Mike Dixon catches back up with us on Episode 40 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast from the road as he's out recruiting for the incoming class. The Monarchs close out the regular season with a February 19 dual at the Ted Constant Convocation Center with a 1 p.m. dual with Kent State. The wrestling program will honor three seniors -- Kevin Johnson, Mikey Hayes and Jack Dechow. Coach Dixon talks about what each person has meant to the program and how the Monarch wrestling program as a whole is ...
Feb 17, 2017•30 min
Episode 39 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast visits with Stafford native and Monarch senior Mikey Hayes. A graduate of powerful Colonial Forge High School, Hayes came to ODU as a walk-on after placing three times at the Group AAA state championships, but failing to win a state championship. A career that started spanning multiple weight classes, Hayes moved up to 149 pounds and has found himself in a position at the NCAA championships this season. While there's still a lot of wrestling to go ...
Jan 30, 2017•30 min
From the Virginia Duals in Hampton, Virginia, Episode 38 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast features former Monarch wrestler and current booster Bill Calley. Calley has been a longtime supporter of the program since his career ended in the early 1980s. He's a local official and has seen a number of coaches come through and the impact the program has had on high school wrestling locally. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud | TuneIn | Google Play Music |...
Jan 14, 2017•20 min
After five years with the Old Dominion wrestling team as a competitor, Tristan Warner has stayed close to the program, but in a more official capacity. As ODU football is set to play in its first bowl game, Warner visits the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast to talk about his time in the school's Sports Information Office, working as a graduate assistant. The world of the SID is typically fraught with long hours, little appreciation and even less pay, but for Warner, it's been a great opportunity fo...
Dec 23, 2016•38 min
Episode 36 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast circles back with redshirt junior Kevin Beazley. The Michigan native is back on the mats at ODU after taking an Olympic redshirt to train in Greco-Roman wrestling. An injury cut short his journey towards Rio, but he's back in Norfolk looking to earn All-American honors for the first time. Beazley explains the process of redshirting (again) for an Olympic year, what life was like at the Olympic Training Center and what the experience was like for hi...
Dec 09, 2016•36 min
Alumni weekend is coming as Old Dominion will host fifth-ranked Missouri on November 13 at 1 p.m at The Ted. The Monarchs are building this weekend around the dual and the football team's home game against Southern Miss. The football Monarchs are bowl-eligible for the first time in school history and the excitement around the game along with the wrestling program should make for a great weekend. On our second episode of Season 3, the Monarch Matcast talks to Mike Dixon, Associate Head Coach, abo...
Nov 09, 2016•37 min
Episode 34 of the Old Dominion Wrestling Monarch Matcast visits with one of the true legends in wrestling, former coach Gray Simons. As a wrestler, Simons was one of the greatest. A four-time NAIA champion and three-time NCAA champion at Lock Haven, he also made two Olympic teams. A Norfolk native who wrestled at Granby High School under legendary coach Billy Martin, Simons was recently inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame. Simons, an inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of F...
Oct 25, 2016•41 min
We kick off the third season of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast with head wrestling coach Steve Martin. Coach Martin runs down some of the summer time activities and already starts to eye the first official home date of the season, the November 13 dual against national powerhouse and MAC champion Missouri. The Monarchs return NCAA qualifiers Brandon Jeske and Jack Dechow as well as get the services of Kevin Beazley, who was an NCAA qualifier two years ago and redshirted last season training in...
Oct 10, 2016•27 min
Episode 32 of the Old Dominion Wrestling Monarch Matcast catches up with 2009 NCAA finalist Ryan Williams. Currently employed by wrestling-friendly Mythics in Virginia Beach, Williams recaps the rise to the NCAA finals his senior season after coming out of Cumberland Valley High School in Pennsylvania with some unfinished business. Williams recalls the chance meeting from a friend's father and ODU coach Steve Martin in Hershey, Pa., that led to his recruitment and improving rapidly during his fo...
Jun 29, 2016•45 min
Episode 31 of the Old Dominion Wrestling Monarch Matcast talks with two-time All-American Chris Mecate, the 2016 Old Dominion Alumni Association Male Athlete of the Year. The California native became the first wrestler in Old Dominion's Division I history to become a back-to-back All-American and just the third wrestler in the program's history at the Division I level to be a two-time All-American. Mecate recently graduated and was also named the NWCA's All-Academic team earlier this week. What'...
