Just got back from nationals and wanted to list a few observations. Great facility at the UNI Dome. All kids had full mats and plenty of room in a huge facility. ONE CONCESSION STAND.....It was near impossible to get your kids fed, let alone coaches. Also, the brackets were the weakest that I've seen. The bout numbers jumped from 1 through 16, then to 120 through 128, with a few 400 # bouts in between. There was no way to know when your kids would be wrestling. You just had to wait till they announced your weight class to show up near your mat. The mat clock on mat 13 always started at 2:00, so your period was over when the clock hit :30. The competition was very stiff, with some great wrestlers from I believe 48 states, including Alaska. We were done early, so I didn't see the finish of some of the Kansas wrestlers. I know, Alan Callahan, Napier, Hermrick and Cokeley won their first matches, while Patterson, Brown, Deal, Johnson, Bach, Curtis and Bird lost their first match. Looking forward to seeing the results posted.
*** The Kansas shirts looked great and the Kansas desk did a great job helping the kids.