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Jun 21Jordan Burroughs Earns World Team Spot and Reflects on His Impact at Beat The Streets
June 21, 2022 – Two weeks have passed since Final X fans from across the country gathered in awe at Madison Square Garden to watch PRTC resident athlete Jordan Burroughs earn his way onto an 11th World Team. This is no ordinary feat—to make a US World Team and secure ...
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Jun 6Prtc Finishes With Seven All-americans at U23/u20 World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio
Geneva, Ohio – The PRTC finished with two top 6 team placings and seven All-Americans at the U23/U20 World Team Trials this past weekend. With 34 athletes making the trip from Philadelphia to Geneva, Ohio, a full effort was given by all. “What impressed me the most was that we ...
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Jun 3Thirty Two Prtc U23 Athletes Ready to Compete for World Team Spots
Geneva, Ohio – The PRTC has entered a record number of athletes into the 2022 U23 World Team Trials. Thirty two student-athletes from Penn and Drexel have traveled west along with six PRTC coaches in an effort to qualify for a World Team. This national event, held at the Spire Institute ...
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May 23Joey McKenna and Mark Hall Qualify For National Team at 2022 World Team Trials
Coralville, Iowa – The 2022 USA World Team Trials Challenge Tournament concluded on Sunday with the PRTC placing in three of the four weight classes where they had entered athletes. As a team, the PRTC placed sixth overall against some of the top RTCs in the country. The tournament, held in ...
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May 18Prtc Ready to Compete at Wtt Challenge Tournament
McKenna, Zapf, McFadden, and Hall will wrestle for a spot in Final X. Philadelphia, PA – The seeds are set as the PRTC heads west for the 2022 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. Executive Director and Head Coach Brandon Slay is optimistic about his team’s chances in Coralville, Iowa. Joey ...
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May 9Mckenna And Burroughs Win Pan American Gold
Acapulco, Mexico – The PRTC earned two more gold medals this past weekend helping Team USA dominate the competition at the Pan American Championships. Joey McKenna (65kg) won his second Pan Am title while Jordan Burroughs (79kg) won his fifth. Coach Brandon Slay, having coached Mark Hall and David McFadden to ...
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May 1Mcfadden And Hall Win National Championships
Las Vegas, NV – “It was the best Senior National performance in PRTC history!” Executive Director and Head Coach Brandon Slay was happy that two of his full-time resident athletes each came away with a championship title on Saturday night at the US Open. “Mark Hall made history by becoming our ...
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Apr 28PRTC Travels To Las Vegas To Compete In Us Open
Mark Hall and David McFadden travel to Las Vegas this weekend to compete in the US Senior Nationals at the prestigious 2022 US Open. A multi-divisional event, the US Open features several tournaments in one as different age groups and styles compete throughout the weekend. In addition to Hall and McFadden, ...
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Feb 4Summit 3 to Highlight Wrestling Community
In an effort to provide competition for several senior level athletes, the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center (PRTC), along with RTCs from around the country, will be hosting Summit 3 on Monday February 7th, 2022. A total of 34 matches will be streamed live on the PRTC Rokfin Channel beginning at 4pm. The matches ...
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Sep 14Jordan Burroughs Becomes First Prtc Wrestler to Make a Senior World Team
Photo courtesy of John Sachs/Tech-Fall.com In his first tournament donning a Pennsylvania Regional Training Center singlet, Jordan Burroughs claimed a spot on his 10th USA Senior Team last weekend at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Burroughs, now an eight-time World Team member and two-time Olympian, accomplished ...
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Sep 8Prtc to Compete at 2021 World Team Trials
Recently, USA Wrestling announced that on September 11th and 12th the 2021 Senior World Team Trials will be held at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. The representatives for the following weights will need to be decided in Lincoln: Men’s Freestyle: 61kg, 65kg, 70kg, 79kg, 92kg, 125kg Women’s ...
