When: June 2th – 6th, 2014
Time: K – 6th 11:00 – 12:30
7th – 12th 12:45 – 2:45
Where: Chanute High School Gymnasium
Cost: $95.00
• $75.00 for registration prior to May 30th
• Non-Participants may purchase t-shirts for $10

Camp Staff:
Jesse Delgado
University of Illinois
3X All American, 2x National Champion

Jake Varner
Iowa State University
Olympic Champion

John Smith
Oklahoma State University
2x Olympic Champion, 4x World Champion

Bryan Snyder
Nebraska University
4x All American, 4x Big12 Champion

Zack Esposito
Oklahoma State University
3x All American, National Champion

** May attend as few as one day with pro-rated fees
***Tuesday (Jake Varner's day) times may be subject to change

Link to flyer: http://www.kansaswrestling.org/images/Camps14/trueblue14.pdf

Contact: Andy Albright 620.423.0894
Clete Frazell 620.432.3975
Ty Jaquess 918.798.1004

Jesse Delgado


2014 NCAA Champion
2014 Big Ten Champion
2013 NCAA Champion
2013 Big Ten Champion
2013 Big Ten Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships
2012 All-American

2013-14: Became Illinois' first back-to-back national champion in 56 years after winning the 125-pound NCAA title for the second straight year ... Earned his third-career All-America honors ... Defeated top-seeded Nico Megaludis (PSU) to win his second straight Big Ten title ... Named Outstanding Wrestler at the Grapple at the Garden ... Placed third at the Midlands Championships ... Finished the season with a 30-2 record, the seventh-best single-season win percentage (.938) in school history ... Recorded a 6-1 Big Ten record ... Scored the most dual points on the team this season with 80 ... Was ranked No. 1 by W.I.N. Magazine for 10 consecutive weeks during the season.

2012-13: NCAA Champion at 125, defeating No. 4 Nico Megaludis 7-4 in the finals of the 2013 NCAA Championships ... Became Illinois' first ever national champion at 125 and first on top the podium since Matt Lackey in 2003 ... Also earned his second career All-America honor ... Finished season with a 27-3 record ... Defeated top-seeded Matt McDonough (Iowa) to win the Big Ten 125 title, becoming the first Illini to win an NCAA/Big Ten title in the same year since 2003 ... Was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Championships ... Owned a 6-1 Big Ten dual record and scored 35 dual points for the Illini, the second most on the team this season ... Finished a career-best second place at the Midlands Championship ... Placed runner-up at the Northern Iowa Open.

2011-12:Earned his first career All-America honor by placing seventh at the 2012 NCAA Championships ... Went 4-1 at the NCAA Championships, including a win over No. 3 Alan Waters (Missouri) ... Finished third at the Big Ten Championships to qualify automatically for the NCAA Championships ... Went 6-2 during the Big Ten dual season and was the only wrestler this season to defeat No. 1 Matt McDonough (Iowa) ... Placed third at Midlands ... Won the Loras Open.

HIGH SCHOOL: Placed first in the 2011 NWCA National Collegiate Open...Placed first in the FILA Junior Nationals Freestyle Championships in 2011...Placed third in the California State championships in 2007 and 2008...Won a California state title in 2009...Placed fourth in the California State Championships in 2010...Won the NHSCA Senior National title in 2010 and Sophomore title in 2008...Earned four varsity letters in wrestling.

PERSONAL: Born Aug 26, 1992...Parents are Jesus Delgado and Elizabeth Lopez...Has a younger brother, Joseph...Major is undecided...Plans to become a coach or teacher following graduation.

