Blanton's Blog 3

[Rocketwrestler171]

Hey everyone! Sorry again for the wait

This summer went pretty well for me. I spent a lot of time on the mat, and I feel like I became a much better wrestler. As far as competition goes, I think I really underachieved my goals, and that's not something I like to have to deal with. I don't think there is much to say about it, other than I just have to keep working hard and try and put myself in better situations to win tough matches against tough opponents. I am a little disappointed about my performance at Fargo, but that's just another thing that motivates me everyday to work harder to achieve my goals.

Agdfan- Tell Clayton I say hi back! I'm looking forward to following him this year This summer I spent a lot of time wrestling with Izzy out in lombard, and trying to get a little bit bigger. I'm growing a little bit right now, so I'm just trying to get stronger and fill in a little more.

ZBCOACH- My plans for this year are to be at 171 again. I think I'm finally starting to grow into 171, and think that will be the best fit for me again. As far as competition, it's hard to say right now w/o knowing who's all going to be at my weight class, but I think guys like Clayton Kendall, Dan Stelter, Mario Gonzales, and maybe Luke Roth are the guys that'll be there at the end of the season. As far as my plans for Iowa, I plan getting after it right away. I haven't talked too much about it with Coach Brands, but I think as long as I'm the guy at 74, I want to start right away. As it gets a little closer to end of my senior year, I'll probably be able to give you a better idea of how it'll go.

Moon Dance Kid- We will be AA again this year, like Flashy said, and it does look to stay that way for a while. Our town's really growing right now.

This season looks to be a great one for my team as well. We've had some great additions to our team with wrestlers and coaches. Our freshman class should fill in our lower weights pretty well, and we now have Tyrone Byrd (U of I) as an assistant coach/ gym teacher. We also have John Murphy (North Central?) teaching P.E. and in the room, so my practice partners are going to really help me out this year.

Right now, I'm just lifting and starting to wrestle more. I plan on going to the Super 32 Challenge in North Carolina and am going to try and get into a college open before the season starts. I'll be training with Izzy again, and hopefully will get a chance to roll with Coaches Byrd and Murphy a little before the season as well.

Let me know what you think and if you have any questions!

Jordan Blanton

[ZBCOACH]

Sounds good, looking foward to seeing you in action, you guys going to Barrington?

[TheSluff]

Jordan, I read that you went to the Disney Duals, what kind of experience is that, how is the competetion, and should more of our Illinois boys who dont make the freestyle- greco teams look into this.

[Jblantclub]

Blanton... I love you.... How do you get these hot women in your fan club...... I have strived to do this for many years...... were did they come from????? At the hotel they looked nice!!!!!!

[bronco171]

Jordan,

Are you ever looking for new training partners? Are the guys that you train with only at Izzy Style?