October 2007: South Valley Journal

Riverton and South Jordan Youth Named Outstanding Wrestlers

Riverton and South Jordan youth received recognition during Mountain Top Wrestling Club annual awards dinner at Draper Park. Youth athletes were recognized for their achievements during a landmark year. Attendees from the team received gold medals for their hard work and dedication over the season, photographs of themselves in matches and trophies for outstanding achievements.

Jordan McRae of South Jordan received an Outstanding Wrestler award.

The Rookie of the Year award was presented to Sean Keating, of South Jordan, and Mason Christiansen of Riverton.

“[They] were first-year wrestlers or their first year with us, who not only made great improvements over the year, but took it to the next level,” said coach Bill Kilpack.

Beau and Travis McRae and Tyler Schwendiman, of South Jordan, all received the Most Improved Wrestler award. This award is given to wrestlers who showed remarkable progress by the end of the season.

“This has been a great year, with a lot of firsts,” said Kilpack. “It was the first year USA Wrestling-Utah had team trophies and we ended up taking state in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. That was amazing. We took team trophies at a national tournament; we had three of the seven Intermountain Champions and had more of the guys win national titles. Just an amazing year so we ended up recognizing more outstanding wrestlers than we ever have before, because they deserved it.”

Mountain Top Wrestling Club is a nonprofit dedicated to providing a venue for individuals to learn, develop and refine their athletic skills and abilities; and teaching the rules and regulations of freestyle, folk style and Greco-Roman wrestling.