SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Mark Perry, who recently completed his first season as assistant wrestling coach at Cal Poly, and seven-year Mustang head coach John Azevedo will serve as co-head coaches beginning with the 2010-11 season. The announcement was made Tuesday by Cal Poly director of athletics Alison Cone. “This move further strengthens our wrestling coaching staff,” said Cone. “Mark's strengths combined with John's attributes will provide us with an unbeatable coaching combination.” With Perry as his...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Fight for Wrestling is pleased to present its full fight card for Cal Poly’s charity event Fight for Wrestling on May 22 at Mott Gym, Cal Poly, starting at 5 p.m. Featured bouts include female MMA pioneer Casey Noland (Atascadero) against Jenny Trujillo (San Jose) and Cruz Gomez going head to head with Eddie Hoch (Fairbanks, Alaska). Making his pro debut, Cal Poly student Mike Gahan will battle Brett Hypolite...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly will host “Fight for Wrestling,” a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event, on Saturday, May 22, in Mott Gym on the Cal Poly campus. The event, which starts at 5 p.m., is open to the public and all proceeds benefit Cal Poly Wrestling. Fans will watch Casey Noland of Atascadero, Calif., a pioneer in female MMA, take on Jenny Trujillo of San Jose, Calif. Also fighting on the card: • Johnny Hackleman...

AKRON, Ohio -- Two Cal Poly wrestlers earned All-American honors at the Asics University National Freestyle Championships held April 8-11. Mustang sophomore Ryan DesRoches placed third at 79 kilograms (174 pounds) while Ryan Smith, also a sophomore, finished fifth at 96 kilograms (211.5 pounds). "This was a huge jump for both of them leading into next season," said Cal Poly assistant wrestling coach Mark Perry. "Both wrestling brackets were loaded with NCAA qualifiers and All-Americans." DesRoches (pictured above)...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- John Azevedo, who guided Cal Poly to a third-place Pacific-10 Conference finish and produced a pair of NCAA All-Americans, has been named Pac-10 Coach of the Year by D1CollegeWrestling.net. The Mustangs rebounded from a tough 2008-09 campaign by finishing just seven points shy of Pac-10 champion Oregon State. Chase Pami finished second at 157 pounds in both the Pac-10 and NCAA finals while Boris Novachkov won a Pac-10 title at 133...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Three Cal Poly wrestling recruits earned All-American status over the weekend at the National High School Coaches Association National Senior High School Championships in Virginia Beach. Jesse Delgado of Gilroy High School won the 119-pound national championship. He defeated  Utah's three-time state champion, Carson Kuhn, in the finals 14-6. Drew Meulman of St. Francis High School placed fourth at heavyweight. Meulman lost in the semis in overtime, 4-2 to the second-place winner,...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Cal Poly senior Chase Pami is the sixth NCAA Division I runner-up in Mustang wrestling history. Trying to become the third Division I national champion, Pami led 2-1 early in the first period, but eventually fell 6-4 to top-seeded J.P. O'Connor of Harvard in the 157-pound final Saturday night at the Qwest Center Omaha. O'Connor, also a senior and now 4-1 in his career against Pami, scored a takedown later in the first period for a 3-2...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Cal Poly 157-pound wrestler Chase Pami will compete for a national championship Saturday night. The senior from Las Vegas, Nev., earned a 5-2 decision over No. 2 Adam Hall of Boise State in Friday morning's quarterfinal round and a 13-5 major decision over unseeded Justin Lister of Binghamton in Friday night’s semifinals at the NCAA Division I National Championships being held at the Qwest Center Omaha. The 100th win of his Mustang...