Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion Freestyle/Greco California Greco Challenge

I am trying to assemble a team to compete in the California Greco Challenge. Age group is FILA Juniors (up to 19 years old.) The weights are as follows:

108 Skyler Wood
115 Jeff Vesta
123 Alan Waters -CONFIRMED
130 Daniel DeShazer
138 Ryne Cokeley - CONFIRMED
145 Mitchell Means/Drake Houdashelt
154 Chase Nelson
164 Kyle Detmer
174 Breck Arnberger
190 Romero Cotton
217 Kyle Caylor
HWT Elijah Madison

We will be competing against teams from Oregon, California (4 teams), Poland, Germany, and a USA All Star group.

Wrestlers will weigh in on May 29th and wrestle May 30-31 returning on June 1.

I have reserved airfare from KC to Oak leaving on May 28th at 8:05 am arriving 11:15am in Oakland, CA returning June 1st departing at 7am arriving KC at 2:10pm. Anyone from outside of the KC Metro area can stay at our house. The tickets are $279.40 If you are going I need to buy your ticket by May 4th as I have the fare frozen for everyone between now and then. If you want to secure your own ticket you can fly into San Francisco or Oakland in order for us to work out pickup and transportation to Walnut Creek, CA.

You will need food and spending money. The rest, transportation too and from the airport as well as loding will be covered. We will work out at the CYC on Thursday afternoon and Friday. Weigh in is Friday. Sunday night they have a dinner and awards banquet.

I don't have emails for everyone so please pass along to anyone you know on the list.

Ryne, Kyle Caylor, and Alan Waters attended last year and had a great time. Wrestlers will wrestle 10-12 Greco matches. With this line up I believe we can dominate the team event!!

Please let me know if you are interested or NOT interested.


Thanks
Will

108 Skyler Wood
115 Jeff Vesta - CONFIRMED
123 Alan Waters -CONFIRMED
130 Daniel DeShazer
138 Ryne Cokeley - CONFIRMED
145 Mitchell Means/Drake Houdashelt
154 Chase Nelson
164 Kyle Detmer
174 Breck Arnberger
190 Romero Cotton
217 Kyle Caylor - CONFIRMED
HWT Elijah Madison

I need confirmations from the rest of the team by May 4th to secure the group airfare. Please email me ASAP.

Thanks

108 Aaron Seybold - CONFIRMED
115 Jeff Vesta - CONFIRMED
123 Alan Waters -CONFIRMED
130 Daniel DeShazer - CONFIRMED
138 Ryne Cokeley - CONFIRMED
145 Mitchell Means/Drake Houdashelt
154 Chase Nelson - CONFIRMED
164 Kyle Detmer
174 Breck Arnberger
190 Romero Cotton
217 Kyle Caylor - CONFIRMED
HWT Elijah Madison

I need confirmations from the rest of the team by May 4th to secure the group airfare. Please email me ASAP.

Thanks

108 Aaron Seybold - CONFIRMED
115 Jeff Vesta - CONFIRMED
123 Alan Waters -CONFIRMED
130 Daniel DeShazer - CONFIRMED
138 Ryne Cokeley - CONFIRMED
145 Mitchell Means -
154 Chase Nelson - CONFIRMED
164 Kyle Detmer
174 Breck Arnberger
190 Romero Cotton
217 Kyle Caylor - CONFIRMED
HWT Elijah Madison - CONFIRMED

I have received inquiries of interest from Evon Royal and Howard Johnson and I am still seeking a 145 wrestler. Does anyone know if Mitchell is interested?? Arnberger??

108 Aaron Seybold - CONFIRMED
115 Jeff Vesta - CONFIRMED
123 Alan Waters -CONFIRMED
130 Daniel DeShazer - CONFIRMED
138 Ryne Cokeley - CONFIRMED
145 Cody Shavlik - CONFIRMED
154 Chase Nelson - CONFIRMED
164 Evan Royal - CONFIRMED
174
190
217 Kyle Caylor - CONFIRMED
HWT Elijah Madison - CONFIRMED

Updated TODAY!!

