New season, new thread.
No preview yet but new HC Mike Grey announced that the first dual meet of the season will be at Stanford against his mentor and Cornell's last coach, Rob Koll.
Pretty sure the Stanford dual is in Ithaca.
Is there enough runway at ITH for the Stanford Athletics Boeing Business Jet?
Quote from: ugarteNew season, new thread.
No preview yet but new HC Mike Grey announced that the first dual meet of the season will be at Stanford against his mentor and Cornell's last coach, Rob Koll.
At Cornell to open the new Friedman Arena (built by Koll).
Classy move.
Quote from: billhowardIs there enough runway at ITH for the Stanford Athletics Boeing Business Jet?
They can fly into SYR and hire limos.
Quote from: billhowardIs there enough runway at ITH for the Stanford Athletics Boeing Business Jet?
Larry72 could give an authoritative answer to that question. We can all do the approximate arithmetic.
https://jetadvisors.com/boeing-business-jet/
QuoteThe BBJ, despite its size and its maximum takeoff weight of 171,000 pounds, can take off from a sea level runway in 5,885 feet. At an altitude of 5,000 feet and a temperature of 77°F, the required runway distance increases to 9,645 feet.
ITH is at 1099' altitude and has a 6977' runway. https://airnav.com/airport/KITH.
It's too late at night to do anything but scale the runway need linearly. 5885 + (1099/5000)*(9645-5885) = 6711 feet
6711 < 6977, so, there appears to be enough runway. There's another 150' feet of grooved pavement beyond that.
whoops gotta read closer. thanks for the correction.
In coaching news, 2x NCAA champion and 2x world Bronze medalist Nick Gwiazdowski has joined the Cornell coaching staff as a volunteer assistant while training with Spartan RTC.
In other Spartan/coaching news, Spartan RTC has brought Frank Perrelli '12 back to Ithaca as its head coach (https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/July/02/Frank-Perrelli-named-head-coach-of-Spartan-Combat-RTC).
Donnie Vinson will be joining the wrestling staff as Associate Head Coach. Vinson comes from the NC State University program. He formerly was an assistant at Cornell from 2014-17.
Quote from: Ken711Donnie Vinson will be joining the wrestling staff as Associate Head Coach. Vinson comes from the NC State University program. He formerly was an assistant at Cornell from 2014-17.
Vinson is one of the few with a decision over Dake, 5-3 at 149 in 2011.
Quote from: Ken711Donnie Vinson will be joining the wrestling staff as Associate Head Coach. Vinson comes from the NC State University program. He formerly was an assistant at Cornell from 2014-17.
Vinson was also an All-American at Binghamton, finishing in third as a senior. And, as Al noted, his signature college win was a special one. He's from Whitney Point so if he was the same weight class as Dake in High School they probably faced each other then as well.
Also joining the staff is Kellen Russell, a 2x national champion at 141 for Michigan followed by 7 years coaching for his alma mater and the local RTC.
A couple of really good pickups for Grey, along with Gwiz (who probably is close to Vinson from NC State and Binghamton) and the return of Perrelli. A concentration of low weight guys, I suppose, but if Dake is still working with us and Gwiz is in the room the upper weights are in good hands.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: Ken711Donnie Vinson will be joining the wrestling staff as Associate Head Coach. Vinson comes from the NC State University program. He formerly was an assistant at Cornell from 2014-17.
Vinson was also an All-American at Binghamton, finishing in third as a senior. And, as Al noted, his signature college win was a special one. He's from Whitney Point so if he was the same weight class as Dake in High School they probably faced each other then as well.
Also joining the staff is Kellen Russell, a 2x national champion at 141 for Michigan followed by 7 years coaching for his alma mater and the local RTC.
A couple of really good pickups for Grey, along with Gwiz (who probably is close to Vinson from NC State and Binghamton) and the return of Perrelli. A concentration of low weight guys, I suppose, but if Dake is still working with us and Gwiz is in the room the upper weights are in good hands.
Sounds like an exciting staff Mike has put together. Looking forward to seeing what the roster looks like and how recruiting goes.
Yianni going to Tokyo . . . (https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/2021/07/22/yianni-diakomihalis-didnt-make-olympics-usa-wrestling-tokyo-help-kyle-dake/7440858002/)as training partner for Kyle
Paywall?
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Long article in the Rochester D&C, but here's the gist . . .
Yianni Diakomihalis didn't make the Olympic team, but he is in Tokyo to help U.S. win gold
While the drive for Yianni Diakomihalis to make the U.S. Olympic wrestling team was stopped, the Hilton graduate is landing in Tokyo anyway for the upcoming Olympics.
Kyle Dake needs training partners.
Diakomihalis, a two-time NCAA champion at Cornell University, plans on joining Team USA in order to help Dake chase a gold medal. Dake and the lighter weight Diakomihalis are teammates at Cornell.
"If he needs me for an extra workout I want to be there, not because I have to but I want to," Diakomihalis said. "He's been so helpful to me."
While Diakomihalis has agreed to go to Japan, there remains a cloud over the Olympics, already postponed once due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japanese and Olympic officials assure the most famous worldwide sporting event is "safe and secure" but coronavirus is taking enough of a toll on the island that parts of the nation are under a state of emergency.
Whether Diamkomihalis ends up staying briefly or remaining until the completion of the Olympics — the four-time New York high school state champion lives and trains in Ithaca, unless at a Team USA camp — he has plenty of work to do for his own checklist. His plan in simple terms is to keep his career in international wrestling moving upward and forward after falling short of making the United States Olympic team.
"I understand now what it takes at this level," Diakomihalis, 22, said. "I've had success at the high school level. I've had success at the collegiate level.
"I've had good results at the senior level, just not at the level I want them to be."
Does anyone know when Olympian Kyle Dake will be wrestling and on what channel match can be seen?
Quote from: George64Does anyone know when Olympian Kyle Dake will be wrestling and on what channel match can be seen?
Men's 74kg starts Aug. 4 at 10 p.m. ET. Looks like the coverage is all streaming or on the Olympic Channel (you usually need a sports tier on your cable package to get this) until the gold-medal match, which is on USA on Aug. 6.
EDIT: Based on the air time, that USA coverage is taped, so if you want to watch the gold-medal match live, you need to stream it.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/wrestling
Quote from: WederQuote from: George64Does anyone know when Olympian Kyle Dake will be wrestling and on what channel match can be seen?
Men's 74kg starts Aug. 4 at 10 p.m. ET. Looks like the coverage is all streaming or on the Olympic Channel (you usually need a sports tier on your cable package to get this) until the gold-medal match, which is on USA on Aug. 6.
EDIT: Based on the air time, that USA coverage is taped, so if you want to watch the gold-medal match live, you need to stream it.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/wrestling
Thanks!
If you have the NBC Sports app linked to a cable provider you can watch everything on the app, though it isn't particularly user-friendly. And a ton of commercials that are sometimes inserted at surprising times.
Quote from: ugarteIf you have the NBC Sports app linked to a cable provider you can watch everything on the app, though it isn't particularly user-friendly. And a ton of commercials that are sometimes inserted at surprising times.
The Peacock interface is the worst sports media UI I've ever seen, and I've used the Ivy League Digital Network.
obviously you dont bet on DRF then
USA Today article on Kyle Dake (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/30/kyle-dake-usa-wrestling-star-tokyo-games/7924671002/?fbclid=IwAR0ThG3StAL281PZ4oOLrD5-FA858G2xCQd6kEB6uLZKuqrHoK6Rb80Gz6s)
Gene Nighman named EIWA executive director. EIWAs at Cornell in 2022.
http://bigredbears.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=112&sid=cf05cb7fdbf109310f0cbc7365bf799d
Kyle Dake's first match is scheduled for 10:51 eastern time tonight against an Iranian opponent. I don't know if that gets moved up if prior matches end in a fall.
If he wins, he would be in the second quarterfinal and the quarterfinals are scheduled to start at 11:26, immediately after the first round ends.
Quote from: jkahnKyle Dake's first match is scheduled for 10:51 eastern time tonight against an Iranian opponent. I don't know if that gets moved up if prior matches end in a fall.
If he wins, he would be in the second quarterfinal and the quarterfinals are scheduled to start at 11:26, immediately after the first round ends.
It should be on the Olympic channel and also internet streamed on nbcolympics.com
Dake wins his opening match 4-0 vs. the #4 seeded Iranian.
See weight class preview:
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/July/17/Olympic-preview-at-74-kg-mens-freestyle
Dake's next match will be against a wrestler from Belarus who beat Garzon of Cuba 12-8.
Quote from: jkahnDake wins his opening match 4-0 vs. the #4 seeded Iranian.
See weight class preview:
https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/July/17/Olympic-preview-at-74-kg-mens-freestyle
Dake's next match will be against a wrestler from Belarus who beat Garzon of Cuba 12-8.
wouldn't worry too much about seeds; Dake isn't going to be seeded because he's been wrestling at 79kg, which isn't an Olympic weight, so he had to cut to 74. I don't think he was able to compete much to get seeding points due to the pandemic.
That said, this weight class is stacked. Chamizo and Sidakov are both 2x world champions and Otoguro has an incredible resume as well. Abdurakhmanov not quite at their level but also very good.
Dake got bullied. 11-0 tech. Looked weak, tbh, so the weight cut may have really affected him.
Dake gets beat in 2nd round match by tech fall.
He'll only get a chance at the repechage if the Belarus wrestler beats the #1 seeded Italian in the semis.
Quote from: jkahnDake gets beat in 2nd round match by tech fall.
He'll only get a chance at the repechage if the Belarus wrestler beats the #1 seeded Italian in the semis.
His opponent looked MUCH better than Chamizo but Chamizo is a hard guy to figure out. Incredibly flexible and his style is to do just enough to win instead of piling on points. Dake has a real chance at repechage.
So when will we know if he's done or not?
Quote from: CU2007So when will we know if he's done or not?
The Belarus guy did beat Chamizo, so Dake will wrestle Garzon of Cuba at 10 eastern tonight for a chance to get back to a bronze medal match.
dake looked pretty tired in the first match.
Do you guys think he will take another shot at gold in 3 years?
I would think so. At 33 would almost surely be his last shot.
Quote from: blackwidowDo you guys think he will take another shot at gold in 3 years?
i think he'll take another shot but i don't know if three years from now dake will be the favorite to be our representative. glad that he's still in the running for bronze though. he beat chamizo in an exhibition last year, though it was not really representative of much and i think it may have been at a relaxed weight. and, as mentioned earlier, he's got to beat the cuban to get to chamizo and he's going to have to do better than he did against BLR.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: blackwidowDo you guys think he will take another shot at gold in 3 years?
i think he'll take another shot but i don't know if three years from now dake will be the favorite to be our representative. glad that he's still in the running for bronze though. he beat chamizo in an exhibition last year, though it was not really representative of much and i think it may have been at a relaxed weight. and, as mentioned earlier, he's got to beat the cuban to get to chamizo and he's going to have to do better than he did against BLR.
I feel terrible for him. Never been a competitive athlete so i cant imagine how it must feel.. hopefully he can turn things around and win a medal.
Dake gets a takedown a three gut wrench exposures early in the first for an 8-0 lead and then another takedown just before the end of the first period for a 10-0 tech. He'll wrestle Frank Chamizo for bronze in the 5am-ish session. Looked much stronger.
Dake dominates the Cuban 10-0 on technical superiority. Finished him off at the end of the 1st period.
Goes for the bronze tomorrow, I believe at 6:30 a.m. ET
Dake takes Bronze with a convincing 5-0 win over Chamizo of Italy. Terrific job coming back from the shocking 2nd round loss. Congrats to Kyle!
Quote from: scoop85Dake takes Bronze with a convincing 5-0 win over Chamizo of Italy. Terrific job coming back from the shocking 2nd round loss. Congrats to Kyle!
Except for that loss, Dake won all his other matches without giving up a point.
Kadzimahamadeau, who beat Dake, was shut out 7-0 by Sidakov of Russia in the final.
In the heavyweight final, Gable Stevenson, this year's NCAA champion, took the gold with a takedown in the last second of the match.
Quote from: scoop85Dake takes Bronze with a convincing 5-0 win over Chamizo of Italy. Terrific job coming back from the shocking 2nd round loss. Congrats to Kyle!
Im more impressed with his mental fortitude. Hope his biohacking works and he returns to the next Olympics.
Quote from: jkahnQuote from: scoop85Dake takes Bronze with a convincing 5-0 win over Chamizo of Italy. Terrific job coming back from the shocking 2nd round loss. Congrats to Kyle!
Except for that loss, Dake won all his other matches without giving up a point.
