Elmhurst Jr. Duke Wrestling

• To help grow the sport's awareness and popularity in Elmhurst district 205
• To teach our wrestlers solid basics and understanding of the sport
• To improve our wrestlers' skills to compete at state level tournaments
• To feed established and seasoned wrestlers to the York High School program

To track progress against these goals, we've established a few basic measurements:

Team Roster Size:
Measures youth wrestling popularity in Elmhurst district 205 

• 2009-2010:  71 (Roster as of 1/17/10)
• 2008-2009:  97

Tournament Entries:
Measures tournament participation creating seasoned wrestlers

• 2009-2010:  195 (Results as of 3/13/10)
• 2008-2009:  143

Tournament Matches:
Measures tournament experience creating seasoned wrestlers

• 2009-2010:  497 (Goal: 500; Results as of 3/13/10)
• 2008-2009:  367

• 2009-2010 (Results as of 3/13/10)
  • 1st place:  28 (Goal: 20)
  • 2nd place:  33
  • 3rd place:  36
  • Top 3 finishes:  97 (Goal: 75)
    
• 2008-2009
  • 1st place:  15
  • 2nd place:  21
  • 3rd place:  28
  • Top 3 finishes:  64
    

Tournament Place Percentage:
Measures the team skill-level through tournament performance
(Top 3 Tournament Place Finishes divided by Tournament Entries)

As of 3/5/2010, our Tournament Place Percentage has increased 4.99% over the 2008-2009 season!  Jr. Dukes have placed top 3 in 49.74% of their tournaments entries in the 2009-2010 season vs. 44.75% in the 2008-2009 season.