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Lehigh Valley Athletic Club wrestler and Lehigh Assistant Coach, Steve Mocco, made a big splash in his first return to the freestyle pool in over 18 months. Mocco won a strong heavyweight class at the Dave Schultz Memorial International, earning a gritty 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 semifinal win over veteran Aleksei Shemarov of Belarus, who placed 10th in the World in 2009. Shemarov outscored his other opponents, 26-0, to finish third. Mocco was the sole American to claim a Schultz title, although the LVAC’s Keith Gavin wrestled smart and tough to wind up in 2nd place, one place higher than last year. (more…)

MORE DAVE SCHULTZ COLOR FROM MASTER BLOGGER, LVAC Head Coach, Jason Kutz:

In a message on 2/4/2011 at 4:27 PM EST, jmk504@Lehigh.EDU writes:

“The LVAC has 3 wrestlers competing this weekend in the Dave Schultz
International held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Matt Valenti, Keith Gavin,and Steve Mocco have all reached the semi finals that will go on at 4pm MST (6pm EST).”

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Sunday, October 24, 2010, Tempe, AZ

Matt Valenti, LVAC, won the prestigious Sunkist Open at 132 lbs to claim his first major freestyle title and did it by avenging last year’s loss for 3rd place to 2007 NCAA Outstanding Wrestler at 141, Derek Moore of the U.S. Army. (more…)

On the extended weekend of Sept. 29-Oct. 2, Mike Poeta and Matt Valenti were special Club visitors training extensively at one of numerous LVAC senior level workout sessions held during the year at Lehigh University in Bethlehem. (more…)