Bader and Bray catch up with four-time World champ and six-time World medalist Tricia Saunders before she coaches at the Captains' Cup.

Order of Show

0:01 How Tricia Saunders heard about the Captains’ Cup

0:02 Saunders’ start in wrestling

0:03 Wrestling ran in Tricia Saunders’ family as a kid

0:05 Stuff hit the fan after Saunders’ first wrestling tournament

0:06 When Tricia Saunders went to court to keep wrestling

0:11 It took a while for Tricia to understand how big a deal her court case was

0:13 Tricia didn’t wrestle from the age of 13 til she was 22

0:17 How Tricia got back into wrestling after Zeke Jones encouraged her to come back

0:19 Tricia won a world title after a year of training

0:22 Saunders had only wrestled with one girl before her first women’s tournament

0:25 Did Tricia Saunders second guess her decision to wrestle when she met resistance from USA Wrestling?

0:27 Did Tricia Saunders used to beat Zeke Jones as a kid?

0:30 Tricia’s interactions with the men’s freestyle team

0:31 There was a little resistance from the men’s team

0:33 Tricia Saunders’ first World Championships

0:34 After Tricia lost a match, she asked her opponent to move in with her

0:37 Japan has always been the team to beat

0:39 Tricia Saunders describes her style

0:41 The ruleset changes throughout Tricia Saunders’ career

0:42 What drew Tricia Saunders to wrestling

0:43 Tricia Saunders didn’t like losing

0:47 How women’s wrestling changed during Tricia’s competitive career

0:49 Tricia Saunders thought about the future of women’s wrestling when she was competing

0:52 The conversations among the women’s wrestling team about growing the sport

0:53 What it’s like to compete in another country without a coach

0:55 Where would Tricia Saunders like to see women’s wrestling go next?

0:58 What Tricia Saunders is looking forward to at the Captains’ Cup

0:59 Tricia Saunders’ coaching strategy

1:02 Tricia Saunders’ final word