Twitter Page of the US Coast Guard Academy Wrestling Team. 34 Collegiate All-Americans. 5 Individual National Finalists. 2021 NWCA D3 Nationals 4th Place Team.
Step foot on campus and see the doors begin to open for you…
You don’t need military experience in your family to set yourself up for the rest of your life.
Come unlock your true potential. Visit the
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Your 2024 Most Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA National Championships… from the United States Coast Guard Academy… CHASE RANDALL!!
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𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍!! 👑
WITH A 📌PIN📌 CHASE RANDALL WINS THE TITLE AT 133 LBS! HE BECOMES THE FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPION FOR THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY WRESTLING PROGRAM!
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What can't our guy do?!
Coy Spooner was recently announced as the Regimental Commander for the (entire) Corp of Cadets!
This is the highest leadership position a cadet can earn at the USCGA!
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𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐘!!!
Just 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 from the Northeast to be bringing home a National Team Trophy as Coast Guard finishes 4th in the nation with 109 team points!
Who says you can’t do it here?! LFG!!!
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🆂🆃🅸🅻🅻 🅷🆄🅽🆃🅸🅽🅶! 💯
The Coast Guard Academy Wrestling team will head west in less than ✌️weeks as the lone representative from the Northeast at the NWCA D3 Nationals!
We have 🔟 hammers who will look to do damage out in Iowa in March 12-13th!
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INTO THE NATIONAL FINALS!
With an 11-3 major decision, Coy Spooner advances to tonight’s National Championship bout! Finals will begin at 7pm EST.
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Paul Detwiler finishes his career as the 2022 National Runner-Up at 184lbs 🤼
Detwiler was a 3x All-American and 2x National Finalist. He will go down as arguably one of the best in CGA Wrestling history. Thank you, Paul!
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INTO THE FINALS!!
Chase Randall ends two-time defending national champion Robbie Precin’s 90 match streak with a takedown in overtime to win 8-5!
He will take on Baldwin Wallace’s Jaden Hinton in tonight’s championship final at 7 PM EST!
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To the greatest fans in college wrestling, THANK YOU!
This season was nothing like we expected, but these 🔟 finished off on a high note! We are so proud of them.
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It’s Graduation Week at the
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Parents are in, the fun has started, less than 72 hours until our Cadets become Ensigns!
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An incredibly special day here in New London as we celebrate the
@uscoastguard
’s newest Officers! Congratulations to the Class of 2019 - Fair winds and following seas!
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Mom & Dad, your Swabs are healthy and well!
The overarching message they wanted to tell you is a simple one… “𝙎𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀 𝙎𝙉𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙎!” 😂🥨🍿
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Coy Spooner finishes as the National Runner-Up at 197lbs, bringing a close to the 2023 NCAA Championships.
We finished with 5 National Qualifiers, 4 All-Americans, 1 National Finalist, and a 9th Place team finish in the nation!
We are so proud.
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A busy day here in New London!
Our first company swears in as the newest Cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy!
One down, seven more to go today!
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Named in honor of ADM Frank Ashton Leamy, this award is presented to the wrestler who demonstrated exceptional leadership throughout the year.
Congratulations, Mr. Accountable, Coy Spooner!
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Class of 2021,
You have been stewards of the program the last four years.
Best of luck in the fleet. Do great things and be great people. Continue to make us proud! Come back home and visit us in New London!
BZ,
Coach Bratland & Coach Foley
#MFSL
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@WrestlingHotTa1
@VNcaas
Solid list. But you might be forgetting a school that sets you up for life, debt-free, while serving a humanitarian mission 😁
Your experiences here will get you a pretty high seed in life!
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𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝔸𝕥𝕙𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣 !!
Capping off this afternoon’s CGA Class of 2021 Athletics Banquet, Wrestling’s own Jon Wagner was voted the Top Male Athlete of the Year!! 🏆 (1/3)
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CHAMP! Coy Spooner knocks off two nationally ranked opponents en route to his first tournament title at the Roger Williams Invite!
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With their title performances last weekend, our captains, David McCullough and Coy Spooner, became the 49th and 50th Individual Conference/Regional Champions in program history!
Who will be next?
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Congratulations to our Head Coach,
@CoachBratland
, on a career milestone of 💯 career dual meet wins!
Coach Bratland notched dual wins 1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ & 1️⃣0️⃣2️⃣ of his career during the 2020-21 COVID shortened season.
Many more to come!
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𝟒-𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐓‼️
Coast Guard wins the Doug Parker Invitational for the fourth consecutive year! The Bears used 8 finalists and another placer to dominate the field, winning by a margin of over 40 points.
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These guys get it done in the classroom and on the mat! 📚🤼
1/c Jon Wagner is on pace to become our first 4x Scholar All-American and 4x National Qualifier 🧠💪 He looks to become the third 4x NQ in program history!
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We finished 4th out of 18 teams at the Doug Parker Invitational!
Remke (165lbs) - 2nd
Detwiler (184lbs) - 2nd
Irwin (285lbs) - 2nd
Gosch (157lbs) - 3rd
Aeberli (174lbs) - 3rd
Berson (184lbs) - 3rd
We will be back in action Dec 1st at USM
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For the 1st time in program history, Coast Guard places all 🔟 wrestlers at the NCAA Regional Championships!
