Newsletter - December 11, 2019 - From the Coaching Office

Good Morning from Oregon State Wrestling!

We hope this email finds you well! Oregon State Wrestling is back on the road this week as part of the team heads down to the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday, Dec. 15. Coverage for the tournament is provided by FloWrestling and can be found on arena.flowrestling.com.

DHESI CLAIMS CANADIAN TEAM SPOT

This past weekend former three-time All-American Amar Dhesi cruised through the Canadian Wrestling Trials securing the 125 kg spot on the senior team for Canada. Dhesi defeated 2016 Rio Olympian Korey Jarvis for the top place at 125 kg, which marked Jarvis first loss to a Canadian in six years.

Dhesi was dominate in the best two-out-of-three finals besting Jarvis by technical fall 10-0 and 11-0. Next on the docket for Dhesi is securing his place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He can do this by placing top-two at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament on March 6-9 in Ottawa.

NCAA TOURNAMENT TICKETS

This upcoming March the NCAA Tournament will take place in the largest venue the event has ever seen; U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Given the large capacity the NCAA will give each institution the amount of tickets they ask for. Due to this fact, if you tell us that you want tickets a credit card number will be needed as these tickets are GUARANTEED. IF YOU ORDER TICKETS THROUGH US YOU WILL GET AND YOU WILL BE STUCK WITH THEM.

If you are interested in securing your tickets for the NCAA Tournament please reach out to Assistant Coach, Taylor Meeks before DECEMBER 13, 2019: Taylor.Meeks@oregonstate.edu

THE DEADLINE TO ORDER NCAA TICKETS THROUGH US IS THIS THURSDAY!! YOU HAVE JUST TWO DAYS TO SECURE YOUR TICKETS!

THE 100 CLUB

One of our new initiatives this year which serves as a replacement to our Pledge for Pins drive in the past is The 100 Club: It is designed to help the growth of the Beaver Regional Training Center (RTC). The money gifted goes directly to the Beaver RTC which is a Nonprofit Organization that supports the travel and training expenses associated with the RTC.

Our goal is to raise $100,000 this season. For example, that is 1,000 individuals donating $100 each. If you would like to join the 100 Club please print out this FORM and mail it to our PO Box. The address to which is on the form.

OREGON STATE WRESTLING SCHEDULE

The main portion of our schedule features 16 events before heading to the Pac-12 Championships at Stanford late in the season. As we are still trying to finalize times for our schedule please know that these contests are subject to change at any point in time:

Nov. 9 @ Appalachian State Invite Boone, N.C.

Nov. 15 vs. Simon Fraser Tahoma, WA

Nov. 21 @ George Mason Fairfax, VA

Nov. 23 @ Navy Classic Annapolis, MD

Dec. 20 @ Nebraska Lincoln, NE

Jan. 1-2 @ Southern Scuffle Chattanooga, TN

Jan. 5 @ Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Jan. 10 vs. Northern Colorado Corvallis, OR

Jan. 18 @ Arizona State Tempe, AZ

Jan. 25 @ Campbell/Presbyterian Buies Creek, N.C.

Jan. 31 vs. Wyoming Corvallis, OR

Feb. 7 @ Cal-State Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA

Feb. 9 @ Stanford Stanford, CA

Feb. 14 vs. Cal-Baptist Corvallis, OR

Feb. 15 vs. Arkansas Little Rock Corvallis, OR

Feb. 22 vs. Cal Poly Corvallis, OR

In addition to the main portion of our schedule, we have a handful of open tournaments that we will be attending this season:

Nov. 9 @ Clackamas Open Oregon City, OR

Nov. 17 @ Mike Clock Open Forest Grove, OR

Nov. 24 @ Spokane Open Spokane, WA

Dec. 15 @ Reno Tournament of Champions Reno, NV

Jan. 18 @ Boxer Open Forest Grove, OR

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