We helped set a world record this weekend.....
AGCHAWK
4/8/12 5:09pm
Again, if you don't want to hear a father brag a little then just move to the next thread...LOL.
This weekend my son participated in his last wrestling tournament of the spring. He got the opportunity to wrestle in the Jason Crawfard Memorial Tournament, the largest single day youth wrestling event in the nation. Check that....now the WORLD! Yup, they set the world record for the largest single day youth tournament with almost 1,400 wrestlers attending! (I believe that the final tally was 1,384) We were there at 5:45 am for registration and weigh-in and did not leave until after 10:30 that same night.
Skylor wrestled awesome and took first place too (In his age group and weight bracket of course)! I think that it's pretty cool that he can say "I took first place in the largest tournament EVER!". He was completely spent by the time it was over but I don't think he would change a thing about it!
Anyway, here is a news article on the tournament and a pic of my little man on the podium (The 3rd place finisher was so tired he stood up there for about 30 seconds and then moved on...LOL). Too cool if you ask me!
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/Wrestling-tournament-hopes-to-set-world-record-honors-boy-who-died/-/101214/10314424/-/d9pyal/-/index.html
This weekend my son participated in his last wrestling tournament of the spring. He got the opportunity to wrestle in the Jason Crawfard Memorial Tournament, the largest single day youth wrestling event in the nation. Check that....now the WORLD! Yup, they set the world record for the largest single day youth tournament with almost 1,400 wrestlers attending! (I believe that the final tally was 1,384) We were there at 5:45 am for registration and weigh-in and did not leave until after 10:30 that same night.
Skylor wrestled awesome and took first place too (In his age group and weight bracket of course)! I think that it's pretty cool that he can say "I took first place in the largest tournament EVER!". He was completely spent by the time it was over but I don't think he would change a thing about it!
Anyway, here is a news article on the tournament and a pic of my little man on the podium (The 3rd place finisher was so tired he stood up there for about 30 seconds and then moved on...LOL). Too cool if you ask me!
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ABert, they had all the wrestlers in 8 man brackets. They bracketed them by age, experience, and weight. Skylor was the Champion of the 8 yr old bracket, 2+ yrs experience, @ 49 lbs. He won his first match w/ a 1st round pin (Power double at the whistle, straight into a cradle over the top), his second match ended 7-0, and he took the championship with a 4-1 victory. Sky was bloodied and bruised but fought like a madman for that trophy! (We actually had to pack his lip with gauze due to a pretty decent cut inside his mouth during the second round). The Championship was actually closer than the 4-1 score too. It was 2-1 with 8 seconds left when Sky took his opponent down for an additional 2 points. I JUST ABOUT had a heart attack when he took that shot with 8 seconds left and a 1 point lead too! I wanted him to stay on his feet for that last 8 seconds but guess he decided that true champs don't stall for the last 8 seconds regardless of who is winning...LOL.
Sky is already asking when the new Guinness book comes out so that he can buy a copy!
Congrats.