I'm just correcting Valentin Kalika's name. I have no idea what the issue is that njsportsphan mentioned.
RTCs: SKWC, NJRTC, PRTC, NYCRTC, LHVWC
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Lol while they might catch them at some point down the road , Zahid will have nothing to do with that , he was known as a terrible teammate at asu who only cared about himself and his brothers , never came to college practices after he got booted and is still partying and living the same way ,I’d bet he doesn’t stay in Stillwater too long
Updated 3/28/25 to remove McKenna from Penn now that he's off to OKST's Cowboy RTC, and it appears that Sarmat Tsarakhov left SKWC for NYCRTC:
SKWC (Rutgers)
Location: Rutgers Wrestling Room (APC)
Head Coach: Kyle Kiss
Resident Athletes:
• Zach Elam
• Kemol Begakov
PWC/NJRTC (Princeton; TCNJ also involved)
Location: Princeton Wrestling Room & Rhino Hillsborough
- Distance from Rutgers: 23 & 15 miles
- Partnership with NYCRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Reece Humphrey
Resident Athletes:
• Chance Marsteller
• Kennedy Monday
• Quincy Monday
• Yahya Thomas
NYCRTC (Columbia; Stevens also involved)
Location: Edge Hoboken, NJ & Columbia Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 34 & 48 miles
- Partnership with NJRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Kendall Cross
- Valentin Kalika (assistant coach)
-Emma Randall (assistant coach)
Resident Athletes:
• Sebastian Rivera
• Amit Elor
• Sam Barmish
• Avto Kentchadze
• Arian Carpio
• Maya Letona
• Sarmat Tsarakhov
Penn RTC (UPenn and Drexel)
Location: UPenn Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 70 miles
Head Coach: Brandon Slay
Resident Athletes:
• Jordan Burroughs
• Jay Aiello
Lehigh Valley WC (Lehigh)
Location: Lehigh Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 58 miles
Head Coach: Kerry McCoy
Resident Athletes:
• Jordan Wood
• Nahshon Garrett
• Guesseppe Rea
• Evan Henderson
• Mike Macchiavello
• Ben Honis
SKWC (Rutgers)
Location: Rutgers Wrestling Room (APC)
Head Coach: Kyle Kiss
Resident Athletes:
• Zach Elam
• Kemol Begakov
PWC/NJRTC (Princeton; TCNJ also involved)
Location: Princeton Wrestling Room & Rhino Hillsborough
- Distance from Rutgers: 23 & 15 miles
- Partnership with NYCRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Reece Humphrey
Resident Athletes:
• Chance Marsteller
• Kennedy Monday
• Quincy Monday
• Yahya Thomas
NYCRTC (Columbia; Stevens also involved)
Location: Edge Hoboken, NJ & Columbia Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 34 & 48 miles
- Partnership with NJRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Kendall Cross
- Valentin Kalika (assistant coach)
-Emma Randall (assistant coach)
Resident Athletes:
• Sebastian Rivera
• Amit Elor
• Sam Barmish
• Avto Kentchadze
• Arian Carpio
• Maya Letona
• Sarmat Tsarakhov
Penn RTC (UPenn and Drexel)
Location: UPenn Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 70 miles
Head Coach: Brandon Slay
Resident Athletes:
• Jordan Burroughs
• Jay Aiello
Lehigh Valley WC (Lehigh)
Location: Lehigh Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 58 miles
Head Coach: Kerry McCoy
Resident Athletes:
• Jordan Wood
• Nahshon Garrett
• Guesseppe Rea
• Evan Henderson
• Mike Macchiavello
• Ben Honis
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Wonder if his brother, Rocky, follows him to NJ and uses the last of his eligibility here. If he's healthy that would be massive pickup as he's a 4x AA who finished 5th, 4th, 3rd, and 6th at 197 which obviously a huge position of need for us.
Idk rocky looked like a shell of himself last time he competed and he’s a what 6th or 7th yr guy? Not a lot of success for the old guys recently, You’d be better off with Stewart, Ferrari, or Carroll
That's fair, which is why I mentioned if healthy so that's certainly the wildcard. I believe he would be in his 6th year next year.
I doubt we have the money to land Ferrari, and Stewart and Carroll both have some huge question marks as well. Hell I think the next school Carroll commits to will be his 5th commitment/school (Illinois, UPenn, Oklahoma State, and then Iowa state) so I'm not sure anyone is putting much stock in him sticking around anywhere.
Agree, think Ferrari will be too expensive. Carroll has not looked like the top recruit he was in High School, he was 5-5 this year and his best win was 10-9 over Voelker from UNI(who was blood rounder). Got crushed by Cardenas and Buchanan.
Elam did not wrestle a match this season. In 2024 he got 6th and had a very strong year. Big question, of course, is he healthy and can he stay healthy?. But if he wants to come here with his brother, he would be a huge upgrade for the roster.
