WRESTLING - Max Servies Wrestling Room

Part of Wabash College’s commitment to wrestling can be seen in the Max E. Servies ’58 Wrestling Room. The practice facility, made possible in part by a gift from Dr. K. Donald Shelbourne ’72, was used for the first time during the 2000 season. The weight room is right next door and is an essential part of the facilities here at Wabash.

The wrestling facility houses four climbing ropes, pull-up bars, dip racks, and band stations. The room also has Olympic bars and bounce plates for the wrestlers to use during morning cross training workouts. New to the room is a full set of kettle bells, tractor tires and sledge hammers. Also housed in the wrestling room are throwing dummies, a wall mounted ADAM takedown machine and a stereo system.

Chadwick Court

The Servies Wrestling Room isn’t the only addition to the wrestling program. Wabash also dedicated part of the Chadwick Court renovation as an upgrade to the wrestling meet facilities. Two mat lifting systems allow wrestling competition mats to be easily stored during basketball games, and quickly lowered and put into place for wrestling meets and tournaments. Three new media tables, two new scoreboards and controllers, and a redesigned bleacher section allow space for four matches to take place at the same time. This facility is invaluable as the Little Giants host many major tournaments throughout each season, including the 2001 and 2008 NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championships.

Fieldhouse

Another area for competition is the field house which is right outside the wrestling room and can accommodate 14 mats, still providing ample space for seating and scoring tables. The field house has been the annual home of the Brian L. Anderson Little Giants Summer Wrestling Camps each June. This space is also used frequently for pre-season and in-season training, which gives the team a lot of versatility space to utilize for conditioning during the year.