Delgado's Career Record


YEAR W L F Big Ten NCAA
2011-12 34 7 6 3rd 7th
2012-13 27 3 5 1st 1st
2013-14 30 2 7 1st 1st
Total 91 13 18
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Jake Varner


2011 World Bronze Medalist
2012 Olympic Gold Medalist
2x NCAA Champion

Bio
HIGH SCHOOL

Career record of 159-10, with 132 falls … two-time California high school state champion and four-time state qualifier and 2005 outstanding wrestler … only wrestler in California history to pin all six opponents in the state tournament … 2005 FILA Junior Freestyle World Team member … 2005 second-team Asics All-American … Amateur Wrestling News first-team All-American … 2005 Wade Schalles Award … California recipient of Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award … two-time champion at Reno Tournament of Champions … 2004 Brute Nationals Outstanding Wrestler … coached by Andy Varner.
PERSONAL

Born March 24, 1986 … son of Steve and Renee Varner … criminal justice major.
COLLEGE

2009 - 2010

Concluded final season as a Cyclone as a repeat NCAA 197-pound title…finished carrer at Iowa State with a record of 121-10…ended his senior year with an undefeated record of 31-0…recorded 10 major decisions, one technical fall and 10 pins…pushed his career fall total to 42…beat Nebraska’s Craig Brester 5-2 in the 197-pound NCAA final to go 4-0 against the Husker in his senior season… allowed only five points in five matches in the NCAA tournament…earned a first-round major decision by a score of 17-3 over Matt Casperson of Boise State and followed that victory with a 10-1 major decision over Riley Orozco of Cal-State Bakersfield… followed with shutout victories over Sonny Yohn in the quarterfinals (4-0) and Cam Simaz in the semi-finals (6-0)…earned his second Big 12 crown with a 5-2 victory over Brester of Nebraska…pinned Minnesota All-American Sonny Yohn in 6:59…pinned Oklahoma State All-American Alan Gelogaev in 4:43…scored a 19-1 technical fall over Cornell All-American Cam Simaz…won his second Midlands Championships title with a 6-1 decision over Wynn Michalak of Chippewa WC…pinned his first two opponents at the Midlands …defeated Brester of Nebraska 5-3 in the NWCA All-Star Classic…won his fourth Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open with four pins and a major decision, including a pin of South Dakota State’s Tyler Sorenson in 2:27 in the final round…started his final season with a 13-4 major decision of SDSU’s Sorenson.

2008 - 2009

World Team member at 96 kg in freestyle … concluded junior season with the NCAA 197-pound title … ended third ISU season with a 31-2 mark … recorded seven major decisions, one technical fall and 12 pins … pushed his career pin total to 32 … beat Nebraska’s Craig Brester 2-1 in the 197-pound final to push his record to 3-1 against the Husker … gave up seven points in five match victories on his way to the 197-pound title at the NCAA Championships … scored a first-round technical fall of Virginia Tech’s Daniel Bruce by a score of 17-2 (7:00) and followed the victory with an 11-0 major decision shutout of Purdue’s Logan Brown at the NCAA Championships … scored his second victory over Missouri’s Maxwell Askren in the semifinal round by a score of 8-3 … took runner-up honors at the Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championship … notched a major decision of Oklahoma’s Eric Lapotsky, 16-5 … pinned Brent Chriswell of Boise State in 2:50 at the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals … took second place at the Midlands Championships … pinned his first three Midlands opponents in the first period of action … scored a fall of North Dakota State’s Drew Ross in 1:16 … notched a major decision of returning All-American Hudson Taylor of Maryland by a score of 13-1 in an exhibition match at the NWCA All-Star Classic … took the crown for the third time at the Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open with his first 197-pound title … tallied three falls and a major decision at the Cyclone Open … started his junior campaign with a 2:34 stick of Utah Valley’s Adam Fager.

