H&LD E35 - Travis Mercado: Colorado Mesa Women's Head Coach

Headlocks & Lateral Drops

English - April 29, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 131 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Previous Episode: H&LD E34 - Olympian Ike Anderson: Head Coach at Castle View High School

Next Episode: H&LD E36 - Jim Sanford: Hall of Famer and UNI National Champion

H&LD E35 w/ Travis Mercado: Getting picked up by his shirt and told to wrestle (00:01:15). Cal State Fullerton club experience (00:08:45). Coaching transition from high school to college women’s wrestling (00:21:50). Being named the first ever head coach of Colorado Mesa Women’s wrestling team (00:28:55). Starting from ground zero (00:35:10). The ins and outs of having 15 qualifiers for 10 weight classes in NCAA women’s wrestling (00:44:20). Building a team to climb to the top of women’s wrestling (00:50:55). Coach’s take on how to continue to grow women’s wrestling (01:05:45). Being the only women’s college wrestling program in Colorado and having Colorado sanction girls’ high school wrestling (01:12:00). Coach Mercado says the split is good (01:22:40). Give girls and women the chance (01:35:41).

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Twitter: @CoachTrav63 @ComesaWWR

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