Waynesboro的, VA: Another successful 费什伯恩 Military School (FMS) wrestling season came to a close the weekend of February 23, 2024, at the Prep School Nationals Tournament in Pennsylvania. The FMS Caisson wrestling team traveled far to compete against the best prep school wrestlers in the nation.
FMS head wrestling coach, 特里水域, member of the Class of 2022 National 摔跤 Hall of Fame, 和 now has coached three State Champion teams. Waters has also coached 24 state champs, 33个州的亚军, numerous All Americans 和 has been named coach of the year 19 times. His 2021, 2004, 2002 high school teams went undefeated. Prior to coaching at FMS, he was an assistant wrestling coach at Washington 和 Lee University.
At the State Championship tournament prior to nationals held at Potamac High School the weekend of February 16th, 2024, the FMS Caissons brought home another State Champion, 学员亨特·瓦格纳. 除了, FMS boasts two State Runner-ups Ryan Barone 和 Grayson Jones, 和 a 4th place by Saba Mushkudiani, 和 a 5th place by Brayden Farrar from the conference. Freshman Larkin Williams in his first year of wrestling lost his first match, then bounced back to win the next three matches before losing in the “blood round.” Larkin was one win from securing a state medal.
学员 Wagner, Barone, Jones, Mushkudiani, 和 Farrar went on to compete in Prep School Nationals. 水说:, “We were just so close to winning All American! But the 学员 all represented 费什伯恩 extremely well this weekend, competing against some of the best wrestlers in the country.” Junior Hunter Wagner ended his season five seconds from earning All-American status, but finished with a 4-2 record. Sophomore Ryan Barone finished 3-2 along with 10th place in the nation wrestler in 2022-2023 season, Senior Saba Mushkudiani, who also finished 3-2. Seniors Brayden Farrar 和 Grayson Jones posted a 1-2 mark.
水说:, “I couldn’t be more proud of a team— to know their story is to know what courage looks like. Three of the wrestlers had surgery last year which kept them off the mat all last summer, but they returned 和 put on a show at the state tournament, one of whom won the state championship.”
The Caissons finished 26th out of 108 schools competing in Prep School National Tournament, marking the highest finish in FMS history.
Waters not only creates strong wrestling teams, but also supports 和 encourages the 学员 to focus on excelling academically. Waters will often say they (coaches 和 学员) spend more time talking about life “off the mat” than they talk 和 coach about wrestling. That is part of their success.
Coach Waters expressed his gratitude for the season. 水说:, “I owe the parents of the 学员 on the wrestling team for their endless support, to the seniors whose contributions to the team cannot be measured, 最后, my message to the younger members of the FMS wrestling team— we’ve only just begun!”
