Short Time Wrestling Podcast

No, we're not jumping in with all these Canadian guests because we're threatening to move to Canada because of the upcoming election, we're talking about three-time Olympian Haislan Garcia, the newest member of the Arizona State coaching staff. Garcia emigrated from Cuba in 2004 and quickly asserted himself as the wrestler to beat in Canada. In 2008, he was granted citizenship and made the first o...

Episode 286 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast features the first woman in American history to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling -- Helen Maroulis. Even after winning gold in Rio over Japan juggernaut Saori Yoshida, Maroulis was back on the mat working with her coaches in California. Maroulis takes us through the busy media tours she's been on since making history in Rio in August. She'll ta...

College wrestling is up and kicking out in California. On Episode 285 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we venture out to Southern California to talk with Cerritos College head coach Don Garriott. Cerritos is off to a hot start this season, winning a tournament title at the West Hills Invitational and running its early-season dual record to 8-0. Garriott, a two-time California placewinner in hi...

Current UFC Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was an Ohio state wrestling runner-up as a senior at Eastlake North High School in 2000. He still had something to prove. In 2003, Miocic qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships on what was a pretty good Cleveland State team. He missed out on placing. He still had something to prove. On Episode 284 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast released o...

Welcome to Episode 283 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast where it's that special time of year again where we head to North Carolina to talk with Super 32 Tournament Directors Dave Barker and Sara Koenig. This will be the 17th installment of the monster preseason tournament and both Dave and Sara are excited to kick it off. This is the third episode Short Time has previewed the event and the firs...

It's not uncommon for the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to head up to Canada and we'll do that again on Episode 282 and chat with Olympic women's freestyle champion Erica Wiebe. A native of Stittsville, Ontario just outside of the nation's capital of Ottawa, Wiebe opted to give wrestling a go in college after discovering the sport in the ninth grade. Even prior to picking the University of Calgary...

Lou Rosselli was a busy man during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The coach of the Ohio Regional Training Center was tasked to coach Kyle Snyder and Team USA at Carioca Arena 2. All the while, Rosselli, an Olympian in 1996, was being courted by the University of Oklahoma. Just days after Snyder won gold, becoming the youngest American wrestler to win an Olympic championship, Rosselli told th...

Sacred Heart head wrestling coach Andy Lausier will make his second appearance on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast as he comes back with a crazy idea for Episode 280. Last year, Lausier and assistant coach Derek Moore ran 60 miles from Fairfield, Conn., to New York City in the March to MSG as a fundraiser for SHU wrestling. This year, Lausier is getting a little nutty and he'll be Spinning 2 St. L...

It's a bit of a copycat episode for the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Scratch that, it's COMPLETELY a copycat episode. A week or so ago on the T-Row & Funky Show, a wrestling podcast hosted by NCAA champions Ben Askren and Tommy Rowlands, the pair came up with their Top 10 college wrestlers of all-time. That show got me, your humble (or not so humble) host thinking about my Top 10 list. I did some...

After a long layoff due to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Short Time Wrestling Podcast roars back with Episode 278 and Olympic champion Kyle Snyder. At 20, Snyder became the youngest American wrestler to win an Olympic gold with his victory over Khetag Gazyumov of Azerbaijan in the finals. Snyder went back-to-back winning a World championship in 2015. A rising junior at The Ohio...

The Olympic Spirit is running strong through the Short Time Wrestling Podcast as we get ready for Rio with Episode 277. On today's show, we'll talk with USA Today Sports Columnist Nancy Armour (Twitter: @nrarmour) about some of the stories she'll be covering in Rio as well as some backstory on how some Olympic stories get mega press and others get overlooked. Armour is a veteran journalist and an...

Back on track with the Short Time Wrestling Podcast with Episode 276. Today, we recap Fargo and talk with Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro. Our Fargo recap isn't in the normal wrestling way either. When the Bison Turf burned on Friday, July 22, it sent host Jason Bryant (yes, speaking in the third person) into a period of reflection. What was it about such a college dive bar that was so co...

