Huge thank you to our eight summer interns! Alvaro Perez  Josh Kwiatowski  Rafael Soto Sydney Park Torry Early Cameron White Cameron Hargrove Ghee Rachal Every year, Beat The Streets Chicago welcomes interns to manage the demands that come with the busy Summer Season. With coaching & facility management comprising the…

The Young Professional’s Board is gearing up for its largest event of the year.  Join the Young Professionals as they run the Lifetime Half marathon & 5k on September 24th to raise a goal of $50,000. How can you help: Support A Runner – Want to see your friend run hard and celebrate…

We are proud to say that during this year’s summer camp over 300 kids ages 5-18 registered for 962 one-week slots, including wrestling and tumbling at 4 locations and Summer Enrichment at our Midway location.  Beat the Streets Chicago’s goal is to make wrestling accessible to all Chicago youth. This…

It’s easy for me to talk about wrestling.  I live it. I breathe it.  I know it works. I know it changes lives. So why is it so hard for me to describe what exactly we do at Beat the Streets? As we end the 2022-23 year, I find myself…

The second edition of Beat The Streets Life Champions Academy is set to begin Sunday, September 17th. But how does this program benefit our athletes and exactly does it offer? As part of our “buy into us, & we will buy into you” mentality as well as our cause to…

Running simultaneously with the Summer wrestling camp , Enrichment Coordinator Leila Cleofe led a four-week Enrichment camp providing wrestlers ages 9-14 with an opportunity to hone in on academic skills ahead of the school year. This camp emphasized learning in a fun setting through activities, games, outings and classroom instruction…

After qualifying 21 wrestlers for Team Illinois, Beat The Streets Chicago makes a mark on the Junior & 16u Freestyle & Greco-Roman Nationals in Fargo, ND. Following the women’s showing at Fargo the week prior, it was the men’s turn to represent both Beat The Streets Chicago & Team Illinois…

Following up with our initiative to employ more coaches for the upcoming seasons, Beat The Streets Chicago is placing a higher emphasis on hiring more female coaches to aid in mentoring our growing women’s program! With 300+ women registered across all Beat The Streets Chicago locations, women make up 19%…

Although Hannah Weigel is not new to the Beat The Streets Chicago Family, she has taken on a new role in the organization. Weigel came on staff at Beat The Streets Chicago under the title of Program Coordinator in 2021, but just recently got appointed Development Coordinator. Since graduating from…