The Argo's travel to Powell Wyoming

The University of Great Falls wrestling team traveled to Powell Wyoming this weekend for their first colligiant open wrestling tournament of the 2010-2011 season.



Anthony Varnell

 

Miles Mazurkiewicz



  

 

Ross Mosher



Michael French



The Argo's had an impressive tournamnent with four individual champions and six totall national qualifiers. The four individual champions were Micael French, Ross Mosher, Anthony Varnell, and Miles Mazurkiewicz.

Three of these champions are returners for the Argo's and Varnell is transfer that started this year for the Argo's.

Clark Hensley and Scott Schlosser also qualified for the National tournamnet this weekend for the Argo's.

There are multiple ways to qualify for the National tournament in the NAIA Division. The most common way to qualify is to place at a tournamnet that has a certain number of competitors at your weight. The more competitors, the lower you can place.

If there is a lower amount of competitors, you can qualify by taking first and sometimes second. In most cases, the wrestler can qualify by placing in the top four.

Another way to quaify for Nationals is to place in the top three at the regional tournamnet two weeks before nationals. This is also the best time to get seated or "ranked" at the National tournament. If a wrestler wins the regional tournament, they will be seated away from other regional champs on the bracket.

This technique helps avoid top wrestlers meeting up on the bracket before they should. In some cases, wranked wrestlers do meet early in the tournament and only one can walk away with the win.

I personally was unable to make this trip due to knee surgery complications that led to blood clots in my leg and lungs. This has been a life threatening experience that has openend my eyes to the danger of sports and how it will now forever change my life.

I feel very fortunate to be alive and working towards recovery. This will be a long road with a few hurdles, but the show must go on!