Episode 275 from Herd and Horns in Fargo, N.D. as we're joined by Richard Immel, Shane Sparks, Andy Hamilton, Taylor Miller, Manny Rivera, Roger Kish, Paul Gilbert, Jason Mester and Nick Simmons for a crazy chat about everything in and around wrestling. Enjoy! The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly sponsored by CMP Clothing and Flipswrestling.com. And if you haven't already, leave a rati...

Recapping the finals of Cadet Greco-Roman on the third day of the 2016 USA Wrestling Cadet & Junior National Championships from Fargo, N.D. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly sponsored by CMP Clothing and Flipswrestling.com. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | SoundCloud | Goo...

With a number of great haunts around the Fargo-Moorhead area, we opted to talk to the co-owners of one of the newer spots, Herd and Horns. A three-time NCAA Division II champion at North Dakota State, Steve Saxlund has been part of the fabric of the Fargo community with sports, his career at NDSU and his other business ventures. Saxlund along with fellow three-time Division II champion Todd Fuller...

It's time for the #Fargo2016 version of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. On this episode, we'll talk with Virginia's Rob Prebish, Alabama's Rod Gaddy and Canadian official Lee MacKay!. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly sponsored by CMP Clothing and Flipswrestling.com. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME iTunes | Stitcher | Spre...

Chael Sonnen never shies away from a microphone. Part of his speaking tour of sorts this week gives him an opportunity to stop in to Episode 271 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about his upcoming Submission Underground event taking place on July 17 in Portland, Oregon. Submission Underground is a submission grappling event founded by Sonnen and streamed live exclusively on FloCombat.co...

Episode 270 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast visits with the new head wrestling coach at CSU Bakersfield, Manny Rivera. After an All-American career at the University of Minnesota, Rivera spent time at the University of Virginia and North Dakota State before taking the reigns of the Roadrunner program in his native California. Rivera first broke on to the national scene as a senior in high scho...

Since 2008, host Jason Bryant has been producing, hosting, editing and distributing podcasts for the wrestling community. Episode 269 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is a special one because it's the 1,000th episode distributed all-time. Who do we get to cap off this run? The one, the only Royce Alger. Alger, a three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at Iowa was also a World silver...

Due to a scheduling issue with the expected guest on Episode 268 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we had to change things up. So we called up USA Wrestling's Richard Immel and Bloodround's Tommy Baranoski to have an open discussion about pretty much anything. We kick off the show talking about how podcasting has been impactful to each of our various shows, then move on to talking about the imp...

Of all of the stories you've heard about Ray Brinzer over the years, have you ever wondered which ones were real and which ones have morphed into urban legends? On Episode 267 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with Brinzer and get the real deal on some of those stories that have sometimes taken on a life of their own. A native of Western Pennsylvania, Brinzer was part of those monste...

With the Rio Olympics coming in up August, wrestling fans are keenly tuned in to the personalities who will be competing. They might not be tuned into one of the personalities who will be delivering the action on their television sets for those not in attendance. On Episode 266 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll visit with the lead voice of the NBC Sports Olympic wrestling broadcast, Jason...

With almost 40 years in the books at Amateur Wrestling News, Ron Good has seen thousands and thousands of wrestling matches. He's also written thousands and thousands of words about this great sport. On Episode 265 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we visit with Good and talk about his career at AWN, his background in wrestling and his thoughts about receiving the Order of Merit from the Nation...

Episode 264 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast is on location in Stillwater, Oklahoma for the 40th Honors Weekend and grand re-opening of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. For the past year, the Hall has been undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation. It's premiere came on Honors Weekend in the 40th year of the NWHOF. On this episode, we talk to new NWHOF Director of Operations Jack Carnefi...

Mike Mendoza has a lot of work to do in helping revive the Boise State wrestling program return to national prominence. On Episode 263 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we'll talk with Mendoza about his life in Bakersfield, his goals for Boise State. A native of California, Mendoza had to raise his own salary and keep the program afloat at CSU Bakersfield. It's a fun conversation with a guy not...