MILLCREEK WRESTLING 2022 SALUTE TO SERVICE WRESTLING CAMP JULY 25-29 McDOWELL HS

We invite all 6-12 boy and girl wrestlers to our wrestling camp at McDowell HS wrestling room on July 25-29. All levels of experience welcome. We are honored to have this camp administered by Coach Tom Tomeo of T3 Wrestling Academy alongside our Millcreek Wrestling family that includes MYAA Youth Wrestling and McDowell Wrestling teams. 

Coach Tomeo is one of the most experienced and successful coaches in this area and has succesfully competed, coached and administered on the national, Olympic and international levels. In the wrestling community Coach Tomeo is well known for his success in teaching athletes the sport of wrestling alongside values and skills necessary to be champions on and off the matt. Coach Tomeo's values align with our vision with Millcreek Wrestling teams and coaches to create a better community by developing leaders with strong values in our community. Coach Tomeo's bio and achievements are listed below and more information can be found at http://www.tomeowrestling.com/index.html

Camp schedule is as follows

Monday 7/25 through Thursday 7/28  Camp starts promptly at 9:00 am and ends at 3:00 pm

Friday 7/29 camp starts promptly at 9 and ends at 12 pm

$160 per wrestler and pro-rated rates available for morning and afternoon sessions. 

Daily check-in opens at 8:00 a.m. in the McDowell hallway by the McDowell wrestling room. The hallway can be accessed through the driveway behind the high school close to the stadium. Campers are encouraged to arrive before 9:00 a.m. so camp can start on time. 

Wrestlers must bring a lunch for Monday through Thursday sessions.

Sessions will be spent learning fundamentals of wrestling in a fun environment with games mixed in. Sessions will be run by Coach Tomeo, the instructors as well as McDowell and Millcreek Wrestling Coaches as well as guest wrestlers from the area. 

A few things to bring to camp: • Appropriate athletic attire. • Wrestling shoes. • Head Gear. Not required, but if you have head gear, go ahead and bring it with you. • Water Bottle. A water fountain will be available. • Snack 

All campers will receive a t-shirt with their registration!

Proceeds benefit Millcreek Wrestling and a portion of the proceeds will be donated directly to a local veterans family in honor of Memorial Day. Millcreek Wrestling is the nonprofit organization that supports McDowell and MYAA Youth Wrestling Programs.

To register please go to https://clubs.bluesombrero.com/millcreekwrestling or email millcreekwrestling@outlook.com for registration questions

• As a youth Tom was a 7X J.O. place winner and a 3x champion. In high school, he was a four time place winner and a 2X PIAA Champion, winning once in AA and one in AAA.  His High School record was 143-8 with only one loss after his freshman year.  Tom's performance earned him a spot on the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic team, where he defeated 172-0 in high school and future NCAA champion Jeff McGinness of Iowa City, IA, 6-4. That win earned Tom the Outstanding Wrestler Award. Tom matriculated to Clarion University, where he studied Biology. 
• At Clarion Tom was a two year Captain, a 3x NCAA qualifier and in 1998 a NCAA Div. I All American. Tom went on to coach collegiately at Slippery Rock, Cumberland, Buffalo and Clarion. Tom moved on for 2003-2005 to become the Woman's Resident Coach and National Development Coach at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  In addition, Tom had been a coach for the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club.  Tom also had the privilege coach his sister, Erin Tomeo, a 2x World Team member and who won over a dozen national freestyle titles.  His sister is now a coach at the Olympic Training Center for the U.S. Team. 
• In 2004 Tom was a coach for the U.S.A. Olympic Team in Athens, Greece, which was highlighted by the first ever awarded Womens Wrestling Olympic Medals and the Gold Medal performance of Cael Sanderson!  Recenly Tom has been a high school Head Coach, a Team Consultant for seveal teams and a Private Coach for many wrestlers.  
• Coach Tomeo has also developed the T3 Wrestling Academy and the T3 Wrestling Club for over a decade.  
• Tom has an outstanding and extremely supportive wife Anna and an awesome 3 year old month old daughter Emma!  He has a passion for traveling, fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation!