Casey’s summer email

[86PSUPaul]

Penn State Wrestling Fans!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are back and getting ready to compete again at the end of this week in Lima, Peru and then have guys competing in a ranking series event, the Pan Am Games, and we have 15 guys competing in 3 different World Championships throughout the summer. It has been and will continue to be a busy summer but being busy in the summer means you have guys on World Teams so that is good news. With 15 of the 30 World Team spots being occupied by Penn State Athletes or Nittany Lion Wrestling Club athletes it is safe to say we will be very busy travelling all over the world this summer.



First up we have Connor and Cole Mirasola and Will Henckel competing in the U20 Pan Am Championships this Saturday in Lima, Peru. This trip will be a great opportunity to get some matches before they go compete in the World Championships in about 5 weeks. Will and the other freshmen arrived on campus a couple weeks ago to begin summer school, so it has been fun to have them on campus and watch them scrap. This is going to be a fun group of guys to watch over the next 4-5 years in college and then beyond in their freestyle careers as they love training and competing.



The next event we will have guys competing in will be a ranking series event in Budapest, Hungary on July 17th. These ranking series events allow guys to score points to get seeded at the World Championship so a lot of the guys competing in the World Championship will be there competing. Luke Lilledahl and Levi Haines will be competing in this event for us, and it gives them a chance to wrestle great competition from all over the World.



Next, on the week of August 17-20 we will have 5 guys competing in the U20 World Championships. Marcus Blaze-61KG, PJ Duke-70KG, Will Henckel-79KG, Connor Mirasola-92KG, and Cole Mirasola-120KG will all be representing the United States in what is probably considered the second toughest World Championship- second only to the Senior World Championship trying to bring home a lot of medals. We will also have 2 guys competing in the Pan Am Games around the same time on August 22nd in Paraguay. Mitchel Mesenbrink and Rocco Welsh will be competing in this event that will feature all the sports as it is the games versus just the wrestling championship.



During the week of September 13-16, we will have 3 guys competing in the Senior World Championship. PJ Duke-70KG, Levi Haines-79KG, and Kyle Snyder-97KG will all be competing in Zagreb, Croatia trying to win World Titles. This will be the first time for PJ and Levi to compete in the Senior World Championship and for Snyder, who has competed in many World Championships, it will be an opportunity to try to get back on top of the podium.



Finally, during the weekend of October 24-26, we will have 7 guys competing in the U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia. Luke Lilledahl-57KG, Marcus Blaze-65KG, PJ Duke-70KG, Mitchell Mesenbrink-74KG, Levi Haines-79KG, Rocco Welsh-86KG, and Josh Barr-92KG will all be competing at the final World Championship of the summer. This is going to be a fun trip for sure.



It is going to be an action-packed summer with a lot of competition and many opportunities for our guys to continue to learn, improve and grow. Between competitions most of the guys will be here for much of the summer training as they look forward to another fun year in a Penn State singlet. We have a great group of guys and are really excited about their potential and the goals that they have for themselves and this team. It takes an army to continue to do what these guys are doing so we thank you for all the continued support in all the different ways you have shown it. Let’s keep kicking butt!



GO LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LB99]

Penn State Wrestling Fans!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are back and getting ready to compete again at the end of this week in Lima, Peru and then have guys competing in a ranking series event, the Pan Am Games, and we have 15 guys competing in 3 different World Championships throughout the summer. It has been and will continue to be a busy summer but being busy in the summer means you have guys on World Teams so that is good news. With 15 of the 30 World Team spots being occupied by Penn State Athletes or Nittany Lion Wrestling Club athletes it is safe to say we will be very busy travelling all over the world this summer.



First up we have Connor and Cole Mirasola and Will Henckel competing in the U20 Pan Am Championships this Saturday in Lima, Peru. This trip will be a great opportunity to get some matches before they go compete in the World Championships in about 5 weeks. Will and the other freshmen arrived on campus a couple weeks ago to begin summer school, so it has been fun to have them on campus and watch them scrap. This is going to be a fun group of guys to watch over the next 4-5 years in college and then beyond in their freestyle careers as they love training and competing.



The next event we will have guys competing in will be a ranking series event in Budapest, Hungary on July 17th. These ranking series events allow guys to score points to get seeded at the World Championship so a lot of the guys competing in the World Championship will be there competing. Luke Lilledahl and Levi Haines will be competing in this event for us, and it gives them a chance to wrestle great competition from all over the World.



