Registration, Weigh-In, and Competition Policies and Procedures

1.       All wrestlers MUST present a current FULL MEMBERSHIP USA Wrestling competitor’s card at registration for each tournament.  Cards are available online at www.usawrestling-ohio.org (Visa or Mastercard required). 

2.       A CURRENT USA WRESTLING COACH’S CARD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR MAT ACCESS AT ALL USA WRESTLING - OHIO  EVENTS, including the State Greco and Freestyle Championships. Cards are available online at www.usawrestling-ohio.org.  All coaches cards must be purchased online (They CANNOT be sold at the tournament) and will require a USA WRESTLING BACKGROUND CHECK BE COMPLETED.  Please plan TWO WEEKS for the completion of your background check!!!!! 

3.       Female wrestlers may compete with male wrestlers in all Folkstyle, Greco-Roman, and Freestyle competitions at their own risk.  The only exception to this will be the Women’s Greco and Freestyle State Championship where a separate Women’s Division competition will be held..  At the designated qualifiers, if men want to compete in the Men’s bracket they must select this at registration.  Women may NOT wrestle in both the Men and Women’s brackets at tournaments where both are available.

4.       National Federation scholastic rules (with appropriate USAW modifications) will be used for all Folkstyle tournaments. 

5.       UWW rules with USA Wrestling modifications will be used for all Greco-Roman and Freestyle tournaments.  Traditional scholastic bracketing with double elimination for all participants will be used if there is a bracket of 6 or more.  If 5 or less, then round robin pairing will be used.

6.       Separate red and blue singlets or reversible red/blue singlets with underbriefs are strongly recommended at all GR/FS Qualifier Tournaments and are required at all GR and FS State Championships.

7.       THE USE OF SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS IN PLACE OF A SINGLET IS  NOT PERMITTED FOR ANY COMPETITION.

8.       Wrestlers are NOT required to wear head gear.  It is encouraged to wear it however.

9.       As a 16U athlete, the decision to wrestle in the 16U or Junior Division MUST be made at the time of registration.  Combination of weight classes/ divisions may be necessary once pairing starts to enable matches. If an athlete does NOT want to be moved into a different weight/ division that must be stated at registration.  There will be NO combination of weights or divisions at the state tournament. 

10.     Wrestlers may wrestle in two age divisions, if they desire, for an additional entry fee.  Matches will NOT be held up once their 15 minute GO time has been reached. If the athlete is not available it will be a forfeit.

11.     The USA Wrestling Rapid Weight Reduction Rule will be posted and strictly enforced at all USA Wrestling - Ohio events.  Any athlete engaging in or individual assisting an athlete in prohibited weight reduction practices will be suspended for the event in question.  A second violation will result in an automatic one year suspension from all USA Wrestling sanctioned events.

See www.usawrestling-ohio.org under “Policies/Procedures” for more details about registration, weigh-ins, and competition.