Kadzimahamadeau, who beat Dake, was shut out 7-0 by Sidakov of Russia in the final.
In the heavyweight final, Gable Stevenson, this year's NCAA champion, took the gold with a takedown in the last second of the match.
he had 2 takedowns in the last 10 secs..
Quote from: upprdeckQuote from: jkahnQuote from: scoop85Dake takes Bronze with a convincing 5-0 win over Chamizo of Italy. Terrific job coming back from the shocking 2nd round loss. Congrats to Kyle!
Except for that loss, Dake won all his other matches without giving up a point.
Kadzimahamadeau, who beat Dake, was shut out 7-0 by Sidakov of Russia in the final.
In the heavyweight final, Gable Stevenson, this year's NCAA champion, took the gold with a takedown in the last second of the match.
he had 2 takedowns in the last 10 secs..
Still insane how badly Pietrashvili biffed the end of that match. If you watch the 65kg final, Otoguro ran around the ring like he was at Pamplona for the last 20 seconds and got hit with only 2 penalty points and had the same lead and he's probably still wearing his gold medal.
the Dake story in the paper makes it pretty clear that he was not near 100% for much of his time over there.
Quote from: upprdeckthe Dake story in the paper makes it pretty clear that he was not near 100% for much of his time over there.
link? but also... i don't care if someone claims they were hurt after losing! he's already saying that he's going to worlds in october!
i can find the story that was in the paper.. it said there was some issue and that finding the right medication took time..
watching how hard he was breathing it may be that he needed something to help that but they needed to make sure it was something that would pass the drug test?
Not the article you're looking for, but interesting . . .
Lansing wrestler captures bronze medal
Kyle Dake, 30, dominates two-time world champ
Andrew Legare
Ithaca Journal USA TODAY NETWORK
Kyle Dake went from disappointment to dominance at the Tokyo Olympics and is coming home with a bronze medal.
Dake, from Lansing, closed his first Olympics with a 5-0 victory over twotime world champion Frank Chamizo of Italy on Friday morning in one of two bronze-medal matches in the men's freestyle wrestling 74-kilogram (163 pounds) class.
That followed a 10-0 win against Cuba's Jeandry Garzon Caballero in the first repechage match late Thursday night (Friday morning Tokyo time).
"I'm feeling pretty good," Dake told The Associated Press. "A lot of different battles went into it, and a little bit of a gut check to go get a medal."
Dake tweeted later in the day, "Not what I came for, but glad to bring back some hardware!"
Dake, 30, had been seeking Olympic gold to add to a storied career that includes two New York state titles at Lansing, four national championships at Cornell and two world titles, but he was stunned by Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau of Belarus in the quarterfinals. Kadzimahamedau, the 2020 European champion at 79 kilograms, won by technical fall, 11-0, after building a 9-0 lead through the first period.
Kadzimahamedau, originally from Russia, then beat Chamizo, 9-7, in the semifinals, giving Dake renewed medal hope because opponents of finalists are put into the repechage.
Dake came out with a flurry of eight quick points against Caballero and closed the technical fall with one second to go in the first period.
In the showdown against Chamizo, Dake grabbed a 2-0 lead after forcing two stepouts. A counter throw later in the period made it a 4-0 score.
Dake, the aggressor throughout the match, added a stepout point with 10 seconds remaining in the match.
The most recent meeting between 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist Chamizo and Dake prior to Tokyo came in July of 2020. Dake won, 4-3.
In 2018 and 2019 Dake won world championships at 79 kilograms. He beat 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs, 3-2 and 3-0, at the Olympic Team Trials in Fort Worth, Texas, in April to qualify for Tokyo.
Dake finished with a 3-1 record in Tokyo, opening the tournament with a 4-0 win against Mostafa Hosseinkhani of Iran.
Kadzimahamedau lost to Russia's Zaurbek Sidakov, 7-0, in the gold-medal match. Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan won the other bronze-medal match by technical fall, 13-2, over Dani yar Kaisanov of Kazakhstan.
Parade in Lansing for Kyle Dake https://ithacavoice.com/2021/08/lansing-holds-parade-for-local-bronze-medalist/
Jonathon Fagen transferred to ASU. What gives?
https://thesundevils.com/news/2021/8/20/wrestling-fagen-commits-to-asu-set-for-greco-roman-competition-at-junior-worlds.aspx
Quote from: blackwidowJonathon Fagen transferred to ASU. What gives?
https://thesundevils.com/news/2021/8/20/wrestling-fagen-commits-to-asu-set-for-greco-roman-competition-at-junior-worlds.aspx
He has nowhere to go on Cornell's team (Darmstadt, Loew, Cardenas all ahead of him). Maybe he's anti-vaxx as well?
Quote from: klehnerQuote from: blackwidowJonathon Fagen transferred to ASU. What gives?
https://thesundevils.com/news/2021/8/20/wrestling-fagen-commits-to-asu-set-for-greco-roman-competition-at-junior-worlds.aspx
He has nowhere to go on Cornell's team (Darmstadt, Loew, Cardenas all ahead of him). Maybe he's anti-vaxx as well?
Cyber Ninja?
Yianni Diakomihalis (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2021/9/8/wrestling-diakomihalis-to-compete-at-2021-senior-world-team-trails.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2wHL6dxRfDeGOIVb1OsGAMl4Uqe0qoT3qzcmW8IocOdyIhqXkB_i-ruzs) to compete in the 65-kilogram division at the 2021 Senior World Team Trials.
Quote from: George64Yianni Diakomihalis (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2021/9/8/wrestling-diakomihalis-to-compete-at-2021-senior-world-team-trails.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2wHL6dxRfDeGOIVb1OsGAMl4Uqe0qoT3qzcmW8IocOdyIhqXkB_i-ruzs) to compete in the 65-kilogram division at the 2021 Senior World Team Trials.
Vito Arujau was supposed to compete too but he tested positive a couple of weeks ago and it either DQ'd him or messed up his training regimen.
Nahshon Garrett '16 is competing at 61kg IIRC and new assistant coach Nick Gwiazdowski is competing at 125kg.
QuoteNahshon Garrett '16 is competing at 61kg...
Garrett went 1-1 and was eliminated in the QF.
Quote from: George64Yianni Diakomihalis (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2021/9/8/wrestling-diakomihalis-to-compete-at-2021-senior-world-team-trails.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2wHL6dxRfDeGOIVb1OsGAMl4Uqe0qoT3qzcmW8IocOdyIhqXkB_i-ruzs) to compete in the 65-kilogram division at the 2021 Senior World Team Trials.
only six entrants at 65kg. as the top seed, Yianni got a bye. won the semi on a 10-0 tech. in the best of 3 final he'll face joey mckenna, who he beat for his second ncaa title.
YIANNI US NATIONAL TEAM REPRESENTATIVE
Quote from: ugarteYIANNI US NATIONAL TEAM REPRESENTATIVE
Lost the first match 8-7 at the last second but came back to win 5-2 and 12-2 to take the best-of-three final. He'll represent the US at the World Championship in Oslo.
He has always had amazing scrambling ability but looked to me like he's made significant improvements in defense (not letting guys get to his legs) and in taking more controlled shots that put him at a lower risk of someone else throwing funk at him (not withstanding the end of that first match).
Quote from: cu155He has always had amazing scrambling ability but looked to me like he's made significant improvements in defense (not letting guys get to his legs) and in taking more controlled shots that put him at a lower risk of someone else throwing funk at him (not withstanding the end of that first match).
Yeah, Yianni was not going to get that call unless McKenna landed on his back and Yianni held him there. The last two matches were all Yianni.
The World Championships are in Oslo so ... blech. The opening matches start at 4:30 am eastern. Semis are at 10:30, which isn't bad.
Be that as it may, great day for Cornell and the United States. Kyle Dake '13 (74kg) won his three matches 11-0, 5-0 and 9-1 to make the finals, which start tomorrow at 2 pm. Also making the finals are Daton Fix (61kg) and David Taylor (84kg). Cornell assistant coach Nick Gwiazdowski is in repechage for Bronze. I don't know his first opponent, but if he wins he'll be facing Turkey's Taha Akgul, who just took Bronze in Tokyo, won Gold in Rio and is a 5x World medalist as well. Tough road.
In tomorrow's 4:30 am session, which I will not be watching, Yianni takes the mat in a tough but not impossible 65kg bracket. His first opponent is former Brown wrestler, Colin Realbuto, who is wrestling for Italy. If the name seems vaguely familiar, his brothers Brian and Dylan wrestled for Cornell. Thomas Gilman (57kg), Jordan Burroughs (79kg) and J'den Cox (92kg) also start tomorrow.
Dake's first match was a blood bath (for the other guy), second match seemed like he shifted styles and reverted to careful no scores allowed Dake, and third match he inexplicably allowed to go 6 minutes as it was 8-0 within the first 2 minutes of action. One gets the sense he was either pacing himself or just trying different things while on cruise control.
Yianni is out and will be coming home without a medal. After a quick tech over Colin Realbuto, he lost 5-1 to Armenia's Vazgen Tevanyan. This wasn't bad, necessarily, as Tevanyan was one of the favorites to make the final. Alas, Tevanyan lost in the QF so Yianni won't get pulled into repechage for bronze at 65kg.
In other weight classes, Gilman blew through the 57kg bracket and will wrestle for gold tomorrow afternoon. At 79kg, 5x gold medalist Jordan Burroughs is back in the gold medal match as well. At 92kg, J'Den Cox lost in the semifinals and will wrestle for bronze tomorrow.
Later today, Daton Fix (61kg), Kyle Dake '13 (74kg) and David Taylor (86kg) will wrestle for gold. Nick Gwiazdowski (125kg) won the first repechage match earlier today and will wrestle this afternoon for bronze.
In the team race, Iran had an incredible day today and have moved into first place. We sit in second with Russia in striking distance.
Dake finished off his run for gold but Iran went on a tear and has taken the team lead. Of the Americans going for medals today, he was the only one who succeeded. Fix, Gwiz and (sort of but not totally surprisingly) Taylor all fell short.
Highlights from World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, including Kyle Dake (https://youtu.be/1Z7cK5DjY44).
Wrestling vs. Stanford (and Rob Koll) starting now on espn+.
Great performance by Cornell, including a freshman Ramirez upsetting Stanford's national champ at 165. Possible injury to our heavyweight, and I thought some terrible work by the ref in general. I am sure a better recap will be coming soon.
OK! Here we go! Welcome back, officially, Cornell Wrestling!
We actually started unofficially last week with a massive squad heading to Binghamton "unattached" to get some matches in without it counting against whatever the limit is for competition. We got tournament wins from Chris Foca (174) and Jonathan Loew (184) and some other good results, including Cole Handlovic finishing in second at 141 and edging out Jonathan Saunders for the start today.
Yianni Diakomihalis and Vito Arujau skipped Binghamton and the likely eventual starters at 149 (Hunter Richard) and 197 (Ben Darmstadt) are both hurt to start the season. The only other stories are injuries: Dom LaJoie (133) got accidentally kneed in the head and dropped out of the tournament and Lewis Fernandes (Hwt) tweaked his knee at the end of a dominant tech fall win and decided to drop out as well. Fernandes came back to wrestle today; LaJoie did not but I don't know if that was an injury precaution or a strategic lineup choice.
And that takes us to today.
125: Yianni's little brother Greg Diakomihalis got the start at 125. I don't know if this will hold for the season, since I expect Vito to go 125 later in the year, but with LaJoie potentially injured at 133, Greg goes 125 and Vito goes up to 133. Greg D. was the more aggressive wrestler but he wasn't able to break through. The only scoring for most of the match was an escape for each wrestler. Stanford got a takedown as time wound down and that was all he needed. 3-1 loss and Stanford goes up 3-0.
133: Vito Arujau goes up to 133 for the day. No contest, Vito runs away with a 14-3 Major Decision and Cornell is up 4-3.
141: Cole Handlovic gets the start against Stanford's returning starter Jason Miranda. It's a competitive but low-scoring match with a lot of scrambling and Handlovic comes out on top for a 4-0 win. Cornell 7-3.
149: Yianni D. is back! Wrestling up at 149 against a top 10 wrestler in Jaden Abas, he got a stall point, an escape point and a penalty point (Abas grabbed his shoelace). Some uncharacteristic flexing after the match from Yianni after a 3-1 win. Cornell 10-3.
157: Colton Yapoujian faced Frosh Charlie Darracott. Late in the match, tied at 2 and with Darracott building enough riding time to win if he held on for the period, Yapoujian got a reversal with 20 seconds left to take a 4-2 lead and held on to the end (barely) without giving up an escape point for a 4-3 win. Cornell 13-3.
