Wrestling Talk Forums supported
USA Wrestling Kansas KWCA
Wrestling Talk Forums supported & maintained by USA Wrestling-Kansas
USAW USA Wrestling Kansas
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#87168 04/30/03 02:22 AM
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,372
Member
Member
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,372
why was 119lbs removed from college wrestling? any thoughts and comments about it being removed.


With the power of Ra!
#87169 04/30/03 06:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,262
A
Member
Member
A Offline
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,262
Why 119 was taken away...well, as a college athlete...I can probably tell you the truth as to why...for the most part when you get to college you start having another growth spurt if you haven't already...they bumped up every weight class by roughly 7lbs after I believe the 1998-1999 season...a lot of guys that wrestled 103 and 112 loved the 119 class, but bottom line you get to college you tend to get bigger for various reasons, I know a few wrestlers died from cutting the weight and I see guys from various schools now that struggle to make weight classes ...125 is great...if you want to wrestle in college some advice...Don't expect to get a decent offer if you are 103 your senior year and possibly 112...there are some very talented guys that are 119 even that get overlooked due to size...College practices you will lose a lot of weight...I usually see anywhere from 25-40 lbs in a season from once people start working out...it's intense, so the coaches don't want a toothpic coming in for the most part, unless you are in shape from working out so much that you are a toothpic. If you are 112, 103 or whatever and you want to wrestle in college....REDSHIRT and get bigger!!!


Yours in wrestling,

The Swayz
swayz.wrestling@gmail.com recruiting help, promoting the sport& more!
#87170 05/16/03 01:44 AM
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,372
Member
Member
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,372
makes sense, but i would still like to see 119 in college.


With the power of Ra!
#87171 05/22/03 04:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 137
C
Member
Member
C Offline
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 137
just so you guys know, there never was a 119 lbs weight class in college. It was 118 lbs. those weight classes changed after there were 3 deaths in college wrestlers in one year. I wrestled 118 my freshman year in college.


Richard Fergola
Head Assistant Coach
Dana College
USAW Gold Level Coach
#87172 05/26/03 10:50 PM
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,372
Member
Member
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,372
were all three deaths at the 118lb weight class? or did the ncaa commitee get freaked out by the death's at other weight classes and just removed 118?


With the power of Ra!
#87173 05/28/03 05:39 PM
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 2,459
H
Member
Member
H Offline
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 2,459
I believe it is more of a problem that there is not at least one more weight class between 197 and 285. I think there are more potential college age athletes that would be in that 88 pound weight differential than college age athletes who are legimately under 119. Young people are bigger in our society today than they were 20 or more years ago and that trend will continue. I think wrestling weight classes in high school and college need to reflect that change. It is incredible that there is not at least one more weight class between 197 and 285. I think we turn a lot of excellent athletes (high school football players) away from wrestling due to these large weight differentials. At least high school has a 215 class but it should probably have a 235 or 240 class too.

I think wrestling's weight classes were set up when the average sizes were smaller and that wrestling is not changing the weight classes fast enough to reflect the increased average height and weight in society. I graduated from high school in 1969 and I was considered big as a 205 pound tackle. I don't even think that a 205 pound kid would be considered to be a big high school back today.

Edited: It should be noted that the National College Wrestling Association (NCWA-the college division for schools without regular wrestling programs) does have a 235 pound division. I think it is time for the NCAA, NAIA and other divisions to include a 235 or 240 division.


Vince Nowak
Kansas College Wrestling Fund Supporter
Please join the fight with your contributions


Moderated by  RichardDSalyer 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 4 guests, and 0 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
Super Admin, bvswwrestling, CoachFitzOS, Dluce, Shawn Russell
12,303 Registered Users
Forum Statistics
Forums11
Topics36,091
Posts250,722
Members12,303
Most Online1,305
Mar 13th, 2025
Top Posters
usawks1 8,595
smokeycabin 6,248
Aaron Sweazy 5,262
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 8.0.0
(Release build 20240826)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 8.3.23 Page Time: 0.022s Queries: 25 (0.014s) Memory: 3.0245 MB (Peak: 3.5912 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2025-08-01 10:44:56 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS