Short Time Wrestling Podcast

What do you know about the Maccabiah Games? If you answered "not much," well you are in luck as Episode 337 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast talks with Team USA assistant coach Rob Prebish about what's simply the Jewish Olympics -- and yes, we're wrestling. Prebish is currently an assistant coach at St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia and a longtime member of the Virginia National Te...

Cierra Foster knows the impact people like Tricia Saunders have had on the sport of wrestling. On Episode 336 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Foster talks about her recent award, the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award and the battles she's faced as a girl wrestling in an area mostly devoid of girls wrestling. Foster has a bright future and is a grounded teenager who understands the...

Daton Fix won four high school state championships at Charles Page High School in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. At Hall of Fame Honors Weekend, Fix was presented with the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award as the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's top high school senior male wrestler. On Episode 335 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we talk to Fix about what Dave Schultz and the award mean to h...

For the fourth time, Kerry Regner gets to join the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Why? Regner, a Pennsylvania native and former senior-level athlete in Greco-Roman, is on the move from Arkansas to his home state. On Episode 334 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Regner talks about his new position at Millersville University as the head wrestling coach of the Marauders' Division II program. Regner...

Cliff Fretwell of Compound comes back on Episode 333 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about a number of things, including wrestling participation, production of gear with his Compound Team Wear and the five upcoming Compound College Combines throughout the summer. A Georgia native, Fretwell has carved out a niche in the wrestling gear world with CMP Team Wear and Compound Clothing as we...

Chas Dorman broke into wrestling at Penn with a limited knowledge of the sport and a very high-energy wrestling coach to deal with. Ten years later, Dorman's one of the best media relations professionals in the business and was honored by the National Wrestling Media Association for his work in media relations and sports information as the 2016-17 NWMA Division I SID of the Year. On Episode 332 of...

Frank Popolizio is a man who likes to run events and with that in mind, he's a guy who gives himself a lot of headaches. On Episode 331 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Popolizio talks about setting up the Journeymen Cliff Keen World Classic in New York and how much the world of international politics had to play in helping get different nations to come to the event. Popolizio talks about the...

The European Championships concluded on Sunday, May 7 in Novi Sad, Serbia with Russia winning men's and women's freestyle, while a veteran Hungarian squad claimed the title in Greco-Roman. On Episode 330 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, United World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic explains some of the changes going on within the international federation as well as rules discussion, schedulin...

As the week rolls on here in Novi Sad, Serbia at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships, John Cullen will join the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. A former athlete in taekwondo, Cullen missed out on his chance to compete at the Olympic Games, but he's been to the last three Games as a commentator for the Olympic Broadcasting Service and he's here in Novi Sad broadcasting the European Championship...

Andy Hrovat's coaching David Habat in Serbia at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships. We catch up with Hrovat, a 2008 Olympian, during the break between sessions to talk about Habat's performance and how Hrovat's working with athletes at the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club. We'll draw from his experience to talk about the positive changes in wrestling and what still can be done. The Short Time Time...

Steve Fraser is ready for a celebratory weekend in Las Vegas as the 2007 Greco-Roman World Championship team is set to be honored at the U.S. Open and Greco-Roman & Women's Freestyle World Team Trials this coming weekend. On Episode 327 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Fraser talks about his time coaching before moving into fundraising and the dynamics of that team. Coach Fraser also talks abo...

Denzel Dejournette went to Appalachian State's summer wrestling camp between his freshman and sophomore years of high school. He didn't win a single match. On Episode 326 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with the Winston-Salem, N.C., native about finally breaking through and earning All-American honors as a Division I wrestler. Dejournette was one of three Southern Conference wrestl...

Inspired by true events can sometimes be the international sign for eye roll when it comes to movies. This isn't the case with Ali Afshar and his upcoming film American Wrestler: The Wizard. An immigrant who fled Iran as a child, Afshar worked with Warner Brothers to create a movie that centered around his struggles as an Iranian during the 1980s, at the height of the Iran-U.S. international hosta...