Next, on the week of August 17-20 we will have 5 guys competing in the U20 World Championships. Marcus Blaze-61KG, PJ Duke-70KG, Will Henckel-79KG, Connor Mirasola-92KG, and Cole Mirasola-120KG will all be representing the United States in what is probably considered the second toughest World Championship- second only to the Senior World Championship trying to bring home a lot of medals. We will also have 2 guys competing in the Pan Am Games around the same time on August 22nd in Paraguay. Mitchel Mesenbrink and Rocco Welsh will be competing in this event that will feature all the sports as it is the games versus just the wrestling championship.



During the week of September 13-16, we will have 3 guys competing in the Senior World Championship. PJ Duke-70KG, Levi Haines-79KG, and Kyle Snyder-97KG will all be competing in Zagreb, Croatia trying to win World Titles. This will be the first time for PJ and Levi to compete in the Senior World Championship and for Snyder, who has competed in many World Championships, it will be an opportunity to try to get back on top of the podium.



Finally, during the weekend of October 24-26, we will have 7 guys competing in the U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia. Luke Lilledahl-57KG, Marcus Blaze-65KG, PJ Duke-70KG, Mitchell Mesenbrink-74KG, Levi Haines-79KG, Rocco Welsh-86KG, and Josh Barr-92KG will all be competing at the final World Championship of the summer. This is going to be a fun trip for sure.



It is going to be an action-packed summer with a lot of competition and many opportunities for our guys to continue to learn, improve and grow. Between competitions most of the guys will be here for much of the summer training as they look forward to another fun year in a Penn State singlet. We have a great group of guys and are really excited about their potential and the goals that they have for themselves and this team. It takes an army to continue to do what these guys are doing so we thank you for all the continued support in all the different ways you have shown it. Let’s keep kicking butt!



GO LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for posting.

 

[WPIALBrwnPSU]

Casey left out Cael competing!

Cael is going to tear up the Blue White course for the NLWC (with his randomly selected team) on August 22nd.

 

[Throwfor5]

Casey left out Cael competing!

Cael is going to tear up the Blue White course for the NLWC (with his randomly selected team) on August 22nd.

Heard the foursome is Cael, Carter, Beau and Syd should be interesting

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

I, for one, am shocked Casey didn't comment on all the allegations swirling around out there : ) Inquiring minds want to know! That is one extremely busy "off season" for all the coaches and wrestlers. "With 15 of the 30 World Team spots being occupied by Penn State Athletes or Nittany Lion Wrestling Club athletes it is safe to say we will be very busy travelling all over the world this summer." All I can say is, "Wow"!

I can only imagine how beneficial of an experience it is for all of the wrestlers to be able to compete overseas like this. Even for those wrestlers who will be competing in the historically less competitive tournaments like the various Pan Am tournaments, just being able to experience challenges like time zone changes, foreign food, travel and accommodation complications, making weight in a foreign environment, etc., will pay dividends for their future wrestling endeavors.

Historically, it is such a great time to be an American wrestling fan. The young talent out there is just phenomenal. I can't wait to see how all the U.S. wrestlers compete at these tournaments. We wrestling fans in general and Penn State/NLWC fans in particular are truly spoiled.

On one final note, if I am not mistaken, Marcus has the chance to become the first U.S. male wrestler to medal at U17, U20 and U23. Marcus has a gold at 2023 U17, a bronze at 2024 U20 (losing to Ono) and will have the opportunity to medal at U20 again and U23 for his first attempt there. And he can accomplish all of this before turning 19!

 

[Ernie Ladd]

Heard the foursome is Cael, Carter, Beau and Syd should be interesting

This may not be received well, but I am hearing that Syd is the A (Alpha) and Beau is the B (Beta) in that scramble team.

Just trying to add some levity.

 

[Goggles Paisano]

PJ in 3 events. Pretty intense lead up to a non RS freshman year. ;-)

 

[manatree]

PJ in 3 events. Pretty intense lead up to a non RS freshman year. ;-)

I don’t see how he is going to be able to train for all three events and still take 12 credits in order to be eligible for the Fall semester.

 

[98lberEating2Lunches]

I don’t see how he is going to be able to train for all three events and still take 12 credits in order to be eligible for the Fall semester.

Gray shirt? Can one RS if they are not even academically eligible?

 

[Nitlion1986]

I would imagine there is a fairly decent support system and plan already in place to meet PJ's academic and athletic needs if he competes in all competitions.

 

[AgSurfer]

I, for one, am shocked Casey didn't comment on all the allegations swirling around out there : ) Inquiring minds want to know!