UPDATED ROSTER:

(Weights in kilos)

49
Aaron Seybold – Fr – Pittsburg, KS
3rd 5A State ’09 37-4
5th Brute-Adidas Nationals ‘09



52.5
Jeff Vesta – Sr – Manhattan, KS
125-32
1xSC
2xState Runner Up
Fargo: 2006
Cadet 2nd GR & 7th FS
Fargo: 2007
Cadet 5th FS Fargo: 2008
Junior 5th GR



56
Alan Waters – Jr - Park Hill, MO
HS Record 174-4
3x Missouri State Champion 07-08-09
07 USA Cadet Freestyle National Champion
07 USA Cadet Greco Roman National Champion
08 USA Junior National Greco Runner up
09 Western Junior Regional Greco Champion
Member of 2008 CA Greco Challenge first place team

59
Daniel Deshazer – So – Wichita, KS
1 X State Champion
1 X Runner-Up
3 X Cadet National All-American

63
Ryne Cokeley – So - Eudora, KS
2 X State Champion – 4A HS Record 78-8
2 X Cadet National All-American
4 X Schoolboy National All-American
Undefeated USA Cadet Duals – Greco
’09 Brute-Adidas National Champ
3 X Kansas Greco State Champ
3rd ’09 FILA Cadet Nationals Greco
’08 Kansas Triple Crown Winner
Member of ’08 CA Greco Challenge First Place Team

66
Cody Shavlik- Jr – Derby, KS


70
Chase Nelson – Sr - Wichita, KS
2 X State Champion
1 X Runner-Up
Fila Cadet All-American (Greco)

74.5
Evon Royal – Sr. – Junction City, KS
23-4 3rd in 6a state
5th at Brute/Adidas Nationals.
2008 southern plains junior 152lbs 2nd in GR & FS


79


86.5
John Eblen-Jr – Park Hill, MO



98.5
Kyle Caylor-Jr- Wichita, KS
High School Record 93-8
State Finishes Freshman 2nd,Soph. 1st, Jr 1st
2007 Cadet National Champion in Greco & Freestyle
2008 - 4th Fila Cadet Freestyle
- 5th Fila Cadet Greco
- State Triple Crown
- 2nd Place at the Preseason High School Nationals
7 Time All American in Youth Wrestling
Kyle was on the 2008 USA World Greco Team in California. Team won 1st.

125
Elijah Madison
2 time greco USA National runner up
1 time greco USA National champ
FILA Cadet greco national champ
FILA Junior Nationals runner up
2006,07,08 asics all junior greco national team
3 years undefeated at USA junior duals

Updated Line Up:
We lost Daniel DeShazer to a shoulder injury. I am scrambling for a 130lbers. Contact me if you are interested. I am talking with Justin Forrest but it looks quite iffy.


49
Aaron Seybold – Fr – Pittsburg, KS
3rd 5A State ’09 37-4
5th Brute-Adidas Nationals ‘09

52.5
Jeff Vesta – Sr – Manhattan, KS
125-32
1xSC
2xState Runner Up

Fargo: 2006
Cadet 2nd GR & 7th FS
Fargo: 2007
Cadet 5th FS
Fargo: 2008
Junior 5th GR



56
Alan Waters – Jr - Park Hill, MO
HS Record 174-4
3x Missouri State Champion 07-08-09
07 USA Cadet Freestyle National Champion
07 USA Cadet Greco Roman National Champion
08 USA Junior National Greco Runner up
09 Western Junior Regional Greco Champion
Member of 2008 CA Greco Challenge first place team


59




63
Ryne Cokeley – So - Eudora, KS
2 X State Champion – 4A 78-8
2 X Cadet National All-American
4 X Schoolboy National All-American
Undefeated USA Cadet Duals – Greco
’09 Brute-Adidas National Champ
3 X Kansas Greco State Champ
3rd ’09 FILA Cadet Nationals Greco
’08 Kansas Triple Crown Winner
Member of ’08 CA Greco Challenge First Place Team


66
Cody Shavlik- Jr – Derby, KS


70
Chase Nelson – Sr - Wichita, KS
2 X State Champion
1 X Runner-Up
Fila Cadet All-American (Greco)

74.5
Evon Royal – Sr. – Junction City, KS
23-4 3rd in 6a state
5th at Brute/Adidas Nationals.
2008 southern plains junior 152lbs 2nd in GR & FS


79
Ray Hall – Fr. – University of Northern Colorado
2nd, 3rd, 1st Missouri State HS Finishes
4th, 2nd USA Jr. Nationals
2009 8th University Nationals GR

86.5
John Eblen – Jr. – Park Hill, Mo
07 GR Cadet 1st
08 GR 2nd
09 1st Junior FS did not wrestle GR State
Fargo 2nd-07 GR Cadet
08 3rd GR FILA Cadet Nationals


98.5
Kyle Caylor-Jr- Wichita, KS
High School Record 93-8
State Finishes Freshman 2nd
Soph. 1st
Jr 1st
2007 Cadet National Champion in Greco & Freestyle
2008 - 4th Fila Cadet Freestyle
- 5th Fila Cadet Greco
- State Triple Crown
- 2nd Place at the Preseason High School Nationals
7 Time All American in Youth Wrestling

Kyle was on the 2008 USA World Greco Team in California. Team won 1st.

