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San Jose State University was selected to be the host of the Western Conference Championships for the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, but the wrestlers that are representing SJSU had to train off campus to prepare for today's competition, said Jim Lucas, coach of the wrestling club and alumni of SJSU's first conference championship team in 1973.
"We are lucky to have such an experienced coach and mentor," said Daniel Calvo, a competing member in today's contest and junior majoring in Computer Engineering.
"That's the situation that we're under," Lucas said. "These guys are so dedicated they'll drive all over to get a practice room." The wrestling club no longer has mat training on campus.
"We train like six times a week. We run on our own and grab a practice room wherever we can, another high school or another (sports) club - wherever we can get a room to workout in," Lucas said.
San Jose State wrestling used to share a facility with the kinesiology department in Yoshihiro Uchida Hall since spring 2001, but because the wrestling team is a club and not a NCAA Div. I program, it was asked to leave by the department in Nov. 2006, Lucas said.
Hanno Murphy, a competing member of the wrestling club said that the chair of kinesiology, Shirley Reekie, was the person who told the club to leave. Murphy is a senior majoring in Communication Studies.
"I checked with everybody in the department of kinesiology. I checked with facilities and it was deemed A-OK," Lucas said. "In fact, most of the professors were very enthusiastic because the mats were rolled up and they were pushed up against the far wall."
According to Lucas, the room was originally a facility for judo and wrestling before kinesiology began to use it.
The Department of Mexican American Studies also has an office in Uchida Hall. Erlinda Yanez, the administrative coordinator of the department said, "We've always had a good relationship with the kinesiology department, but we don't have any classes in this building."
San Jose State University was selected to be the host of the Western Conference Championships for the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, but the wrestlers that are representing SJSU had to train off campus to prepare for today's competition, said Jim Lucas, coach of the wrestling club and alumni of SJSU's first conference championship team in 1973.
"We are lucky to have such an experienced coach and mentor," said Daniel Calvo, a competing member in today's contest and junior majoring in Computer Engineering.
"That's the situation that we're under," Lucas said. "These guys are so dedicated they'll drive all over to get a practice room." The wrestling club no longer has mat training on campus.
"We train like six times a week. We run on our own and grab a practice room wherever we can, another high school or another (sports) club - wherever we can get a room to workout in," Lucas said.
San Jose State wrestling used to share a facility with the kinesiology department in Yoshihiro Uchida Hall since spring 2001, but because the wrestling team is a club and not a NCAA Div. I program, it was asked to leave by the department in Nov. 2006, Lucas said.
Hanno Murphy, a competing member of the wrestling club said that the chair of kinesiology, Shirley Reekie, was the person who told the club to leave. Murphy is a senior majoring in Communication Studies.
"I checked with everybody in the department of kinesiology. I checked with facilities and it was deemed A-OK," Lucas said. "In fact, most of the professors were very enthusiastic because the mats were rolled up and they were pushed up against the far wall."
According to Lucas, the room was originally a facility for judo and wrestling before kinesiology began to use it.
The Department of Mexican American Studies also has an office in Uchida Hall. Erlinda Yanez, the administrative coordinator of the department said, "We've always had a good relationship with the kinesiology department, but we don't have any classes in this building."
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