Event Venue
Mankato East High School
2600 Hoffman Rd
Mankato, MN 56001
Event Director
Andre Harnitz
andreharnitz@gmail.com
**This is a Freestyle/Greco Combo Tournament, meaning all registrants must participate doing both styles (must do Greco to do Freestyle)**
Location: NEW LOCATION IN 2026 for this event is Mankato East High School (2600 Hoffman Rd. Mankato MN 56001)
Arrival: Doors will open at 7:30am. Park in the school lot and enter in the south entrance.
Schedule:
- Check-In Time = 7:30am - 8:30am (for both styles). Consistent with other MN/USA open tournaments, all wrestlers must by pre-registered by 8pm on the night before the event and check-in within this timeframe. Late arrivals will be scratched to ensure the event starts on time.
- Skin Checks: All wrestlers will do a skin check.
- Weigh-Ins (Weight Audits): If they have been selected randomly to weight audit, they will go to the scales and must be within 3% of their registered weight. See Weigh-Ins tab for more information.
- Greco competition will be at approximately 9:00am
- Freestyle competitioin will begin approximately 15 minutes after the Greco competition concludes.
Format: Wrestlers will be bracketed into 4-person round robin brackets by registration weight when possible.
Eligibility/Membership: All participants to register must have a USAW Traditional (fully-year) Athlete Membership. Open to all wrestlers across any state with a USAW card. No limited athlete memberships are allowed or single event memberships.
Divisions:
Registration:
- REGISTRATION LINK: MN/USA Wrestling Brotherhood Freestyle/Greco Combo
- Registration is required online via usabracketing.com and cost is $40 and will close the night before the tournament @ 8:00 PM on 4/25/26.
- Click Register Now on the main page. Create an account in USA Bracketing if you do not have one already and add your wrestler information. If you have an existing account, choose your wrestler to register. Be sure to enter their actual weight to be used in case of a weight audit (see weigh-in tab for more information.) Be sure to complete payment to ensure registration is complete.
Admissions:
- Spectator fee of $6 for all. Coaches with USAW Coaches Leader Membership card get in for free.
- Cash/check accepted at the door.