Pat Smith and Terry Steiner to go ‘On the Mat’ this week
August 7, 2009
NCAA Champions Pat Smith and Terry Steiner will be radio show guests Wednesday night.
Pat Smith became the first of only two wrestlers ever to win four NCAA
titles as an Oklahoma State Cowboy in the early 1990s. Wrestling at 158
pounds, Smith compiled a collegiate record of 121-5-2. He is currently
running the Arkansas Wrestling Academy in Little Rock and has brought
hundreds of athletes into the sport of wrestling. Smith is a member of
the most successful wrestling family in American history that includes
older brothers Lee Roy and John, and younger brother Mark, who combined
to win seven NCAA titles and 14 All-American honors at Oklahoma State
University.
Terry Steiner was a three-time All-American and 1993 NCAA champion at
150 pounds for the University of Iowa. Originally from Bismarck, North
Dakota, Steiner was a two-time state champion for Century High School
and was a gold medallist at the 1996 Pan American Championships.
Steiner has been in his role as USA Wrestling’s full-time National
Women’s freestyle coach since 2002. Steiner and the women’s freestyle
team are currently training in Poland and will be competing in a
tournament there on August 13 & 14.
“On the Mat" is a presentation of the Dan Gable International Wrestling
Institute and Museum and can be heard live on the internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with questions or comments about the show.