Between Labs (4/5x AA) and Elam (2x AA) the upper weights have some great training partners, which should help tremendously with development and recruiting.
I sure hope so. We need to beef up that room at all weights to help lure high level recruits.
Brandon Slay Moving On from Executive Director of the PRTC
Updated 10/10/25. Plenty of changes.
SKWC (Rutgers)
Location: Rutgers Wrestling Room (APC)
Head Coach: Kyle Kiss
(Mario Mason & Sammy Sasso helping out?)
Resident Athletes:
• Mikey Labriola
• Zach Elam
• Kemol Begakov
PWC/NJRTC (Princeton; TCNJ also involved)
Location: Princeton Wrestling Room & Rhino Hillsborough
- Distance from Rutgers: 23 & 15 miles
- Partnership with NYCRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Reece Humphrey
Resident Athletes:
• Chance Marsteller?
• Kennedy Monday
• Quincy Monday
• Yahya Thomas
NYCRTC (Columbia; Stevens also involved)
Location: Edge Hoboken, NJ & Columbia Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 34 & 48 miles
- Partnership with NJRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Kendall Cross
- Emma Randall (women's assist. coach)
Resident Athletes:
• Sebastian Rivera
• Amit Elor
• Beau Bartlett
• Sam Barmish
• Avto Kentchadze
• Arian Carpio
• Maya Letona
• Sarmat Tsarakhov?
• Murad Gadzhiev?
Penn RTC (UPenn and Drexel)
Location: UPenn Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 70 miles
Head Coach: ? UPenn staff running it
Resident Athletes:
• Darian Cruz
• Max Gallagher
• CJ Composto
• Adam Thomson
• Shane Jones
• Edwin Morales
Lehigh Valley WC (Lehigh)
Location: Lehigh Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 58 miles
Head Coach: Kerry McCoy
Resident Athletes:
• Greg Kerkvliet
• Nathan Tomasello
• Jordan Wood
• Guesseppe Rea
• Mike Macchiavello
• Ben Honis
SKWC (Rutgers)
Location: Rutgers Wrestling Room (APC)
Head Coach: Kyle Kiss
(Mario Mason & Sammy Sasso helping out?)
Resident Athletes:
• Mikey Labriola
• Zach Elam
• Kemol Begakov
PWC/NJRTC (Princeton; TCNJ also involved)
Location: Princeton Wrestling Room & Rhino Hillsborough
- Distance from Rutgers: 23 & 15 miles
- Partnership with NYCRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Reece Humphrey
Resident Athletes:
• Chance Marsteller?
• Kennedy Monday
• Quincy Monday
• Yahya Thomas
NYCRTC (Columbia; Stevens also involved)
Location: Edge Hoboken, NJ & Columbia Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 34 & 48 miles
- Partnership with NJRTC?: https://www.newjerseyrtc.com/nycrtc
Head Coach: Kendall Cross
- Emma Randall (women's assist. coach)
Resident Athletes:
• Sebastian Rivera
• Amit Elor
• Beau Bartlett
• Sam Barmish
• Avto Kentchadze
• Arian Carpio
• Maya Letona
• Sarmat Tsarakhov?
• Murad Gadzhiev?
Penn RTC (UPenn and Drexel)
Location: UPenn Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 70 miles
Head Coach: ? UPenn staff running it
Resident Athletes:
• Darian Cruz
• Max Gallagher
• CJ Composto
• Adam Thomson
• Shane Jones
• Edwin Morales
Lehigh Valley WC (Lehigh)
Location: Lehigh Wrestling Room
- Distance from Rutgers: 58 miles
Head Coach: Kerry McCoy
Resident Athletes:
• Greg Kerkvliet
• Nathan Tomasello
• Jordan Wood
• Guesseppe Rea
• Mike Macchiavello
• Ben Honis
That's a good get. What is his involvement? I didn't think he was still competing. Is he? Or is he there just to be available to coach others?
Mekhi is a great get for Princeton. Wish we could have got him. Would be a really good training partner for our guys.
Oh my god you’re insufferable. What do you think Princeton can do for him that’s so much better than us
No they don’t, it’s probably on par with ours. We also have Labriola in the room who’s more accomplished than any guy in their RTC and is at a similar weight to Lewis. Obviously there are reasons why he chose to go there and I don’t know what they are but let’s not pretend like the Princeton RTC is some illustrious place that ours isn’t.
Goodale and team are the SKWC coaches. Humphrey is still at NJRTC.
Are you f**k**g kidding me?! NJRTC has Dubuque, Brewer, Ashnault, and Humphrey! What is that, like 5 combined NCAA individual champions plus multiple national team members?! You can't be f**k**g serious!
And Princeton still sucks *** at wrestling. Theyve only beaten Rutgers ONCE in a dual since the 90s.
Dude, we're not talking about the college wrestling programs. We're talking about the SKWC versus the NJRTC. Reading comprehension turns out to be an actual thing.