The new weight class were approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. The NFHS wrestling rules committee approved the upward shift of the weight classes,begginning with the 103 - pound class moving to 106-pounds, which resulted in new weights for 10 ofthe 14 classes. The 14 weight classes approved by the committee for the 2011-12 are as follow: 106,113,120,126,132,138,145,152,160,170,182,195,220 and 285. The change in weight class resulted from a three-to-four year process utilizing data from the (NWCA) Optimal Performance Calculator, said Dale Pleimann, chair of the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee and former assistant director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. "The rules committee was able to analyze data from 200,000 wrestlers across the country, with the goal to create weight classes that have approximately seven percent of the wrestlers in each weight class. RMG
