Olympic Medalist Featured at CCC Women’s Wrestling Camp

Colby Community College will host a two-day wrestling camp on May 24-25 at the Colby Event Center, welcoming boys and girls of all ages to learn from top-level competitors and coaches.

Presented by the Kansas National Guard, the camp features 2024 Olympic silver medalist and 2025 NCAA national champion Kennedy Blades of the University of Iowa, who will headline sessions on May 25. Additional clinicians include CCC head women's wrestling coach and former NAIA national finalist Michael Ruiz and Anastasia Hardin of Missouri Baptist University, a four-time NAIA national qualifier and USA Wrestling Beach National Champion. Participants also have the opportunity to learn from camp counselors Gracyn Dombroski, Aspen Sharpe, Luis Vasquez, Destiny Gonzales, and Kaylee Horinek.

Registration is open at $150 per person, with group rates available. The first 50 to register receive a camp T-shirt.

The event is made possible through sponsorship from the Colby Convention and Visitors Bureau; McCarty Family Farms, LLC; Hoover Lumber; Open Spaces Sports; and Woofter Construction and Irrigation.

For more information or to register, contact Coach Michael Ruiz at michael.ruiz@colbycc.edu or (406) 770-0463.