Train under a Team USA coach
San Diego's wrestling room for adult competitors, returning athletes, and total beginners — ages 18 to 60.
Age range
18 - 60
Cost
$100 / month
Schedule
Sun 12:45 PM & Wed 6:30 PM · (Thu Open Mat)
Styles
Freestyle · Greco-Roman · Folkstyle (Collegiate)
Coached by Team USA Veteran's Co-Head Coach.
Most adult wrestling rooms in Southern California are open mats — you come, you partner up, you spar, you leave. The technique doesn't evolve.
MMWC is run as a coached program. Coach Craig is currently on the Team USA Veteran National Team coaching staff — Veteran Freestyle World Champions 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025; Veteran Greco-Roman World Champions 2022 and 2023. The technique you drill is the technique that's winning World titles right now.
- Active Team USA Veteran coaching staff
- All three styles: Freestyle, Greco-Roman, Folkstyle (Collegiate)
- Year-round training (not just seasonal)
- Beginner-friendly — scaled to who's in the room
- Competition prep for USA Wrestling Veteran events through Worlds
MMWC Adult Training
- Schedule
- Year-round · Sundays 12:45 PM & Wednesdays 6:30 PM — Technique & Tactics · (Thursday Open Mat)
- Tuition
- $100 / month
- Ages
- 18 - 60
- Styles
- Freestyle · Greco-Roman · Folkstyle (Collegiate)
- Required
- Current USA Wrestling card
- Location
- Mira Mesa High School wrestling room
- Head Coach
- Craig VanDyke — Team USA Veteran Co-Head Coach
- Coach
- Isaac Pumarejo
Veteran World Results
Full Veteran Team USA results, year by year — World Championships, roster history.
Open the history sheet
Masters US National Champions
- Ryan Pearl - Freestyle
- Ron Dombkowski - Greco-Roman
All Americans
Steve Vaughan (2×)
2026 State Placers
- Devhante Hayes — 2nd Freestyle
- Devhante Hayes — 3rd Greco-Roman
- Ryan Pearl — 4th Greco-Roman
- Joseph Delgado — 5th Freestyle
- Ryan Pearl — 7th Freestyle
Common questions about adult wrestling.
What is Veteran / Masters wrestling?
Veteran is the UWW competitive age division for wrestlers age 35 to 60, with age divisions separated by 5 year increments. It's organized internationally by United World Wrestling. Masters is a term used nationally for wrestlers aged 25 and up. Age groups can vary by competition and differ from UWW age divisions. MMWC's adult program prepares wrestlers for local, state, national (US Open), and World-level events.
Why train at MMWC specifically?
Coach Craig is an active Team USA Veteran National Team Co-Head Coach — meaning he's coaching at the highest level of adult international wrestling. Veteran Freestyle World Champions 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Veteran Greco-Roman World Champions 2022 and 2023. The technique you get is the technique the team is actually winning Worlds with.
I haven't wrestled in years (or ever). Can I start?
Yes. The adult program ranges from former NCAA wrestlers tuning up for Worlds to total beginners learning a position for the first time. Coach scales practice to who's in the room.
Do I need a USA Wrestling card?
Yes — a current USA Wrestling membership is required to train (and to compete at any sanctioned event). You can purchase your card at usawmembership.com — pick the Adult / Athlete card.
What about all three styles — Folkstyle, Freestyle, Greco?
All three are taught. Folkstyle dominates high school in the US, but adult international competition (and Veteran Worlds) is Freestyle and Greco-Roman. The program builds across all three so wrestlers are competition-ready in whichever style they choose.