May 12, 2016•36 min
Episode 30 of the Old Dominion Wrestling Monarch Matcast revisits the NCAA Division I Championships with head wrestling coach Steve Martin. Senior Chris Mecate ended his career as a two-time All-American, while ODU's two other qualifiers, Brandon Jeske at 125 and Jack Dechow at 184, each won multiple-bouts before being eliminated. Coach Martin will talk about the end of the season, incoming recruits, the upcoming golf tournament on April 29 and eye what the lineup could look like next season. SU...
Apr 06, 2016•29 min
The regular season is over and Associate Head Coach Mike Dixon will join Episode 29 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast to recap the dual meet portion of the schedule and give a preview of the upcoming MAC championships set for Ypsilanti, Michigan on March 5-6. With a 6-13 record and a 1-7 mark in the MAC, it was a disappointing season in dual competition for the Monarchs, but with three returning All-Americans poised for another run at the podium, the MAC tournament is the last hurdle to clear...
Mar 02, 2016•41 min
One of the more entertaining personalities on the Old Dominion wrestling team is senior Austin Coburn. A native of the Richmond, Va., area, Coburn was a state champion in 2011 at Cosby High School and opted to enroll at ODU. On Episode 28 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, Coburn talks about his move up through four different weight classes, his general demeanor and why he chose Old Dominion. Coburn has wrestled most the year at 197 pounds, but in the past three duals, he's 3-0 bumping up to ...
Feb 11, 2016•41 min
With the Midlands and the Virginia Duals in the rearview, the focus for the Old Dominion University wrestling team is on the conference schedule. On Episode 27 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, Associate Head Coach Mike Dixon talks about a few individual performances from the Midlands and the Virginia Duals and then we look into Alumni Weekend and the January 17 dual at The Ted against Northern Iowa. There will be an alumni social on Saturday, January 16 and then a pre-match social on Sunday...
Jan 15, 2016•33 min
Doug Ripley is living the dream when it comes to being an Old Dominion Monarch fan. One of the main voices for ODU athletics with public address and women's basketball, Ripley visits Episode 26 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast to chat about the wrestling program. A graduate of Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Ripley has been the voice for numerous sporting events at Old Dominion and all over the country. He's been doing PA for wrestling at ODU home matches, the Virginia Duals and the ACC C...
Dec 22, 2015•42 min
Episode 25 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast visits with head wrestling coach Steve Martin. The Monarchs are coming off a trip to California where they picked up wins over Cal Poly and San Francisco State. The win over Cal Poly was the Monarchs' first over the Mustangs as the schools met for the first time in 33 years in a dual. ODU has two big duals coming up, one at The Ted and another on the road. On December 13, the Monarchs host No. 16 North Carolina, which brings in All-Americans Evan H...
Dec 09, 2015•24 min
Episode 24 of the Old Dominion Wrestling Monarch Matcast recaps the opening weekends of the season with head wrestling coach Steve Martin. The Monarchs had several wrestlers in action at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg and the Jonathan Kaloust Open in Binghamton, N.Y. Coach Martin will give a breakdown of the performances he was pleased about and then we head into our discussion with the dual against Virginia. Virginia is fresh off a win at then-No. 25 North Dakota State and coach Steve Garland's t...
Nov 11, 2015•33 min
On Episode 23 of the Old Dominion Wrestling Monarch Matcast, head coach Steve Martin will give some insight into the upcoming season with a look into the Blue-Silver intrasquad match on October 28 and the upcoming open season before heading to Virginia for the first dual of the season against the Cavaliers on November 15. With 15 fresh faces in the wrestling room, coach Martin breaks down the philosophy of how hard practices are at this point in the season, and who's starting to emerge as being ...
Oct 27, 2015•27 min
Alexander "Lenny" Richardson finally broke through during his junior year at Old Dominion. On Episode 22 of the Old Dominion Wrestling Monarch Matcast, Richardson finally lets us know what name he'd like to be called, his decision to come to Old Dominion and what goals he's reaching for this season. A senior from Jersey City, N.J., Richardson has the opportunity to qualify and compete at the NCAA Division I Championships this winter at Madison Square Garden, just a stone's throw from where he gr...
Oct 16, 2015•28 min
Season 2 of the Monarch Matcast is live with Episode 21 with Old Dominion University head wrestling coach Steve Martin. Coach Martin recaps the summer with ODU alumni and coaches present at the World Championships in Las Vegas and also looks towards a big 2015-16 season that sees the Monarchs bring three returning All-Americans to the mat. Season tickets are available and the home schedule will provide the fans around the state plenty of great action. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Sp...