165: Promising frosh Julian Ramirez had the stiffest competition of the evening: returning NCAA champion and current #1 Shane Griffith. Griffith took the first shot, but Ramirez not only countered, he came out on top to take a 2-0 lead before giving up an escape. Ramirez took bottom and got out to stretch his lead to 3-1. Quick escape for Griffith to make it 3-2. Scramble with 30 seconds or so left in the period. A plausible takedown for Griffith but the refs don't give it to him, and in the splits for almost 20 seconds, Ramirez holds on for the win! Former Cornell coach Rob Koll challenged the call but after video review the refs didn't change it. Incredible 3-2 win. Cornell 16-3.
174: Chris Foca is already ranked in the top 10 as a freshman off of his dominant run at Binghamton (and a very good greyshirt year in 2019-20). He dominated early but had a rough third period where he couldn't get off of bottom. Didn't need to, though, and won 6-4. Cornell 19-3.
184: Jonathan Loew also had a dominant Binghamton tournament. He didn't let up today, with a first-period takedown that he turned into a pin in 1:38. Cornell 25-3.
197: With Darmstadt out, Jacob Cardenas takes over at 197. He was a huge recruit and has really good results so far - his only loss in Binghamton was to a 2x All-American - and had a very good greyshirt year as well. He came out attacking and never let up. With under 10 seconds left he let his opponent up and took him back down immediately; with the riding point awarded at the end he gets an 18-3 tech fall. Cornell 30-3.
Hwt: Lewis Fernandes was cruising in Binghamton but apparently tweaked his knee at the end of a dominant tech fall win and opted out of the rest of the tournament. Today, he got in an early scramble with an unheralded Heavy from Stanford and appeared to have tweaked the knee again. He walked off but didn't continue, losing by injury default. Not great! Our other quality heavyweight, Brandon Furman, is recovering from surgery and won't be back for a while. Have to hope this isn't serious. With the injury default, Stanford gets a 6 point win, making the final Cornell 30, Stanford 9.
Great start to the season... unless Fernandes is seriously hurt.
Here's the official Cornell writeup (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2021/11/20/wrestling-sends-stanford-packing-in-home-opener.aspx). :-D
Cornell is going to Las Vegas for the annual Cliff Keen Invitational. You get one entry per weight, as opposed to a tournament like the Bearcat Open in Binghamton,* and because of injuries and rest we've got a kinda strange lineup.
125: Greg Diakomihalis. Is he holding the position while Vito Arujau gets down to 125? Time will tell but that's my guess.
133: Dom LaJoie comes back after getting an accidental knee to the head in Binghamton.
141: Cole Handlovic may similarly be holding the spot at 141 until Yianni comes down and Hunter Richard comes back from injury at 149.
149: Yianni. Will probably go back to 141 after Richard heals up. He's at #1 and #2 Sammy Sasso will be in Vegas too. Fun.
157: Adam Santoro. Moderate surprise as #23 Colton Yapoujian is the likely long-term starter here. If Yap's hurt, Cornell hasn't said.
165: Julian Ramirez in his first match since beating the defending national champ and popping into the top 20 at #17.
174: Chris Foca gets his first real competition after breaking into the top 10 as a freshman at #8.
184: Jonathan Loew, who has also come out on fire and up to #16, will face his first substantial test.
197: Jacob Cardenas, maybe filling in for Ben Darmstadt? Wally Pipping him? He jumps into the top 20 at #18 as Darmstadt hasn't wrestled yet.
285: With the injury to Fernandes - allegedly not serious - Drew Flynn gets unexpected mat time as the only healthy heavyweight on the roster. He is likely to go 0-2 but I'm rooting for him anyway.
* didn't write about it. not gonna, really, except to say that fernandes showed the first sign of an injury there, dropping out after winning in the QF by tech fall but limping off the mat. foca and loew looked great. cardenas looked great and his only loss was by one point to an all-american. yianni and vito skipped it.
Really looking forward to seeing how the team shakes out in Vegas. The prevailing wisdom seems to be Vito eventually goes to 125, but Greg D's upside seems to me so much greater than Dom's, and Vito will compete for a title at either weight (IMHO he's the only one who has a shot at Lee at 125). Of course, if Vito says he wants to wrestle at 125, let him. He's earned that choice.
And 197 is going to be interesting. Ben has always been a favorite of mine to watch, but Jacob has looked amazing so far.
Other than Yianni, a slow start. Yianni blew through his opponents with a pair of effortless tech falls.
Ramirez, Loew and Cardenas are also in the QF but had closer matches than expected.
LaJoie, Santoro and Foca are still around. Foca had a very disappointing second-round loss. Let a lesser opponent dictate the pace.
Greg D., Handlovic and Flynn are out. Handlovic lost to a multi-AA in Sudden Victory and damn near won it.
On the final day, a full report:
125: Greg D. 0-2. His first match was apparently very exciting and he nearly pulled off a big upset. I'll watch it soon. His second match was close but no cigar. Some excitement when he almost advanced on a scoring error.
133: Dom LaJoie 2-2. A pair of pins over unranked wrestlers and losses to wrestlers who will probably be at NCAAs.
141: Cole Handlovic 0-2. Nearly beat a 2x AA in the first round, falling in SV, and then loses to a much less-heralded wrestler in the second round because he couldn't escape off of bottom.
149: Yianni Diakomihalis 5-0, 1st place. After a pair of easy tech falls, Yianni entered the "worth watching" part of the tournament. He won easily over #26 but without fireworks; won in SV over an under-ranked #12 (scary finish that he won with a classic Yianni scramble when it looked like he was dead to rights; Yianni also didn't get a call he deserved at the end of regulation which would have prevented OT); in the final match of the night he dominated 2020 NCAA finalist Sammy Sasso and rolled to a 7-2 win.
157: Adam Santoro 2-2. Easy wins over the unranked wrestlers, losses to the ranked ones. Unclear why Yapoujian wasn't wrestling.
165: Julian Ramirez 4-2, 4th place. Only losses were to #9 (and rising). A win over #10. Good weekend.
174: Chris Foca, 7-1, 3rd place A loss to a defensive wrestler in the second round followed by a run through the consolation bracket with wins over three ranked wrestlers and a win by medical forfeit over the guy who beat him. Solid performance, even if the loss was hard to watch.
184: Jonathan Loew, 4-1, 3rd place Three wins over top 20 wrestlers. The one loss was real bad but the overall performance was great.
197: Jacob Cardenas, 1-2. Both losses were to ranked wrestlers. Not great but not embarrassing.
285: Drew Flynn, 0-2. Fernandes coming back is critical to the team performance next semester.
Team finished in 7th, which is right around where chalk put them.
Good little tournament in Florida. We went into the week as the #11 dual meet team* were in a three-team pool with #2 Penn State and #22 Northern Iowa. We beat Northern Iowa 27-9 then lost 21-16 to Penn State. Finishing in second got us a matchup with #8 Virginia Tech, who we beat 18-15. Really solid work from everyone and we came really close to some incredible upsets, including nearly pulling off the win against Penn State. We used the same lineup in all three duals, so I'll just go by weight.
125: Vito Arujau had an incredible tournament. He came into the weekend ranked #5 at 133, but everyone expected him to eventually come down to 125. This was his first action at the weight. He beat #10 Teske (UNI) 18-7, pinned Campbell (PSU) in under a minute, then beat #7 Latona (VT) 10-2. A pair of major decisions over top 10 opponents will be a good introduction to the 125 rankings next week. Can't imagine lower than #4.
133: Dom Lajoie had a really tall order this weekend: #31, #1, #4. He handled himself very well. First, he beat #31 Biscoglia (UNI) 5-2. Then, against #1 Bravo-Young (PSU) he was able to keep the match to 21-9, so he lost by only a major decision. Finally, against #4 Meyers (VT), he wrestled an incredible third period, essentially a net 0, to keep the score 9-3 and lost a regular decision. Lajoie isn't likely to be an All-American but if he can keep wrestling like this, he'll make the tournament and maybe score some points for the team.
141: Cole Handlovic also had to face a couple of ranked wrestlers and a freshman who stole the starting spot from a ranked wrestler and will be in the rankings this week for sure and went 0-3. He lost a major decision to #26 Happel (UNI), another to #1 Lee (PSU) (impressive that this wasn't a tech) and a regular decision to Gerardi (VT). Not the best weight for us.
149: #1 Yianni doing Yianni things. Two major decisions and a tech. Not the stiffest competition but he did major #22 Bartlett (PSU). There was a big anticipated matchup with #6 Andonian (VT) but he didn't weigh in and Yianni destroyed his backup.
157: #25 Colton Yapoujian beat a pair of unranked wrestlers on Monday. On Tuesday, facing #22 Brady (VT), he lost 2-1 in a match where neither wrestler could find a way to score from neutral.
165: #9 Julian Ramirez picked up a pair of wins against ranked wrestlers and three total wins on the weekend. Unspectacular but consistent and his defense was great.
174: #12 Chris Foca had a very tall order. After beating an unranked UNI opponent, he had defending champ, #1 Starocci from Penn State. He did a hell of a job keeping it close, and even scored the only takedown of the match, but he wasn't able to get out from bottom in the third period, so he still lost 3-2, giving up two escapes and a point for riding time. On Tuesday he had to face #4 Lewis (VT) - another former NCAA champion. He lost this one in a heartbreaking and silly way. Tied at 1-1 after an extra sudden victory period, the match went to rideouts - a pair of 30 second periods where each wrestler gets to choose starting position once. Foca won the coin flip and, intending to defer choice, accidentally chose top, which nobody really does because it's more valuable to get an escape point than (best case) 30 seconds of riding time. So Lewis escaped on Foca's choice, then chose bottom and escaped again, to win 3-1. Brain fart. Looked great on defense, though, and those two close losses may help his ranking more than hurt it.
184: #15 Jonathan Loew had to face *three* top-ten opponents. He lost 6-2 to #4 Keckeisen (UNI), then a 13-3 MD to defending champ #1 Brooks (PSU) before facing #9 Bolen (VT). Against Bolen, he scored a takedown with 4 seconds on the clock to send the match to SV, then scored again early in SV for an incredible 7-5 win. Signature win of his career so far.
197: #19 Jacob Cardenas won his first match by fall before facing former Cornellian #3 Max Dean (PSU). Cardenas got the first takedown of the match and looked like he might get another for the win in the third period, but Dean was able to scramble and end up on top for the 4-2 win. Cardenas finished his tournament with another W that was instrumental in winning the VT dual.
285: #18 Lewis Fernandes had a tough slate too. After winning his opening match, he had to face #4 Kerkvliet (PSU) and he couldn't get through Kerk's defense, falling 5-0. In the final match of the tournament for Cornell, Fernandes faced #14 Traxler (VT). Traxler scored twice in the first period. In the third period, Fernandes went all-out for a comeback but just barely missed a couple of takedowns and couldn't make the climb.
Overall a great weekend for the squad. I don't think any of the ranked wrestlers lost a single match to a lower-ranked wrestler and we got a couple of upsets and a few more near-upsets. Very nice performance especially in light of how young the team is.
* As distinguished from tournament team rankings, where we're #9. Dual meets reward top-to-bottom consistency, whereas tournaments disproportionately reward individual high placement, so the expectation that Yianni and Vito will place very high along with a bunch of other guys who can credibly make a run at the podium, moves us up a little.
Thanks for this succinct and thoughtful summary. I watched the matches but had the sound muted most of the time so did not have all of the relevant context [which opponents were highly ranked, etc.] I particularly liked the energy I saw from the Cornell wrestlers. Every one of them looked invested, even in those matches when they were losing by a lot. Kudos to the coaching staff for setting a high standard.
Quote from: dag14Thanks for this succinct and thoughtful summary. I watched the matches but had the sound muted most of the time so did not have all of the relevant context [which opponents were highly ranked, etc.] I particularly liked the energy I saw from the Cornell wrestlers. Every one of them looked invested, even in those matches when they were losing by a lot. Kudos to the coaching staff for setting a high standard.
seriously! they fought extra hard at the bonus point margins and it paid off.
biggest problem the team had was on bottom, but really only against the top guys who are going to be beasts to begin with.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: dag14Thanks for this succinct and thoughtful summary. I watched the matches but had the sound muted most of the time so did not have all of the relevant context [which opponents were highly ranked, etc.] I particularly liked the energy I saw from the Cornell wrestlers. Every one of them looked invested, even in those matches when they were losing by a lot. Kudos to the coaching staff for setting a high standard.
seriously! they fought extra hard at the bonus point margins and it paid off.
biggest problem the team had was on bottom, but really only against the top guys who are going to be beasts to begin with.
Has there been any talk of taking away the use of an arm or leg during OT periods so that they'd be wrestling 3 on 3. If so would it cost an arm or a leg?
