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Joe Rau drops a hard fought, close match in the repechage to end his Olympic journey. We could not be more proud of Joe and everything he has accomplished.

Another early morning for Bluejay fans, as Joe Rau competes in the 97kg repechage round at 4:07 a.m. CT! A win advances him to the bronze medal match!

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Saravi of Iran advances to the gold medal match at 97kg. This qualifies Joe Rau for tomorrow morning's repechage round where he will have a chance to wrestle back for the bronze medal.

We are now less than 12 hours away from Joe Rau taking the mat in Paris! Tomorrow's session begins at 4AM CST, and Joe will be match #7 on Mat C and can be watched live on Peacock. His opening round opponent is the #3 seed, a 2021 World Champion from Iran.

Elmhurst's very own Joe Rau is set to begin Olympic competition tomorrow (8/6) morning at 4:00 a.m. CT! Visit the link below for more information, and how to follow Joe's journey.

📰 https://bit.ly/3AodBvK

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2024 Olympic Day Two Bracket Breakdown A few hours ago, brackets dropped for day two of the wrestling competition at the 2024 Olympic Games (For the full bracket, look here). Like the American wrestlers who started their tournaments this morning, tomorrow’s crop of wrestlers face some imposing opponents right off the bat. Here are the....

More shots from Paris as competition day gets closer.

More Joe Rau at the Olympics! So proud of our guy and his journey.

Following Joe Rau's Olympic jouney

Joe Rau and Team USA Wrestling are in Paris and ready for tomorrow's opening ceremony!

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Attention all youth wrestlers aged 7-18, we will be hosting a summer wrestling camp June 10-14. You can sign up using the following link:

https://secure.touchnet.net/C20719_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=735

Elmhurst University Athletics is excited to announce the addition of Andrew Demos as the first head coach of Elmhurst Women's Wrestling!

📰 https://bit.ly/3Wwm0q3

‘It still doesn’t feel real.’ Chicago wrestler Joe Rau’s improbable journey leads him to the Olympics — at age 33. Chicago wrestler Joe Rau retired from wrestling after a heartbreaking loss in 2021. Now he’s going to the Paris Olympics.

Joe Rau breaks through to officially make U.S. Olympic Team UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— The third time was the charm for Joe Rau.Rau, the 33-year-old Chicago native, broke through and won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling on Saturday. He bested Alan Vera, two matches to one, in the championship series to becom...

Joe Rau has PUNCHED his ticket 🎟️ to the 2024 Paris Olympics after defeating Alan Vera in three matches in the Greco-Roman 97-kilogram series.

He has done it! After dropping the first match of the Best-of-3 finals, Joe Rau comes roaring back to win the next two matches, 6-0 and 8-0 and is going to Paris! 2024 Olympian Joe Rau!!!!!

Congratulations to Troy Mock, Jeff Nugent, and David Ortiz of men's wrestling for earning NWCA Scholar All-American honors!

Calling all current Elmhurst students! If you are interested in joining the women's wrestling program for the 2024-25 season, join us in Faganel Hall room 212 on Wednesday, March 27 at 5:00 p.m. for an informational session!

Happy birthday, Joe! 🎉

It's official, Women's Wrestling is coming to Elmhurst University next season!

Elmhurst University Athletics is excited to announce the addition of women's wrestling as our 21st varsity sport!

📰 https://bit.ly/48MrvDE

Mock and Nugent both finish the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional in 7th place

TJ Mock and Jeff Nugent both advance to Day 2 of the Upper Midwest Regional.

NCAA Championships bids will be on the line this weekend as the Bluejays travel to UW Stevens Point for the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional. Wrestling begins Friday at noon.

The Bluejays came away with 6 placewinners from the CCIW Championships.

It's CCIW Championships day!