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Jd Bergman won a gold medal in dominant fashion at the Cerro Pelado International in Cuba. He finished with a 3-0 record, including a 2-0, 0-1, 3-0 win over Oldrik Wagner of Germany in the finals. Bergman was also able to defeat Eduardo Mesa of Cuba and Johannes Kessel of Germany.  Shawn Bunch earned a broze medal by going 3-1. He beat Garcia from Colombia and Jamali from Germany before falling to Valdes of Cuba in the semifinals. For 3rd, he then defeated Roberty from Cuba. 60 kg/132 lbs. - Shawn Bunch, Columbus, Ohio (Gator WC), 3rd WIN ...

One thing that the highest level of wrestling provides is the opportunity to travel worldwide. Since the World Team training camp in Germany and the World Championships in Denmark, Bunch, Bergman, and Dlagnev haven't had the opportunity to go overseas. But, the international circuit is just now starting to ramp up. Tervel Dlagnev and Shawn Bunch left for Krasnoyarsk, Russia on January 24 to compete in the Ivan Yarygin International Memorial tournament. The Yarygin tournament is considered one of the toughest international events in the world ea...

Three Ohio RTC athletes earned a spot on the United States World Cup Team Friday. While Tervel Dlagnev earned a spot automatically by winng a bronze medal at the last World Championships, Shawn Bunch and JD Bergman had to each win 2 matches to earn their spot. Held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, the winners in each weight class will earn a spot on the U.S. team which will compete in the Freestyle World Cup in Mahachkala, Russia, March 6-7. The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, and features ...

The Olympic Hopefuls that call Columbus, Ohio their home have taken pride...and a little joy, in helping their community. This Fall brought forward many opportunities to impact the community, including reading to multiple elementary schools and various speaking engagements. All 4 of the Ohio RTC's Olympic Hopefuls visited Trinity Elementary School in Grandview. JD Bergman, J Jaggers, Tervel Dlagnev, and Shawn Bunch all met with the 4th and 5th graders. They read to the kids, spoke with them about there persona...

Ohio RTC athlete JD Bergman, Director Tommy Rowlands, and President Blake Kaplan went to New York City to teach a clinic at Beat The Streets. Beat The Streets is an organization that creates wrestling programs in traditionally lower income areas of New York City, where high school wrestling is not funded by the school systems. This year, over 4000 athletes have participated in the program and help give them an after school option besides the streets of NYC. The Ohio RTC was proud and honored to be able to meet with such dedicated young men...

JD Bergman traveled to Dublin, Ohio today to read to the 1st graders at Chapman Elementary School.  He also spoke to the kids about dreams, in particular, his Olympic Dream!  Stay tuned for more RTC news.

Ohio RTC Olympic Hopeful J Jaggers spent the day at Chapman Elementary School in Dublin, OH assisting grades K-5 with stretching activities for the school walk-a-thon.  The Ohio RTC maintains a strong obligation to the local community.  J spoke to the kids about the Olympic Games in 2012 and everything it takes to be the best in something.  Chapman Elementary was very excited to have the RTC join them on such a fun filled day!  Stay tuned for more!  

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 21:59 — buckeyewrestling Team USA Places Seventh in Denmark US Earns two Freestyle Medals Kevin Schlosser; www.buckeyewrestling.com The US freestyle team finished seventh at the 2009 World Championships in Herning, Denmark. For a team that featured seven wrestlers making their first trip to the Worlds things could have better and things could have been worse. With two individual medalists there was success, but with four winless wrestlers there is still room to progress. Jake Herbert was the highest place winner for Team...

The Ohio RTC Golf Outing is less than a week away. There are some fantastic auction items that you can bid on. Just a small sampling of the gifts are: - 2 Iowa vs. OSU football tickets - 3 golfers to play the famous Inverness course - 3 golfers playing a round with Craig Krenzel, the captain of the 2002 National Championship team - 4 club level seats to see Shaqs debut with the Cavs Oct 27 as they play the Celtics. There is limited room available for the remaining golfers, so get your applications in quick.  This will be a great event and ...

(Columbus, OH) The Ohio Regional Training Center is hosting their first annual USA Wrestling Developmental Training Camp this week on the Ohio State campus. Ohio RTC head coach Lou Rosselli is running the weeklong camp with the assistance of Tim Flynn, Tom Shifflett, Tommy Rowlands, Tom Ryan, Bobby Douglas, Jamill Kelly, and Zeke Jones. More than forty developmental wrestlers have been training throughout the six day camp. USA Wrestling freestyle head coach Zeke Jones was at Steelwood Olympic Training Center on Wednesday and Thursday to observ...