Bet you the coaches have been told by either PSU or a legal advisor to not make any public comments at this point.

 

[Spykers Secretary]

I don’t see how he is going to be able to train for all three events and still take 12 credits in order to be eligible for the Fall semester.

12 credits isn’t what it used to be and the support system is top notch. If that is the plan it will be executed well.

 

[AgSurfer]

12 credits isn’t what it used to be and the support system is top notch. If that is the plan it will be executed well.

Man, I'm so old I forgot what a credit equals. (seriously!) When I was at Penn State, we were still on the quarter system and that benefitted me tremendously. You didn't take as many classes simultaneously and you finished each quarter a lot sooner than you did with semesters. The last year I was in school, I chose to do the summer term mainly because I wanted to get finished. That was one of the best choices I ever made. A lot of my friends were there too. There was a group of us who wrestled all summer and going to classes was actually a relaxing experience - I scored a 4.0 GPA for that quarter taking senior level engineering courses. That's one summer I'd like to have back to do again!

 

[Anon1683312534]

Bet you the coaches have been told by either PSU or a legal advisor to not make any public comments at this point.

Isn't there a thread or something for this stuff?

 

[backdrft76-1]

 

[El_Jefe]

I don’t see how he is going to be able to train for all three events and still take 12 credits in order to be eligible for the Fall semester.

I think you mean 12 credits for Spring eligibility. Otherwise how did any of our true freshmen ever compete in the Fall?

The first event is before Fall starts. (Without checking the academic calendar, it's probably in the period between summer and fall sessions.)

The 2nd is before varsity practice begins, and the 3rd is before the varsity season starts. There is a month between each event.

It's manageable.

 

[The Pitchfork Rebel]

Man, I'm so old I forgot what a credit equals. (seriously!) When I was at Penn State, we were still on the quarter system and that benefitted me tremendously. You didn't take as many classes simultaneously and you finished each quarter a lot sooner than you did with semesters. The last year I was in school, I chose to do the summer term mainly because I wanted to get finished. That was one of the best choices I ever made. A lot of my friends were there too. There was a group of us who wrestled all summer and going to classes was actually a relaxing experience - I scored a 4.0 GPA for that quarter taking senior level engineering courses. That's one summer I'd like to have back to do again!

Trimesters were best.

 

[PSUPetch]

Trimesters were best.

Yes indeed. The music was the best too!

 

[manatree]

I think you mean 12 credits for Spring eligibility. Otherwise how did any of our true freshmen ever compete in the Fall?

The first event is before Fall starts. (Without checking the academic calendar, it's probably in the period between summer and fall sessions.)

The 2nd is before varsity practice begins, and the 3rd is before the varsity season starts. There is a month between each event.

It's manageable.

Enrollment in 12 credits is the minimum amount for full-time enrollment which is required in order to compete during that semester. Unless things have changed, the only exception to this is if the athlete needed less than 12 credits to graduate in their last semester of competition.

Again, I am suspicious of an incoming first year athlete to be able to dedicate enough time to training for those three events, missing all that time for travel, and take 12 credits in order to be eligible to compete during the Fall Semester. Then, you have to actually do well enough in those 12 credits in order to compete in the Spring.

 

[jayridescarbon]

Trimesters were best.

I had a lot of morning sickness in my first trimester.

 

[El_Jefe]

Enrollment in 12 credits is the minimum amount for full-time enrollment which is required in order to compete during that semester. Unless things have changed, the only exception to this is if the athlete needed less than 12 credits to graduate in their last semester of competition.

Again, I am suspicious of an incoming first year athlete to be able to dedicate enough time to training for those three events, missing all that time for travel, and take 12 credits in order to be eligible to compete during the Fall Semester. Then, you have to actually do well enough in those 12 credits in order to compete in the Spring.

I misunderstood the point being enrolling in 12 credits for fall eligibility.

As far as completion goes: PSU freshmen ROTC engineering studemts take 17-18 credits. 12 is doable.

 

[El_Jefe]

I had a lot of morning sickness in my first trimester.

Kinda like PD3 when he quit the US Open in 127th trimester.

 

[AgSurfer]

Trimesters were best.

You might be talking about the same thing. There were 3 quarters during the regular school year and then summer counted as a 4th. We would whizz through a class in about 10 - 12 weeks, I forget the exact schedule. I liked it because I could focus more intensely on fewer subjects and it seemed to help my learning performance.

 

[dicemen99]

I misunderstood the point being enrolling in 12 credits for fall eligibility.

As far as completion goes: PSU freshmen ROTC engineering studemts take 17-18 credits. 12 is doable.