In 1994, Josh Feldman became the second All-American in school history at Virginia Tech after he finished seventh at heavyweight. A short stint in college coaching and a conversation with some friends led to him enlisting in the United States Navy. Feldman got back into wrestling after being stationed in Southeastern Virginia at the numerous bases in the area. Coaching at Great Bridge and Grassfie...

When Nathan Kraisser transferred from North Carolina to Campbell University, it turned a few heads. On Episode 323 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Kraisser, the first wrestling All-American in school history, talks about his reasons for following Cary Kolat to Campbell, the pressure on him to live up to the expectation that he would be the first All-American at the school and how his performa...

Jake Residori wants you to know he wasn't overlooked, rather he chose SIU Edwardsville on his own accord. On Episode 322 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with the Shorewood, Illinois, native about his All-American finish at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships. SIU Edwardsville moved to Division I in 2007, but its wrestling team wouldn't be postseason eligible until 2013. Residori...

Episode 321 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast recounts some of the stories of the late Jim Koch, who passed away last week. Koch was one of the constant presences in college wrestling, coaching UW-Parkside for 41 years until his retirement in 2011. Koch died after he was hit by a car during a jog in St. Louis while attending the Division I championships two weeks ago. On this episode of Short Ti...

Episode 320 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast features Rob Dionne, the founder of OpenSkyFitness.com. The former wrestler and New York native talks a bit about his wrestling background and how he's worked his athletic background into personal training, fitness and general wellness. I first heard Rob on Podcast Junkies with Harry Duran back in December while on the way to The Midlands. Rob's a gr...

Former UW-Parkside head coach Jim Koch died on March 23 after injuries sustained after being hit by a car while jogging in St. Louis. Episode 319 is a call to action. If you were impacted in any way, shape or form by the late Jim Koch, leave us a message or voicemail so we can collect these stories and honor the memory of a man who gave so much to the world of wrestling, especially in Division II....

Episode 318 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is the audio from the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Coach Press Conference with Tom Brands, Tom Ryan, Cael Sanderson, Brian Smith and John Smith Get the 2017 Mat Talk Online Division I Digital Fan Guide by clicking this link. It's awesome. You'll love it. Listen to the show for a hidden promo code. www.mattalkonline.com/fanguide17 The Short...

Episode 317 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is the audio from the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Athlete Press Conference with J'den Cox, Gabe Dean, Thomas Gilman, Zain Retherford and Kyle Snyder. Get the 2017 Mat Talk Online Division I Digital Fan Guide by clicking this link. It's awesome. You'll love it. Listen to the show for a hidden promo code. www.mattalkonline.com/fanguide17 Th...

Twenty years ago Jim Giunta sought out to try to solve a problem with college wrestling. That problem was kids were going to schools that didn't have wrestling programs and kids wanted to wrestle. Now, the National Collegiate Wrestling Association will be hosting its 20th annual championships on March 9-11 in Allen, Texas. The NCWA started as a small conglomerate of wrestling clubs and has now gro...

For 39 years, Gary Taylor has strolled matside at Rider University. The upcoming EWL Championships and the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships will be his last at the helm of the Bronc wrestling program. On Episode 315 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll get just a little taste of what life was like for Gary Taylor. In 39 years, he coached every Rider wrestling All-American the school has pr...

Zeke Jones picked up the first piece of the puzzle in his plan for world domination. Well, that's overstating things a bit, but on Episode 314 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Jones talks about the first Pac-12 championship for Arizona State since 2006 and how the pieces of that monster recruiting class are starting to shape the program. Five Sun Devils won Pac-12 titles on Sunday at Maples Pa...

Episode 313 talks with new Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser. The longtime Virginia resident but Iowa native was introduced as the program's next head coach on Wednesday, February 23. A regular on the Mat Talk Podcast Network with his Virginia Tech show, Dresser makes his first one-on-one appearance on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about the timeline, the details of what wen...