Ultimate Club Duals - Boys and Girls Freestyle, May 2-4, Harrisburg, PA

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Coaches & Team Leaders,

We are looking forward to hosting the 11th annual Ultimate Club Duals in Hershey/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - May 2-4, 2025. As always, come to UCD to wrestle some of the best Boys and Girls Freestyle Club teams in the USA.

Like the past several years, we are looking forward to hosting a very competitive USAW Sanctioned Freestyle dual event with top-tier competition coming from over 25 US states plus Canada and Puerto Rico. We have so many Fargo Champs and All Americans competing every year.

We moved our Spring Freestyle Event to Hershey/Harrisburg area for 2 reasons: 1. Very affordable hotel fees - $109-$159/night  2. The venue holds upto 60 mats.Thus, allowing for an affordable event with 7-8 quality matches with an opportunity for family fun @ Hershey Park.

Event details: https://ultimateclubduals.com/freestylenationalduals

Register here: https://ultimateclubduals.com/register  $200 down payment guarantees a team spot for UCD Dual Team registration.

Here are the UCD Freestyle Event details:

• This is a USAWrestling Premier Sanctioned Event - All athletes need membership & All Coach need USAW Leadership cards & Safe Sport/Background check completed to compete and coach
• 6 Dual Team Divisions plus Girls Beginner/Novice Freestyle Tournament 
• HS Boys Elite, HS Girls Elite, Girls K-8, HS Boys Small Club, Boys Middle School Elite, Boys K-6 Elite
• Reserved Hotel Rooms between $109 - $159
• Hershey Park Passes for families and wrestlers for 60% off
• Venue holds upto 60 mats
• Full RUDIS UCD store for the best apparel in the business
• Pre-buy a Dollamur wrestling mat and save on shipping & pick up at the event.
• Clubs with novice girl wrestlers - We have a Novice Division for inexperienced freestyle wrestlers who are new to the sport but want to try freestyle with other novice girl freestyle wrestlers. Bring you 6th to 12th graders to UCD to get 5 matches in a Madision Style Tournament on Saturday - May 3rd. The girls will also get a free 90-minute freestyle clinic by USAW Sr level athletes on Saturday morning. These girls can join their club teams on Sunday if they want.

We have division leaders for each division. These division leaders will be the point of contact for all questions on registration, roster onboarding via Flo & coaches clearances via USA Wrestling leadership cards. Division leaders will be reaching out making sure you have what you need for the event including hotel concierge, roster changes, access to Flo and seeding information. 

UCD Division Directors will be: (Emails above)

Girls Divisions: Elisa Lackey 814-232-1217 

Boys HS Divisions: Jamie Canaday 484-919-9683; jcanaday76@gmail.com

Boys K-6 & Middle School Divisions: Adam Urenda 719-242-6846

 

Division seeding will be by committee. The UCD Committee uses the accumulated ranking data provided by the teams from registration to seed wrestlers within their respective divisions. 

Free agent Lists for all divisions are here: https://ultimateclubduals.com/free-agents

Weigh-ins: 

(USA Wrestling Sanctioned officials will manage weigh-ins)

Friday: 

Early Weigh-ins: 2-4:30PM($20)

Regular Weigh-ins: 5-8PM

Location: Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
 -2300 N Cameron St, Harrisburg, PA 17110

Start times: (See full schedule on the UCD Website)

Saturday: 8:00AM

Sunday: 8AM

Awards: 

Championship UCD Torches go out to all Champions of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Pools.  Champion Teams from Girls and Boys HS Elite Gold Pools will get RUDIS Premier UCD singlets.

All Mat assignments & seeding will be on the UCD living document as well as FloArena.