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History

Since TOP opened in November 2014, it has significantly changed the wrestling landscape in Northern Virginia.

We started in a 4700 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, management decided upon a new and even grander vision for TOP. We closed the large Sterling facility and are now assisting nonprofit groups and small business owners in opening TOP Wrestling Centers across the country. 

We are also piloting an innovative new concept called TOP 24/7 which provides athletes access to mats and exercise equipment/resources 365 days per year, 24 hours a day. TOP continues to run smaller programs at the 24/7 facility as well as major events at other locations in the Washington metropolitan area. We continue to run the premier winter youth competitions in the country, the Winter Wrestling Series (WWS), Dulles Duals, TOP Championships, as well as various classes and clubs, and summer camps.

​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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