Cornell's rankings on Intermat after the Florida duals:
125: #3 Vito Arujau A former national champ at 133, Nick Suriano, is coming back next semester and is expected to wrestle at 125.
133: #30 Dom Lajoie Nice to see him get recognition. Leapfrogged the UNI wrestler he beat in Florida.
141: UR Cole Handlovic Crazy that Joshua Saunders isn't the starter. He was a top-flight recruit and can't crack the lineup at the weakest weight.
149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis Going 149 is great so far. Also not nearly as deep a weight as 141 tbh.
157: #24 Colton Yapoujian Solid start. Really has to start looking for more opportunities to score.
165: #9 Julian Ramirez Really great run to start the season.
174: #11 Chris Foca Once he improves on bottom he is going to really start giving the top of the weight class fits.
184: #13 Jonathan Loew Fantastic win against Virginia Tech is rewarded.
197: #19 Jacob Cardenas What might have been if he could have finished his third period shot on Dean. Also looking formidable.
Hwt: #18 Lewis Fernandes His third period against Traxler showed real fire. It may take a year or two to adjust to the NCAA's best but he will.
Team (Tournament): #8
Team (Dual): #9
It's going to be a fun season if Omicron doesn't ruin it.
Out of curiosity, decided to see what the wrestlestat.com algorithm thinks. (Don't take it seriously. It's not like ELO for chess.)
125: Vito #3
133: Dom #55 not much respect from the computer for his SOS.
141: Handlovic #97; interestingly, Saunders is #58. I'm really not sure what's going on with Saunders. He was a Team USA rep at cadet and juniors.
149: Yianni #1
157: Yapoujian #21
165: Ramirez #5
174: Foca #10
184: Loew #16
197: Cardenas #19
285: Fernandes #26 probably overweights his injury default loss from the Stanford dual
Quote from: ugarteOut of curiosity, decided to see what the wrestlestat.com algorithm thinks. (Don't take it seriously. It's not like ELO for chess.)
125: Vito #3
133: Dom #55 not much respect from the computer for his SOS.
141: Handlovic #97; interestingly, Saunders is #58. I'm really not sure what's going on with Saunders. He was a Team USA rep at cadet and juniors.
149: Yianni #1
157: Yapoujian #21
165: Ramirez #5
174: Foca #10
184: Loew #16
197: Cardenas #19
285: Fernandes #26 probably overweights his injury default loss from the Stanford dual
I may not take it seriously, but the rankings don't differ all that much. Dom has a nice win over the Bingo starter, but otherwise his claim is that he's kept it closer than expected against some studs. That's encouraging, but not something a computer is going to weigh heavily. Lewis only has 7 matches (4-3) since he missed Vegas and had two medical forfeits at the Bingo tournament. That means the Stanford injury loss is getting overweighted. You and I know he was going to win without the injury, he looked much better than the Cardinal, but the computer doesn't.
Still not sure the team is set at 141. Are we limited to 10 entries at the Scuffle? I have a vague memory of Cornell sending a couple extra in the past. Could be one last chance for Saunders to assert himself.
Quote from: mountainredStill not sure the team is set at 141. Are we limited to 10 entries at the Scuffle? I have a vague memory of Cornell sending a couple extra in the past. Could be one last chance for Saunders to assert himself.
my understanding is yes, one per weight
Looks like the Scuffle is letting teams enter more than one per weight. Here is a list of current entrants. (https://www.flowrestling.org/events/7181371-2022-southern-scuffle/entries) (I hope that's not behind oaywall). Perhaps they are loading up brackets in case some teams cancel.
Many Cornell non-starters listed, but no Darmstadt. :( I'm getting a distinct feeling that we've seen the last of Ben. If so, I wish him well and good health. He was a lot of fun to watch.
Quote from: mountainredLooks like the Scuffle is letting teams enter more than one per weight. Here is a list of current entrants. (https://www.flowrestling.org/events/7181371-2022-southern-scuffle/entries) (I hope that's not behind oaywall). Perhaps they are loading up brackets in case some teams cancel.
Many Cornell non-starters listed, but no Darmstadt. :( I'm getting a distinct feeling that we've seen the last of Ben. If so, I wish him well and good health. He was a lot of fun to watch.
Oh man...he is my favorite wrestler. I loved watching him
Quote from: mountainredLooks like the Scuffle is letting teams enter more than one per weight. Here is a list of current entrants. (https://www.flowrestling.org/events/7181371-2022-southern-scuffle/entries) (I hope that's not behind oaywall). Perhaps they are loading up brackets in case some teams cancel.
Many Cornell non-starters listed, but no Darmstadt. :( I'm getting a distinct feeling that we've seen the last of Ben. If so, I wish him well and good health. He was a lot of fun to watch.
came here just to post this.
definite bummer about darmstadt if he's still hurt, which i think he is. also really hard to crack the lineup on the way back because there's really someone top-flight in his way when he's not at 100%.
EDIT: WOW. Really good to see some of the names on this list. Cornell is sending 18 and Spartan Combat another two (ie, a pair of Cornell '26 guys)
125:
Vito, Greg D. and Ungar (SCRTC)
133: LaJoie and Moomey
141: Handlovic, Saunders and Cornella (SCRTC)
149: Yianni157: Yapoujian, Richard, Santoro
165: Ramirez, Brindley
174: Foca, Craft
184: Loew
197: Cardenas
285: Fernandes and Furman
Return of Furman and Richard are great for depth. Saunders may be challenging Handlovic for the starting spot. Greg D. staying in game shape and good to see Moomey, Santoro and Brindley getting some mat time just because.
Looks like Vito and Yianni are now not going. Sucks because I was looking forward to watching them, but they don't need the work.
Quote from: mountainredLooks like Vito and Yianni are now not going. Sucks because I was looking forward to watching them, but they don't need the work.
not a huge shock i guess.
A lot of Cornell starters ended up staying home for the Southern Scuffle. In fact, the only ones who went down were Lajoie (133), Loew (184) and Fernandes (285). We aren't the only school to send a lot of backups, tbh. We have 2 in the semis and 6 more still alive with one more win for placement on the podium.
SF:
184: Loew v #29 Salazar (Minnesota)
285: Fernandes v Costello (Iowa backup)
R12:
125: Greg Diakomihalis v Daugherty (Buffalo)
133: Lajoie v Oakley (App St backup)
141: Saunders v Miller (Maryland)
157: Richard v Santoro - Cornell on Cornell!
174: Berreyesa v Habisch (NDSU)
Cornell is sitting in 6th in the team standings. Our SCRTC friends have 3 in the blood round: Ungar, Fernandez and Cornella.
Shoutout to Saunders for getting a ranked win against the #22 wrestler in the last round.
Quote from: ugarteA lot of Cornell starters ended up staying home for the Southern Scuffle. In fact, the only ones who went down were Lajoie (133), Loew (184) and Fernandes (285). We aren't the only school to send a lot of backups, tbh. We have 2 in the semis and 6 more still alive with one more win for placement on the podium.
SF:
184: Loew v #29 Salazar (Minnesota)
285: Fernandes v Costello (Iowa backup)
R12:
125: Greg Diakomihalis v Daugherty (Buffalo)
133: Lajoie v Oakley (App St backup)
141: Saunders v Miller (Maryland)
157: Richard v Santoro - Cornell on Cornell!
174: Berreyesa v Habisch (NDSU)
Cornell is sitting in 6th in the team standings. Our SCRTC friends have 3 in the blood round: Ungar, Fernandez and Cornella.
Shoutout to Saunders for getting a ranked win against the #22 wrestler in the last round.
Loew and Fernandes both won their semifinal matches but fell in the finals.
Finals:
184: Loew lost in an upset to a Cochrane (Maryland) who put together a fantastic weekend.
285: Fernandes, facing #12 Hendrickson (AFA) got destroyed. Feet to back early for what should have been a pin but was only 6 points then another cradle that was called a pin. Hendrickson looked incredible.
Consolation matches:
125: Diakomilhalis beat Daugherty then lost to #12 Surtin (Missouri) before beating Ventresca (VT backup) for 7th place.
133: Lajoie lost to Oakley and didn't place.
141: Saunders beat Miller, but it cost him. In a scramble at the end of the match when Miller desperately needed a score, Saunders' knee got torqued pretty badly and he forfeited the rest of the tournament, finishing 8th. Someone on another message board said he was wearing a brace. Hope he's OK.
157: Richard destroyed Santoro. He followed it up with two more wins, including one over 2x AA at 149, Brock Mauller (Missouri). In the third place match, he lost another close match to Jacques (Missouri) and finished 4th.
174: Berreyesa won by major decision over Habisch (NDSU) before losing to Brenner (NDSU). His opponent forfeited the 7th place match, so that's where he finished.
Cornell finished in 5th overall. Not bad, given the lineup we sent, though it would have been nice to take a weight or two.
Big dual meet against Lehigh at 2 on Flo today. Posting even though anyone who pays for Flo already knows.
Quote from: ugarteBig dual meet against Lehigh at 2 on Flo today. Posting even though anyone who pays for Flo already knows.
Big upsets for Lehigh at 174 and 184 and it's the difference as they win 6 of the 10 matches. Foca and Loew were far too passive and it cost them their matches. Despite bonus points from Yianni and Cardenas, Lehigh wins 18-15.
Going to be a competitive Ivy League season perhaps. "NO. 22 PRINCETON TOPS NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE."
Quote from: Ken711Going to be a competitive Ivy League season perhaps. "NO. 22 PRINCETON TOPS NO. 6 ARIZONA STATE."
Arizona State is in injury/COVID crisis and didn't send their starting lineup. ASU had a backup 133 wrestle at 141 (their 141 may have gotten injured against Pitt on Friday), they forfeited at 184 and had a backup 184 wrestle at 197. Also, their best 174 is redshirting and they don't have a good replacement.
On the other hand, Patrick Glory WORKED returning finalist Brandon Courtney. Glory vs Arujau is going to be fun.
Should also mention that we wrestled Army on Saturday. Nothing spectacular. Won 8 of 10 weights, lost at 141 by fall with Moomey (4th string?) and (more troubling) Hunter Richard lost by MD at 157 to Hartman. Hartman's a good wrestler, and Humphreys (imo) is going to be an All-American but after a very solid performance in the Scuffle he's lost badly back-to-back and it has me wondering if Yapoujian is ok since he hasn't wrestled in a while.
Not to steal ugarte's thunder, but wresting hosts Brown and Harvard this weekend. It's hard to imagine any scenario where the Brown dual has much drama, but there are two interesting potential matchups against Harvard. At 165 #8 Julian Ramirez should face #12 Phillip Conigliaro. And at Heavy, Lewis Fernandes (probably) could meet the Ivy's other top heavy in Yaraslau Slavikouski (that is the name of a heavyweight wrestler!). Though I guess Slavikouski hasn't wrestled in a month, so who knows if that one happens.
Quote from: mountainredNot to steal ugarte's thunder, but wresting hosts Brown and Harvard this weekend. It's hard to imagine any scenario where the Brown dual has much drama, but there are two interesting potential matchups against Harvard. At 165 #8 Julian Ramirez should face #12 Phillip Conigliaro. And at Heavy, Lewis Fernandes (probably) could meet the Ivy's other top heavy in Yaraslau Slavikouski (that is the name of a heavyweight wrestler!). Though I guess Slavikouski hasn't wrestled in a month, so who knows if that one happens.
He's from Belarus. What, Harvard has to resort to bringing in international ringers and can't recruit Americans for their athletic teams? How gauche.
Quote from: mountainredNot to steal ugarte's thunder, but wresting hosts Brown and Harvard this weekend. It's hard to imagine any scenario where the Brown dual has much drama, but there are two interesting potential matchups against Harvard. At 165 #8 Julian Ramirez should face #12 Phillip Conigliaro. And at Heavy, Lewis Fernandes (probably) could meet the Ivy's other top heavy in Yaraslau Slavikouski (that is the name of a heavyweight wrestler!). Though I guess Slavikouski hasn't wrestled in a month, so who knows if that one happens.
Never worry about stealing my thunder! I'm gonna do my thing either way and don't care about FIRST!!!1!
Two easy wins for the team today even though we rested some guys. Especially easy at Heavyweight where Fernandes won both of his matches by forfeit because Slavikouski is still hurt. Real bummer for Harvard because he's their best (maybe only) shot at AA.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: mountainredNot to steal ugarte's thunder, but wresting hosts Brown and Harvard this weekend. It's hard to imagine any scenario where the Brown dual has much drama, but there are two interesting potential matchups against Harvard. At 165 #8 Julian Ramirez should face #12 Phillip Conigliaro. And at Heavy, Lewis Fernandes (probably) could meet the Ivy's other top heavy in Yaraslau Slavikouski (that is the name of a heavyweight wrestler!). Though I guess Slavikouski hasn't wrestled in a month, so who knows if that one happens.
