HistorySince TOP opened in November 2014, it has significantly changed the wrestling landscape in Northern Virginia.
We started in a 4,700 SF facility in Sterling before opening the premier youth wrestling center in the nation in 2018, a 20,000 SF state-of-the-art facility also in Sterling, VA. During the COVID pandemic, TOP as the only place where many kids in the region could practice and compete as we continued operating under our innovative "Operation Safe Mat Return" guidelines. After the pandemic, management decided upon a new and even grander vision for TOP. We closed the large Sterling facility in favor of assisting nonprofits and small business owners in opening TOP Wrestling Centers across the country. In 2022, we also introduced an innovative new concept called TOP 24/7 which provided athletes access to mats and exercise equipment 365 days per year, 24 hours a day. We continue to offer competition opportunities for youth wrestlers, mainly the super popular Winter Wrestling Series (WWS) and TOP Championships. Along the way, the best clinicians in the nation (and even the world) have come to TOP on a regular basis. Here is a list of the tremendous wrestlers and clinicians who've been to TOP: Kyle Snyder 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist; 2x World Champion, 3x NCAA Champion Logan Stieber 4x NCAA champion; Hodge Trophy winner; 2016 World Champion Butch Keaser World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist; All-American at U.S. Naval Academy; Member of National Wrestling Hall of Fame Kerry McCoy World silver medalist; 2x Olympian and 2x NCAA champ; Hodge Trophy winner; Head Coach and Executive Dir. of Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club Kyle Dake World Champion; 4x NCAA champion Carey Kolat World Silver and Bronze medalist; Olympian; 2x NCAA champ; current head coach at the U.S. Naval Academy Zain Retherford 3x NCAA champion from Penn State University; 2x Hodge Trophy winner; 2019 USA World Team Jason Nolf 3x NCAA champion from Penn State Bo Nickal 3x NCAA champion from Penn State; Hodge Trophy winner and U23 World Champion Matt McDonough 2x NCAA champion from University of Iowa Quentin Wright 2x NCAA champion from Penn State Vincenzo Joseph 2x NCAA champion from Penn State Clarissa Chun World Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist Steve Garland Head Coach, University of Virginia Tony Robie Head Coach, Virginia Tech University Frank Beasley Head Coach, George Mason University Ben Provisor 2x Olympian for Team USA in Greco-Roman Joe Russell Team USA freestyle coach; former head coach at George Mason University Jared Frayer 2012 Olympian; Assistant Coach Virginia Tech Rob Eiter 1996 Olympian; 5x U.S. Open National Champion and long-time D1 college coach Frank Molinaro 2016 Olympian; 2012 NCAA champion from Penn State; Virginia Tech coach Darian Cruz 2017 NCAA Champion; 3x All-American Seth Gross 2019 NCAA Champion; current coach Wisconsin Anthony Robles 2011 NCAA Champion; ESPY award winner; Motivational Speaker Nick Lee 2x NCAA Champion Tim Flynn Over 200 D1 head coach victories; NCAA Coach of the Year; current head coach at West Virginia University; All-American at Penn State Nahshon Garrett 2016 NCAA champion from Cornell; 2018 Final X and World Team member for Team USA Matt Brown 2015 NCAA champion from Penn State Tony Ramos NCAA Champion at Iowa; Current UNC Coach Montell Marion 2x NCAA finalist from University of Iowa Sara McMann Olympic silver medalist; ranked UFC fighter Mitchell Port 2x NCAA finalist and 3x AA from Edinboro George DiCamillo NCAA finalist; 3x ACC champion and Wrestler of the Year for the University of Virginia Mike Evans 3x All-American at University of Iowa; current coach at Campbell University Joe Kemmerer D2 NCAA Champion and World Greco team member Jon Morrison All-American and 2x Southern Scuffle Champion from Oklahoma State Nathan Burak 3x All-American at University of Iowa Michael Kemmerer 4x All-American and captain of the national champion Iowa Hawkeyes; NCAA finalist David McFadden 3x All-American at Virginia Tech; 2018 U23 World Team member Jack Mueller 2019 NCAA finalist and 2x All-American at Univ. of Virginia; 2018 U23 World Team member Mekhi Lewis 2018 Junior World Champion; 2019 NCAA champion at Virginia Tech Devin Carter 3x All-American; NCAA finalist at Virginia Tech Dan Neff All-American at Lock Haven; Assistant coach at U.S. Naval Academy Mason Beckman 2x All-American at Lehigh; Former assistant coach at George Mason University Eric Brugel NCAA All-American from Penn State University Mike DePalma NCAA All-American; Current coach at GMU Jake Kettler 2x NCAA qualifier from George Mason Wade Schalles 2x NCAA champ and namesake of the Schalles Award given to the nation's top pinner; member of National Wrestling Hall of Fame Chris Marshall 2x All-American and Midlands champion Mike DePalma All-American and 3x NCAA qualifier; current coach at George Mason University Scott Moore Head Coach, Lock Haven University; 2x Schalles Award winner and All-American Steve Fittery 4x All-American; former college coach; founder of FITS Wrestling Academy Sahid Kargbo NCAA qualifier from George Mason Univ.; Greco Junior World Team member; Assistant coach at George Mason University Canaan Bethea NCAA qualifier from University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Coach at George Mason University Jay Aiello NCAA qualifier from University of Virginia Dan Scanlan D2 NCAA Champion from Limestone College; founder of Scanlan Wrestling Academy Kurt McHenry NCAA qualifier from George Mason; coach of elite youth teams Carolyn Wester Founder, Wrestling Prep and UFC Coach Alex Madrigal 2x NCAA Qualifier |
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