Damion Logan, owner/founder of Apex Wrestling School. He joins Premier after a three-year stint as Head Assistant Wrestling Coach at the University of Pennsylvania, under coach Zeke Jones, a former US Olympic coach and World Champion wrestler; and coach Roger Reina, who has the most wins in Penn’s history, and was a former president of the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
While at Penn, Logan helped develop nationally-ranked ivy league wrestlers who were among the top teams in the nation academically, too. Logan trained multiple All-American wrestlers, an NCAA champion (Matt Valenti of Kittatiny, NJ), and a top-10 nationally ranked team.
• Compiled 121-6 High School Career Record
• Bergen County "All-Century" Team
• 4X All Bergen County Wrestler
• 4X District Champion
• 4X RegionalL Champion
• 4X NJ High School State Finalist
• 3X NJ State Champion
• 1995 NJ State Wrestling Tournament M.O.W
• Region 2 Hall Of Fame Wrestler
• First-Team All-Nation By USA Wrestler
• First-Team High School All-American By Amateur Wrestling
• First-Team ASICS Tiger’s Dream Team
• USA Team Member At The Dapper Dan Classic
• Greco Roman Cadet National All-American
• 2X Freestyle Cadet National All-American
• 2X Freestyle Junior National All-American
University of Michigan
• Freestyle University National All-American
• Compiled 100 Win Career
• Big Ten Conference Medal Winner
• Big Ten Conference Finalist
• 2X DIV I NCAA All-American
Training
• Coached By Kerry "Heff" Koleheffer, 92-96 Head Coach St. Joe’s
• Ernie Monaco, Edge School Of Wrestling
• University Of Michigan Coaching Staff |
Bryan, one of Bergen County's most decorated nationally ranked high school wrestlers was a Cadet Freestyle National Runner-Up in 2000, a Cadet Freestyle National Champion in 2001, a Fila Cadet Freestyle National Champion in 2001, and a four time New Jersey State Place winner.
Bryan is a product of Bergen Catholic High School, the Edge School of Wrestling, and the Apex Wrestling School. At PREMIER he will be one of many prominent wrestling clinicians with in the Complete Training Facility. Bryan will also be studying and designing 60-90 min. fitness classes for athletes as well as conducting individual and group seminars known as bungee circuit training sessions.
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"Our high energy routine is brand new. It will help our student athletes build strength, flexibility, and balance. Bungee Circuit Training is safe and our youth will gain an enormous amount of cardio vascular conditioning, which will help each student’s endurance and keep them free of injury."
High School Record
Bergen Catholic High School
• Bergen County All-Time Win Record (141-7)
• 4x All Bergen County
• 4x District Champ
• 4x Region Champ
• 4x State Place Winner (2 times 2nd, 2 times 4th)
• 2x Asics® All-America
• 3x Cadet/Junior National All American (2 times 1st, 1 time 2nd)
Training
• Ernie Monaco, Edge School of Wrestling
• Damion Logan, Jason Silverstein, Apex Wrestling School
• Ken Chertow, Chertow Wrestling Camps
• Bergen Catholic Coaching Staff, Dave Bell, Mark Lombardi
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Erik Norgaard, Apex Wrestling School Technician, is a Columbia University graduate, an honors program high school teacher, and trainer of several NJ state champions and finalists. He is a Bronze Certified member of the USA Wrestling National Coaches Educational Program.
Norgaard currently works at a prestigious parochial high school where he teaches honors English and History Programs. While at Columbia University, Erik successfully completed a B.A. degree with a major in Political Science (3.7 GPA) and minor in History (3.4 GPA). Norgaard successfully achieved both high academic honors and athletic leadership on the wrestling mat, which contributed to his being voted Columbia’s Wrestling Team Captain two times.
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“I look forward to transferring the techniques and athletes that I have worked with for the past three years at Apex to a new and energetic environment. The new location will breed an elevated enthusiasm for both athletes and trainers. The well-rounded student athlete is our goal.”
