We had our first competition weigh in yesterday and so I told all my guys to try to pass the hydration test if they could so we could get as many out of the way as possible. Of my 44 wrestlers 19 did not even try (of those 6 didn't even make weight, 8 forgot and went to the bathroom when the woke up and so couldn't go again, and 5 knew they wouldn't pass it).
Of the 25 who did try the test 17 passed it and 8 failed it. So one weigh in into the season I already have 1/3 of my team certified. One or two may still drop a weight later in this month but I figure the sooner I get this hydration test out of my life the better. The reamining 27 will try to pass on Saturday and we will keep going every weigh in until all are certified.
By the way even though we didn't wrestle last night Rick Bowden gave us permission to still use the hydration test because we weighed in at 6:30am and they didn't cancel the dual until 12:00pm. So it was an "official team weigh in for compeition" even thought the competitioin was cancelled.
Did anyone else try the hydration test yesterday? What were your numbers like?
Jamie Finkeldei
Bishop Carroll