125
Elijah Madison – Fr. – University of Nebraska-Omaha
2 time greco USA National runner up
1 time greco USA National champ
FILA Cadet greco national champ
FILA Junior Nationals runner up
2006,07,08 asics all junior greco national team
3 years undefeated at USA junior duals

Here is the information:


Be at the Southwest Check in area at 6:30am!

Depart Kansas City MCI at 8:05am on Southwest #974 arriving (after one stop) in Oakland, CA at 11:15am

(Caylor, Nelson, and Johnson will be flying into Oakland on US Air #621 arriving at 11:52 am from Wichita)

The CYC Group will pick you guys up. (Danny Pease 925-759-3888 Cell or Mark Halvorson 925-383-6954 Cell)

Check into the Holiday Inn – Concord, CA (Confirmation # 64714465)
1050 Burnett Ave.
Concord, CA 94520
925-687-5500
(four wrestlers to a room)

Our lineup is:
Aaron Seybold – 49kg
Jeff Vesta – 52.5kg
Alan Waters – 56kg
Vincent Gallegos – 59kg
Ryne Cokeley – 63kg 785 766-1079
Cody Shavlik – 66kg
Chase Nelson – 70kg (flying out of Wichita)
Evon Royal – 74.5kg 785 307-1715
Ray Hall – 79 kg (flying out of Denver) 816 813-0053
John Eblen – 86.5kg
Kyle Caylor – 98.5kg (flying out of Wichita) 316 807-2750
Hayden Bock – 98.5kg
Howard Johnson – 98.5kg (flying out of Wichita) 620 282-9085
Elijah Madison – 125kg 785 643-2271

Coach Tom Peterman 913 634-1123


The CYC is only 1.5 miles from the Hotel. The venue is available for workouts Thursday afternoon, evening and Friday. Coach Tom Peterman will be working out a schedule and he will be overseeing all of you to make sure you are where you need to be when you need to be!


I hope everyone has been working out and I am looking forward to watching all you guys kick some tail on Saturday and Sunday!!

(everyone please reply all with your cell phone number if I don’t have it listed!)

We will be returning on Monday departing at 7am and arriving at 2:10pm.

Will Cokeley
708 267 6615

That is one sweet roster! Germany better have their laces tight.

p.s. Don't tell anyone about Nelson's headlock!

Everyone made weight! Coach Peterman has been delivering the motivational speaches and putting them through some drills. This afternoon the team will tour San Francisco and visit the pier. Tomorrow the team event kicks off!

Live stream at www.goldminewrestlingclub.org

KANSAS-MISSOURI is 2-0!

Rd. 1 - KSMO 35-4 over Germany
Rd. 2 - KSMO 54-1 over California (Refs robbed us...)
Rd. 3 - Coming up vs. Oregon

Cokeley just did an interview on the live feed!

KS/MO wins over Team Oregon 35-14!

A little over an hour till the next round against Team USA!

KS/MO beats California 1. 34-14! I thought they had Team USA, but not yet.

They are now 4-0! They have CYC next. Another California team.

KS/MO wins this too. Can't remember the score- We had one injury forfeit.

Our Kansas/Missouri team won the team championship. There were several individual placers/winners. I'm sure Cokely will post them. It was great to watch the stream live matches-wow!

Kansas/Missouri beat the USA All-Stars 26-25 to win the championship! They went 7-0 in the duals! What a great experience for our area wrestlers!

Congrats to team and thanks to Tom Peterman and Will Cokeley!

The format of this tournament was a round robin dual team event. MoKan All Stars were 7-0 in this. Based on your individual records, brackets were seeded for an individual tournament to place the top 6. If you lost your first round match you wrestled for 5th if you won and lost in the semis you wrestled for 3rd. MoKan All Stars had seven individuals in the finals.

Placings
Aaron Seybold 3rd
Jeff Vesta 3rd
Alan Waters 1st
Vinny Gallegos 2nd
Ryne Cokeley 2nd
Cody Shavlik 4th
Chase Nelson 1st
Evon Royal 5th
Ray Hall 3rd
John Eblen 1st
Kyle Caylor 2nd
Elijah Madison 1st

Nice job KS/MO and very nice week-end Mr. Chase Nelson.

What an awesome competition! Yes in case someone hadn't told you, MoKan is Mo'Better. It was fun competing with those guys instead of against. They showed'em out in Cali.

I think they all had fun too!
Chase and Cody were not able to get married due to the law being changed again in San Francisco, but they have a few stories of giving money to the homeless with the creative signs.

I believe it was a great experience and I would like to give a big THANK YOU to Will Cokeley for letting me coach such a team. Now I know what the Russians and Iowa feel like going into a competition There is no substitute for talent. One last thank you to all the coaches who helped make those guys the wrestlers they are today.

Tom Peterman