More than agree, especially in this day of online classes. I'm pretty entirely sure if I went back now, I could do a 4-year degree in 2 if I went straight through.

My son went back to get a special ed degree and certification, and completed this while working full time - took 2 years and his last couple of semesters, he took 16 credits while working 40 hours per week. 3.62 GPA. Not living at home with his mommy, making his meals, doing his laundry, or having a meal plan. Just graduated in May.

My step-son, a few years back, finished 27 credits in one semester and one 5-week summer session with a 3.2 in order to gain 2nd semester admission to a university that offered him a full-ride (wrestling). All while living off-campus with no car and attending off-season and pre-season workouts with the team. And he was a kid who never would have even gone to college without wrestling (as evidenced by what he needed to do to gain admission).

Both of them did this without academic support (well, besides me).

 

[BriantheLion]

You might be talking about the same thing. There were 3 quarters during the regular school year and then summer counted as a 4th. We would whizz through a class in about 10 - 12 weeks, I forget the exact schedule. I liked it because I could focus more intensely on fewer subjects and it seemed to help my learning performance.

They were called terms… each was ten weeks of classes, then a week of finals…Three of them per academic year, and an optional(for most students)summer term.

Fall went started around Labor Day, and finished right before Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving long weekend, Winter was 2-3 weeks in December, then resumed after the holidays, at which point many of us realized we were behind in our studies since we cruised through December!

After a short break in March, Spring ran through May.

The exact timing of each term depended on the day/date variations from year to year.

A typical full time load was 10-13 credits… three major classes plus gym or a mini lab was a light load; four major classes was a full load. Most major classes were 3 credits; a few more intense ones were worth 4.

This was the setup in the late 70s.

 

[98lberEating2Lunches]

Switching to semesters sucked. It happened in the early 80s while I attended.

What was the OP topic again?

 

[BeerLion]

Switching to semesters sucked. It happened in the early 80s while I attended.

What was the OP topic again?

Freshman/Sophomore years where terms(I thought we called them Trimesters). Switch was Junior year and I LOVED it. Having zero to study for from about mid December to mid January was a huge bonus.

 

[McScoreley]

He left out the fact Cael got fired and he's taking over as HC!

 

[The Pitchfork Rebel]

I had a lot of morning sickness in my first trimester.

You might be talking about the same thing. There were 3 quarters during the regular school year and then summer counted as a 4th. We would whizz through a class in about 10 - 12 weeks, I forget the exact schedule. I liked it because I could focus more intensely on fewer subjects and it seemed to help my learning performance.

That's it. School's over right before Turkey day.. then the Pitt Game...

 

[GregPickel]

Enrollment in 12 credits is the minimum amount for full-time enrollment which is required in order to compete during that semester. Unless things have changed, the only exception to this is if the athlete needed less than 12 credits to graduate in their last semester of competition.

Again, I am suspicious of an incoming first year athlete to be able to dedicate enough time to training for those three events, missing all that time for travel, and take 12 credits in order to be eligible to compete during the Fall Semester. Then, you have to actually do well enough in those 12 credits in order to compete in the Spring.

Even with the availability of online classes that not only make this doable but are the preferred way to do it for many (if not most) athletes?

 

[manatree]

Even with the availability of online classes that not only make this doable but are the preferred way to do it for many (if not most) athletes?

Classes End: August 13
Finals: August 15
U20: August 17-20
Classes Start: August 25
Sr: September 13-16
U23: October 24-26

Assuming that like many first year athletes, they come and take classes in the second summer semester. Chances are that the travel plans for U20 will conflict with Summer Finals and will either have to be taken early, or postponed.

How much lead time will they want to arrive at each competition? You’re probably looking at missing a week for each competition. That’s missing two weeks of a 15 week semester.

Yes, I’m sure there’s a way to find him 12 credits of online GenEd, and yes, they have academic support out the wazoo, but he still has to complete the work well enough to be eligible for the Spring Semester as well.

Impossible? No. But I am suspicious of him being able to do it well. Realistically, I could see him withdrawing from U23. If I were him I would either redshirt and focus on the three tournaments or pick one tournament and enroll in the Fall Semester.

 

[manatree]

As far as completion goes: PSU freshmen ROTC engineering studemts take 17-18 credits. 12 is doable.

I love our guys, but let’s not pretend that the athletic department is dominated by engineering students. Barraclough & Bobulinski are not the norm.