Never worry about stealing my thunder! I'm gonna do my thing either way and don't care about FIRST!!!1!
Two easy wins for the team today even though we rested some guys. Especially easy at Heavyweight where Fernandes won both of his matches by forfeit because Slavikouski is still hurt. Real bummer for Harvard because he's their best (maybe only) shot at AA.
Neither were that competitive -- let me focus on hoops -- but Lewis did win v. Brown by pin in just 1:41. You might have blinked and figured it had to be a forfeit!
Quote from: mountainredQuote from: ugarteQuote from: mountainredNot to steal ugarte's thunder, but wresting hosts Brown and Harvard this weekend. It's hard to imagine any scenario where the Brown dual has much drama, but there are two interesting potential matchups against Harvard. At 165 #8 Julian Ramirez should face #12 Phillip Conigliaro. And at Heavy, Lewis Fernandes (probably) could meet the Ivy's other top heavy in Yaraslau Slavikouski (that is the name of a heavyweight wrestler!). Though I guess Slavikouski hasn't wrestled in a month, so who knows if that one happens.
Never worry about stealing my thunder! I'm gonna do my thing either way and don't care about FIRST!!!1!
Two easy wins for the team today even though we rested some guys. Especially easy at Heavyweight where Fernandes won both of his matches by forfeit because Slavikouski is still hurt. Real bummer for Harvard because he's their best (maybe only) shot at AA.
Neither were that competitive -- let me focus on hoops -- but Lewis did win v. Brown by pin in just 1:41. You might have blinked and figured it had to be a forfeit!
whoops that's right - Brown forfeited at 174 and 197.
One of the funnier moments was during the Harvard lineup introductions, Harvard had already committed to forfeiting Heavyweight so after the 197s met at the center of the mat and shook hands, the announcer called Fernandes and Furman, said that Harvard wasn't sending anyone and the two Cornell guys smiled and shook hands and walked off.
Other thoughts. Vito (125) and Loew (184) both took the day off since neither team result was in doubt (especially in light of Harvard's best two guys missing the dual).
125: Greg D. had a great day subbing in for Arujau. A near-major against Harvard when he got a takedown and a 4 point tilt in the closing seconds and followed it up with a flash pin against Brown.
133: Two major decisions for #30 LaJoie. Good day. He made the top-33 in the first release of the Coaches Rankings* and it would be great if he could use the rest of the season to improve his record and give himself a chance at an at-large bid.
141 is a bit of a mess right now. Moomey is not only wrestling up from 133, but he's a greco specialist. He's a world junior medalist, so, elite in his discipline but he hasn't been competitive in folkstyle up a weight. Hoping we can get Handlovic or Saunders back soon but this is probably still our weakest weight in any scenario other than Yianni cutting again.
149: #1 Yianni got his first two pins of the season. It must have been the focus of some ribbing in the locker room because after the Brown match he clearly looked to someone on the Cornell bench and said "Two." He still has fewer than his little brother, though.
157: Really good day for Hunter Richard. He was having a surprisingly tough time finishing his shots against Harvard but in OT he was able to convert a clean blast double for the W. Against Brown it was never in doubt and he rolled to a major decision. The weight is now firmly his, as Colton Yapoujian announced that he tore his ACL (probably against Virginia Tech) and he's done for the season. Richard didn't make the initial Coaches Ranking but by the time the next one is released, I'd be shocked if he wasn't in the top 33.
165: #9 Ramirez didn't get his expected test. Harvard's #12 Conigliaro hasn't wrestled since December so I assume he's hurt. He teched Conigliaro's backup and majored Brown's representative. Pretty much what you'd expect from a top-10 guy.
174: #12 Foca had a real opponent in #29 Kim against Harvard and handled him fairly easily. Brown didn't send anyone out, so a good day that solidified his ranking.
184: With Loew taking the day off, Ethan Hatcher got his first real competition. Sort of a surprise to see him after Berreyesa placed at the Southern Scuffle. A tough loss to Harvard in the morning followed by a dominant 17-0 tech against Brown.
197: #18 Cardenas rolled through his Harvard opponent 17-0 and Brown didn't send anyone out. Easy day.
285: #18 Fernandes took the W by forfeit against Harvard and then, as mountainred pointed out, got a quick pin against Brown.
Another doubleheader next weekend against an up-and-coming Columbia team and Navy. Going to be some competitive matches in both duals but the team result shouldn't be in doubt in either.
* Coaches Rankings are part of the way that the NCAA assigns automatic bids at the various weights to the different conferences.
Quote from: ugarteAnother doubleheader next weekend against an up-and-coming Columbia team and Navy. Going to be some competitive matches in both duals but the team result shouldn't be in doubt in either.
lol columbia just lost 32-3 to penn; absolutely nothing went right for the lions.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: ugarteAnother doubleheader next weekend against an up-and-coming Columbia team and Navy. Going to be some competitive matches in both duals but the team result shouldn't be in doubt in either.
lol columbia just lost 32-3 to penn; absolutely nothing went right for the lions.
So how big a threat will Penn be in our dual with them? IIRC they gave PSU a tough battle too.
Quote from: scoop85Quote from: ugarteQuote from: ugarteAnother doubleheader next weekend against an up-and-coming Columbia team and Navy. Going to be some competitive matches in both duals but the team result shouldn't be in doubt in either.
lol columbia just lost 32-3 to penn; absolutely nothing went right for the lions.
So how big a threat will Penn be in our dual with them? IIRC they gave PSU a tough battle too.
shouldn't be that close but Penn is favored at 133 for sure, 141 (by a lot) and probably 157. We're obviously heavily favored at 125 and 149; across the upper weights we're favored but it's closer.
Oklahoma State wrestler AJ Ferrari is lucky to be alive after the driving accident he caused this weekend.. lucky he got pulled out of the care before it caught in fire..
Quote from: upprdeckOklahoma State wrestler AJ Ferrari is lucky to be alive after the driving accident he caused this weekend.. lucky he got pulled out of the care before it caught in fire..
Attempted to pass 3 cars in a no-passing zone, police say.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33145027/oklahoma-state-wrestling-star-aj-ferrari-cross-country-runner-isai-rodriguez-seriously-injured-car-crash
pre-game for Hahvahd with wrestling duals - 3pm vs Columbia, 5pm vs Navy
A pair of comfortable dual wins over Columbia and Navy today.
125: #3* Vito Arujau with a pair of dominant wins. He majored Columbia's #28 Manchio 12-4 then teched Navy 20-5.
133: #29 Dom LaJoie had a good start to the day with a comfortable 4-0 win against Columbia. Navy's #21 Koderhandt, though, was able to catch LaJoie at an awkward angle while he was trying to escape into a very pretty looking throw for a pin.
141: JJ Wilson got the call against Columbia against #16 Matt Kazmir. He hung tough but a late takedown for Kazmir was the difference in a 5-3 win. Against Navy, Cole Handlovic got back on the mat for the first time since Lehigh on January 8th. A very solid return, as he broke a 6 match losing streak and won 9-3. To be fair, those were 6 straight solid opponents.
149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis is #1 for a reason. After getting a pair of pins last week against Brown and Harvard he got two more today.
157: Hunter Richard started the day with a comfortable 10-4 win over Columbia. Against Navy, he came from behind with a pair of late takedowns to beat #20 Cerniglia 5-4. A great win and with Yapoujian done for the season I expect Richard to replace him in the rankings.
165: Rough start as #9 Julian Ramirez had a lead over Columbia's #21 Ogunsanya when they bonked heads. He actually continued and stretched his lead, but I think he got his bell rung a second time or felt a little dizzy and asked off, losing by injury default. For Navy he was replaced by Adam Santoro who lost 8-3
174: #13 Chris Foca gave up a late takedown against Columbia when he was going for a major decision but still won 8-3. Against Navy, he rolled to a 13-3 major decision.
184: #15 Jonathan Loew rolled to a pair of major decisions, 10-1 over Columbia and 12-4 over Navy.
197: #19 Jacob Cardenas won comfortably 5-2 over Columbia; he had a chance at a major against Navy's #27 Koser but couldn't get off bottom in the last period and won 9-4 without ever being threatened.
285: #17 Lewis Fernandes had a hell of a day. After an 18-0 tech fall over Columbia he was about to get another tech fall against Navy when he converted the nearfall into a pin.
Final Scores (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2022/1/29/wrestling-racks-up-bonus-points-in-sweep-of-eiwa-foes-columbia-navy.aspx):
Cornell 31-9 over Columbia
Cornell 34-9 over Navy
* 125 has a big 3 at the top of the weight class. Nick Suriano, 2019's national champ at 133 has dropped down to 125 after an Olympic redshirt. Princeton's Patrick Glory split a pair with Vito when they wrestled back in 2019 before Vito took a year off for his own Olympic redshirt in 2020 and Glory was undefeated before pandemic killed the 2020 tournament and the entire 2021 season for the Ivy League.
Big weekend. Cornell faces Princeton (Saturday @1pm) and Penn (Sunday @1pm) on the road with the goal of taking back the Ivy League trophy we *barely* lost to Princeton in 2020 when half our team was taking a year off. We also have a dual at 5pm on Sunday. The Ivy matches will stream on ESPN; Drexel will stream on Flo.
Interesting from the match notes is the first appearance by Ben Darmstadt at 197. He's been out all year with a back injury, which has plagued him since late in his freshman year. In his place, Jacob Cardenas has wrestled very well and is in the top 20 but Darmstadt is a 2x All-American and sui generis. If he's in form, that would be incredible. Is he in form? Probably not. Cardenas remains the likely starter for the rest of the year.
Quote from: ugarteBig weekend. Cornell faces Princeton (Saturday @1pm) and Penn (Sunday @1pm) on the road with the goal of taking back the Ivy League trophy we *barely* lost to Princeton in 2020 when half our team was taking a year off. We also have a dual at 5pm on Sunday. The Ivy matches will stream on ESPN; Drexel will stream on Flo.
Interesting from the match notes is the first appearance by Ben Darmstadt at 197. He's been out all year with a back injury, which has plagued him since late in his freshman year. In his place, Jacob Cardenas has wrestled very well and is in the top 20 but Darmstadt is a 2x All-American and sui generis. If he's in form, that would be incredible. Is he in form? Probably not. Cardenas remains the likely starter for the rest of the year.
So is Ben going to wrestle at Pton this Sat? I hope Cornell wins this time
Quote from: blackwidowQuote from: ugarteBig weekend. Cornell faces Princeton (Saturday @1pm) and Penn (Sunday @1pm) on the road with the goal of taking back the Ivy League trophy we *barely* lost to Princeton in 2020 when half our team was taking a year off. We also have a dual at 5pm on Sunday. The Ivy matches will stream on ESPN; Drexel will stream on Flo.
Interesting from the match notes is the first appearance by Ben Darmstadt at 197. He's been out all year with a back injury, which has plagued him since late in his freshman year. In his place, Jacob Cardenas has wrestled very well and is in the top 20 but Darmstadt is a 2x All-American and sui generis. If he's in form, that would be incredible. Is he in form? Probably not. Cardenas remains the likely starter for the rest of the year.
So is Ben going to wrestle at Pton this Sat? I hope Cornell wins this time
if i were a betting man, i would say that he will not wrestle in the dual but that cornell will still win it.
Penn has really returned to being a competitive team. They don't have anyone at the top of the rankings but they have 9 of 10 *in* the rankings between 15-33, which is cool to see. Princeton has fewer ranked guys but a couple of elite wrestlers in Glory (#2 at 125) and Monday (#11 at 157).
For comparison, Cornell has five in the top 15 (Yianni, Arujau, Ramirez, Foca, Loew), two more 15-20 (Cardenas, Fernandes) and 2 more in the top 33 (Richard and LaJoie).
Quote from: ugarteInteresting from the match notes is the first appearance by Ben Darmstadt at 197. He's been out all year with a back injury, which has plagued him since late in his freshman year. In his place, Jacob Cardenas has wrestled very well and is in the top 20 but Darmstadt is a 2x All-American and sui generis. If he's in form, that would be incredible. Is he in form? Probably not. Cardenas remains the likely starter for the rest of the year.
They can't, like, tag-team?
Quote from: ugartePenn has really returned to being a competitive team. They don't have anyone at the top of the rankings but they have 9 of 10 *in* the rankings between 15-33, which is cool to see. Princeton has fewer ranked guys but a couple of elite wrestlers in Glory (#2 at 125) and Monday (#11 at 157).
