Gentry Claims Fifth Place at Olympic Games
Matt Gentry, a part-time member of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club, posted a 2-2 record at 74kg/163 pounds to take fifth place at the London Olympics.
Matt Gentry, a part-time member of the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club, posted a 2-2 record at 74kg/163 pounds to take fifth place at the London Olympics.
Kyle Massey, a NCAA All-American with three years collegiate coaching experience, will take an elevated role with the CKWC to include management, coaching and fundraising.
Josh Churella, a three-time All-American at Michigan (2005-08), will begin his coaching career as the Wolverines' volunteer assistant in 2012-13.
Kellen Russell, a two-time NCAA champion and four-time Big Ten champion at Michigan, will kick off his post-graduate freestyle career with the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club.
The 2012 Benefit Dinner and Golf Classic is scheduled for August 24-25 at the U-M Golf Course. Through the CKWC, proceeds from these events will directly benefit Michigan wrestling and our senior-level Olympic program.
Through a "Behind the Scenes at the London Olympics" study-aboard program, Michigan wrestling manager Emily Martin is in London meeting with Olympic executives, corporate sponsors, London programming committees and other officials.
Jake Herbert rallied to beat Travis Paulson in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials best-of-three championship series at 84kg/185 pounds and earn his berth to the 2012 London Games.
Andrew Howe took second place at 74kg/163 pounds to highlight the CKWC's performance on the first day of competition at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club will send all seven members to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, April 21-22, in Iowa City, Iowa.
In part three of his Road to the Olympic blog, Andy writes about his uphill battle to claim a wild best-of-three championship series against Mo Lawal at the 2008 Olympic Team Trials and his experiences as a new freestyle coach with the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club.