Onto Day 2 with a full squad!! 💯
Wrestling will begin at 11am EST (this is a change from yesterday).
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✈️🎟️ Next Stop, Roanoke!
YOUR REGIONAL CHAMPION AT 197lbs… COY SPOONER!!
Spoons earns a 4-2 decision and is heading back to the National Championships!
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One would wrestle and the other would up the ante.
Congratulations to both Paul and Tony on their tournament awards!!
🔷 Paul Detwiler, Most Outstanding Wrestler
🔶 Tony Ulaszek, Most Pins in the Least Amount of Time
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It’s a good day to be onboard the
@USCGAcademy
! ☀️🌸🙌
The 103 acres is buzzing as we enter the final week of classes for the Spring Semester!
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Bears Win Fifth Straight Ted Reese Invitational!
In total, the Bears had 8 finalists and 7 champs (including Co-Champs at 149lbs), to go along with 12 total placers!
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✈️🎟️ Next Stop, Roanoke!
YOUR REGIONAL CHAMPION AT 184lbs… DAVID McCULLOUGH!!
McCullough uses a 5-4 decision to win the title and punch his first ticket the National Championships!
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HERE THEY ARE!
While we continue to cure and settle our new mats, enjoy a peak at Side 1 of our new designs!
What does Side 2 look like 😳👀
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197 | Wagner wins a 3-2 decision over Ostenbeck (Augsburg) to finish 5th in the nation!!
Jon ends his CGA career as a 4x National Qualifier and a 2x All-American!
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Two of the most important men in our program.
Bruce Cobb (L), our equipment manager
Jake Ibey (R), our athletic trainer
Thank you both for your unwavering commitment to our program’s success!
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Congratulations to our '23-'24 team captains, as voted on by their teammates!
Our program is in great hands with Coy, Steven, Joe, and Chase leading from the front!
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Ready to (finally) take the mat this Friday! 🤼
📍 Rhode Island College
📅 Friday, February 19th
⏰ 5pm
💻 Streaming Available on RIC’s Website & Our Facebook Page
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TODAY! At 4pm EST the Coast Guard Wrestling team will hold our annual Intersquad Dual Meet! 🤼
The card has 17 total matches on it, with several eye-popping 👀 match ups 💪
We will record it and make it available later for select audiences 📽
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That’s the end of Session III 🤼
McCullough caps his career off with a win to finish in 5th place at 184lbs!
DiGiorgio wins to finish 7th at heavyweight!
Randall finishes 8th in arguably the deepest weight in the tournament!
One more match to go….
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The NEWA Dual Meet Championships go down this Sunday, January 22nd! Coast Guard enters as the
#3
seed & will compete against Bridgewater State first.
Rounds will run 9:30am, 11am, 12:30pm, and 3pm - all EST. Live video will be available on FLO!
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ONE WEEK!
Swab Summer is about to commence. 290+ Swabs will flock to New London in the coming days to begin their 200 week training!
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Final Score from Billard Hall tonight! CGA improves to 2-1 in duals after knocking off WPI 29-12. We are back in action this Sunday at home against Norwich and Southern Maine!
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Heck of a first season on the mat for Coy Spooner! 👇
🔸 27-2
🔹 Northeast Region Champ
🔸 All-American
🔹 Scholar All-American
🔸 NEWA Rookie of the Year
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2015 USCGA graduate and 3x All-American Nathan Giorgio, represents the All-Navy wrestling team. Awesome opportunity for the Coast Guard and Navy to allow graduates to keep wrestling post college. Nate will next compete at the U.S. Open April 24-28th.
𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄! 💯
Jon Wagner checks in at
#1
️⃣ at 197 LBS in the second edition of the NWCA Poll! 🤼
Catch Jon in action this weekend as Coast Guard heads north for our second dual of the season, this Saturday at Southern Maine!
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On Saturday, we had the pleasure of USCG Admiral Ray in attendance for our dual against NEC.
Following the victory, ADM spoke about the skills they are learning through athletics & the connection to the fleet.
Thank you, ADM Ray!
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✈️🎟️ Next Stop, Roanoke!
Nate Fitt charges his way out of the 6-seed to become a Regional Finalist and a National Qualifier at 141lbs! See you in two weeks!
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We practice what we preach.
Come down to our Room around 3pm most days & you'll see our coaches on the mat, watching film, drilling new techniques w/ each other to actually get better themselves.
We will bring the best out of you, because we bring the best out in each other.
Awarded to the Fourth-Class cadet who most impacted the team’s success in the 2021-22 season… Congratulations to Chase Randall!
Chase went 11-2 this season earning the
#1
seed at the NCAA Northeast Region and All-Region honors.
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8️⃣ Straight Winning Seasons & 1️⃣8️⃣ All-Americans Later… Safe to say this is no fluke, it’s just the SPAR Life in full effect.
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A powerful way to start our week here at the
#CoastGuardAcademy
!
This morning we welcome in our CGAS candidates, and their families, who will be attending various prep schools nationwide to prepare for their own CGA journey ahead
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