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For today’s episode we sat down with Mike Powell, Executive Director of Beat the Streets Chicago. Beat the Streets Chicago (BTS) is a non-profit organization that aims to develop the Urban wrestling community into a self-sustaining entity that is based on the core values of wrestling: hard work, dedication, discipline and determination. Prior to his work at BTS Chicago, Mike was a coach for the Oak Park River Forest High School wrestling program. In a decade of coaching, he led the OPRF Huskies to two dual team state championships, a dual team runner-up finish, a total of six appearances in the dual team state finals tournament, and top team scores at the individual state wrestling tournament four times. Powell coached 10 individual state champions and 31 all-state wrestlers. His overall dual meet record was 213-44. As an athlete, he was a 1994 state champion for OPRF High School in Illinois. He continued his competitive career at Indiana University, earning All-America honors in 1996, before completing his collegiate career three years later with an overall record of 68-21.
You can find out more about Beat the Streets Chicago at their website: https://www.btschicago.org/ or find them on twitter: @btschicago1 and Instagram: @btschicago
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