Columbia University record
• 4 Year Division I Varsity team starter
• Captain / Outstanding Wrestler
• 86 Division I Wins
• AWN Top 20 for 3 Years
• 2X New York State Champ
• EIWA Athlete of the Week
• Academic All-Ivy
• Amateur Wrestling News
• Rookie All-American 3rd
Saint Joseph Regional High School record
• Held the Bergen County All-Time Win Record (134-6)
• YMCA Athlete of the Year 2000
• 4X County Champ
• 4X District Champ
• 3X Region Champ
• 3X State Medallist
• 2000 State Champ
• Senior Nationals 3rd
• 2X Freestyle World Trials 3rd
• Cadet World Team Alternate
• 9X New Jersey Freestyle State Champ
• 6X Northeast Regional Champ
• ASICS Tiger Dream Team Member
TRAINING
• Ernie Monaco, Edge School of Wrestling
• Ernie Monaco Sr. (Strength Training)
• Columbia University Coaching Staff
• Brendan Buckley, Dave Esposito, Karl Roesler, Yeru Washington |
| Dane Tabano, Apex Wrestling School Technician, recently served as Head Assistant Wrestling Coach at New York University. Dane is an honors English teacher/director at a private high school, who also holds the highly coveted Silver Coach Certification in the National Coaches Education Program from USA Wrestling. Tabano works with upper-weight wrestlers and was a member of several championship wrestling teams at the University of Michigan.
Head Assistant at NYU 2002-‘05
• Trained two NCAA Div.III Metropolitan Conference Champions and three NCAA Div. III National Qualifiers
University of Michigan
• Varsity wrestled 184 & 197 lbs.
• Most Outstanding Wrestler Award Recipient, Varsity Debut, 2/14/1999
• Michigan Daily Big Ten Athlete Of The Week, 2/14/1999
• Honoree At Multiple Athletic/Academic Achievement Awards Banquets For Outstanding Academic And Athletic Performance
• Dual Concentration B.A in English Language & Literature and Political Science
• 3.4 G.P.A. in English Language & Literature, 3.6 G.P.A. in Political Science
• Volunteer Composition Tutor, Student/Athlete Study Table
• Volunteer Coach University of Michigan Advanced Wrestling Camps, ’97 – ‘01
High School Record 98-15
• Bergen Catholic High School
2-Time Varsity Wrestling Team Captain 171 lbs.
• 2-Time NJSIAA State Championship place winner
• Highest Place-winning Region II Wrestler at 1997 NJSIAA State Championships
• 4-Time All-Bergen County Wrestler, 1st team 1997
• 2-Time NJ Greco-Roman and Freestyle State Championship Gold Medallist
• 4-Time NJ Greco-Roman and Freestyle National Team Representative
• 1994 Cadet National Championships (@ University of Missouri)Greco-Roman All American
Training Camps
• University of Michigan Advanced Wrestling Team Camp, 2002
• Assistant Coach, NJ Team, Tournament Champion
• University of Pennsylvania Wrestling Camps (Clinician)
Training
• Ernie Monaco, Edge School Of Wrestling
• Ernie Monaco Sr. (Strength Training)
• University of Michigan Coaching Staff: Joe Macfarland, Kirk Trost, Dale Bahr
• Kerry "Hef" Kolheffer, Garfield Purple Wave & St.
Joseph Regional H.S.
• Jon "D" Direnzo, Bergen Catholic High School H.S. |
Foley Dowd, Apex Wrestling School Technician, was a University of Michigan Team Captain, and coach at Northwestern University, where he trained four All-American athletes in two years.
During college, Dowd was 2004 Division 1 All-American, and 2004 Outstanding Wrestler at National Duals, 2002 Midlands Champion, Big Ten Finalist, 2 x NCAA qualifier, with more than 100 career wins. Including a distinction of being a 2 x Academic All-American.
The West Orange resident took 3rd Place at the 1997 Cadet Nationals, and in 1999 was H.S. National Champion, 1999 Junior National Freestyle Champion, 2 x Prep National Champion, 2 x Peddie High School Team Captain. He was undefeated during junior and senior seasons, and was a 4 x Mercer County Champion.
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