Sports, UCM Sports

Pep rally will honor track, wrestling national champions

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — The University of Central Missouri will hold a pep rally on Wednesday, March 25, to honor the 2015 NCAA-II women’s indoor track & field national champion Jennies and Mules wrestling national champion Frank Cagnina.

The pep rally will begin at 6 p.m. in the UCM Multipurpose Building. Local and state proclamations will be read and fans will hear from UCM Athletic Director Jerry Hughes, UCM President Chuck Ambrose as well as Jennies co-head track & field coaches Kip Janvrin and Kirk Pedersen. Food and beverage will be provided free of charge to fans.

The Jennies captured their first team national championship in school history on Saturday, March 14, in Birmingham, Alabama. Erika Kinsey captured two individual national championships and the Jennies brought home seven All-America honors.

Cagnina became just the second UCM wrestler to claim multiple national championships as he won his second straight title at 149 pounds and helped lead the Mules to their best-ever national finish

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