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Sep 18

NLWC Wrestlers Win 2 Gold and 2 Silver Medals at 2022 World Championships!

2022 UWW World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia In the final match of the 2022 World Championships, NLWC Wrestler Kyle Snyder controlled Batyrbek Tsakulov (Slovakia) on his way to a 6-0 decision and a 2022 World Gold Medal! The NLWC congratulates Kyle Snyder and David Taylor on their World Gold Medals, Thomas Gilman and ...

Sep 8

NLWC has 7 Wrestlers Competing at 2022 World Championships

2022 UWW World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club is proud to be represented by seven outstanding wrestlers at the 2022 UWW World Championships in Belgrade Serbia from Sept. 10 to Sept. 18. Jane Valencia (representing Mexico at 57 kg) will compete in women's freestyle. Thomas Gilman (57 kg), Zain Retherford (70 kg), Franklin ...

May 27

2022 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament

World Team Trials Results The NLWC Wrestlers had a great weekend at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament in Iowa! Jennifer Page-Rogers (62 kg) scored a 10-0 technical fall in the semifinals to advance to the finals and won that best-of-three series by injury default. Jenn advances to the Final X. ...

May 17

2022 Pan Am Championships

PHOTO CRED: Wrestlers are warriors (Tony Rotundo) Pan American Championships Over the past weekend at the Pan American Championships in Acapulco, Mexico, several NLWC wrestlers had outstanding performances! Thomas Gilman (57 kg), last year's Olympic bronze and World gold medalist got off to a good start in the 2022 freestyle season, ...

Aug 8

NLWC at the Tokyo Olympic Games...a Historic Performance! David Taylor-Gold, Kyle Snyder-Silver, Thomas Gilman-Bronze, Bekzod Abdurakhmonov-Bronze, Jane Valencia-First-Ever Mexican Women's Wrestler to be an Olympian & Franklin Gomez-3X Olympian

Congratulations to the NLWC Olympians Congratulations to the NLWC wrestlers who competed at the Toyko Olympics! The Club is proud to have been represented by these incredible wrestlers on the biggest stage in wrestling! In men's freestyle competition, NLWC wrestlers earned a medal in four of the six weight ...

Aug 5

2020 Tokyo Olympics

David Taylor Wins Olympic Gold Medal David Taylor won 4-3 over Iran's Hassan Yazdani in the Olympic Finals!!! In an exciting match against a defending Olympic champion and one of the world's greatest wrestlers in Yazdani, David scored a takedown with less than 20 seconds left in the match to move ...

Apr 28

NLWC Wrestlers Win Spots on U.S. Olympic Team

Thomas Gilman, David Taylor, Kyle Snyder, & Helen Maroulis Win Spots on the U.S. Olympic Team The best wrestlers in the U.S. competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Fort Worth, Texas on April 1 and 2, and when the dust settled on Saturday night, the Nittany Lion Wrestling ...

Mar 26

"King of the Keystone" Rokfin Event Sunday March 28th

The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club is proud to present "The King of the Keystone" event. We have been able to match up some of the top talent in the State of Pennsylvania, and are very excited to see these tremendous wrestlers compete. We hope you will join us ...

Mar 26

Rokfin March 28

NLWC to Host Live Rokfin Event on Tuesday, Feb. 23 Wrestling Fans, On Tuesday evening, February 23, the NLWC is hosting another Rokfin Event. The junior card will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the senior card at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. This is an opportunity to see some of the top wrestlers in ...

Feb 23

Tuesday, February 23, 2021-The Next NLWC Rokfin Event

NLWC to Host Live Rokfin Event on Tuesday, Feb. 23 Wrestling Fans, On Tuesday evening, February 23, the NLWC is hosting another Rokfin Event. The junior card will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the senior card at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. This is an opportunity to see some of the top wrestlers in ...