And the Quakers just embarrassed Lehigh 24-7.
Quote from: mountainredQuote from: ugartePenn has really returned to being a competitive team. They don't have anyone at the top of the rankings but they have 9 of 10 *in* the rankings between 15-33, which is cool to see. Princeton has fewer ranked guys but a couple of elite wrestlers in Glory (#2 at 125) and Monday (#11 at 157).
And the Quakers just embarrassed Lehigh 24-7.
I think we match up much better with Penn than Lehigh does, and Foca and Loew both losing was a weird abberation.
As for Princeton... the dual started at 165. Closes with the second best match of the day: #25 Richard v #11 Monday.
Ramirez still showing effects of last weekend's medical forfeit loss.
Quote from: Al DeFlorioRamirez still showing effects of last weekend's medical forfeit loss.
Rough. 5-1 lead and loses 7-6.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: Al DeFlorioRamirez still showing effects of last weekend's medical forfeit loss.
Rough. 5-1 lead and loses 7-6.
He was still weakened. No energy last half of match. Game that he tried to go.
Princeton notes as I watch:
165: #8 Ramirez jumped out to an early 5-1 lead but, possibly showing the aftereffects of getting his bell rung against Columbia, clearly tired and fell 7-6 to an unranked opponent. [PU 3-0]
174: #12 Foca with a comfortable 10-4 win. [3-3]
184: #15 Loew with a solid win over #10 Stefanik. Loew's loss to Stefanik in 2020 were the deciding points that clinched the dual for Princeton and ended Cornell's 17 year reign atop the Ivies. He's beaten Stefanik twice since (2020 EIWAs and today). [CU 6-3]
197: #19 Cardenas with a slow and tense 3-1 SV win over #18 Stout. Cardenas nearly scored off a knee-pull with ~20 seconds left in regulation but Stout was able to get the action out of bounds. In SV, Cardenas got in on a blast double and Stout tried to drag the attempt off the mat again, but Cardenas adjusted and got the takedown at the edge for the win. Really solid, and clutch for conference seeding. [CU 9-3]
285: #_ Fernandes with a 13-4 win. He got himself in trouble a couple of times and it looked like he was vulnerable to a fall but got two nearfalls for 6 points and rode hard in the third period to get the major. [CU 13-3]
125: #3 Arujau got in trouble early and wasn't able to come all the way back. Arujau got a pair of reversals and a pair of takedowns but lost 11-9. After two quick TDs that made a comeback seem inevitable, Arujau's last two good takedown attempts were defended well by Glory and ended in scrambles which Glory converted to a TD and a stalemate. Glory spent the last 15 seconds or so running away but not getting called for stalling. Arujau will get him back at EIWA, imo. [CU 13-6]
133: #30 Dom LaJoie with a tight match comes through with a good ride and a late takedown to win 4-1. [CU 16-6]
141: JJ Wilson got the start and came close to a couple of takedowns but couldn't pull it off and loses 8-5. [CU 16-9]
149; Disappointing result from #1 Yianni as he got a quick takedown, a 4NF, a 4NF a 4NF and a 2NF to win by technical fall 16-0 in 2:04 but it breaks his streak of 4 straight wins by fall. [CU 21-9] - clinches the dual; tomorrow's match v. Penn for the Ivy title
157: #25 Hunter Richard in a bit of a brawl with #11 Monday. Richard slapped Monday pretty hard in the ear and Monday got him back with a hard club in the face or across the chest after getting Richard's leg in the air. They also tumbled hard out of bounds and off the mat to the gym floor later in the round. Ugly all around. Nobody's fault in particular (or everybody's). Monday was the better wrestler today and wins 8-5 but Richard did get a late takedown on a smooth counter. [CU 21-12 FINAL]
Quote from: ugartePrinceton notes as I watch:
165: #8 Ramirez jumped out to an early 5-1 lead but, possibly showing the aftereffects of getting his bell rung against Columbia, clearly tired and fell 7-6 to an unranked opponent. [PU 3-0]
174: #12 Foca with a comfortable 10-4 win. [3-3]
184: #15 Loew with a solid win over #10 Stefanik. Loew's loss to Stefanik in 2020 were the deciding points that clinched the dual for Princeton and ended Cornell's 17 year reign atop the Ivies. He's beaten Stefanik twice since (2020 EIWAs and today). [CU 6-3]
197: #19 Cardenas with a slow and tense 3-1 SV win over #18 Stout. Cardenas nearly scored off a knee-pull with ~20 seconds left in regulation but Stout was able to get the action out of bounds. In SV, Cardenas got in on a blast double and Stout tried to drag the attempt off the mat again, but Cardenas adjusted and got the takedown at the edge for the win. Really solid, and clutch for conference seeding. [CU 9-3]
285: #_ Fernandes with a 13-4 win. He got himself in trouble a couple of times and it looked like he was vulnerable to a fall but got two nearfalls for 6 points and rode hard in the third period to get the major. [CU 13-3]
125: #3 Arujau got in trouble early and wasn't able to come all the way back. Arujau got a pair of reversals and a pair of takedowns but lost 11-9. After two quick TDs that made a comeback seem inevitable, Arujau's last two good takedown attempts were defended well by Glory and ended in scrambles which Glory converted to a TD and a stalemate. Glory spent the last 15 seconds or so running away but not getting called for stalling. Arujau will get him back at EIWA, imo. [CU 13-6]
133: #30 Dom LaJoie with a tight match comes through with a good ride and a late takedown to win 4-1. [CU 16-6]
141: JJ Wilson got the start and came close to a couple of takedowns but couldn't pull it off and loses 8-5. [CU 16-9]
149; Disappointing result from #1 Yianni as he got a quick takedown, a 4NF, a 4NF a 4NF and a 2NF to win by technical fall 16-0 in 2:04 but it breaks his streak of 4 straight wins by fall. [CU 21-9] - clinches the dual; tomorrow's match v. Penn for the Ivy title
157: #25 Hunter Richard in a bit of a brawl with #11 Monday. Richard slapped Monday pretty hard in the ear and Monday got him back with a hard club in the face or across the chest after getting Richard's leg in the air. They also tumbled hard out of bounds and off the mat to the gym floor later in the round. Ugly all around. Nobody's fault in particular (or everybody's). Monday was the better wrestler today and wins 8-5 but Richard did get a late takedown on a smooth counter. [CU 21-12 FINAL]
Glad cornell won but seems like ivy wrestling title will no longer be as straightforward as it used fo be.
Cornell with dual meet wins over Penn and Drexel. More later. Only upset loss of the day was fairly minor, IIRC. (Dom LaJoie losing at Drexel.) More later, probably.
Yet another Diakomihalis. From today's Rochester D&C —
17 2 : Jake Scherbyn (Spencerport) pinned Elijah Diakomihalis (Hilton) 2:00 18 9 : Joe Marcello (Spencerport) dec. Nick Smith (Pittsford) 3-2 215 : John Santowski (Pittsford) dec. Jackson Burns (Spencerport) 7-2 285: Nathan Zimmerman (Webster Schroeder) dec. Bobby Foltz (Pittsford) 6-1 SuperSectionals Division II Finals At SUNY Brockport Two wrestlers per weight class advanced to state championships.
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Quote from: George64Yet another Diakomihalis. From today's Rochester D&C —
17 2 : Jake Scherbyn (Spencerport) pinned Elijah Diakomihalis (Hilton) 2:00 18 9 : Joe Marcello (Spencerport) dec. Nick Smith (Pittsford) 3-2 215 : John Santowski (Pittsford) dec. Jackson Burns (Spencerport) 7-2 285: Nathan Zimmerman (Webster Schroeder) dec. Bobby Foltz (Pittsford) 6-1 SuperSectionals Division II Finals At SUNY Brockport Two wrestlers per weight class advanced to state championships.
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The
state Section IV, Division I champ at 138 is another name you'd recognize if you knew that for some reason everyone in the family spells their last name differently. He's undefeated on the year. I would be very surprised if he didn't come to Cornell.
https://twitter.com/Section4Scores/status/1492673196277047298
Lost a close one to Wisconsin. Foca still out, Ramirez pinned by a great freshman and title contender in Hamiti and LaJoie lost a tough one.
On the other hand, a major from Arujau and big wins from Richard and Loew.
Glad to see Ramirez on the mat at all and hope Foca is ok for the conference tournament.
Allocated spots come out on Thursday so the borderline guys will see where they have to finish to get a trip to NCAAs. I don't think Vito, Yianni, Foca, Loew, Cardenas or Fernandes have to worry, tbh, they will get at-large bids if they show up. I worry about Ramirez getting an at-large because of his post-concussion struggles. Richard is wrestling too well for me to think he doesn't earn a bid but I worry that he doesn't have the profile. Dom LaJoie and JJ Wilson are going to have to take a spot from someone else. LaJoie did it two years ago before COVID stole his chance.
Tough results for Cornell in the bids EIWA is going to receive. Couple of guys are going to need to overperform to get a free trip.
125: 4 bids. Vito will get an at-large bid regardless of how he does at the tournament but there is only one guy in EIWA he could conceivably lose to. He's 1-2 in college against Princeton's Patrick Glory and he definitely wants to even that up in Ithaca next weekend.
133: 2 bids. Rough for Dom LaJoie, who earned a bid in the COVID season when the tournament was cancelled. He has lost to the top two at 133 already this season. EIWA should be a three-bid conference but Lehigh's Hines was banged up and missed some time. The conference bid-allocation process is complicated to explain in a sentence, but he needed to have 15 matches to earn the conference a bid and he only had 14. Lehigh tried to boost his numbers by sending him out to take an injury default in an exhibition match against Arizona State (as teams have been doing the last few years) but the NCAA announced during the preallocation process that they wouldn't be counting such matches. Just desserts, in a way, but the whole conference takes the hit here.
141: 4 bids. Our expected starter at 141, Saunders, has been out all semester for unclear reasons. The guy who earned the starting spot, Handlovic, couldn't hold the cut to 141. JJ Wilson has had some good matches this season but it would be a very cool surprise if he made it into the top 4. He's not seeded.
149: 4 bids. Yianni does not have significant in-conference competition.
157: 5 bids. Hunter Richard also earned a bid in the COVID season and it would be great for him to get back. He was so close to earning a 6th bid for EIWA. The criteria were that you needed 2 out of 3 of RPI/CR/% of 28/28/.720; he had an RPI of 18 but a coaches' rank of 29. All 5 of the guys who earned allocations are tough. He's 1-4 against them this season. I think he definitely can earn a bid but it's a really solid weight for the conference. If he finishes in 6th he still could pull an at-large.
165: 7 bids. Julian Ramirez would ordinarily be a lock but he got a concussion at the end of January and hasn't really been the same since. He starts his matches strong but has appeared to get dizzy after his heart rate gets up. I'm not a doctor, I hope he's fine. He's an All-American candidate if he's healthy.
174: 4 bids. Chris Foca had an upset loss to Lehigh's wrestler but otherwise has been solid all season. Should qualify. Don't really know how he'd do against his top competition - Drexel's O'Malley - because 30 seconds into their match he got a concussion. He skipped the next two duals, so he's another guy who I'm hoping is healthy. No reason to think he doesn't qualify if he's ok.
184: 3 bids. Jonathan Loew was the class of the conference this season, with a notable upset loss against Lehigh. He did have a close call against Penn and Navy but he should get an at-large even if he stumbles finishes in 4th.
197: 5 bids. Jacob Cardenas has one conference loss on the season. It would be shocking if he didn't earn a bid and shocking if he didn't get an at-large anyway.
285: 4 bids. Lewis Fernandes should not have a problem. Jordan Wood is the heavy favorite to win but 4 bids is a lot of room for error. Also a high likelihood of an at-large.
https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/03/us-world-medalist-helping-2x-nj-state-wrestling-champs-thrive-at-cornell.html
Quote from: toddlosehttps://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/03/us-world-medalist-helping-2x-nj-state-wrestling-champs-thrive-at-cornell.html
Great article. Fun read for everyone here.
Session 1 is underway. Cornell didn't have anyone in the pigtail rounds so we start at R16.
125: Arujau got a quick takedown and never looked back on his way to a tech. WTF 19-1 6:00; nearly a pin but Vito lost his wrist grip.
133: LaJoie started slow but once he got going it was no contest. WBF 6:30;it would have been a 16-1 tech if LaJoie hadn't pushed for the fall.
141: Wilson gave up the first takedown but reversed. Down 3-2 after 1. Gives up an escape in the second but can't escape in the third. L 5-2.
149: Yianni got a couple of early takedowns then started turning. 14-1 after 1. WTF 20-2 3:54.
