Wow what a great bout for Adam Wheeler. I had to supervise some kids who missed the bus to the west campus. So we watched NBC TV 27 Topeka. The match was exciting and we were all yelling USA USA USA and cheering for Adam Wheeler. A bronze medal for the Greco-Roman team. What is going to be great is Adam Wheeler will be going to his new career as a police officer in Colorado Springs. Maybe we could get him to come to Kansas and carry the USA flag at the Kansas Kids State Tournament. Back when I was on the state committee Coach Cairns and Coach Grater would always talk about how important it was to have an Opympian be a guest at our Kansas Kids State Tournament.
The rules to answer a previous post have been very fustrating for us coaches the past three years. I know when Jeff Vesta and Steve Andrus would come back from big meets it would seem that rules application was always an issue. I was at the Oklahoma Coaches Convention last month and Jerry Best a coach from Allen, Texas who has numerous Tulsa/Reno/Vegas champions. Spoke about not sending any of his kids to Fargo this summer because of the misapplication or changing of the rules. He was awesome on the wrestling mat with his folkstyle technique. But he sure caused some concern for me about sending athletes to Fargo. Oh well I am Happy we have a medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. I think the FreeStyle team will be ready to go and look forward to watch our American team compete. RMG