2007 -2008

Went 29-1 and registered four major decisions and team-leading seven pins … NCAA 184-pound runner-up … garnered first Big 12 title with a 4-1 decision over Oklahoma’s Josh Weitzel … finished league competition with a 6-0 record and holds an 11-2 career mark against Big 12 opponents … notched back-to-back pins at NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals with a 3:50 fall of Penn State’s Phil Bromberger and a 2:17 stick of Northwestern’s Adil Kolovic … picked up second win of the season over Central Michigan’s Christian Sinnott in the second tie-breaker on a 4-2 decision … first defeated Sinnott in the semifinals of the Midlands Championships via 2-1 decision … avenged 2007 NCAA Championships title-match loss to Northwestern’s former national champ Jake Herbert to take the 184-pound Midlands Championships title in sudden victory, 3-1 … named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 7) for his Midlands performance … meeting for the second time in two weeks, Varner scored a 3-0 decision over two-time All-American Roger Kish of Minnesota … two weeks prior he handed Kish a 2-0 decision at the NCWA All-Star Classic … defeated Rider’s Doug Umbehauer 8-4 in his first dual match of the season … used a major decision and two pins en route to his second Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open title.

2006 - 2007

Posted a 29-7 record … ended rookie season as the 184-pound NCAA runner-up … Big 12 Conference 184-pound runner-up … scored major decisions in first two Big 12 match ups, 10-2 over Nebraska’s Levi Wofford and 11-2 over Oklahoma’s Josh Hinton … placed third at Midlands Championships … won first match in Hilton Coliseum with a 4:05 stick of Arizona State’s Greg Glifford … claimed 184-pound titles at Harold Nichols and Fullerton Opens … won first bout as a Cyclone by pinning Austin Hayes of Buena Vista in 1:07.

2005-2006

Red-shirted initial collegiate season.


WORLD & OLYMPICS

2009 World Team Member (9th World Championships in Denmark)
2011 World Bronze in Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Bronze Yarygan Tournament
2012 Pan American Games Gold
2012 Olympic Gold in London

John Smith

Coaching Career
:: Oklahoma State's All-Time Winningest Coach with a 348-48-6 career record
:: Two-Time NWCA National Coach of the Year (1994, 2003)
:: Five-Time NCAA Champion Coach (1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
:: 15-Time Conference Champion Coach (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
:: Ten-Time Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013)
:: Two-Time Big Eight Coach of the Year (1994, 1996)
:: 26 NCAA Individual Champions Coached
:: 102 NCAA All-Americans Coached
:: 82 Conference Individual Champions Coached
:: Coach, USA Olympic Wrestling Team (2000, 2012)
:: Coach, USA World Championships Team (1998, 2009, 2010, 2011)
:: Coach, USA World Cup Team (1997)

Wrestling Career
:: Six-Time World Champion Wrestler (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
:: Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (1988, 1992)
:: Two-Time Pan American Games Gold Medalist (1987, 1991)
:: Two-Time Goodwill Games Gold Medalist (1986, 1990)
:: Two-Time NCAA Wrestling Champion (1987, 1988)
:: Recipient, Amateur Athletic Foundation World Trophy (1992)
:: First Ever American To Earn FILA's Master of Technique Award (Best technical wrestler in the world, 1990)
:: First Wrestler To Win James E. Sullivan Award (Nation's top amateur athlete, 1990)
:: U.S. Olympic Committee Sportsman of the Year (1990)
:: FILA Outstanding Wrestler of the Year (1991)
:: USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year (1989)
:: Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year (1988)
:: U.S. Olympic Committee Titan Award (2004)
:: Named one of the 100 Greatest Olympians of All-Time (1996)
:: Member, FILA Hall of Fame (Inducted in 2003)
:: Distinguished Member, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (inducted in 1997)
:: Member, Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 1997)
:: Member, NCAA 75th Anniversary Team (2005)
:: NWCA College Wrestler of the Year (1987)

Records as a Wrestler
International Record: 100-5
Domestic Freestyle Record: 77-3
Collegiate Record: 154-7-2
High School Record: 105-5
John Smith is a name synonymous with wrestling success.

The Oklahoma State head coach won six consecutive world championships as a competitor from 1987-92, including gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and he owns five national championships as head coach of the Cowboys.