 

[GregPickel]

Classes End: August 13
Finals: August 15
U20: August 17-20
Classes Start: August 25
Sr: September 13-16
U23: October 24-26

Assuming that like many first year athletes, they come and take classes in the second summer semester. Chances are that the travel plans for U20 will conflict with Summer Finals and will either have to be taken early, or postponed.

How much lead time will they want to arrive at each competition? You’re probably looking at missing a week for each competition. That’s missing two weeks of a 15 week semester.

Yes, I’m sure there’s a way to find him 12 credits of online GenEd, and yes, they have academic support out the wazoo, but he still has to complete the work well enough to be eligible for the Spring Semester as well.

Impossible? No. But I am suspicious of him being able to do it well. Realistically, I could see him withdrawing from U23. If I were him I would either redshirt and focus on the three tournaments or pick one tournament and enroll in the Fall Semester.

I totally get where you’re coming from, I guess I’ve just seen it be A-OK over the years across multiple sports, majors, schedules, etc., to not think twice about it. But your points are fair. We’ll see how it plays out.

 

[El_Jefe]

I love our guys, but let’s not pretend that the athletic department is dominated by engineering students. Barraclough & Bobulinski are not the norm.

Who said they are? But with 6 fewer credits -- 2/3 of the coarseload, and probably not engineering classes ...

 

[Nittering Nabob]

He left out the fact Cael got fired and he's taking over as HC!

You jumped ahead a few steps. Cael has been placed on temporary double secret probation with explicit instructions from Kraft and PSU Counsel not to comment on anything.

We now must wait for the PSU BOT (Brain of Trust) to determine his fate. It's doubtful, but Cael could very well get a hand-delivered note in the middle of the night.

 

[Smee]

You jumped ahead a few steps. Cael has been placed on temporary double secret probation with explicit instructions from Kraft and PSU Counsel not to comment on anything.

We now must wait for the PSU BOT (Brain of Trust) to determine his fate. It's doubtful, but Cael could very well get a hand-delivered note in the middle of the night.

Will he have to give back the fax machine?!?

 

[TiogaLion]

Man, I'm so old I forgot what a credit equals. (seriously!) When I was at Penn State, we were still on the quarter system and that benefitted me tremendously. You didn't take as many classes simultaneously and you finished each quarter a lot sooner than you did with semesters. The last year I was in school, I chose to do the summer term mainly because I wanted to get finished. That was one of the best choices I ever made. A lot of my friends were there too. There was a group of us who wrestled all summer and going to classes was actually a relaxing experience - I scored a 4.0 GPA for that quarter taking senior level engineering courses. That's one summer I'd like to have back to do again!

Penn State was not on a "Quarter System", we were on a TrI-mester system. Trimesters are 10 week terms with "Semester" class hours, so a 3-credit course was 40 hours of classroom, which is the same as a Semester system.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

From the below article:

"John Oswald served Penn State for thirteen years, retiring on June 30, 1983. One of his last major administrative acts was to approve a return to a semester calendar.

The University's term system had never been completely satisfactory, even after the late September starting date for fall term had been advanced by several weeks beginning in 1973. There were too many expensive and time-consuming registration and examination periods. Many students and faculty found the 75-minute class periods to go beyond normal attention spans and the ten-week terms to be too brief to permit adequate preparation of research projects. The large summer enrollment, the main reason for the switch to the term system, had never materialized.

The implementation of the new calendar came during the first year of the administration of the University's fourteenth president, Bryce Jordan, formerly Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas. The trustees had elected Dr. Jordan in October 1982 after a long and careful search that involved board members, faculty, and students."

Serving Pennsylvania and the Nation

John Oswald served Penn State for thirteen years, retiring on June 30, 1983. One of his last major administrative acts was to approve a return to a semester

libraries.psu.edu

 

[AgSurfer]

Penn State was not on a "Quarter System", we were on a TrI-mester system. Trimesters are 10 week terms with "Semester" class hours, so a 3-credit course was 40 hours of classroom, which is the same as a Semester system.

Well OK but we’re still describing the same situation. Heck I don’t remember the names of all of my professors and there were some that I really liked. What I do remember is that Dr Shearer in the ME department had one super hot blonde secretary! Being a bit older than most of the ME students, I did make it a point to flirt with her whenever I got the chance.

 

[Goggles Paisano]

I can't wait to see PJ as a starter, but with that FS tourney schedule and the fact we don't need him yet; I hope he redshirts, and kills it in a few opens.

He is the first recruit, I really think has a realistic shot at going wire to wire undefeated. Blaze will probably lose a match or two (before March) if he goes as a true freshman. ;-)