in collegiate wins (37), dual wins (23), collegiate and dual winning percentage (1.000) and fastest fall (0:13) this season. Borschel is a three-time academic all-Big Ten selection, earning a spot on the NWCA Division I all-academic team in 2008 and the Dean’s List in 2009. He was also named Division I Outstanding Wrestler at the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals. Iowa’s three NCAA wrestling champions – seniors Brent Metcalf and Jay Borschel, and redshirt freshman Matt McDonough – have been named winners of the Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler Award for the 2009-10 season.

Brandon Slay- Olympic Champion and USA’s resident Coach will update us on the efforts of our US Athletes as they prepare for the U.S. Open on April 23-24 in Cleveland, Ohio. The excitement grows as decisions are made as to who will win a coveted US Open title. Slay won a gold medal at 76 kg/167.5 lbs. at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He upset Olympic and World Champion Bouvaisa Saitiev of Russia in the pool competition in Sydney. Saitiev has gone on to win three Olympic gold medals.

Brian Smith- Head Coach of the University of Missouri- Smith was able to coach Max Askren to an NCAA Championship this year. With Askren’s back issues and change of practice schedule, Coach Smith had to step outside the box of what he expected from his team. The extra effort paid off in one of the most emotional wins in Missouri history.

Andrew Hipps- InterMatwrestle.com joins us to discuss the coaching landscape and what he thinks will be the needed assets of the next head coach at the University of Northern Iowa.

The Meeks Brothers Wrestling Team/Family will join us in studio for this show. Keith Meeks will join us with his 2 sons John and Blake. Blake has signed with the University of Nebraska to wrestle for Coach Mark Manning. John will complete his sophomore year at Des Moines Roosevelt and has already captured 2 state titles and looks for his 3rd next season. Keith has developed a wrestling program and club called Project impact in Des Moines. Targeting at risk kids and those with behavioral problems the system works to teach kids that its easier to steer away from problems and turn toward wrestling.

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