157: Richard can't turn his opponent but never gets taken down. 3TDs, a reversal and RT. WMD 9-1.
165: Ramirez may be back to form. Got a takedown a couple of turns and finished it off in the first period. WBF 2:37.
174: Foca gives up a reversal but no takedowns and gets a reversal of his own. WMD 14-4.
184: Loew gets a takedown off the whistle and turns it into a first period fall. WBF 1:48.
197: Cardenas dominant and gets a tech to close out R16 for Cornell. WTF 17-2 4:38.
285: Fernandes with a quick takedown and a pin. WBF 1:14.
Didn't get to watch the second round live but the upshot is that we have 8 in the semifinals (Arujau, LaJoie, Yianni, Ramirez, Foca, Loew, Cardenas and Fernandes) and one still alive in the consolation bracket (Richard). Only JJ Wilson is out, and even he had a WBF in the consolation bracket and contributed to the team score.
After Day 1 Cornell is in first place.
Quote from: ugarteDidn't get to watch the second round live but the upshot is that we have 8 in the semifinals (Arujau, LaJoie, Yianni, Ramirez, Foca, Loew, Cardenas and Fernandes) and one still alive in the consolation bracket (Richard). Only JJ Wilson is out, and even he had a WBF in the consolation bracket and contributed to the team score.
After Day 1 Cornell is in first place.
didnt realize how competitive Penn wrestling has gotten lately. Do you know where I can find the team scoreboard? I saw the Cornell tweet that it has a 2 point lead over Penn (https://twitter.com/CUBigRedGameday/status/1500531354538291203?s=20&t=i5y94gnQhzEWGPKiVXCu3Q)
You can find the stats on Flo -- https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/2e0b33bf-1b9f-4435-9f96-bd7b342e7bb4
When competition is underway, you can follow the matches in real time without a subscription. Click on the 9 squares icon at the bottom of the screen.
Quote from: dag14You can find the stats on Flo -- https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/2e0b33bf-1b9f-4435-9f96-bd7b342e7bb4
When competition is underway, you can follow the matches in real time without a subscription. Click on the 9 squares icon at the bottom of the screen.
Ty so much. I was furiously refreshing twitter lol
Flo arena can take a while to get used to. The red and green avatars show you what position the wrestlers are in and the time will count down when the clock is running. However, points are awarded without explanation so you either have to be paying close attention or you have to guess as to the sequence of events in some cases.
Final results
125: Vito Arujau with his first EIWA title, getting revenge on Princeton's Pat Glory who beat him earlier this year and in the 2019 EIWA finals. Arujau dominated the match today, winning 19-6 and nearly getting a tech fall. He was a buzzsaw in this tournament, winning by tech, major, pin before his dominant win in the final. He'll probably be the 2 seed at NCAA behind Michigan's Nick Suriano.
133: Dom LaJoie had a great run to the semifinals and then to third place. Unfortunately, 133 was a two-bid conference so he has to rely on the committee to give him an at-large bid. There are four available and only two of the wrestlers who earned bids for their conference lost them. To be considered for an at-large bid, you need at least two of a list of criteria and LaJoie has at least three (finished on the bubble, beat a national qualifier during the year (two, actually), top 33 RPI and maybe top 33 CR). Fingers crossed. Don't know when they release the results.
141: JJ Wilson was thrust into the starting role and made the most of it. Despite some good wins during the season, it wasn't to be here. He was seeded 13th, which tells you he probably wasn't expected to win a match. Despite that, he pinned the 12 seed before getting eliminated. He's got one more year, though, to be honest, if he is the starter next year I would be very surprised.
149: Yianni Diakomihalis won his third EIWA title. He was unstoppable this weekend. He won by tech, and a pair of majors, with his semifinal opponent taking a medical forfeit. He'll be the top seed and prohibitive favorite for the NCAA title.
157: Hunter Richard had the toughest road to an NCAA bid. 5 bids available and he finished in 6th, losing close twice to Penn's Zapf and once to the top seed, Lehigh's Humphreys. 157 has 5 at-large bids available and three "stolen" AQs. Richard's at-large bid profile is similar to LaJoie's except that he definitely will be both top-33 CR and RPI. I'd be surprised if he were passed over but I haven't given a deep look at the other contenders.
165: Julian Ramirez went in as the 1 seed and finished in 4th, good enough for an AQ. Disappointing all the same. Lost in the semifinals to a guy he was beating before the concussion that upended his season. Also lost badly in the third place match.
174: Chris Foca was cruising through the tournament, into the semifinals and up 2-1 when for the second time this season he got headbutted and immediately checked out with what looked like another concussion. He slid to 6th with the forfeits in a 4-bid conference, so he has to count on an at-large bid. Of course, he has an outstanding at-large profile and it's inconceivable that he'd be passed over. More concerned about his health than whether he makes the tournament.
184: Jonathan Loew won his first EIWA championship and qualified for the NCAA's for the second time. This will he his first trip since COVID cancellations started between the conference tournament and NCAAs. Loew beat Travis Stefanik for the third straight time since his loss at the 2019 Princeton dual, "cost" Cornell the Ivy title for the first time in 17 years. Every time he beats him, I hope that loss hurts a little less.
197: Jacob Cardenas cruised to the semifinals before losing a pair of matches to wrestlers he beat earlier this year, Princeton's Stout and Penn's Urbas. He recovered to take 5th place and earn an automatic bid.
285: Lewis Fernandes coasted into the finals with 2 pins and a 5-0 win before losing to Lehigh's Wood, a 2019 All-American 2-0, a much closer match than their last meeting. Second place is more than good enough to get an automatic bid.
In the end, Cornell qualified 6 (Arujau, Diakomihalis, Ramirez, Loew, Cardenas and Fernandes) and placed three on the bubble with great to decent chances of at-large bids (Foca, Richard and LaJoie).
The team won the EIWA title back for the first time since Lehigh started a five year win streak (on the heels of Cornell's 11 years at the top). We pulled away from Penn in the last session with three titles and two more wins in placement matches. Hope that we can hang on to it for a while.
Quote from: ugarteFinal results
125: Vito Arujau with his first EIWA title, getting revenge on Princeton's Pat Glory who beat him earlier this year and in the 2019 EIWA finals. Arujau dominated the match today, winning 19-6 and nearly getting a tech fall. He was a buzzsaw in this tournament, winning by tech, major, pin before his dominant win in the final. He'll probably be the 2 seed at NCAA behind Michigan's Nick Suriano.
133: Dom LaJoie had a great run to the semifinals and then to third place. Unfortunately, 133 was a two-bid conference so he has to rely on the committee to give him an at-large bid. There are four available and only two of the wrestlers who earned bids for their conference lost them. To be considered for an at-large bid, you need at least two of a list of criteria and LaJoie has at least three (finished on the bubble, beat a national qualifier during the year (two, actually), top 33 RPI and maybe top 33 CR). Fingers crossed. Don't know when they release the results.
141: JJ Wilson was thrust into the starting role and made the most of it. Despite some good wins during the season, it wasn't to be here. He was seeded 13th, which tells you he probably wasn't expected to win a match. Despite that, he pinned the 12 seed before getting eliminated. He's got one more year, though, to be honest, if he is the starter next year I would be very surprised.
149: Yianni Diakomihalis won his third EIWA title. He was unstoppable this weekend. He won by tech, and a pair of majors, with his semifinal opponent taking a medical forfeit. He'll be the top seed and prohibitive favorite for the NCAA title.
157: Hunter Richard had the toughest road to an NCAA bid. 5 bids available and he finished in 6th, losing close twice to Penn's Zapf and once to the top seed, Lehigh's Humphreys. 157 has 5 at-large bids available and three "stolen" AQs. Richard's at-large bid profile is similar to LaJoie's except that he definitely will be both top-33 CR and RPI. I'd be surprised if he were passed over but I haven't given a deep look at the other contenders.
165: Julian Ramirez went in as the 1 seed and finished in 4th, good enough for an AQ. Disappointing all the same. Lost in the semifinals to a guy he was beating before the concussion that upended his season. Also lost badly in the third place match.
174: Chris Foca was cruising through the tournament, into the semifinals and up 2-1 when for the second time this season he got headbutted and immediately checked out with what looked like another concussion. He slid to 6th with the forfeits in a 4-bid conference, so he has to count on an at-large bid. Of course, he has an outstanding at-large profile and it's inconceivable that he'd be passed over. More concerned about his health than whether he makes the tournament.
184: Jonathan Loew won his first EIWA championship and qualified for the NCAA's for the second time. This will he his first trip since COVID cancellations started between the conference tournament and NCAAs. Loew beat Travis Stefanik for the third straight time since his loss at the 2019 Princeton dual, "cost" Cornell the Ivy title for the first time in 17 years. Every time he beats him, I hope that loss hurts a little less.
197: Jacob Cardenas cruised to the semifinals before losing a pair of matches to wrestlers he beat earlier this year, Princeton's Stout and Penn's Urbas. He recovered to take 5th place and earn an automatic bid.
285: Lewis Fernandes coasted into the finals with 2 pins and a 5-0 win before losing to Lehigh's Wood, a 2019 All-American 2-0, a much closer match than their last meeting. Second place is more than good enough to get an automatic bid.
In the end, Cornell qualified 6 (Arujau, Diakomihalis, Ramirez, Loew, Cardenas and Fernandes) and placed three on the bubble with great to decent chances of at-large bids (Foca, Richard and LaJoie).
The team won the EIWA title back for the first time since Lehigh started a five year win streak (on the heels of Cornell's 11 years at the top). We pulled away from Penn in the last session with three titles and two more wins in placement matches. Hope that we can hang on to it for a while.
Great recap as always. Vito and Yianni were stellar. I'm probably most disappointed with Cardenas' result; hopefully he can have a good showing at the NCAA's
Quote from: scoop85Great recap as always. Vito and Yianni were stellar. I'm probably most disappointed with Cardenas' result; hopefully he can have a good showing at the NCAA's
Thanks. I'm more worried about Ramirez than Cardenas tbh.
Cardenas and Stout are pretty evenly matched and the worst part of Cardenas' game is once he's on bottom. He took a bad shot and Stout countered him well and that was it. After Cardenas scored off the opening whistle, Stout went into a shell. Cardenas didn't adjust. He should be willing to get a little deeper to make his shots cleaner. I haven't watched Cardenas' match against Urbas but I did watch the Penn dual and ... Urbas isn't good enough for Cardenas to be so cautious on his feet. He has to score from neutral, which the rest of the conference seemed able to do. It's doubly true because once Urbas is laying on his back, Cardenas can't get up. Even in his win over Urbas earlier this season, Cardenas ended the period where he chose bottom on bottom.
I haven't watched Ramirez's loss to Columbia's Ogunsanya yet, but it's definitely disappointing. He was up 5-1 early in the Columbia dual before the concussion that ended the match and ruined the season. His lost to Bucknell's Hartmann was a blowout and I'm not sure what to make of it. Quality opponent and low stakes (since he earned the bid either way).
Of course the biggest worry is Foca. This is his second concussion from an accidental headbutt in a month and his first competition back since taking a month off after the first one. He'll get a bid but an alternate will be on-call for a lucky call-up if he can't wrestle.
Fingers crossed for all of the bubble boys to get invited to NCAAs.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: scoop85Great recap as always. Vito and Yianni were stellar. I'm probably most disappointed with Cardenas' result; hopefully he can have a good showing at the NCAA's
Thanks. I'm more worried about Ramirez than Cardenas tbh.
Cardenas and Stout are pretty evenly matched and the worst part of Cardenas' game is once he's on bottom. He took a bad shot and Stout countered him well and that was it. After Cardenas scored off the opening whistle, Stout went into a shell. Cardenas didn't adjust. He should be willing to get a little deeper to make his shots cleaner. I haven't watched Cardenas' match against Urbas but I did watch the Penn dual and ... Urbas isn't good enough for Cardenas to be so cautious on his feet. He has to score from neutral, which the rest of the conference seemed able to do. It's doubly true because once Urbas is laying on his back, Cardenas can't get up. Even in his win over Urbas earlier this season, Cardenas ended the period where he chose bottom on bottom.
I haven't watched Ramirez's loss to Columbia's Ogunsanya yet, but it's definitely disappointing. He was up 5-1 early in the Columbia dual before the concussion that ended the match and ruined the season. His lost to Bucknell's Hartmann was a blowout and I'm not sure what to make of it. Quality opponent and low stakes (since he earned the bid either way).
Of course the biggest worry is Foca. This is his second concussion from an accidental headbutt in a month and his first competition back since taking a month off after the first one. He'll get a bid but an alternate will be on-call for a lucky call-up if he can't wrestle.
Fingers crossed for all of the bubble boys to get invited to NCAAs.
