Air Time

USAWKS Olympic Styles Director, James Bilby joins the program. A lot goes in to preparing for and competing in Fargo and Coach Bilby gets it done with efficiency and professionalism.

Coach Scott Rieck has re-joined the Team Kansas staff after may years with the program as a competitor and coach. 

Longtime Team Kansas athlete and coach, Travis Phippen joins the program. He will serve as Head Coach of the Team Kansas Girls 16U and Junior teams

Longtime Team Kansas athlete and coach Clint Slyter kicks off the pre-Fargo podcast episodes. Coach Slyter is the Head Coach of this year's 16U and Junior contingent that will be competing at Fargo 2023 

With Junior Greco... that's a wrap! Hear from Team Leader James Bilby in addition to our three Junior Greco AAs

Team Kansas finished with three AAs in U16 Greco. Hear about their performances as well as from Jason Storm on the performance of Team Kansas in the Junior Girls division.

We catch up with Danny Grater to give us a recap of the Junior Freestyle competition where Team Kansas finished with three All-Americans. Easton Taylor, All-American at 138, also joins in.

USAWKS Team Leader James Bilby joins along with the three AAs for Team Kansas in U16 FS... Sam Watkins of Hoxie, Brayden Hill of Garden City, and Milan Colvin of Rose Hill

The Girls U16 competition is finished and Team Kansas had a strong performance, led by now 3X Fargo AA, Olivia Steen. The 2X State Champion for Bonner Springs will be a Junior this fall.

Newton's Nick Treaster is making his final preparations for the World Championships. He will represent Team USA at the 2022 U17 Greco-Roman World Championships in Rome.

The excitement is building... Fargo 2022 is fast approaching. Jason Storm leads the contingent of girls and James Bilby the boys. Listen in on the accomplishments of Team Kansas this spring and summer and what the expectations are for the Big Dance in Fargo!

USAWKS State Chairman Will Cokeley checks in to update us on the upcoming Fargo trip and other items of note

The Kansas Wrestling Community was shocked to hear the news of the passing of 2022 Dodge City High School grad and North Dakota State University recruit Damian Mendez. Coach Tate Lowe checks in to reflect on his impact. If you are interested in helping with medical and funeral expenses, please visit  https://www.gofundme.com/f/damian-mendez-medical-funeral-related-expenses?qid=5d0fbd4ec691ef014f53...

Thank you Jason Bryant for the opportunity! My USA Wrestling - Kansas and Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association (KWCA) podcasts can be found at the following addresses https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/airtimeusawks   https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/kwca

Aaron Meister joins this special edition of AirTime. The coach of the new program at Friends University knew Olympic Champion Tamyra Mensah Stock before she was a household name when he was her coach at Wayland Baptist University in Texas.

Listen in as Junior Greco AA Jared Simma and Team Leader James Bilby give their input after the conclusion of the Junior Greco competition... and that a wrap from Fargo 2021!

16U Greco Recap. All-Americans Ezekiel Witt, Nick Treaster, and Sebastian Lopez join in along with Team Leader James Bilby. Special guest Jace Koelzer jumps on as well. He is the last Fargo National Champion for Team Kansas on the guys side.

Olivia Stean joins the program after her 6th place finish in Junior Girls competition. Earlier in the week she finished in third-place in 16U. Team Leader Jason Storm also joins in the give a recap.

Hear from our Junior FS All-Americans, Dylan Elmore and Jared Simma. Team Leader James Bilby also jumps on to give his thoughts on Freestyle and the outlook as Greco begins.

Hear from Team Kansas All-Americans Sebastian Lopez and Nick Treaster along with Team Leader James Bilby

Nicole Redman, a rising sophomore from Olathe South High School, won a State Title as a freshman in February and now earned All-American honors at the 2021 USAW 16U Freestyle Nationals in Fargo

We catch up with Team Kansas Girls Team Leader and Coach, Jason Storm prior to the medal matches in the 16U competition

Kansas State Chairman Will Cokeley joins AirTime

Jared Simma won a Folkstyle National Championship this spring after capturing his second Kansas High School State Title. He was a double All-American at Fargo in 2019 and looks forward to making some noise again in 2021.

Joey Lazer, All-American for the University of Northern Iowa and Associate Head Coach at Mill Valley High School, joins the program to talk about his background and about his role as part of the Team Kansas Fargo staff