Minnesota/USA Wrestling

Weigh-ins for Schoolboy/girl and Cadets will be held from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon and will be held in the Health Sciences Building.  This building is located directly South of the Fieldhouse.  So when you go to enter the Fieldhouse from the large parking lot, look to your LEFT, it is the building directly south.

Girls will weigh in from 11:00 to 11:30 in the upper level at the Field House.

If you have already Purchased your Coaches Membership you do not need to read this message, skip to the message below.  If you have NOT already purchased your Coaches Membership, read this message and the message below.

See message below regarding what is required for coaching matside.  This will be enforced this year.     

Coaches memberships require a background check that needs to be done online PRIOR to the card being purchased.  This background check only needs to be completed once every two years, therefore if you passed a background check last year, you do NOT need to do another background check this year.   The National office made a change to the process this year and will NOT allow me to update a membership without the background check being done.  They were having to refund too many memberships when the background checks did not come back favorable.

Therefore, in order to purchase your Coaches card at the State tournament, you will NEED to bring along with you a copy of your invoice that says you submitted the background check, prior to arriving at the tournament. 

The process for getting your floor pass will be a lot faster if you have a copy of your coaches card with you.  We will form two areas at the conclusion of the meeting, one for those coaches with their cards in their hand, the other where we have to look them up.  If you need to purchase the card, you will want to do that prior to the Coaches meeting (remember to have the invoice from your background check with you).

Please do not hesitate to contact Donita Flodeen if you need assistance printing your coaches membership card.  507-263-3964 (home) 612-709-1932 (cell)

Requirements for coaching matside at a Minnesota State tournament in 2010.  Requirements for out-of-state events are determined by the specific tournament.

You must have a current USA Coaches Membership  (this requires a backgroung check that has to be completed online) and......

 #1)  Attend a short 20 minute coaches etiquette meeting (there are 3 of them scheduled before the tournament begins)

#2)  Pay a $10 fee for a floor pass and have that floor pass displayed at all times.

#3) Pay a $5 fee for a floor pass if you bring back the floor pass and display wallet from the previous year.

NO COPPER OR BRONZE CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE MN STATE TOURNAMENT

In Addition:  Coaches with a current Bronze card and current USA Coaches membership card will get a Free Coaches Floor pass without having to attend the "etiquette" clinic.

MN/USA Wrestling has developed an exciting new program to recognize and better segment wrestlers fo the state tournaments. The program is designed to recognize the performance of Minnesota's wrestlers, based upon points earned in MN/USA and USA Wrestling events.

This link will take you to the new Points System page. (Or you can click on the Points System link in the menu on the left side of the page.)  http://mnusa.wrestlingsystems.com/page/show/157808-points-system-information-and-list

On that page, you will find a couple of documents.  One document explains this new program and lists all of the tournaments that are included, as well as the points earned at each one.  Another document explains the procedures for qualifying for each of the 2010 State Tournaments (Note: the procedure for qualifying for the 2010 State Folkstyle tournament has changed.)  And the 2010 Points List is also located on this page.

The Qualified List is still located on the 2010 State Folkstyle tournament page (http://mnusa.wrestlingsystems.com/page/show/153058-2010-state-folkstyle).

If you have questions on how to obtain a membership, or print a membership card, please go to the tab titled "Membership". 

**  Please check the Contact page to find emails.  All email addresses have changed with the new website.  Please update your address book with the new email address.  Thank you.