News & Updates

News & Updates

  • May 18

    Zain Retherford Secures Olympic Spot for Team USA at 65kg

    The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club (NLWC) proudly announces that Zain Retherford has qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris at the 65 kg weight class. Retherford's remarkable journey to the Olympics was cemented after a stellar performance at the Last Chance Olympic Qualifier in Istanbul, where he secured a crucial victory ...

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  • Apr 21

    NLWC Puts 4 on 2024 Olympic Team

    The Nittany Lion Wrestling Club will once again have a presence at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. Zain Retherford (65kg), Kyle Dake (74kg), Aaron Brooks (86kg) and Kyle Snyder (97kg) have all made the 2024 USA Men's Freestyle Olympic Team.

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  • Sep 24

    NLWC Results at the 2023 World Championships

    2023 UWW World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia The NLWC congratulates Zain Retherford and David Taylor on their World Gold Medals, Kyle Dake on his World Silver Medal, Jennifer Page and Kyle Snyder on their World Bronze Medals, and Nick Lee and Jane Valencia who won matches but fell short of earning ...

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  • Sep 18
  • 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 ...

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  • 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. ...

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  • 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, ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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