Monday, June 23, 2008
No Holds Barred: 2008 U.S. Olympic Wrestlers VanDusen, Dantzler, Mango, Hrovat, Miller, Bernard, Mocco, Byers, Wheeler, Cormier, Chun
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic wrestling team, who will compete this August at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
They were in New York last week for a media tour, which included promoting the Fuel the Dream program to assist families with travel expenses to China.
At Foley's New York Pub and Restaurant, we spoke with 11 members of the team about their backgrounds, their careers, and what to expect in Beijing.
They are, in the order in which we spoke: Marcie VanDusen (55 kg/121 lbs., women's freestyle), T.C. Dantzler (74 kg/163 lbs., Greco-Roman), Spenser Mango (55 kg/121 lbs., Greco-Roman), Andy Hrovat (84 kg/185 lbs., men's freestyle), Randi Miller (63 kg/137.5 lbs., women's freestyle), Ali Bernard (72 kg/158.5 lbs., women's freestyle), Steve Mocco (120 kg/264.5 lbs., men's freestyle), Dremiel Byers (120 kg/264.5 lbs., Greco-Roman), Adam Wheeler (96 kg/211.5 lbs., Greco-Roman), Daniel Cormier (96 kg/211.5 lbs., men's freestyle), and Clarissa Chun (48 kg/105.5 lbs., women's freestyle).
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Labels: Adam Wheeler, Ali Bernard, Clarissa Chun, Daniel Cormier, Dremiel Byers, Eddie Goldman, freestyle, Greco-Roman, Hrovat, Mango, Mocco, No Holds Barred, Olympics, Randi Miller, VanDusen, wrestling
Friday, June 20, 2008
Daniel Cormier, Dremiel Byers, Marcie VanDusen, and Eddie Goldman On "Joey Reynolds Show" Friday Night/Saturday Morning June 20/21
Three members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic wrestling team, Daniel Cormier, Dremiel Byers, and Marcie VanDusen, along with Eddie Goldman of No Holds Barred, will be guests on the nationally-syndicated "Joey Reynolds Show" Friday night/Saturday morning June 20/21.
Daniel Cormier, 29, is originally from Lafayette, Louisiana, and trains in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This is his second Olympic Games, as he finished fourth in the 2004 Olympics at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in freestyle wrestling. He won a bronze medal at that weight in the 2007 World Championships. He is also a fan of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Dremiel Byers, 33, who has been in the U.S. Army for over a decade, is originally from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and now trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was the world heavyweight champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2002, and won a bronze medal at heavyweight in the 2007 World Championships. He is also a seven-time U.S. national champion in Greco, and a member of a motorcycle club. This is his first Olympics.
Marcie VanDusen, 25, is originally from Lake Arrowhead, Calif., and now trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Wrestling at 55 kg/121 lbs. in women's wrestling, she was a 2008 World Cup champion, a 2007 and 2008 U.S. national champion, and a 2007 Pan American Games silver medalist. Her international accomplishments include a victory over the 2004 Olympic champion and five-time world champion, Saori Yoshida of Japan. Currently, she attends the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, where she is studying health care management. This is her first Olympics.
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is a national radio broadcast in New York on WOR 710 AM and on 100 other stations via the WOR Network. The show airs live beginning at midnight EDT and runs to 5 AM EDT. We are presently scheduled to come on towards the end of the show.
You can also listen to the "Joey Reynolds Show" online. For more information on the show's webcast, go to http://www.wor710.com/.
For more information on the "Joey Reynolds Show," go to http://wor710.com/pages/46370.php?contentType=4&contentId=157588.
For more information on show producer Myra Chanin, go to http://motherwonderful.com/.
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Daniel Cormier, 29, is originally from Lafayette, Louisiana, and trains in Stillwater, Oklahoma. This is his second Olympic Games, as he finished fourth in the 2004 Olympics at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in freestyle wrestling. He won a bronze medal at that weight in the 2007 World Championships. He is also a fan of boxing and mixed martial arts.
Dremiel Byers, 33, who has been in the U.S. Army for over a decade, is originally from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and now trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was the world heavyweight champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2002, and won a bronze medal at heavyweight in the 2007 World Championships. He is also a seven-time U.S. national champion in Greco, and a member of a motorcycle club. This is his first Olympics.
Marcie VanDusen, 25, is originally from Lake Arrowhead, Calif., and now trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Wrestling at 55 kg/121 lbs. in women's wrestling, she was a 2008 World Cup champion, a 2007 and 2008 U.S. national champion, and a 2007 Pan American Games silver medalist. Her international accomplishments include a victory over the 2004 Olympic champion and five-time world champion, Saori Yoshida of Japan. Currently, she attends the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, where she is studying health care management. This is her first Olympics.
The "Joey Reynolds Show" is a national radio broadcast in New York on WOR 710 AM and on 100 other stations via the WOR Network. The show airs live beginning at midnight EDT and runs to 5 AM EDT. We are presently scheduled to come on towards the end of the show.
You can also listen to the "Joey Reynolds Show" online. For more information on the show's webcast, go to http://www.wor710.com/.
For more information on the "Joey Reynolds Show," go to http://wor710.com/pages/46370.php?contentType=4&contentId=157588.
For more information on show producer Myra Chanin, go to http://motherwonderful.com/.
Labels: Daniel Cormier, Dremiel Byers, Eddie Goldman, freestyle, Greco-Roman, Joey Reynolds, Marcie VanDusen, Olympics, radio, women's wrestling, WOR, wrestling
