The proposal to replace the 16 and under age division with a high school age division has been more clearly defined. The amendment seeks to add the following language to the bylaws in place of the 16 and under division in the USAWA-Kansas Kids State Qualifying series:
Age determination shall be as of midnight, August 31 for that competitive year. For example, a child with a birthday on August 31, 1998 will wrestle as an eleven-year-old during the 2009/10 season. A child born on September 1, 1998 will wrestle as a ten-year-old during the 2009/10 season. Any USAWA-Kansas Kids club may challenge the age of any wrestler during weigh-in at a sanctioned tournament. The wrestler or the wrestler's club must, within one week, provide a birth certificate or similarly reliable verification that the wrestler's age stated on his/her membership card and school grade are is accurate.

The High School Division is available for wrestlers currently attending high school, or middle school if their age does not qualify them for a younger age division. Wrestlers qualifying for two different age divisions may only enter one of those divisions. Weight classes for the High School Division will be as follows: 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165, 175, 185, 215, 250, 285.

That looks good! Will, is this the main motion that will be made? If so, Chad's amendment will not be needed.


Great job everyone collaborating on this issue!

That looks good. We will definitelly support that change.

PS- Thanks for including the 100 lb weight class for those of us that are currently on the smaller albeit more rounder side of life!

Shawn Budke

Do we want the HS Division periods to be 2-2-2 or 1.5-1.5-1.5??

2-2-2 is my vote

Put me down for 2-2-2.

2-2-2

Any updates from the state meeting yesterday?

The High School Division passed. Thanks for the support on this one. We may have to do some work on it next year, but it is a start of change for the state of Kansas.

Did it pass the way Cokeley has it posted above?

The 2-2-2-minute periods couldn't be changed. It's going to 1.5-1.5-1.5

That is, if we have a quorum next year to do any voting. Based on this years attendance numbers I would seriously doubt if we will!

I apologize in advance for not reading all 14 pages of this post before asking this as I'm sure it's answered somewhere, but did this pass effective this year? Will all high schoolers be able to wrestle in kids state in March?

Yes, this takes effect this year.