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SCSU to Offer Youth Wrestling Clinic on Oct. 25

All-America Mack Reiter to Serve as Guest Clinician

July 22, 2008

St. Cloud, Minn. - St. Cloud State University will host the 2008 Husky Fall Youth Wrestling Clinic on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Halenbeck Hall Fieldhouse. This event will feature guest clinician Mack Reiter, a three-time NCAA Division I All-America award winner at the University of Minnesota.

The clinic is open to all youth athletes in grades 1-12, and the event will begin on Oct. 25, with check-in at 8 a.m. The clinic will finish at 2:15 p.m., and it will include two wrestling training sessions, lunch and a motivational talk presented by Reiter and SCSU head wrestling coach Steve Costanzo.

The Husky Fall Clinic is designed to help youth wrestlers improve in all areas of the sport, and it will also feature training advice and help from the SCSU coaching staff and Husky wrestlers.

The cost of the clinic is $45 per person (or a team rate of $40, if 10-or-more members of a team sign-up for the clinc). The entry fee also includes a clinic t-shirt.

A native of Gilbertville, Iowa, Reiter was a four-time Iowa high school state champion during his prep wrestling career. At Minnesota, Reiter was a four-year standout at 133-pounds. In 2005, Reiter was named the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year and won the Big Ten title at 133-pounds.

He went on to place second in the Big Ten as a sophomore, and was a third place finisher at 133-pounds in 2007 and placed fourth in the Big Ten this winter. At the NCAA tournament, Reiter gained All-America honors three-times in action at 133-pounds during his college career at Minnesota. He also helped lead the Gophers to the NCAA Division I championship in 2007, and Big Ten titles in 2007 and 2006.

For more information on the 2008 Husky Fall Clinic, please call SCSU coach Steve Costanzo at 320-308-2996. Coach Costanzo can also be reach through e-mail at sscostanzo@stcloudstate.edu.

Of note, payment for the clinic is due on Monday, Oct. 20 - or you may register at the door on the day of the event.

The St. Cloud State University wrestling team, under the leadership of second-year coach Costanzo, posted an impressive 13-2 dual match record during the 2007-08. The Huskies placed 12th at the 2008 NCAA Division II championships, and three SCSU wrestlers brought home All-America honors in 2008.