Last Week of Preseason

This week has been a busy week wrapping up pre-season conditioning with weight certification. Each year every wrestler has to weigh in hydrated to help determine what their lowest allowable weight is for the season. The first part of the certification process is the hydration test. If wrestlers don’t pass the hydration test, they don’t pass at all. Not every wrestler chooses to wrestle at his lowest allowable weight, but instead he may choose his optimal performance weight instead. Contrary to popular opinion the lowest allowable weight doesn’t always end up being the weight class where wrestlers choose to wrestle. The NWCA does a great job providing tools for wrestlers in healthy ways to lose fat (and saunas are not part of the NWCA’s weight loss strategy!) Wednesday started our process of certifying our wrestlers for this season. Every wrestler must be certified before they can start practicing with the team in season. Therefore, these last days of preseason are very important for the team being able to start the season together. Unfortunately, we had several wrestlers who did not pass the hydration test on the first try. However, today most of the wrestlers passed with only a few who missed hydration by a few thousandths of a point. I’m fairly confident that tomorrow we should see the rest of our wrestlers pass the hydration test and be able to complete their certification for this season.
On another note we had our first recruit visit HLG for this recruiting season, and we are looking forward to having many others. I will not list names of wrestlers we are recruiting or those who make campus visits, but we are very glad to have them visit our campus. If you know of any wrestlers who would be a good fit for HLG wrestling, feel free to contact me at Shawes@hlg.edu . I would be happy to pursue any wrestler you think would be a good fit for our program.