We have our high school competition camp and kids technique camp next week. The camp runs from July 5th through the 9th. We have the UB wrestling coaches, UB wrestling team members, and many other coaches working our camp next week, including NCAA Champion Mitch Clark. We are excited to get the team together for a great week of camp.
Keep checking back as we are going to be updating the blog several days a week.
6.30.2009
6.24.2009
Bulls Compete in South Korea
I was recently the head wrestling coach for the 2009 National Wrestling Coaches’ Association All-American Tour to South Korea. I took several collegiate student athletes to South Korea for nine days of training and competition. The University at Buffalo was represented by four student athletes (Brian Hittle, Andrew Stella, Jimmy Hamel, and Jason Weber). The team trained at both the Korean National Sport University and the Korean National Training Center. The Korean National Sport University (KNSU) has the best university wrestling team in the country. Our team trained for three days at the KNSU. At the KNSU, we participated in their practice sessions. There were also wrestlers from a handful of other university teams training with us at the KNSU. The coaching staff, comprised of former Korean National Champions, World and Olympic medalists, worked with our guys extensively. Then, our team wrestled some matches against KNSU team members and a few other Korean national place finishers. Some of the highlights included Brian Hittle and Jimmy Hamel’s outstanding performances. Brian Hittle had a nice win highlighted by a five-point throw over Korean University National place-winner Park Nam Chun. Jimmy Hamel won matches against Korean University National Bronze Medalist, Bak Seok Won, and another Korean national place-winner.
Following our stint at the Korean National Sport University, we trained and wrestled at the Korean National Training Center for the remained of the trip. The National Training Center is the equivalent of the Olympic Training Center here in the United States. At the National Training Center, we spent a lot of time with Korean National Team Coaches, including Korean National Head Coach and three time Olympic finalist, Park Jang-Soon. Our experience at the National Training Center was outstanding. The team wrestled the top two wrestlers in the South Korea in each weight class. Jimmy Hamel was definitely the highlight of the competition with a huge win against a Korean Senior National Champion, Byung-Kwan Cho. In fact, Cho was the 2008 Asian Games Champion (45 counties and regions are represented in the Asian Games) and a 2008 South Korean Olympian (he had a 1-2 record at the 2008 Olympics).
It was a great experience for all four of these guys to compete against the best in South Korea. They learned a lot and trained very hard. This experience will carry over into next season and beyond.
Thanks for following us,
Coach Beasley
Following our stint at the Korean National Sport University, we trained and wrestled at the Korean National Training Center for the remained of the trip. The National Training Center is the equivalent of the Olympic Training Center here in the United States. At the National Training Center, we spent a lot of time with Korean National Team Coaches, including Korean National Head Coach and three time Olympic finalist, Park Jang-Soon. Our experience at the National Training Center was outstanding. The team wrestled the top two wrestlers in the South Korea in each weight class. Jimmy Hamel was definitely the highlight of the competition with a huge win against a Korean Senior National Champion, Byung-Kwan Cho. In fact, Cho was the 2008 Asian Games Champion (45 counties and regions are represented in the Asian Games) and a 2008 South Korean Olympian (he had a 1-2 record at the 2008 Olympics).
It was a great experience for all four of these guys to compete against the best in South Korea. They learned a lot and trained very hard. This experience will carry over into next season and beyond.
Thanks for following us,
Coach Beasley
6.18.2009
Keep in mind - it is tentative and may change!
November
- Sunday- 1st UB OPEN at UB
- Saturday - 7th UB vs ASHLAND at UB
- Saturday - 14th (B-Team) Oklahoma Gold Classic
- Sunday - 15th Hofstra at Hofstra
- Saturday - 21st Body Bar Invitational at Cornell
December
- Friday-Saturday - 4th & 5th Las Vegas Invitational at Wild Bills, Primm, Nevada
- Sunday - 13th East Stroudsburg Duals at E.S.U.
- Sunday - 20th UB vs. BLOOMSBURG, FINDLAY at UB
January
- Sunday - 3rd UB vs. BINGHAMTON at UB
- Saturday-Sunday - 9th & 10th National Duals at Northern Iowa
- Saturday - 16th Edinboro at Edinboro
- Saturday - Sunday - 23rd & 24th NYS Collegiates at Cornell
- Saturday - 30th OHIO UNIVERSITY at UB
February
- Wednesday - 3rd Eastern Michigan at E.M.U.
- Sunday - 7th Kent State at KSU
- Sunday - 14th CENTRAL MICHIGAN at UB
- Sunday - 21st Northern Illinois at NIU
March
- Saturday-Sunday - 6th & 7th MAC CHAMPS at CMU
- Thursday to Saturday - 18th, 19th & 20th NCAA Championships at Omaha Nebraska
GREAT SCHEDULE*GREAT WRESTLING
GO BULLS
* Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. Mario Andretti
6.17.2009
We just had a visitor in town looking at our assistant light weight coaching position. We had a great visit with Jimmy Rollins who is currently the Interim Head Coach at Iowa Lakes Junior College. Here is a brief bio of Jimmy Rollins' career.
