Adding new championship sports is a complex process and requires a commitment from NCAA administrators as well as key ...

It will fulfill so many little girls’ dreams, including mine.Iowa women's wrestling Kennedy Blades Blades is a 2024 Olympic silver medalist, who hopes to add an NCAA accolade to her resume before she ...

The first National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championship are slated for winter 2026. A total of 93 NCAA schools signaled intent to sponsor women's wrestling in 2024-25, an inc ...

The NCAA approved the addition of women’s wrestling at the Division I, II and III levels as a championship sport, it announced Friday. The sport’s first NCAA women’s championship will take place in ...

Things started to change in 2004, when women's wrestling made its Olympic debut in Athens, and the following year Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal won a 48kg bronze at the world championships in Budapest ...

An Olympic sport since 2004, women's wrestling gained approval at this week’s annual NCAA convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Once in a while — amid the clamor and chaos of crowds and jeers and protests and press — someone would walk up to a 45-pound, ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools held the first girls wrestling city championship Thursday at Ballantyne Ridge High School.

Wrestling is the fastest growing high ... I would have had unshakable belief in myself, my decisions and my Olympic dreams. Young female wrestlers now are growing up with the positive environments ...

Division I voted in favor on Wednesday, followed by Divisions II and III on Friday. Women’s wrestling, which has been on the Olympic program since 2004, is set to become the NCAA’s 91st championship ...

Iowa women's wrestling Kennedy Blades Blades is a 2024 Olympic silver medalist, who hopes to add an NCAA accolade to her resume before she graduates. The Olympic committee added women's wrestling ...

The NCAA added women's wrestling as its 91st championship sport, providing another athletics opportunity for female athletes to compete. Divisions I, II and III approved the addition at the ...