October 26, 2009
by Ashley Glimstad | Staff Writer
Q: How do you handle school with wrestling?
A: Wrestling pushes me to want to get good grades. Timewise, wrestling takes a lot of dedication. It is very time consuming and I rarely have time to do outside activities. Wrestling helps me to get better grades, because the higher my grades are, the better the opportunity I can get a scholarship.
Q: What is your favorite move to put on opponents?
A: My favorite move is the fireman’s carry. The move is when I take the man down with my arm inside of his thigh and the other arm pulling on his arm. This causes him to go on his back for a pin.
Q: How do you feel about the coaching staff?
A: I feel that they are here for the people who are dedicated. They care for us and make us not just better wrestlers, but better people as well. I see them more as father figures than coaches.
Q: Do you plan to wrestle in the future?
A: I plan on wrestling in the highest division I can collegially, and as long as I can.
Q: How long have you been wrestling?
A: Well, I started when I was in sixth grade, but didn’t wrestle in eighth grade. I wrestled all through high school. I was about to stop after senior year, but coach Pacheco got my school problem handled so I started to wrestle for him and have been ever since.
Q: Do your eating habits change during wrestling season?
A: Most definitely. Off season I can eat what I want, but during the season I have to start to cut at least 25 pounds so I tend to eat less and more healthy.
Q: How do you condition and keep your strength up?
A: Being fit for this sport takes a lot. We are expected to work out three times a day: a hard run in the beginning of the day, a two-hour practice, and then lift weights sometime during the day.
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Mr. Pacheco and Mr. Ulrich,
Moments ago, I listened and read Coach Pacheco’s article that he was featured in titled: A Clouded Game Plan…
Although my Wrestling background is not as extensively decorated as yours and others; however, it has impacted me positively in many ways for my mind, time and energy to be consumed with concern for me to “take a stand” to keep Wrestling alive and flourishing.
It is sad news to see our California College and Universities Sports programs are suffering tremendously due to the budget cuts. It is not fair for Wrestling in California Colleges and Universities, which is an honorable sport, to be subtracted or “cut” completely from our school systems. In my opinion, it is a slowly dying art that needs to be preserved. We as a community need to prevent the sport of Wrestling from being “dropped like flies”. The drive, energy and time that Wrestlers have in competition is the same level of drive, energy and time needed to be put into saving our Wrestling program(s).
Is there already something in the works as far as raising money or a fundraiser to promote saving Wrestling from being cut?
How do we get local community figures such as, Urijah Faber, Kenneth Alexander, Joseph Benavidez, Danny Castillo, Mike Ortega, Justin Buchholz, Dustin Akbari, TJ Dillashaw, Kyacey Uscola and the the rest of Team Alpha Male to get involved with helping out with saving Wrestling from being dropped? Faber’s Team Alpha Male influence(s) can have a huge impact with fundraising or somehow be involved with, spreading the word or bringing the awareness through advertisement (e.g., YouTube, Websites, etc.) to the public who are not too familiar with Wrestling’s struggle to “stay in business”. Because of Faber’s celebrity status and influence he has, he can help support and raise money than most would not be able to afford but would like to. Urijah has drawing power from seats in attendance at the Arco Arena to Pay-per-view(s) on television. I see why not. It is just an idea. What do I know? It is probably easier said than done, but it is worth a shot in attempt to bring public awareness to save Wrestling. By the way, this idea came from what I see Cal Poly’s Wrestling Alumnus, Chuck Liddell , Chad Mendez and others from the Mixed Martial Arts community are doing to save their program. I have some ideas and maybe I can talk to John Reynolds from the school paper and see what we can do. It’s just food for thought. Let us continue to have the opportunity for Wrestling in our California Colleges and one day, again, our Universities.
Semper Fidelis, R.T. Asuncion
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