8th Annual WCWA Women’s College Wrestling National Championships Freede Center/Abe Lemons Arena – Oklahoma City, OK February 11-13, 2016

QUICK FACTS

Wt.-in Friday, February 12 7:45 Skin Check 8:00 Wt.-in 10 Scales Session I Friday, February 12 10:00-2:00 Preliminary Rounds 6-Mats Session II Friday, February 12 4:00-7:00 Quarters Championship and consolation 6-Mats Session III Saturday, February 13 10:00 Semi’s to Medal Rounds. 3-Mats Session IV Saturday, February 13 1:00 Medal Rounds 3-Mats Session V Saturday, February 13 7:00 Championship Finals 1-Mat

Ticket Information: Single-Session Adult - $10.00; All-Session Pass - $45.00 Single-Session Child (Ages 3-12) - $5.00 All Session Pass $20.00

To purchase tickets in advance or for more information, call 405-208-5309.

Academic Athletes and Teams Awards: February 1 RECEIPT DEADLINE for All-America Scholar-Athlete submissions/nominations. Please review by-laws for criteria.

Format: The WCWA Wrestling National Championship has ten weight classes: 101#, 109#, 116#, 123#, 130#, 136#, 143#, 155#, 170#, and 191#. Each weight class conducts a double-elimination tournament. Consolation matches are conducted to determine 3rd-8th places.

Qualification: 10.5.4 Qualification of Wrestlers. Each school may enter unlimited number of wrestlers per weight class in the national championships. All participants must be eligible according to Article 8 of these bylaws and a member of a WCWA member team. All teams must attend a minimum of 3 Events that are listed on WCWA tournament schedule. Events listed are tournaments of 8 or more teams and Open tournaments. Teams must have 50% of roster or 6 wrestlers minimum to qualify as attendance.

Tournament Scorers: Tournament scorers (12) must be turned in at seeding meeting.

Official Party: The official party includes all qualifying wrestlers, two coaches and one trainer per team.

Credentials: Event credentials will be provided for all qualifying participants. Four additional credentials (Official Party) may be purchased per competing team. Teams can purchase an additional four Official Party credentials for support staff at $30 each at registration. All additional official party credentials will be charged the fan rate. No one will be allowed on the arena floor without a credential. 10.5.12.1 Only coaches or staff members who are employed by university will be issued credentials. No parents, family members, etc.

Team Arrival: Teams must arrive in Oklahoma City by noon (Central) on Thursday, February 11th.

Team Registration: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Thursday February 11 in the Freede Center (lobby area). All entries must be downloaded on track no later than 6:00 PM on Wednesday February 10th. No changes in weights will be allowed after deadline. All teams must pay all fees by end of registration no exceptions.

Work out times: Contact CJ Campbell 405-606-4826 [email protected] Mats will be available at 3:00 on Thursday February 11th.

Seeding Meeting: 5:00-6:00 PM Brackets will be released at end of seeding meeting.

WCWA Election Meeting: 6:30-7:30 PM

Team Housing: All teams must stay in following hotels: Will be sent out later this week.