Jimmy Rollins just finished his first season as assistant wrestling coach with the newly formed Iowa Lakes Wrestling Program. He is looking to help take the program to the top. Rollins help lead the Lakers program to a sixth place finish at the NJCAA National Championships in 2008-09. Rollins comes to Iowa Lakes after coaching two seasons at Dana College where he helped produce 12 Athletic All-Americans as well as 5 Academic All-Americans. In the 2006-2007 season the team was GPAC Champions as well as the North Region Champions. They ended the season with a 4th place performance at the National Tournament but finished the season with the #1 GPA in the Nation. In the 2007-2008 season they repeated as GPAC Champions and finished the season in 5th place at the National Tournament.
Before beginning his coaching career he began his collegiate wrestling career at Gloucester County College in New Jersey. Freshman year he was the 1st ever undefeated National Champion in the school history winning the NJCAA crown at 125lbs.While at GCC his team also won the Div 3 Junior College National Championship in 2002. In his sophomore season Rollins again won the Mid-Atlantic region title but was injured in his semi final match forcing him to pull out of the tournament and finished in 6th place garnering another All-American season.Rollins then transferred to Dana College in Blair, Nebraska .During his junior season he won GPAC and Central Region titles and finished 3rd in the NAIA national tournament. In his senior season he defended his Central region crown and capped off his career on top of the podium winning the 133lb title at the NAIA national tournament. While Dana College also won the NAIA team title with a record breaking performance of 193 points. Rollins finished his collegiate career with a 114-9 record.Rollins, formerly of West Deptford, NJ, wrestled for West Deptford High where he was a 2-time New Jersey state place winner placing 6th and 3rd. He was also a 2-time District 29 champ and a Region 8 champ. During his junior season West Deptford brought home the 2000 NJSIAA state championship in Group 3.
6.12.2009
The University at Buffalo Wrestling program is developing our very first Blog and we are very excited to start sharing our story with more people.
UB is a very large and prestigious research institution located approximately 20 minutes from downtown Buffalo and Niagara Falls. We have two campuses approximately 4.5 miles apart from each other. The south campus is where our professional schools are located (medical, dental, physical therapy etc.) and the north campus is primarily where our undergrad students attend classes. The north campus is developed on approximately 1,200 acres of land. We have three lakes, a bike path and many beautiful new apartment complexes spread out around the campus. We also have a very diverse group of students and professors, giving our campus a very multinational feeling. More about the UB campus in the future, and I will probably add some nice pictures and maybe a video or two as I learn how to fully use the blog.
The wrestling program has been around for a little over 75 years. Our program has been associated with the NCAA at the Division III, II and I level over the past 75 years. Along with 21 other sports, we compete at the Division I level with the best of the best. The football program was elevated to the Division I-A status approximately 9 years ago. They have recently achieved unparalleled success thanks in part to our fantastic coach - Turner Gill. Coach Gill lead our program to our first ever Mid American Conference Championship in 2008 -GO BULLS!! I'm sure there is more to great things to come from our football program!
Last year we caped off a very challenging season by qualifying four wrestlers to the Division I National Championships in st. Louis. Jimmy Hamel - 197 lbs., Mickey Moran - 184 lbs., Nate Rock - 174 lbs., and Desmond Green - 149 lbs. We are all extremely proud of these four young me!. Two of the national qualifiers; Nate and Mickey were seniors last year and will be moving on. The other two will be back for more! Jimmy Hamel will be with the bulls for another two years while Desi Green has three years of eligibility left. We are looking forward to future success with these young and talented men!!
Desi and Jimmy were also All-Americans (freestyle) at the University National Championships this past season- both placing 7th. We also had an All-American in Greco at the University National Championships - Dylan Dabolt.
We are excited to share interesting news and facts about our program...please tune in to learn more.
Coach Jim Beichner
University at Buffalo
UB is a very large and prestigious research institution located approximately 20 minutes from downtown Buffalo and Niagara Falls. We have two campuses approximately 4.5 miles apart from each other. The south campus is where our professional schools are located (medical, dental, physical therapy etc.) and the north campus is primarily where our undergrad students attend classes. The north campus is developed on approximately 1,200 acres of land. We have three lakes, a bike path and many beautiful new apartment complexes spread out around the campus. We also have a very diverse group of students and professors, giving our campus a very multinational feeling. More about the UB campus in the future, and I will probably add some nice pictures and maybe a video or two as I learn how to fully use the blog.
The wrestling program has been around for a little over 75 years. Our program has been associated with the NCAA at the Division III, II and I level over the past 75 years. Along with 21 other sports, we compete at the Division I level with the best of the best. The football program was elevated to the Division I-A status approximately 9 years ago. They have recently achieved unparalleled success thanks in part to our fantastic coach - Turner Gill. Coach Gill lead our program to our first ever Mid American Conference Championship in 2008 -GO BULLS!! I'm sure there is more to great things to come from our football program!
Last year we caped off a very challenging season by qualifying four wrestlers to the Division I National Championships in st. Louis. Jimmy Hamel - 197 lbs., Mickey Moran - 184 lbs., Nate Rock - 174 lbs., and Desmond Green - 149 lbs. We are all extremely proud of these four young me!. Two of the national qualifiers; Nate and Mickey were seniors last year and will be moving on. The other two will be back for more! Jimmy Hamel will be with the bulls for another two years while Desi Green has three years of eligibility left. We are looking forward to future success with these young and talented men!!
Desi and Jimmy were also All-Americans (freestyle) at the University National Championships this past season- both placing 7th. We also had an All-American in Greco at the University National Championships - Dylan Dabolt.
We are excited to share interesting news and facts about our program...please tune in to learn more.
Coach Jim Beichner
University at Buffalo
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