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SCSU wrestlers at tournament in Moldova
St. Cloud State wrestlers compete at tournaments in Moldova
7/14/2015 3:02:00 PM | Wrestling
Several members of the St. Cloud State University wrestling team recently competed in an Athletes in Action tournament in Moldova during the summer of 2015. The tournament is part of a camp that Stephen Barrett (Oklahoma State national champion in 1977) has organized for the past 12 years.
This camp and tournament started in southern Russia, moved to Ukraine in 2007 and has been in Moldova the last four years. The group of SCSU athletes wrestled in the small town of Gaidar in the southern region of Gagauz in the country of Moldova.
SCSU Wrestlers Tim Prescott, Jarred Oftedahl, Jay Hildreth, Travis Holt, and Clayton Jenissen won three first place medals and two second place medals in the tournament.
"The thing that was most impressive about these young men was their interaction with the young wrestlers at the camp," said John Peterson, who accompanied the group overseas and also serves as an assistant coach for the national champion Huskies. "They had fun trading wrestling gear and finished the week with several tough matches the last day of camp with both wrestlers and coaches. They displayed their soccer skills in a match in the prison the first day and were soundly defeated by some very good players."
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action have worked in partnership in the last 4 years to keep this camp running. It provides an opportunity for wrestlers from some of the poorer clubs in the area to train together. The goal is to provide good wrestling and recreational activities and teaching life changing principles from the Bible.Â
St. Cloud State won its first-ever NCAA Division II championship in 2015 and also gained its fourth consecutive NSIC championship with a 17-2, 8-0 NSIC record. A total of six SCSU wrestlers were named NCAA All-Americans in 2015, while Tim Prescott won first place NCAA championships honors at 125-pounds.
This camp and tournament started in southern Russia, moved to Ukraine in 2007 and has been in Moldova the last four years. The group of SCSU athletes wrestled in the small town of Gaidar in the southern region of Gagauz in the country of Moldova.
SCSU Wrestlers Tim Prescott, Jarred Oftedahl, Jay Hildreth, Travis Holt, and Clayton Jenissen won three first place medals and two second place medals in the tournament.
"The thing that was most impressive about these young men was their interaction with the young wrestlers at the camp," said John Peterson, who accompanied the group overseas and also serves as an assistant coach for the national champion Huskies. "They had fun trading wrestling gear and finished the week with several tough matches the last day of camp with both wrestlers and coaches. They displayed their soccer skills in a match in the prison the first day and were soundly defeated by some very good players."
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action have worked in partnership in the last 4 years to keep this camp running. It provides an opportunity for wrestlers from some of the poorer clubs in the area to train together. The goal is to provide good wrestling and recreational activities and teaching life changing principles from the Bible.Â
St. Cloud State won its first-ever NCAA Division II championship in 2015 and also gained its fourth consecutive NSIC championship with a 17-2, 8-0 NSIC record. A total of six SCSU wrestlers were named NCAA All-Americans in 2015, while Tim Prescott won first place NCAA championships honors at 125-pounds.
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