Team Ohio Qualification Process for Fargo (16U and Junior Only)
How to Qualify for the Team
At least one of the items below must be met to make the 16U or Junior National Team for Fargo
1) Place top 3 at State Tournament (Weight at State is your Fargo Weight)
2) Place at UWW Trials (You can choose your Fargo Weight)
3) Returning All- American/National Champ in FS or GR (You can choose your Fargo Weight)
4) Top 6 at a Regional (You can choose your Fargo Weight)
5) Possible Petition before the State Tournament
How to Petition for the Team
In order to Petition, at least one of the items below must be met AND you must pay a $50 Petition Fee for each style you are petitioning for.
1) Unable to compete at a Qualifier and/or the State Tournament due to a Medical Reason. Wrestler MUST provide appropriate medical documentation with the completion of the Petition Form.
2) Competed in a Qualifier, but unable to compete in the State Tournament, due to a Personal Reason
3) (Juniors ONLY) Competed in the Junior State Tournament, placed in the top 3 and would like to change the weight class from what they qualified for. (Please note: by petitioning to a new weight, you agree to forgo your originally qualified weight class and spot on the team. This means if your petition is denied, you lose the spot you qualified for originally).
ALL Petition Forms and Petition Fees MUST be received by PRIOR TO THE START of their respective State Tournament NO EXCEPTIONS.
Forms and Fees MUST be turned into the Team Ohio Fargo Table at the State Tournament. Forms will not be processed if mailed or emailed. MUST be physically turned in. Please provide to your coach to turn in, if you are not attending the State Tournament.
This PETITION FORM can be printed off and brought to the State Tournament with the $50 Petition Fee. Hard Copies will be available there as well.
What is an Alternate?
Should one of the "starters" NOT be able to go to Fargo (injury/illness, family/personal matter, weight/skin concerns), the Coach's Committee may call on an Alternate Wrestler to fill the spot. The Alternate is a wrestler who wrestled at the State Tournament, or filed a Petition Form, who did not make one of the roster spots for their weight class.