IRTC Fundraiser, Tom Jones Challenger League & a Late Sunday Funnies


IRTC FUNDRAISER

The IRTC can celebrate an unbelievable year! They also need to fundraise for the next one. They help themselves each year with a golf outing at Mahomet's Lake of the Woods course, which we have to say is hard and treacherous, but they have big pavilions for food and rejoicing afterwards. 

It's never too late to donate to the ILLINOIS Regional Training Center. 

The IRTC had support from individuals and companies for the outing, and had a bunch of sponsors last year as you can see on this page. The sponsors for the 2024 event included this pair recognized Dan Stelter:




It seems that there were a lot of new faces along with the veterans. Legends walk among those at the IRTC! Here are some pictures courtesy of Friends of ILLINOIS Wrestling:





TOM JONES CHALLENGER LEAGUE

One of our favorite things ILLINI Wrestling does (besides beat Iowa) is the Tom Jones Challenger League. Giving back is so important. And it looks like the guys gave some kids a day they won't soon forget. Again, pictures from our friends, the Friends of ILLINOIS Wrestling. They are on Instagram at friends_of_illinois_wrestling. 




THE SUNDAY FUNNIES (WAY LATE)




CLASSIC JOMBO™





ZAC BRAUNAGEL IN FRANCE!

Longtime friend of the ILLINOIS RTC and former teammate JOE RAU is in the Olympics, and he needed a partner to work with before his competition started. That meant a trip to France for ZAC BRAUNAGEL. Very cool! GO JOE! USA! USA! USA!





ILLINI LEGENDS: ALEX TIRAPELLE 


We don't want anybody to miss out on this interview! 

The top-of-the-ladder great one talks about his entire wrestling career including some great individual matches in the Orange and Blue, as well as some impressive team accomplishments. Alex provides an eye-opening account of what happened at Stanford when they tried to shut down the program. 

He's super smart and very personable. You'll like this:






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