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WedNEsdAy, FebftuARy 14, 2001
The CI ac I íamas P rènt
The latest
Full time student, father, husband
goes undefeated, wins championship diet fad
PHOTOS COURTESY OF NYKRIEM FAMILY
Top: Undefeated Kjell Nykriem wrestles an opponent
to the mat. Left: Nykriem and his son at the beach.
MAGGIE JIRASEK
Feature Editor
When not wrestling, undefeated
Region 18 champion Kjell Nykriem
works full time, is a father of two sons
and a devoted husband.
Nykriem started wrestling at the age
of seven and continued all the way
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through high school. After graduat
ing from Liberty Bell High School in
1993, Nikriem went on a mission fir his
church and had to quit wrestling for
awhile. Soon after getting married in
Idaho in 1997, Nykriem found his path
back to wrestling.
“1 got involved in wrestling down
there. Imet up withacoach and started
Cougar soccer
The Cougars lost their first in
tramural soccer game Saturday
against Portland State University
4-3.
The next game will be held on
Saturday, Feb. 24. Meet at the soc
cer field at 1 p.m. if you want to
play. Practices will be held Tues
days and Thursdays from 1-2 p.m.
Practices are encouraged but not
mandatory to play.
Contact Stefan Myers at x2544
or in the ASG office formore infor
mation.
coaching high school, free style Grecco
Roman. I brought kids to high school
tournaments,” explained Nykriem.
While attending Pacific University,
Nykriem met a wrestling coach work
ing for Portland State University and
decided to move to Oregon with his
wife and son.
“I wanted to make up my tests for
the ACT, but my first scores were not
high enough. I took the test again and
I got abetter score,” saidNykriem. “I
sent a copy to Portland State but I
never heard back from
them, so I didn ’t go ”.
It wasn’tuntilfall
of1999when Nykriem
enrolled at PSU, but
stayed only for about
two weeks, then trans
ferred to Clackamas.
“I don’t wrestle
on Sundays because
of my religion. That seemed to be a
problem. PSU called the head coach at
Clackamas andNormBemey arranged
itsothat I couldregisterfor 12 credits,
get involved with wrestling, but have
Sundays off,” explainedNykriem.
Financial aid money, as well as a tu
ition waiver helps pay for school, but
in order to provide for his family,
Nykriem not only goes to school full
time and wrestles, but he also works
lull time.
“1 don’thave much free time. I work,
throughout the season, he placed first
in the 184 pound weight class at the
Region 18 Championships in Yakima,
the only wrestler from Clackamas to
take home a first place this year.
“Our team placed fourth at the Re
gion Championships. . Right now we
are ranked seventh in the country,”
infoimedNykriem.
Nykriem will be attending Nation
als with four other teammates in Min
nesota, Feb. 16.
“I think our team can win that tour
nament. At the Region Champion
ships, all the guys had been pretty sick
and that hurt us,” said Nykriem. “We
weren’t able to show our true colors.”
Nykriem is not quite sure where he
wants to go after his timeat Clackamas,
but he has made some plans for the
future.
“I would like to work as a wrestling
coach. I think wrestling is good for kids,
it keeps them out of trouble.”
In regards to his personal life,
Nykriem is planning on expanding his
family.
“I do want to have 12 children, I’m
serious about that I’m not joking.”
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