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“Anybody can Wrestle.”
CASE STUDY: ANTHONY ROBLES
Anthony Robles American wrestler who won the 2010–11 NCAA individual wrestling championship in the 125-pound weight class despite being born with only one leg. He is the author of the book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion.
Starting Wrestling in the eighth grade, Robles had a record of 5–8 as freshman, but eventually finished his high school career winning two state wrestling championships and a becoming Senior National Champion, going 96–0 during in his junior and senior years.
CASE STUDY: SGT JENNA BURKERT
A boy ripped a flyer out of six-year-old Jenna’s hand, telling her, “Jenna, you can’t do that – you’re a girl!” From that moment, she was determined to prove him wrong. She chose to focus on wrestling in high school, and knew from a young age she wanted to go to the Olympics.
Graduating from Marquette High School, Jenna she attended the Northern Michigan University Olympic Development program before becoming a resident athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Spring.
Jenna joined the Army and the World Class Athlete Program in 2016, and since then has won a national title, the World Team Trials, and placed third at the US Open.
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CASE STUDY: McZiggy Richards
McZiggy Richards a native of St. Vincent and member of their U17 national soccer team before moving and attending Wingate High School in Brooklyn’s NY.
Richards during his sophomore year, and first year in the country, went out for the wrestling team, he immediately won state titles in freestyle and Greco-Roman, and was a High School All American by the time he graduated.
After a long and clear vision at at his life, McZiggy continued on the unconvential route – heading to St.Benedicts Prep and Finger Lakes Community College before finally being accepted as a student-athlete at Cornell University.
A decade later, McZiggy Richards is an alumni of Cornell University and holds a leadership position with Amazon Corporate.