Sep 30, 2015•28 min
Episode 20 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast features Associate Head Coach Mike Dixon as we recap the summer of wrestling at Old Dominion. Dixon was recently at the National Wrestling Coaches Association Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and we'll discuss some of the topics relevant to Old Dominion that came out of the convention. Some of those topics include wrestling's overall push for greater APR scores, a potential shift in the season and how the National Duals discussion impacts the...
Aug 11, 2015•37 min
It's been a while since Kyle Hutter last appeared on the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, but on Episode 19, we'll talk with the volunteer assistant coach about the latest happenings in his world. Hutter recently competed at 61kg at the U.S. World Team Trials in Madison, Wisconsin. The World Team Trials is the tournament that determines who will represent the United States at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas. Hutter talked about the competition and how he plans to move back down to 57kg i...
Jun 24, 2015•26 min
Carol R. Hudson, Jr., Old Dominion University's Assistant Athletic Communications Director and sports information director since 1984, will retire from the University in June, as announced by Director of Athletics Dr. Wood Selig back in February. Hudson has been a virtual fixture at ODU for over 43 years, beginning as a student manager for the Monarchs’ baseball and basketball teams from 1972-76. He was a graduate intern in the sports information office under the late Joe Law, the university's f...
Jun 11, 2015•37 min
Kevin Beazley became the first wrestler with Old Dominion ties to reach the finals of the USA Wrestling U.S. Open championships since Buddy Lee. On Episode 17 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, we'll talk with Beazley about his opportunity to possibly represent the U.S. at the World Championships. Beazley was an NCAA Division I qualifier this past year at 197 pounds and went 27-17. Among the topics we'll discuss are his foundation in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling and the differences bet...
May 13, 2015•32 min
On Episode 16 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, we get a rundown with Associate Head Coach Mike Dixon about the upcoming events for wrestlers in the Monarch program and a dose of some upcoming events. The first big event upcoming is the Takedown Club Golf Tournament on Friday, May 1 at Sewell's Point Golf Course in Norfolk. Coach Dixon and host Jason Bryant talk about some of their tips on how to execute a sand save. Coach Dixon also discusses the activity in freestyle and Greco-Roman as som...
Apr 28, 2015•26 min
On Episode 15 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, we start pushing into the offseason with a visit from Old Dominion University President John Broderick. Broderick explains the course of his career as an undergraduate at Northeastern, then on to graduate work at St. Bonaventure. He worked at the University of Pittsburgh before landing in Norfolk at Old Dominion. President Broderick had an impact on host Jason Bryant's career at Old Dominion, then there's the growth the school has seen, a push ...
Apr 10, 2015•29 min
On Episode 14 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, it's an NCAA championship recap with ODU head wrestling coach Steve Martin. For only the second time in school history, Old Dominion wrestlers earned multiple All-American honors in the same tournament and it was the first time since Peter Horst and Nick Garone placed in 1991 where two Monarchs were on the podium in the same year. To put that in perspective, 141-pound All-American Chris Mecate wasn't born yet. Mecate and 149-pound junior Alexan...
Mar 27, 2015•31 min
On Episode 13 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, it's an NCAA championship preview with ODU head wrestling coach Steve Martin. We break down each weight and recap the MAC Championships. Keep an eye on www.monarchmatcast.com for updates and various formats of how you can listen to the show and subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Spreaker and TuneIn. Android and iOS apps here! Go to www.monarchmatcast.com/apps to get the FREE app for your iOS or Android device. Check the HOW TO LISTEN menu and you'...
Mar 18, 2015•21 min
On Episode 12 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, we'll recap the regular season with ODU head wrestling coach Steve Martin. The Monarch wrestlers are coming off back-to-back road trips that took them to Michigan for duals with MAC rivals Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan before coming home and turning around to go back to the Midwest with duals at Northern Iowa and Northern Illinois. ODU went 3-1 on the two trips, getting upset by Northern Iowa 18-16 in historic West Gym in Cedar Falls. T...
Feb 25, 2015•25 min
On Episode 11 of the ODU Wrestling Monarch Matcast, we break down why the Monarchs have been so consistent in their last five dual wins, including the win at the Virginia Duals over Edinboro. Coach Mike Dixon focuses on the seniors who will be wrestling in their last home match at the Ted Constant Convocation Center on February 6 as the Monarchs host N.C. State at 7:30 p.m. We'll recap some of the key wins against Ohio and the stretch run with four conference road duals to close out the regular ...
Feb 04, 2015•24 min
