2010 Excel Wrestling Summer Camp – Matside Coverage

The 2010 Excel Wrestling Summer Training Camp was held on July 1 (Thursday) through July 3 (Saturday) at Punahou School in the Intermediate wrestling room (Forrest Hall).

The camp was run by Excel Wrestling’s Executive Director and Head Coach, Steve Knight. Coach Knight was an NCAA All American and Big 12 Champion for Iowa State before becoming an assistant coach at ISU and training for the 1992 Olympics. He won the Pan American Championships in 1992 defeating the Cuban Olympic Bronze medallist and travelled as an alternate/training partner to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He has been a member of 2 US Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Coaching Staffs and has worked with USA Wrestling on the Senior Olympic Level for many years.

Accompanying Coach Knight were his sons, Evan, a two-time Iowa Class 3A state champion who will be attending Cornell on a wrestling scholarship, as well as Colby, who just finished his Freshman year at Urbandale High School by taking the runner-up spot at 103 lbs. in the 2010 Iowa Class 3A State Championships.

There were many notable wrestlers there as most of the Team Hawaii contingent attended. However, all of the wrestlers who attended took away from the camp excellent tutelage and coaching by Coach Knight, additional guidance from the local coaches who attended, drilling & live work with other wrestlers, comraderie, and just an overall great wrestling experience.