Smith accepted the head coaching position at Oklahoma State in 1992 and the numbers and accomplishments since that time speak for themselves. He has led his alma mater to five NCAA team titles in 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and he has coached 26 NCAA individual champions and five Olympians. Under his watch, the Cowboys have brought 13 team conference tournament championships. two Big 12 regular season titles and 82 individual conference titles back to Stillwater. He has seen 102 of his student-athletes earn All-America recognition, an average of 4.6 All-America honorees per year.

He was recognized as the National Wrestling Coaches Association coach of the year in 1994 and 2003 and is a 12-time selection as his conference's coach of the year (1994 and 1996 in the Big Eight and 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2013 in the Big 12).

Most recently, Smith led his squad to its second Big 12 regular season title with a 6-0 conference dual record, making the Cowboys the only team to earn the title since its inception in 2012. The next day, eight Cowboys were crowned Big 12 champions en route to scoring a record-breaking 118.5 points to capture the conference tournament title.

Individual success continued for the Cowboys in the 2013 postseason as they took their entire starting lineup to DesMoines, Iowa, for the NCAA Championships. The squad produced seven All-Americans, making it the most for the program since 2005.

The Pokes added two national champions to the history books with senior Jordan Oliver picking up his second national title--this time at 149 pounds--and junior Chris Perry earning the crown at 174 pounds.

Smith's team finished the 2013 season as the No. 2 in the nation, falling just four points shy of the top team, Penn State in a thrilling NCAA tournament.

The 2013 squad finished the season 20-1, with its lone loss coming to Minnesota in the National Duals finals. The team spent two weeks in the top spot of the NWCA Poll.

A native of Del City, Okla., Smith owns a 348-48-6 career dual match record as a head coach (.869 winning pct.).

Smith led OSU to four consecutive NCAA team championships from 2003 through 2006.

The 2003 squad compiled a perfect 17-0 dual meet record, won the Big 12 team title, crowned six individual Big 12 champions and featured a pair of NCAA individual champions in Johnny Thompson and Jake Rosholt.

The 2004 squad sported a 17-2 dual meet record, won the Big 12 team title, crowned four individual Big 12 champions and was led by NCAA individual champion Chris Pendleton.

Under Smith's watch, Oklahoma State compiled a 21-0 dual meet record in 2005 and capped the season with one of the most dominant showings in the history of the NCAA Championships when an NCAA-record five separate Cowboys were crowned as NCAA champions. Zack Esposito won at 149 with Johny Hendricks taking the 165 championship, Pendleton repeating as an NCAA champion at 174, Jake Rosholt claiming the title at 197 and Steve Mocco taking the heavyweight championship. OSU wrestlers compiled a 38-9 record at the NCAA Championships that year and the Cowboys set school records for points, margin of victory and national champions. Oklahoma State scored 153 team points to top second-place Michigan by 70 points.

Smith and the Cowboys were 16-2 in dual meets en route to claiming their fourth consecutive NCAA team title in 2006, led by Hendricks and Rosholt, who both claimed their second consecutive NCAA individual championships.

The first of Smith's five NCAA team championships was won in 1994, when the Cowboys compiled a 13-1 dual meet record, won the Big 12 team championship, crowned four individual Big 12 champions and three NCAA individual champions in Alan Fried, Mark Branch and Smith's younger brother and the first-ever four-time NCAA champion, Pat Smith.

For all of the championships and success he continues to enjoy as a coach, it is his career as a wrestler that is the stuff of legend. Smith truly was the best wrestler in the world.


In brief, Smith compiled a 105-5 record as a high school wrestler at Del City HS in Del City, Okla., before moving on to Oklahoma State, where he put together a 154-7-2 collegiate record that included a pair of NCAA individual championships in 1987 and 1988. He was a three-time All-America selection at OSU in 1985, 1987 and 1988. On the international stage, Smith rolled to a 100-5 career record that included six world championships (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992), two Olympic gold medals (1988 and 1992), two Pan American Games gold medals (1987 and 1991) and two Goodwill Games gold medals (1986 and 1990).

