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Austin DeVoe, head coach at Colorado School of Mines, discusses the school's first conference championship
February 07, 2019

After wrestling for 96 years, Colorado School of Mines still hadn't ever won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title. On February 6, the Orediggers topped Colorado Mesa to claim a share of the regular season title, assuring the program of its...

Life U. women's coach Ashley Sword ready to host WCWA Nationals
February 05, 2019

The 16th WCWA National Championships are coming to Marietta, Georgia on February 8-9 and to talk about it is the head coach of the host Life University Running Eagles women's team, Ashley Sword. A Florida native, Sword started wrestling in the 11th...

McKendree women's coach Sam Schmitz and a National Duals title
January 22, 2019

An Oregon native, Sam Schmitz said his introduction to women's wrestling wasn't a stellar one. Years later, Schmitz is now the head wrestling coach at McKendree University in Illinois where he coached the Bearcats to the school's first NWCA National...

Spotsylvania's Bill Swink looking to make duals matter in Virginia
January 18, 2019

Spotsylvania (Va.) Athletics Director Bill Swink has coached for decades. An inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for Lifetime Service to Wrestling in Virginia in 2016, he's now working on a proposal aimed at reducing forfeits, improving...

At 52, Liberty wrestler Jeff Lester still feels like he has work to do
January 14, 2019

At the Virginia Duals, Liberty's 52-year-old Jeff Lester competed once again for the Flames. A wrestler at Liberty in the 1980s when the school was competing in Division II, Lester is making the most (and maybe more), of his last year of eligibility....

Arizona State's Maddie Schossow on the rise of women in staff positions with college wrestling teams
January 10, 2019

Arizona State wrestling Director of Operations Maddie Schossow joins the Short Time Wrestling Podcast to talk about her role with the program and the growing presence of women in and around Division I wrestling programs. The Iowa native talks about...

Aaron Sweazy, small college wrestling fan and forum legend
January 07, 2019

Longtime college wrestling forum personality, small college wrestling coach and all-around wrestling junkie Aaron "The Swayz" Sweazy joins the program to talk about the NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals and some of the things he's been watching...

NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals Preview, the TLDR version
January 03, 2019

The TL;DR version of the Multi-Divisional National Duals preview I released for the NWCA. The full text is available at the bottom of the show notes. If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and...

Conner Ward, Little Rock's team of one, is in the nation's most unique wrestling situation
December 20, 2018

The Mat Talk Podcast Network will launch a year-long series about the start of Little Rock's Division I wrestling program later this winter. During a trip to Little Rock to collect interviews for the series, we sat down with freshman Conner Ward, a...

Another 3-peat in California for Fresno City and coach Paul Keysaw
December 12, 2018

Fresno City College won its eighth California Community College state championship in the last 13 years and its second three-peat last weekend at Cerritos College in Southern California. On Episode 484 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, head...