Tucker Breitung, 17, from Prior Lake, Minn., tries to wiggle out of a submission hold from his wrestling partner Matt Kahnke, 17, from Prior Lake Minn., during a free-style training session at the All-Marine Wrestling Camp July 26. Breitung and Kahnke will both be seniors at Prior Lake High School. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

All-Marine athletes roll out wrestling mats to mold Midwest high school students into elite warriors

3 Aug 2011 | 9th Marine Corps District

High school students received one-on-one instruction from several of the nation's top athletes at Camp Ripley for an All-Marine Wrestling Camp July 25-30.

More than 120 athletes from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the Dakotas attended the six-day wrestling camp, which was hosted by Recruiting Station Twin Cities to promote academic and athletic excellence.

Throughout the camp, Marines taught various intermediate and advanced free-style and Greco-Roman techniques to prepare wrestlers for the upcoming season. Camp attendees also received daily conditioning workouts and classes intended to strengthen their mental resolve for matches.

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