Bloodround Wrestling Podcast

This week Tommy and Kevin talk about CSUB's recent addition of AJ Ferrari, as well as some of the movement into and out of the Hawkeye wrestling room. We also are joined by Izzak Olejnik of NIU and Oklahoma State. He talks with us about his career, big matches, the recent additions to OK State, and his plans for the future. We wrap up with other recent news and parent corner. Rock On!

We're back! After some timing conflicts over the last couple of weeks, Tommy and I are back on the mics. We review the Olympic results, talk through some of the movement over the last weeks, and discuss Burroughs coming back for the Non-Olympic weight Trials in Omaha!

This week Tommy and I are joined by the incomparable Jason Bryant. We talk a little bit of everything under the son. Fargo, being old, being bald, connections through the years in the sport. We also cover Little Rock, Minnesota, St. Cloud State, and even some Karaoke. We wrap up with some Parent Corner and then we Rock On.

This week Tommy and I briefly cover the amazing opportunity that Mijian Lopez has to be the only 5x Olympic Champion in any sport ever. We also then reconnect with Michigan Legend and successful businessman Mike Amine. We talk about his recent trip to Vancouver, his son's wrestling careers, the Bormet era at Michigan, CKWC and the contributions that Sergei Beloglazov has made. We wrap it up with his plans for Paris and a parent corner from us. Enjoy and Rock On!

This week Tommy and I talk through GVSU's Women's program, their addition of Sage Mortimer, and other pickups that they had. We also talk through the Russian's not participating in the Olympics. Prior that that we discuss the additions of Kamal Bey and Frank Chamizo to the Olympics. We also touch on the expanding usage of our logo and namesake. 

This week we talk about Columbia hiring Donny Pritzlaff as their Head Coach. Then we dive into an interview with Central Michigan Head Wrestling Coach, Tom Borrelli. We talk through his historic credentials, some of the career highlights, and the National Duals. We also talk through the new coaching staff, some of his other notable D1 coaches from CMU, and we wrap it up by talking about the foundation layers of the program. We also talk through how long it takes to make Casey Cunningham exhausted. It turns out it takes an hour and forty five minutes. Fire Up Chips, and Rock On!

This week we talk through some of the recent moves in the transfer portal as well as on the coaching side. Then we had the chance to speak with Missouri wrestling great Allan Hart. I publicly apologize for a Tweet from Detroit, then we talk through his style, wrestling for Brian Smith and at St. Eds in High School. We also discuss his new gig as a High School coach in Allen Texas. Then we talk through his upcoming wrestling for CLAW, and what we can look forward to with that. 

This week we revisit the premier match from Beat the Streets. We also get to chat with the Associate Head Coach of The Ohio State University, J Jaggers. He shared his insight from the event, along with his feelings on how the team has performed in their recent freestyle and greco events. He also talks through his career as an athlete, along with the transition to coaching. Rock On!

This week Tommy and I discuss a lot of the transfer portal moves along with coaching changes. We also talk through some upcoming events such as Beat The Streets NY, the U20/U23 trials, and we discuss what other jobs Mike Evans would be suited for. Rock on!

This week we talk about the awesome Olympic qualifying results from Lee, Retherford, and the valiant effort from Kamal Bey. We also talk with NCAA Champion and all around awesome dude Kyven Gadson. We talk through his wrestling career, his continued education, his aspirations of calling the 2028 Olympics, and a variety of other fun topics. We finish up by congratulating Malik Amine on a great career and we get to parent corner.