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Henri Deglane International 11-27-09 ·
I got the privilege to travel to Nice, France over Thanksgiving week to compete in the Henri Deglane tournament. Before and after the tournament I was able to spend some time sightseeing and enjoying Nice. Nice is in southern France right off of the Mediterranean Sea. This was a great trip in a beautiful city which was capped off by a great dinner hosted by the France Wrestling Federation. I finished 5th in the tournament which I have done now for the third time in overseas tournaments. I wrestled four matches defeating two Frenchmen and losing to Turkey and Moldova. I wrestled 11 periods which is a good amount for one tournament. I came just shy of the finals losing in the semi-finals in a very close match to the Turk. The tournament and trip was a refreshing change of pace and revamped my year. I was able to set new standards and guidelines for some of my training in hope that this will help me come home with medals in the future.
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Silver Medal at Sunkist International 10-25-09 ·
Sunkist sure felt like the first tournament of the year, starting off slow. However, I ended up winning my first match by a fall after falling behind in the first period. In the second match, I continued my rustic streak but pulled off a victory in the third period. I ended up placing 2nd in the tournament losing to friend and teammate Jake Curby in the finals. At the end of the day I was feeling fortunate of my results in comparison to my performance. I will compete in a few weeks in NYC. As for now I return back to school and practice. Thanks for all your support. That’s all I have for now. I’ll keep you posted and keep praying for my success.
Sunkist International 10-21-09 ·
I just arrived to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the Sunkist International Tournament this weekend. It is nice to leave 40 degree and rainy weather to arrive to 90 degree and sunny weather. This is the first tournament of this school year, and much has happened this year. The USOEC is under new coaching staff (Dennis Hall Head Coach and Willie Madison Assistant Coach). The former coaches (Ivan Ivanov Head Coach and Jim Gruenwald Assistant Coach) pursued different coaching positions around the country. It has been a smooth transition thanks to Dennis and Willie; they have done a great job to keep our program running as usual. This will be the first tournament I will be wrestling in over the next month. I will also be traveling to New York City and Nice, France. As for this tournament, I will be weighing in on Friday and wrestling on Saturday. The results can be found on themat.com. Thanks for all your support. That’s all I have for now. I’ll keep you posted and keep praying for my success.
World Team Trial Results ·
This was my fourth time wrestling in the World Team Trials Tournament. This was not my best finish by pure facts, I didn’t do as well as I had planned, however this was probably my best performance. I started off the day very well. I wrestled Matt Holt in my first match of the day and won in straight periods 1-0, 5-0. My next match was against 2004 Olympian Oscar Wood, again taking the match in straight periods 1-0, 7-0. Winning that match put me into the semi-finals against Mark Rial. I would lose a tight match with less than ten seconds remaining in the match (0-2, 6-0, 2-0). I would then lose my next match to CC Fisher. This eliminated me from the tournament leaving me in fifth place. I have continued to grow and get stronger. I am on the verge of reaching some of my major goals. I will break for the summer and return to Marquette in August to continue training and school. Thanks for all your support. That’s all I have for now. I’ll keep you posted and keep praying for my success.
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World Team Trials- May 29, 2009 ·
I am currently in Council Bluffs, Iowa, for the World Team Trials. The winner of this tournament will be representing the USA in the World Championships held in Denmark. This tournament showcases the best wrestlers the USA has to offer. This will be a very tough tournament. I am focused, relaxed and ready to go. I will weigh in Saturday and wrestle on Sunday. If you are not busy on Sunday you can watch the tournament on the internet. Here is a site that can help you get to the coverage for Sunday (http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=20398 ).There will also be wrestling on Saturday, if you are a die hard you can check out both days. Thanks for all your support. That’s all I have for now. I’ll keep you posted and keep praying for my success.
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TheMat.com Rankings - 03/23/2009 ·
66 KG/145.5 LBS.
1. Faruk Sahin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
2. Jacob Curby, LaGrange, Ill. (USOEC/New York AC)
3. Oscar Wood, Fountain, Colo. (U.S. Army)
4. Kerry Regner, Darlington, Pa. (USOEC/Sunkist Kids)
5. Teyon Ware, Springboro, Ohio (New York AC)
6. Matt Holt, Colorado Springs, Colo. (unattached)
7. Donald Vinson, Marathon, N.Y. (Shamrock WC)
8. Bo Beckman, Pleasant Grove, Utah (USOEC/New York AC)
9. Esai Dominguez, Omaha, Neb. (New York AC)
10. Shanon Slack, Irvine, Calif. (New York AC)
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Results of 2009 U.S. Nationals ·
I placed 6th this past weekend at the Senior U.S. Nationals. This qualifies me for the World Team Trials. It was a big relief to qualify for the trials and place at a new weight. However, I am a little disappointed with the 6th place finish. I started off with a dominating victory and then fell short in the quarterfinals. I rallied off two wins against two tough teammates and friends. I then fell short to another teammate/friend. I finished off the day with another tough loss in the 5th place match. As I stated this was my first time at this weight for nationals, but I have been wrestling this weight for almost a year now. It is now time for me to stop looking at this as a new weight and continue to climb the ladder. The World Team Trials is over a month away. This will give me ample time work on the things that failed me at Nationals. Thanks for all your support. That’s all I have for now. I’ll keep you posted and keep praying for my success.
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2009 U.S. Nationals (by Bet) ·
I went on themat.com and found out the finals are on ESPNU, so you can only see them if you have that channel. The finals are on 9-11pm eastern standard time. To find out how Kerry is doing check trackwrestling.com and look at his bracket or feel free to message us or give us a call.
2009 U.S. Nationals ·
I’m sure all of you are excited to see how Kerry will do tomorrow. I know that I am very excited and even though I can not be in Las Vegas, I still want to see my big brother wrestle. I know the websites can be very confusing so I hope that this will help you if you want to see him wrestle live. LiveSportsVideo.com will have live video of the matches on their website. However, they will only air the prelims through the semi-finals. When you go to the website you can make a username and password for free. Below the sign in it says “Not a member? Register Free” click that and you can set up an account. Once you sign in, there will be different links and one will be about the U.S. Nationals in Las Vegas. Once you click on that, you will be given the different options of cameras. Probably one or two cameras. We can not tell you which camera he will be on so the best thing you can do is have both videos running and listen to the announcer. If you can not watch the videos you can access the tournament brackets by going to www.trackwrestling.com You will need to click on Senior Men’s Greco-Roman, beside it will have the date and location to make sure you have the right one. After you click Senior Men’s Greco-Roman click Enter Tournament. Then next page will say click here to continue to browse the website. Click Here. Kerry is in the 66 Kg, so click that weight class. Then click view bracket. The brackets will be up later. I am not sure how to watch the finals, so I will continue to check www.themat.com and will update this site to let everyone know. Feel free to also check on themat.com
Kerry, I will continue to pray for you. Do you best and wrestle hard! Love you,
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