NJCAA National Tournament moves to Des Moines in 2010
April 11, 2008
According to the National Junior College Athletic Association, the
National Wrestling Tournament will officially take place in Des Moines
in 2010. North Iowa Area Community College head wrestling coach Richard Fergola initiated the planning of the bid for the event.
"NIACC is a strong supporter of the sport of wrestling. I presented the
idea of moving the national championships for the sole purpose of
recognizing the NJCAA athletes and coaches in a much higher level. We
want the coaches and athletes of the NJCAA to feel like they are at the
National Championships and most importantly promote the NJCAA on the
highest level possible," Fergola said. "Moving the NJCAA National
Championships to Iowa will move the NJCAA into a major wrestling
limelight."
The Des Moines Area Sports Commission and the Iowa Community College
Athletic Conference worked together to bid on the location of the
tournament. During the Annual NJCAA National meetings in Colorado
Springs, CO, the Des Moines Area Sports Commission proposed the
wrestling tournament be in Des Moines.
The NJCAA championship events committee made the final decision to take
the tournament to Des Moines on Feb. 24-28, 2010, at the Veterans
Memorial Auditorium.
NIACC participates in the Iowa Community College Athletic Association
and had three wrestlers win national titles individually as well as
finished fourth as a team at the 2008 National Junior College Athletic
Association Wrestling Championships in Rochester, MN.
The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference represents Regions XI in
the National Junior College Athletic Association. The ICCAC is a
non-profit organization whose primary objective is to govern junior
college athletics in Iowa. The conference was established in 1996 and
is located in Ames.