To this day, Smith holds Oklahoma State school records for career victories (154), single-season victories (47 in 1988), career falls (38) and single-season falls (19 in 1988). A three-time Big Eight Conference individual champion in 1985, 1987 and 1988, Smith wrestled primarily at 134 during his collegiate career, where he strung together a 69-3 overall record. He also competed at 126, compiling a 19-2 overall mark. He won his one career match at 142.

After Smith's junior year at Oklahoma State, he won the first of his six world championships in Clermont-Ferrand France. Smith remains the only collegiate wrestler to win a world championship while he was still in school. Following his graduation in 1988, Smith qualified for the U.S. Olympic freestyle team and came away from the Seoul Olympics with the first of his two Olympic gold medals and the second of his six consecutive world titles.

Three more world championships ensued in 1989, 1990 and 1991 before Smith claimed the second of his Olympic gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona games to cement his legacy as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

His list of awards and honors received certainly befits someone who earned the distinction of being the best wrestler on the planet. Smith was honored as the first wrestler ever to be voted as the James E. Sullivan Award winner as America's outstanding amateur athlete when he won the award in 1990. He was the first American ever to be chosen Master of Technique and Wrestler of the Year by the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) when he received the honor in 1990. In 1992, he was presented with the Amateur Athletic Foundation's World Trophy. A 2003 inductee into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame, a distinguished member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and a 1997 inductee into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, Smith was recognized as one of the 100 Greatest Olympians of All Time at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Smith was the 1991 selection as FILA's Outstanding Wrestler of the Year after earning Man of the Year honors from Amateur Wrestling News in 1988, Athlete of the Year recognition from USA Wrestling in 1989 and Sportsman of the Year honors from the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1990.

In 2004, Smith was presented with the Titan Award by the U.S. Olympic Committee, and the next year, he joined his brother Pat as one of 15 wrestlers named to the NCAA's 75th Anniversary Team.

The Smith family legacy is strong at Oklahoma State, as John's older brother Lee Roy was a three-time All-America in 1977, 1979 and 1980 and claimed the 1980 national championship. John was a three-time All-America in 1985, 1987 and 1988 with a pair of national

titles in 1987 and 1988 and younger brother Pat was a four-time All-America with four national championships in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994.

Smith has also successfully established a wrestling club that allows wrestlers from across the country to prepare and train for international competition. The Gator Wrestling Club sent three former Oklahoma State wrestlers to compete in the 2004 Olympic Games. Jamill Kelly won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, with Daniel Cormier finishing fourth and Eric Guerrero also representing the USA in Athens.

In 1995, Smith married the former Toni Donaldson. The couple has three sons - Joseph, Samuel and Levi and two daughters - Isabell and Cecilia.

Bryan Snyder

Bryan Snyder completed his fourth season as a coach for the Nebraska wrestling program and his first season as associate head coach in 2013-14. He served as an assistant coach on Head Coach Mark Manning’s staff from 2010-11 to 2012-13 following one of the most decorated wrestling careers in school history.

In his first season at NU, Snyder played a key role in helping Jordan Burroughs win his second national championship with a perfect 36-0 record. Snyder also helped Burroughs win the 2011 74-kilogram freestyle World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, becoming the first U.S. wrestler to win a freestyle title since 2006. Additionally, Snyder helped Burroughs win the freestyle gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and take first place at the 2013 FILA World Championships.

From 2011-12 to 2013-14, Snyder assisted in helping six wrestlers become All-Americans. James Green has earned All-America accolades three times, while Robert Kokesh is a two-time All-American and Josh Ihnen earned All-America status in 2012. Green and Kokesh also collected the first two Big Ten titles in school history in 2014. The Huskers compiled a 38-12 record during that three-year stretch.

The Easton, Pa., native spent the 2009-10 season as the head assistant coach at Arizona State and helped guide five Sun Devils to the NCAA Championships in Omaha. Snyder began his coaching experience as an assistant at Harvard in 2002-03, while returning to the Husker wrestling program as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons (2003-04 and 2004-05), as NU went 38-5-1 in duals and finished fifth at the 2004 NCAA Championships. He helped coach eight All-Americans at NU during that time.

