Wrestling EVENTS. ELIGIBILITY: Prior to entering, please refer to the SGA 2015 Eligibility Requirements found at SGA2015.com/Eligibility.

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1 Wrestling DATES: July 31 August 2, 2015 ELIGIBILITY: Prior to entering, please refer to the SGA 2015 Eligibility Requirements found at SGA2015.com/Eligibility. SITES: All divisions except Beach Wrestling: Pinnacle Bank Arena (400 Pinnacle Arena Drive, Lincoln) Beach Wrestling: Spikes Beach Bar & Grill (2300 Judson, Lincoln) ADMISSION: Admission will be charged daily at Pinnacle Bank Arena. OFFICIAL SPORT SPONSOR: Adults: $5 Students (6-18 Years): $2 Children (5 & Younger): FREE Admission with Super Pass: FREE All registered athletes receive a complimentary Super Pass in the athlete packet. Additional Super Passes for spectators and family members can be purchased for $20 at SGA2015.com/Admissions. The Super Pass gains free admission to all SGA 2015 events and venues, including the Opening Ceremonies, Athlete Villages and competition sites. JORDAN BURROUGHS TECHNIQUE CLINIC: 2012 US Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs will host a special technique clinic for SGA wrestlers on Thursday, July 30 at Pinnacle Bank Arena from 7-8 p.m. The clinic is free for registered State Games of America wrestlers and paid coaches. Parents and other spectators are welcome to attend, but must sit in the seats and will not be admitted at floor level on the mats. Learn more about Jordan at COACHES: Registered Wrestling coaches will receive a special Coach Pass, which will give them access to the floor at Pinnacle Bank Arena (PBA) during competition. Only registered coaches with a Coach Pass will be allowed on the floor. Coaches can pre-register at SGA2015.com/Wrestling and pick up their pass at the check-in table at PBA. All coaches who preregister will also receive the SGA athlete packet, which includes the athlete shirt, Super Pass (for free admission to the Opening Ceremonies, Athlete Villages and all competition sites), and other sponsor gifts. Coaches who don t pre-register can purchase a pass on-site at PBA, but will receive the full athlete packet only as supplies last. NOTE: Age determined as of July 31, CLEANCORE TECHNOLOGIES: SGA Championship mats cleaned by Nebraska-based CleanCore Technologies. CleanCore is an all-natural, chemical-free, general purpose cleaner a form of natural cleaning. For more information, please visit CleanCoreTech.com. EVENTS Event Name Event Code Event Name Event Code Advantage 7-10 Years 1 Scholastic 4-6 Years 20 Advantage Years 2 Scholastic 7-8 Year 21 Advantage Years 3 Scholastic 9-10 Years 22 Advantage Years 4 Scholastic Years 23 Advantage 20 & Over 5 Scholastic Years 24 Beach 5-8 Years 6 Scholastic Years 25 Beach 9-11 Years 7 Scholastic Years 26 Beach Years 8 Scholastic Years 27 Beach Years 9 *Scholastic 25 & Over 28 Beach 18 & Over 10 Takedown 6-9 Years 29 Freestyle 7-10 Years 11 Takedown Years 30 Freestyle Years 12 Takedown Years 31 Freestyle Years 13 Takedown Years 32 Freestyle Years 14 Takedown 19 & Over 33

2 Freestyle 20 & Over 15 Greco 8-11 Years 16 Greco Years 17 Greco Years 18 Greco 18 & Over 19 *Wrestlers in the Scholastic 25 & Over division will be given one pound per year over the age of 30. Example: A 45 year old wrestler who weighs 165 lbs will be recorded as 150 lbs. NOTE: Participants will be allowed to move up an age division only with special approval of the tournament director. Must be at least 25 years old to wrestle in Scholastic 25 & Over. WEIGH-INS All weigh-ins, including those for Beach Wrestling, will be held at Pinnacle Bank Arena. WEIGH-IN SCHEDULE: Thursday, July 30 Greco: 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Followed by Jordan Burroughs Technique Clinic (7-8 p.m.) Friday, July 31 Freestyle: 8 a.m. 9 a.m. Scholastic 14 & Under: 4 p.m. 5 p.m. (UPDATED 7/23/15) Saturday, August 1 Scholastic 15 & Over: 8 a.m. 9 a.m. (UPDATED 7/6/15) Beach 14 & Under: 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Beach 15 & Over: 3 p.m. 4 p.m. Advantage: 3 p.m. 4 p.m. Sunday, August 2 Takedown: 8 a.m. 9 a.m. Wrestlers must weigh-in wearing either a singlet or gym shorts. Participants are required to weigh just one time. The weight of each contestant will be recorded to nearest pound. A referee will inspect contestants for the presence of oils or greasy substances on the body, all jewelry, long fingernails, skin condition, health, and safety measures. Wrestlers suspected of having skin conditions will not be allowed to compete without current approval letter/form from a medical doctor. Those who report late for a weigh-in period risk not being bracketed for that session. Wrestlers that are just participating on Sunday may weigh during any of the weigh-in sessions on Saturday. There are no set weight classes for this tournament. The weight of the wrestler at weigh-ins is recorded and will be used for all sessions to make pairings. Wrestlers will only weigh-in once. We will attempt to pair wrestlers up as fairly as possible with a maximum weight difference of 10%. The maximum number of wrestlers placed in a bracket will be 8 wrestlers. We recommend that wrestlers not to cut weight and participate at their natural weight. NOTE: Wrestlers are allowed to weigh-in during an earlier weigh-in period. EVENT SCRATCHES AFTER WEIGH-INS: If you have an injury or illness that leaves you unable to wrestle after you have weighedin, please inform the pairings manager to scratch you from your remaining events. No shows in the brackets create many unnecessary problems for our staff. Please text or call for events that you will be pulling out of. Please do not call this number prior to the start of wrestling competition. It is the number for the TrackWrestling manager who has nothing to do with entries.

