We are planning on attending the Luther Team wrestling camp at Luther College in Decorah, IA next summer.  We have decided on Team Camp I as our team week.

Everyone on the team is encouraged to plan to attend.  The cost will be around $300 per wrestler which includes meals, lodging, materials and t-shirt.  We will plan on doing fund-raisers to help off-set the cost.  Once we decide on a week, wrestlers should plan their family vacations and summer commitments around the dates.  This is not an “official” Mayo Wrestling activity but rather a summer activity planned by Mayo wrestling parents.  You are not required to attend.

We should try to get at least 20 wrestlers to commit to attending.

 See below for more information on the camp,

Application deadline: June 23, 2011
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In the last nine years, Dave Mitchell has coached the Luther wrestling team to six top-five finishes at the NCAA Championships. He has coached eight national champions, four national runners-up, and 41 All-Americans. He has also coached 30 Scholar All-Americans and two NCAA Post Graduate scholars. Dave was named the NWCA National Division III Coach of the Year in 2004, and Iowa Conference Coach of the Year in 2008, 2004, 2002, and 1999; he was nominated for Division III Rookie Coach of the Year honors in 1997 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and USA Wrestling Magazine.

Before joining the Luther wrestling program Dave earned All-American wrestling honors by placing third at the NCAA Division III championships at 167 pounds. He was also a two-time NCAA Academic All-American and was selected to the GTE Academic All-America squad his senior year.

Featured Clinicians

All 2010 camps will feature outstanding clinicians—recent clinicians have included NCAA Champions Brent Metcalf, Zach Roberson, TJ Williams, Jeff O’Gara, Matt Pyle, Nate Hansen and All-Americans Jayson Ness & Travis Paulsen, as well as Olympians Cale Sanderson and Brandon Slay and National H.S. Coach of the year Jim Jackson. You’ll learn from the best at our camps!

Camp Counselors

The Luther Coaches and Team, including . . .

Jeff O’Gara
Luther Assistant Coach
NCAA Champion

Jeff Friedhof
Decorah High School Coach
Three-time NCAA All-American

Billy Huebner
Luther Assistant Coach

Jason Pyle
NCAA All-American
Three-time Kansas State Champion

Dustin Balsley
Two-time Iowa High School Place Winner

Josiah Stotts
Two-time Arizona State Champion

Ryan Capouch
Wisconsin State Runner Up

Louis Mazetta
Illinois State Qualifier

plus many others!

The well-organized team camp incorporates live wrestling with top-level technique and team building activities making it one of the best and most popular team camps in the Midwest. The camp will focus on promoting team unity while developing championship level technique and providing each camper with 10-plus live matches. Each team will be assigned a “camp coach” and will receive quality feedback from that coach throughout the camp. You will receive more one-on-one attention at this team camp than any other you have attended! The camp will close with an individual tournament and awards ceremony.

Special Features

1. Each team will receive complimentary room and board for one coach for each 10 campers in attendance; additional coaches may attend for $110
2. “Camp Coach” will provide quality instruction for your team
3. Two one-hour sessions focused on building team unity 
4. One one-hour intensive “Train Like a Norseman” session
5. Ten-plus live matches per camper
6. Walnut wood trophies to top three teams, high quality T-shirts for the “Wrestling of the Day”, and individual tournament winners receive a key chain
7. Certified athletic trainer on staff
8. Each camper will receive our popular “Train Like a Norseman” ringer-style T-shirt
9. Each team will receive a team photo, along with a press release sent to your hometown newspaper after the camp, with photo

10.  At the conclusion of camp, Coaches will receive a packet with the duals results, as well as completed brackets from the Individual Tournament

Tentative daily schedule

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Combining Team Camp I  with our Intensive Training Camp provides an excellent 9-day camp experience at a fraction of the cost of most 7-10 day camps! Please consider attending both!

Campers live in a comfortable, air-conditioned residence hall on the Luther campus and eat in the Dahl Centennial Union dining hall. College athletes serve as camp counselors and provide full supervision and help direct all camp activities. Medical services for campers are available through local clinics, as well as the emergency room at the Winneshiek Medical Center. Individual campers are responsible for any medication, and hospital and physician fees.

Luther College Sports Facilities

Regents Center indoor facilities include six tennis courts; a six-lane, 200-meter track; six full-sized basketball courts; 25-yard, six-lane swimming pool; locker, training, and equipment rooms. The Legends Fitness for Life Center offers a strength and fitness facility with its own climbing wall. The outdoor facilities include 12 tennis courts, a cross country race course, fitness trails, and an all-weather track, which was installed in the fall of 2009.

• Training Camp: July 11-15, 2010
• Technique Camp: July 11-14, 2010