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Weight Classes Missing
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Weight Classes Missing
by ff46 on Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:58 pm
It seems to me that there are a couple of weight classes missing. I don't understand why there aren't any weight classes between 215 lbs. and 285 lbs. In high school (today) a lot of kids are between 225- 250 lb. range, why isn't there a weight class for these students? Using the 10% weight loss rule a wrestler that weighs 240 lbs. can lose down to 216 lbs., this still doesn't drop them to the 215 lb. class, so the only choice he has (essentially) is to try and gain weight or give up as much as 69 lbs. to compete. Wouldn't it only make sense to create a 225 lb. and 245 lb. class so that these kids could compete against wrestlers that were closer to their actual weight?
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Re: Weight Classes Missing
by manofnodreams on Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:00 am
Man i wonder that some times too cause i'm a 215. I'm always wondering during weigh in if i was to wrestle 285 for weighing too much
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Re: Weight Classes Missing
by Coach Swayz on Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:47 pm
Well the beauty of wrestling at the high school level is each state can dictate their own set of rules (to a degree). Texas and New York both have 15 weight classes instead of the standard 14. New York opts for the ultra light 98 lb weight class, while Texas has a 180 pound weight class. Gives more options in a few weights if you are athletic at 180. However in club level of college they have a 235 weight class, but you best be cutting from 280, because those guys aren't potatoes.
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