3 COMPETITION TIMELINE FRIDAY, JULY 31 Session 1 - Greco Session 2 Freestyle SGA 2015 Opening Ceremonies Start Time: TBD Memorial Stadium (One Stadium Dr, Lincoln) SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 Session 3 Scholastic (14 Years & Younger) Session 4 Scholastic (15 Years & Older) Session 5 Beach (14 Years & Younger) Start Time: 6 p.m. All Beach Wrestling competition takes place at Spikes Beach Bar & Grille Session 6 Beach (15 Years & Older) Start Time: 8:30 p.m. All Beach Wrestling competition takes place at Spikes Beach Bar & Grille SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 Session 7 Advantage Session 8 Takedown COMPETITION FORMAT Advantage: Two periods of two minutes. Overtime is a 30-second tie-breaker with the winner of coin flip picks up or down. Beach: Two periods of two minutes. Criteria will be used to break ties. Freestyle: Two periods of two minutes. Criteria will be used to break ties. Greco: Two periods of two minutes. Criteria will be used to break ties. Scholastic: Three periods of 90 seconds. NFHS Overtime Rules will be used. Takedown: Two periods of two minutes. Overtime is sudden victory with no time limit. BRACKETING: TrackWrestling will be used to manage the tournament. PAIRING FORMATS: Weights with 4 to 8 Wrestlers: Brackets with True Second Weights with 3 Wrestlers: Round Robin Pools Weights with 2 Wrestlers: Best Two out of Three

4 RULES For all divisions except Beach, wrestlers must wear a singlet and wrestling shoes. Headgear is recommended but not required. Advantage: Before the start of the match, a coin is flipped and the winner picks top or bottom for first period. Wrestlers will start in the opposite position in the second period. Match will be stopped for either an escape or reversal. The scoring wrestler will start in the down position when the match is restarted. If a reversal occurs that puts the opponent on his back the match will not be stopped till the near fall situation has ended. Beach: All male competitors must wear a swimsuit only. The female competitors will be allowed to participate in whatever they feel is comfortable for them. No shoes, socks, or jewelry will be allowed. Wrestling will be conducted on a sand surface with a 20 foot diameter circle. Match will be called as if was a freestyle match, but no ground wrestling will occur. The match is stopped after someone has scored, and then is restarted from the neutral position. It is possible for both wrestlers to score on the same action. If a wrestler forces and holds his opponents face into the sand he will be rewarded one point. Freestyle & Greco: USA Wrestling Rules. Scholastic: NFHS Wrestling Rules. Takedown: Takedown 2 points. Takedown with near fall 4 points. No falls can happen. Called like a Scholastic match. TECHNICAL FALLS: All styles - 10 points. RULES CLINICS: A rules clinic for the style being conducted that session will be held 5 minutes before the start of each session. AWARDS MEDALS: Custom State Games of America gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the top three wrestlers in each bracket. PLAQUES: Wrestlers who win 6 gold medals will receive a special State Games of America plaque. IRON MAN SHIRTS: Special Iron Man t-shirts, provided by White Castle Roofing, will be given to those wrestlers who earn nine or more points in medals (three points for a gold medal, two points for a silver medal and one point for a bronze medal). REGISTRATION FEES & DEADLINES Participants: IF REGISTERED BY THE DISCOUNT DEADLINE OF MONDAY, JUNE 1: First Event: $39 per wrestler Additional Events: $13 per wrestler IF REGISTERED BETWEEN JUNE 2 AND JULY 1: First Event: $44 per wrestler Additional Events: $13 per wrestler FINAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE WEDNESDAY, JULY 1: The final registration deadline for most sports is Wednesday, July 1. Some sports will accept late registrations with an additional $10 late fee.

5 IMPORTANT NOTES: Registered wrestlers seeking to add events after July 1 will be charged $15 per event. Wrestlers may enter only one event per session. Wrestlers MAY NOT enter any events for an older age division than their current age, without approval of the Sport Director. MULTI-EVENT DISCOUNT NOTE: If registering for multiple events, all entries must occur in the same transaction to receive the multi-event discount. Coaches: $40 per coach if registered by June 1 $45 per coach if registered after June 1 $50 per coach if pass is purchased on-site at Pinnacle Bank Arena ENTRY FEE INCLUDES: 2015 State Games of America athlete shirt, free admission to the Opening Ceremonies and Athlete Village(s) and other sponsored items in the athlete packet. FURTHER INFORMATION Sport Specific Questions: Contact Wrestling Director Craig Hellwege at chellwege@gmail.com. If you wish to speak with Craig, please include your number in the . Online Registration/Website Questions: Contact the State Games of America office at or info@sga2015.com. All dates, times, locations and formats are tentative at this time. The Nebraska Sports Council reserves the right to make changes to the sport information noted on this page. Some dates, locations and times may change due to registration numbers. Participants are encouraged to check sport info often for any changes.