Members of the 2018 U.S. Men’s and Women’s World Team to compete in annual fundraiser to help raise money for youth non-profit Beat the Streets
NEW YORK– Beat the Streets Wrestling (BTS), the largest grassroots inner city wrestling program in the United States, and USA Wrestling announced today that the annual BTS benefit will be held on Monday, Maio 6, no Hulu Theatre no Madison Square Garden. This is the first time in six years that the annual event will be held indoors.
Beat the Streets, Inc. will invite select members of the 2018 U.S. Men’s Freestyle World Team, which placed second in the 2018 World Championships and won seven World medals, as well as select top USA women’s wrestlers. The athletes will compete in freestyle wrestling. Team USA’s opponents will be announced at a later date.
“When we decided to move the event indoors we knew there was only one place iconic enough to host it – Madison Square Garden,” said Beat the Streets Executive Director
Brendan Buckley
. “Thanks to the wrestling community, this event has really grown over the past few years and by having it at the Hulu Theater at MSG many more fans will be able to experience the event live in person.”
This year celebrates the 10th straight year of Beat the Streets Benefit competitions, which began in 2010 and have since become a major showcase of the best of international wrestling. This unique and electrifying annual event has helped Beat the Streets raise millions of dollars to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young people in New York City.
The first Beat the Streets Benefit was held on the U.S.S. Intrepid, um porta-aviões ancorado no lado oeste de Manhattan. Desde então, the benefit has taken place at other notable New York City spots like Grand Central Station and Times Square. Team USA has faced off against teams from around the world including Japan, Cuba, Rússia e Irã. Ano passado, the competition was hosted at the new Pier 17 in the Seaport District and included the highly anticipated Burroughs vs. Chamizo match.
O 2018 U.S. World Team, which competed in Budapest, Hungria, destaque 2018 World champions Kyle Snyder, David Taylor and J’den Cox, 2018 World silver medalist Kyle Snyder, e 2018 World bronze medalists Joe Colon, Jordan Burroughs and Nick Gwiazdowski. Burroughs and Snyder are both multiple Olympic and World champions. Others on the USA team included 2016 World champion Logan Stieber, two-time World bronze medalist James Green and 2017 World silver medalist Thomas Gilman.
New York City’s Madison Square Garden is one of the most famous sporting and entertainment venues in the world. The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden is an impressive venue with the capacity to seat over 5,000. The theater has hosted notable wrestling events including the 1998 Goodwill Games wrestling competition and the 2017 Grapple at the Garden college wrestling event.
Ticket information and the final event schedule have not yet been finalized.
Sobre Beat the Streets
A missão do Beat the Streets é desenvolver todo o potencial da juventude urbana e fortalecer a cultura da luta livre de Nova York. BTS works directly with the New York City Department of Education in a public-private partnership to bring the life changing sport of wrestling to over 3,000 Estudantes-atletas da cidade de Nova York para ajudá-los a alcançar seus objetivos pessoais e atléticos. Por meio da operação de programas de luta livre em escolas de ensino fundamental e médio nos cinco distritos, O BTS e o DOE fornecem um seguro, atmosfera positiva em que jovens desfavorecidos e em risco podem aprender as lições essenciais de vida de coragem, responsabilidade pessoal e trabalho em equipe, aptidão física e nutrição, e aprendizagem ao longo da vida. O objetivo de promover forte, alunos-atletas bem treinados são entregues por meio de coaching, programas depois da escola, workshops de habilidades para a vida, e acampamentos de verão. Mais informações podem ser encontradas em www.btsny.org.
About USA Wrestling
USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body for the Sport of Wrestling in the United States and, Como tal, is its representative to the United States Olympic Committee and United World Wrestling, a federação de luta livre internacional. Simplesmente, EUA Wrestling é a organização central que coordena os programas de wrestling amador no país e trabalha para criar interesse e participação nestes programas. It has over 230,000 members across the nation, boys and girls, men and women of all ages, representing all levels of the sport. Its president is Bruce Baumgartner, and its Executive Director is Rich Bender. More information can be found at TheMat.com