camp staff - Excel Wrestling

CAMP STAFF
Steve Knight
Team Excel Head Coach
US National Teams Staff
US Pan American Gold Medallist
ISU NCAA All American
Tom Clum
Team Excel Coaching Staff
Univ. Wisconsin NCAA All Ameican
2 x Big 10 Champion
Outstanding Wrestler at Big 10's
Mike McArthur
2007 Excel Hall of Heroes Inductee
Team Excel Coaching Staff
US National Teams Staff
UM 3 x NCAA All American
Ramico Blackmon
Long time Team Excel wrestler
US National Freestyle Champion
4 x US Freestyle All American
US Olympic Training Center Athlete
Eric Voelker
Iowa Excel Junior Olympic Coach
ISU 2 x NCAA Champion
ISU 3 x NCAA All American
Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame
Rory O'Farrell
Team Excel Coaching Staff
Wyoming Junior Olympic Coach
Cornell College Varsity Wrestler
Colorado State Champion
Kevin Jackson
USAW National Team Head Coach
US Olympic Freestyle Champion
2 x World Freestyle Champion
Competed for Team Excel
Jon McGovern
Univ. of Dubuque Head Coach
2006 NWCA Coach of the Year
2 x DIII NCAA Champion
Team Excel - Freestyle All American
NATIONAL TEAM CAMPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL COACHES AND TEAMS
Johnston, IA - Dubuque, IA - Estes Park, CO - Oahu , HI
Excel's new Iowa Team Camp. This camp is limited to 12 teams only and will run from June 4th thru 7th on
the campus of Camp Dodge, Iowa's only military training installation. Camp Dodge is equipped with air
conditioned lodging facilities and dining halls and the fee for the Iowa Team Camp includes both movie passes
and a water park pass for the final day of camp. We expect that every wrestler will compete in at least ten
matches. Make plans now!
For years, we have hosted our Colorado Team Camp at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.
At an elevation of 9000 ft. with cabin accommodations, teams from many parts of the country join us to
compete in this 16 to 20 team dual and individual tournament competition. The YMCA of the Rockies is one
of the most beautiful camp locations in the country, positioned right at the base of the Rocky Mountain National
Park. Every summer, campers wrestle as many as 15 to 20 matches throughout the camp. This summer's
camp in Estes runs June 22nd thru 25th. We also assist teams with scheduling whitewater rafting trips
through our office!
In early July, our Hawaii Camp has always been a fantastic experience. Over the past seven years, Excel
Wrestling has held camps and clinics on Maui, Oahu and the Big Island and this year's annual Hawaii Camp
will be held on Oahu, July 1st thru 4th in Honolulu. Please call our office for more information.
In late July, Excel joins forces with "World Wrestling" and Coach Jon McGovern. This Iowa Team Camp will
be held in Dubuque, IA, July 28 thru 31st, at the Grand Harbor Resort Hotel and Waterpark. We will run a
16 - 20 team format at this camp with both a team competition and individual tournament. Don't miss the
Grand Harbor!
Coaches - Need more info... Please contact the Excel Wrestling office at 303.931.3973 or email Coach Knight
directly at sknight@excelwrestling.com.
EXCELERATOR THREE AND FOUR DAY TECHNIQUE / INTENSIVE CAMPS
Colorado
Excel Wrestling has been designated as an official US Junior Olympic Program. The Excelerator 3 and 4 Day
Technique/Intensive Camps are designed as an Olympic Development Program emulating the atmosphere
and intensity of the US Olympic Training Center. We will challenge mental toughness and intensity and reach
new levels in every wrestler who attends.
Excelerator 3 Day Technique/Intensive Camp- June 18-20, Denver, CO
Excelerator 3 Day Technique/Intensive Camp - June 25-27, Estes Park, CO
Excelerator 4 Day Technique/Intensive Camp - July 6-9, Denver, CO
Excelerator 4 Day Technique/Intensive Camp - August 10-13, Estes Park, CO
We will not accept more than 48 middle school and high school wrestlers.
Registration will be held to a first come, first served basis with all wrestlers being required to have either inseason or out of season state competition under their belts in order to apply. A serious desire and
commitment to work hard is mandatory to reach the next level of achievement!
Coach Knight takes a serious hands on approach at all the Excel Summer Training Camps and will be
assisted this summer at the Excelerator Camps by Colorado great and 2 x UW NCAA All American Tommy
Clum.
IOWA COMMUTER CAMPS
This summer, Excel Wrestling will host the Eastern Iowa Commuter Camp in Clinton, IA and the "Winning
Techniques" Commuter Camp in Dallas Center, IA. The Easter Iowa Commuter camp is in memory of and
dedicated to Steve Knight's father, Gene Knight, who served the Clinton community for many years as a
teacher and coach. The "Winning Techniques" Commuter Camp was founded by Iowa State great Eric Voelker
and continues to be one of the most outstanding Central Iowa commuter camps each summer. Steve and Eric
will run the camp this summer in Dallas Center, early August. If you are interesting in hosting an Iowa
Commuter camp this summer or fall, please contact the Excel Wrestling office.
CAMP LOCATIONS
We are fortunate to have several of the most outstanding locations and facilities in the country for the 2008
Team Excel Summer Training Camps. Excel Wrestling will run camps this summer in both Central Iowa at
Camp Dodge and Dubuque, IA at the Grand Harbor Resort.
Our Colorado Team Camp will again be in Estes Park at the YMCA of the Rockies.
In June, we will run one 3 Day Excelerator Technique/Intensive Camp in Denver and the other in Estes Park
at the YMCA of the Rockies! We will also return to the YMCA again in August for our 4 Day Excelerator
Technique/Intensive Camp. Our other 4 Day Excelerator Technique/Intensive Camp will be held in early July,
at Colorado Christian University.
For the eighth year in a row, we will also visit Hawaii traveling to both Maui and Oahu. Last summer, we had
a fantastic overseas trip to Germany, Italy, and Austria and hope to return to Europe in 2009.
Many of our Excel coaches have worked together for several years and teach on the highest technical levels
in our sport. Many have coached Division I college programs, US National and Olympic teams and take the
same approach in working with our Excel summer wrestlers. Our staff demands a high level of intensity,
relentless determination and the work ethic of a champion for every Excel summer camp wrestler.
Coach Knight is privileged to have back with him this summer, Excel's assistant camp director and Junior
Olympic Program coach, Rory O'Farrell. Rory was a Colorado State Champion and went to wrestle for
Cornell College in Iowa. He has competed overseas and now runs Excel's Wyoming Junior Olympic Program.
We will also have with us this summer, special guest and former Team Excel wrestler, World and Olympic
Champion Kevin Jackson. Kevin is the Head Coach in Colorado Springs for the USAW National Teams in
freestyle. We're also teaming up this summer with World Wrestling and University of Dubuque Head Coach
and National Collegiate Champion Jon McGovern. Jon also wrestled for Team Excel in the late '90's in
preparation for the 2000 US Olympic trials. Rounding out the staff will be Colorado great and Wisconsin NCAA
All American and Big Ten Champ Tommy Clum, Iowa Excel Junior Olympic Program coach and 2 x ISU
NCAA Champion Eric Voelker, US National Teams Coach and longtime Excel coach Mike McArthur and
Team Excel's US National Freestyle Champion Ramico Blackmon.
We believe that quality time spent at the 2008 Excel Summer Training Camps will stand as an important
turning point and benchmark in your son's wrestling career. We look forward to working with you this
summer!