SUNBURY, Pa. — Mats are seen in ninja warrior, parkour, wrestling, and other athletic competitions nationwideThe family-owned, woman-owned mat company business,, is the sole supplier of classic mats for NCAA wrestling championships, the Super Bowl of wrestling for many, as vice president of sales Matt Gilbert says.
"We have two styles of wrestling mats. We have the lightweight mat, which is one-sided, and this is typically used in a lot of competitions, stuff like that, and then we have our classic mat," said Matt Gilbert, Vice President of Sales for Resilite, 3rd generation."So every roll that you see at the NCAA or every mat that you see at the NCAA or major wrestling college wrestling rooms or really any classic mat out there.
Resilite is the only company that manufactures classic mats, which the company says is highly valued by the NCAA. "Reason is because it leads on impact protection. There's not a wrestling mat on the market that even comes close to the impact protection of the classic wrestling mat. and also the durability and the feel of the mat for the competition," added Gilbert.
The company prides itself on being a tight-knit business of 87 employees. All of the hard work that goes into making each mat is done in Northumberland County. WPMT would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.