Snyder graduated from Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and communication studies in 2002. He earned a Master of Arts in 2005 before earning a Ph.D. in 2012.

As a wrestler, Snyder ranks No. 1 on Nebraska’s all-time winning percentage chart (.925), compiling a 136-11 record from 1999 to 2002. One of 22 members of Nebraska’s 100-win club, he claimed All-America accolades and a Big 12 championship all four years, while finishing as the NCAA runner-up at 157 pounds in 2001 and 2002.

He amassed more than 30 wins in a season three times, including his 43-3 record as a sophomore that stands as the second-best single-season mark in school history. A four-time NWCA All-Academic selection, Snyder was named the 2002 Nebraska Male Student-Athlete of the Year and was also a four-time first-team academic All-Big 12 selection.

Prior to Nebraska, Snyder was a three-time state place-winner and a 1997 state champion at Easton (Pa.) High School. He finished with a 112-12 record and was one of the nation’s most highly regarded recruits.

Zack Esposito

After only two years as an assistant coach, Esposito has already built an impressive coaching resume.

The 2007 OSU graduate served as a club coach for the Cowboys for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, assisting with the Stillwater-based Gator Club.

In just the first two years of his coaching career, he has helped guide the Cowboys to back-to-back team Big 12 championships and eight individual Big 12 titles.

He has also coached 17 All-Americans and helped lead Chris Perry to his first NCAA title in 2013 at 174 pounds and Jordan Oliver to two national championships in 2011 and 2013 at 133 and 149 pounds, respectively.

Esposito was a standout wrestler for the Cowboys from 2002-2006, compiling a 120-12 overall record during his time in the Orange singlet.

He compiled a 35-1 overall record en route to the NCAA 149-pound title in 2005 and has the distinction of being a starter on four Oklahoma State NCAA championship-winning teams from 2003-06. The Cowboys also claimed team Big 12 championships all four years of his impressive career.

He played a vital role in each of his team's championships, as he finished second, first and third, respectively, in his three NCAA Championship appearances and second, first, first and first in Big 12 Championship appearances.

He has also built an impressive list of accomplishments at the senior level of competition, including three appearances at the ASICS U.S. National Championships, a top-five finish at the 2007 U.S. World Team Trials, and several top finishes at international tournaments. Additionally, he was a member of the 2008 World Cup Team that competed in Russia.

Esposito's name can be found throughout the Cowboy record book, as his 120 career victories ties him for 10th all-time at OSU and his 32 career major decisions stands sixth on the Cowboys' all-time list.

The Three Bridges, N.J., native is married to the former Brandy Baker. The couple has a daughter, Evelyn and a son, Rocco.

Esposito's NCAA Team Championships
2003 - 141 pounds
2004 - 149 pounds
2005 - 149 pounds
2006 - 149 pounds

Esposito's NCAA Individual Championships
2005 - 149 pounds

NCAA Individual Champions Coached
2011 - Jordan Oliver, 133 pounds
2013 - Jordan Oliver, 149 pounds; Chris Perry, 174 pounds

Big 12 Team Championships as a Coach
2010 - Club Coach
2011 - Club Coach
2012 Reg. Season - Assistant Coach
2013 Reg. Season - Assistant Coach
2013 - Assistant Coach

Big 12 Individual Championships As A Wrestler
2004 - 149 pounds
2005 - 149 pounds
2006 - 149 pounds

Senior Level Experience
ASICS U.S. National Championships
-2006 (8th place), 2007 (3rd place), 2008 (6th place)
2006 NYAC International Tournament - 3rd place
2007 U.S. World Team Trials - 5th place
2007 Dave Schultz International Tournament
2007 Ivan Yarygin Tournament (Russia)
Yasar Dogu Tournament (Turkey) - 3rd place
Trofio Mione Tournament (Italy) - 1st place
2008 World Cup Team (Russia)

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