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Jul 27Drexel Announces Addition of David Mcfadden to Wrestling Staff
McFadden is a current PRTC resident athlete and will serve as a volunteer assistant. The Mert ’67 and Joanne ’69 Hill Head Coach of Wrestling Matt Azevedo announced today the addition of four-time All-American David McFadden as a volunteer assistant coach. A graduate of Virginia Tech, McFadden will bring knowledge and experience ...
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Jul 10Futrell Heads Back to Upenn
By Gina Perry for Intermat The University of Pennsylvania announced their new Assistant Coach today, one who is familiar with the program and its principles—BJ Futrell, a former PRTC athlete and incredible asset to the Philadelphia wrestling community. Futrell was most recently the Director of Mentoring for Beat the ...
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Jun 21Mark Hall Downs Drew Foster at Fca "Truth and Technique" Event
Hall's bout with Foster was part of a five-match card. Charlotte, NC – Coach Slay, Mark Hall and David McFadden joined FCA Wrestling last Friday night for its inaugural “Truth and Technique” event. The five-bout card was hosted by Elevation Church and broadcast live via their YouTube channel. Hall competed in ...
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Jun 14Prtc Weekend Wrap: Ryan Miller Takes Silver at Junior Pan Ams, and Joey Mckenna Earns Bronze at Poland Open
It was another succesful weekend for the PRTC, bringing home two medals from international competition. Feature Photo of Ryan Miller Courtesy of Osvaldo Aguilar/United World Wrestling. Two Pennsylvania Regional Training Center athletes competed in international competitions last week, and both brought home medals. On Saturday, Ryan Miller wrestled in ...
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Jun 11Register For The PRTC Pre-fargo Training Camp, Sunday June 27
The Pennsylvania Regional Training Center is hosting a pre-Fargo training camp on Sunday, June 27. The camp is run by PRTC Executive Director and Olympic gold medalist Brandon Slay. It will take place at Underground Wrestling Club in Runnemede, NJ. This camp is free for all wrestlers eligible to train with ...
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Jun 1Michael O’malley Finishes Runner-up, and the Prtc Places Seven at the U23 World Team Trials
The PRTC sent 24 wrestlers to the U23 World Team Trials in Lincoln, Nebraska Over the weekend, the Pennsylvania RTC sent 24 wrestlers to the U23 World Team Trials in Lincoln, Neb. Nearly one third of them brought home hardware, as seven PRTC wrestlers reached the podium. Leading the way was Michael ...
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Jun 1Joey Mckenna Becomes Prtc’s First Pan American Champion
Team USA brought home 10 gold medals in men's freestyle including McKenna's title at 65 kg Outscoring his opponents 46-6, Joey McKenna became the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center’s first Pan American Champion. McKenna won all his matches, finishing with a perfect 4-0 record at 65 kg. On the way to his first ...
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May 25Mark Hall: a Servant's Heart and a Call to Coaching
PRTC resident athlete Mark Hall will coach a squad of athletes at the U23 World Team Trials Serving others, it’s one of the main core values practiced at the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center. You can witness our senior level athletes living out this core value day to day as ...
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May 18Prtc Crowns Two Champions and Five Total Place Winners at U23 Northeast Regional Championships
The PRTC finished in first place as a team in the U23 men's freestyle division. Over the weekend, the Pennsylvania RTC sent 18 individuals to compete in the U23 Northeast Regional Championships in Pocono Manor, Pa. The wrestlers competed in freestyle, putting on a strong performance as they netted five placements ...
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Apr 20McKenna Runner-Up at Olympic Team Trials and PRTC Results at Last Chance Qualifier
The Pennsylvania Regional Training Center is honored to congratulate Joey McKenna on his runner-up performance at the 2020 Olympic Team Trials. McKenna earned the No. 2 spot on the National Team at 65 kg for the second time in his career and the first since joining the PRTC in August of 2019. He becomes ...
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Feb 2334 matches announced for February 25 Summit 2 hosted by PRTC and WIBN Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Regional Training Center and the Wrestlers in Business Network Philadelphia Chapter are excited to release the match list for this Thursday’s Summit 2 card. The event, which follows January’s Summit 1 card, features nine middle school matches, five high school matches, five Senior-level matches, and fifteen ...
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