Jan 22, 2019
An Oregon native, Sam Schmitz said his introduction to women's wrestling wasn't a stellar one. Years later, Schmitz is now the head wrestling coach at McKendree University in Illinois where he coached the Bearcats to the school's first NWCA National Duals title in Louisville, Kentucky a few weeks ago. On Episode 491...
Jan 18, 2019
Spotsylvania (Va.) Athletics Director Bill Swink has coached for decades. An inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for Lifetime Service to Wrestling in Virginia in 2016, he's now working on a proposal aimed at reducing forfeits, improving competition and creating valuable dual meet schedules that help the...
Jan 14, 2019
At the Virginia Duals, Liberty's 52-year-old Jeff Lester competed once again for the Flames. A wrestler at Liberty in the 1980s when the school was competing in Division II, Lester is making the most (and maybe more), of his last year of eligibility. I talk to the oldest wrestler in Virginia Duals history just after the...
Jan 10, 2019
Arizona State wrestling Director of Operations Maddie Schossow joins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about her role with the program and the growing presence of women in and around Division I wrestling programs. The Iowa native talks about her journey from Southeast Polk, to the University of Iowa and then...
Jan 8, 2019
Longtime college wrestling forum personality, small college
wrestling coach and all-around wrestling junkie Aaron "The Swayz"
Sweazy joins the program to talk about the NWCA Multi-Divisional
National Duals and some of the things he's been watching around the
country this year.
Sweazy is also a patron of the Mat Talk...