The reason I was more disappointed about Cardenas is because not only did he previously beat the guys he lost to this past weekend, but he didn't have the injury issue Ramirez has been dealing with, and which has clearly affected Ramirez's performance.
Quote from: scoop85The reason I was more disappointed about Cardenas is because not only did he previously beat the guys he lost to this past weekend, but he didn't have the injury issue Ramirez has been dealing with, and which has clearly affected Ramirez's performance.
for sure, i just am more worried that the concussion is having lasting effects than i am that gwiz won't beat some aggression into cardenas at practice
Quote from: ugarte133: Dom LaJoie had a great run to the semifinals and then to third place. Unfortunately, 133 was a two-bid conference so he has to rely on the committee to give him an at-large bid. There are four available and only two of the wrestlers who earned bids for their conference lost them. To be considered for an at-large bid, you need at least two of a list of criteria and LaJoie has at least three (finished on the bubble, beat a national qualifier during the year (two, actually), top 33 RPI and maybe top 33 CR). Fingers crossed. Don't know when they release the results...
157: Hunter Richard had the toughest road to an NCAA bid. 5 bids available and he finished in 6th, losing close twice to Penn's Zapf and once to the top seed, Lehigh's Humphreys. 157 has 5 at-large bids available and three "stolen" AQs. Richard's at-large bid profile is similar to LaJoie's except that he definitely will be both top-33 CR and RPI. I'd be surprised if he were passed over but I haven't given a deep look at the other contenders.
174: Chris Foca was cruising through the tournament, into the semifinals and up 2-1 when for the second time this season he got headbutted and immediately checked out with what looked like another concussion. He slid to 6th with the forfeits in a 4-bid conference, so he has to count on an at-large bid. Of course, he has an outstanding at-large profile and it's inconceivable that he'd be passed over. More concerned about his health than whether he makes the tournament.
It's a party.
LaJoie, Richard and Foca all receive at-large bids and are heading to Detroit. Cornell qualified 9 for NCAAs. Penn qualified 9 as well, with Lehigh (7) and Princeton (6) the other top EIWA teams.
now hopefully all can show up healthy
Quote from: upprdecknow hopefully all can show up healthy
Coach Grey said that they believe Foca's injury was mild but a trainer will ultimately make the call.
The bracket is out and here are the Cornell seeds:
125: Vito Arujau (2)
133: Dom LaJoie (32) in the pigtail vs #33 with #1 waiting for the winner.
149: Yianni Diakomihalis (1)
157: Hunter Richard (30)
165: Julian Ramirez (13)
174: Chris Foca (14)
184: Jonathan Loew (11)
197: Jacob Cardenas (19)
285: Lewis Fernandes (18)
I like the first round matchups for most of our guys. Obviously Richard has a very tough one out of the gate but if he can pull a big upset I like his chances in the second round. Everyone else has winnable first matches in my opinion. We got a lot of small schools - two from Appalachian State and one from Campbell among our middle seeds. That doesn't mean those are guaranteed wins but in general I'd rather see App State than NC State.
NCAA tournament kicks off at noon eastern.
Nine wrestlers, one favorite, one title contender as many as five more guys who I could see sneaking on to the podium if the bracket breaks right and even the last two could get us team points.
Let's go Red.
LaJoie wins his pigtail.
125: Arjuau WMD 16-4. Dominant.
133: LaJoie in the pigtail W 9-5 before LMD 16-4 to the #1 seed.
149: Diakomihalis W 9-2. Bonus would have been nice here but he kind of cruised. Never threatened.
157: Richard L 3-2 to the #3 seed but was in it until the end. Came close to converting a couple of takedowns but couldn't quite.
165: Ramirez W 8-3. Nice to see him get the W. Not threatened.
174: Foca L 9-6. Was up 5-3 to start the third period and 6-5 in the waning seconds but gave up a very late TD and 2NF to lose. Should have been stalling!
184: Loew W 11-4. Just short of a bonus point that would have been nice. Tried for a turn when maybe catch-and-release the better strat for the major.
197: Cardenas L 7-0. Bullied by a strong grad student who probably should have an AA on his resume by now.
285: Fernandes W 4-0. Late takedown in the second and was on top of his opponent for the full third period.
6 wins, 5 wrestlers still alive in the championship bracket, 1 bonus point. Cornell sits in 7th after the morning session.
Evening session starts at 7pm Eastern.
Cardenas got in on the single leg like 3 times got no points and 1 turned into pts against him.
Quote from: ugarte6 wins, 5 wrestlers still alive in the championship bracket, 1 bonus point. Cornell sits in 7th after the morning session.
Evening session starts at 7pm Eastern.
ugarte, I don't know how you feel about setting expectations in the middle of the competition, but you're definitely the one who knows the most wrestling on this forum. Wouldn't a top 10 finish in the coach's first year be considered a strong result?
Quote from: djk26Quote from: ugarte6 wins, 5 wrestlers still alive in the championship bracket, 1 bonus point. Cornell sits in 7th after the morning session.
Evening session starts at 7pm Eastern.
ugarte, I don't know how you feel about setting expectations in the middle of the competition, but you're definitely the one who knows the most wrestling on this forum. Wouldn't a top 10 finish in the coach's first year be considered a strong result?
Eh. i
It's all Koll recruits still, even though Grey was very involved in recruiting. Chalk has Cornell top 10 so while I think the team is well-served by Grey I don't really think of this as "his" first team yet in terms of NCAA finish.
ROUND OF 16
125: #2 Arjuau W 9-3. never in doubt. Next vs DeAugustino (10-Northwestern) in QF.
149: #1 Diakomihalis W 11-5. Takedown at the buzzer for a major was reviewed and waved off as after time ran out. Next vs Murin (8-Iowa) in QF.
165: #13 Ramirez L 15-11. Had a big lead early and nearly a fall but time ran out in the first period before slowly getting routed. Next vs Ogunsanya (14-Columbia) in Consy 2.
184: #11 Loew LMD 12-2. Munoz dominated from the opening whistle. Next vs Wilson (12-N. Illinois) in Consy 2.
285: #18 Fernandes LBF :52. Didn't see it but... Schultz is very good, so... Next vs Hillger (17-Wisconsin) in Consy 2.
Consolation 1
133: #32 LaJoie L 10-5 to Utah Valley. His season / career at Cornell is over. 1-2 at NCAAs.
157: #30 Richard W 3-2. Didn't see it. Huge win. Next vs Thomas (13-Oklahoma) in Consy 2.
174: #14 Foca WBF 5:17. Dominant win and a great reversal straight to a fall. Next vs Finesilver (13-Duke).
197: #19 Cardenas WMD 11-2. Revenge over Urbas (Penn) who beat him at EIWA. Next vs Brucki (4-Michigan) in Consy 2. Blech. That's bad luck.
Cornell has 2 alive in the championship bracket and 6 still fighting in the consolation bracket. Everyone on the team won at least one match.
In the team race, Cornell is tied for 9th with 14 points. 6th place has 15 points. Doing well, especially since Yianni and Vito are expected to score a lot. If we can pick up some back side wins we're in great shape. All of the consolation matches are tough but I think we'll pull some out.
Quarterfinals - Win and you get on the podium
125: #2 Arujau v #10 DeAugustino (Northwestern)
149: #1 Diakomihalis v #8 Murin (Iowa)
Consolation - Need 3 wins to get on the podium
157: #30 Richard v #13 Thomas (Oklahoma)
165: #13 Ramirez v #14 Ogunsanya (Columbia) - Ramirez got his concussion while beating Ogunsanya then lost to him straight up in the EIWA semifinals.
174: #11 Loew v #12 Wilson (N. Illinois) - Wilson is a returning AA (6th)
184: #14 Foca v #13 Finesilver (Duke)
197: #19 Cardenas v #4 Brucki (Michigan) - 2019 AA (4th) when he was at Princeton. Tough break to have him fall in Cardenas' path.
285: #18 Fernandes v #17 Hillger (Wisconsin) - Hillger won 6-2 at the Wisconsin dual last month. Revenge time.
Action starts at 11 Eastern.
Quarterfinals
125: #2 Arujau W 6-0. Moves to the semifinal. 2x All-American. Another match against #3 Glory (Princeton) coming. Currently 2-2. Vito pinned Glory at the dual in 2019 then lost a high scoring EIWA final. This year, Glory won a high-scoring dual match before Arujau dominated him in the EIWA final. Chalk all the way at 125. The other semifinal is #1 Suriano (Michigan - 2x finalist, 2019 champ at 133 when he was at Rutgers) and #4 Courtney (Arizona State - 2021 finalist).
149: #1 Diakomihalis W 6-3. Moves to the semifinal. 3x All-American. Will face #4 Sasso (Ohio State) next. Sasso is a returning finalist; earlier this season Yianni won 6-2. The other side of the bracket exploded. #10 Lovett (Nebraska) pinned #2 Wilson (NC State) and #11 Andonian (VT) pinned #3 Gomez (Wisconsin).
2 into the semis moves Cornell into 5th place but there are still 6 weights to go in the top bracket and even more on the bottom.
nice job by both controlling the matches..
Consolation 2:
157: #30 Richard W 6-5. Stayin' alive. Two clean takedowns in the first. Didn't stay on top very long so he gave up 3 escapes but he also got up quickly at the start of the third and after getting taken down. Stayed active as the clock wound down. Will face defending 149 pound champion #11 O'Connor (N. Carolina). O'Connor isn't the same at 157 but in a way neither is Richard. O'Connor won in 2020 when they faced each other. The winner gets #7 Humphrey (Lehigh) for a spot on the podium. It's never easy.
165: #13 Ramirez WMD 14-3. After an injury default and a loss against Ogunsanya while he looked like he was still recovering, Ramirez blows out Ogunsanya after the cobwebs are gone. He gets another shot at revenge against #12 Hartman (Bucknell) who dominated him at EIWA. Even if he wins that it just gets harder: the winner faces #7 Kharchla, who beat him twice - pre-concussion - in Las Vegas. It's never easy!
174: #14 Foca L 7-2. Season over but a good future. Had some real close calls for back points but Finesilver fought him off and had deeper lungs for the stretch and pulled away for a convincing W.
184: #11 Loew W 11-4. Great win. Got to Wilson's legs over and over. Wilson was slippery but Loew did a great job. Up next is #20 Poznanski (Rutgers), who is having a tougher 2022 but finished 4th last year. Winner gets #9 Braunagel (Illinois). It's still never easy but #20-#9 is as good a path as you could ask for if you're Loew.
197: #19 Cardenas L 8-6 SV. Incredible near comeback with two third period TDs by Cardenas to take a 6-5 lead. Unsure why he cut Brucki with 25 seconds left instead of trying to ride out for the win but it cost him as he gave up a TD early in SV. Good foundation for his first year on the mat.
285: Fernandes W 2-1. Pretty reversal in the second period and a dominant ride for the rest of the period to wipe out Hillger's riding time advantage. In the third period he kept the pressure on and he didn't break through but Hillger couldn't do anything either. Fernandes gets his revenge - and has another shot at revenge against #10 Traxler (VT). Winner gets #12 Lance (Nebraska). Another not easy path to the podium but as clean as you can expect in this spot.
Round of 16:
157: #30 Richard L 8-1. Down 3-1 late, Richard got robbed of a TD (he would still have been losing with RT). A desperation attempt at a takedown before the whistle ended up with him on his back for 2+2NF. Great match, though. Pressured hard. Real tough opponent. I'll miss him.
165: #13 Ramirez WBF 2:48! After giving up the first takedown he got one of his own, locked up a cradle and got the pin. Awesome. One win away.
184: #11 Loew W 9-4! Poz never came close to scoring. One win away.
285: #18 Fernandes W 10-4! Starting on top in the 3rd Fernandes worked his power half to turn Traxler over for 4NF. I think Traxler maybe got a penalty point for claiming he was getting choked to get out of the hold? Another revenge win for the Big Red. One win away.
Tonight's session:
Semis
125: #2 Arujau v #3 Glory (Princeton)
149: #1 Diakomihalis v #4 Sasso (Ohio State)
Blood round (Winner gets All-American)
165: #13 Ramirez v #7 Kharchla (Ohio State)
184: #11 Loew v #9 Braunagel (Illinois)
285: #18 Fernandes v #12 Lance (Nebraska)
Cornell is still in 6th heading into the semis/blood round.
Welp..
Semis
125: Not Arujau's night. He gave up a takedown and while escaping got into a scramble where he ended up getting exposed for 4NF. Had to come from behind and it left him vulnerable. LMD 13-5. He will wrestle #8 McKee (Minnesota) in the placement match to see if he wrestles for 3rd or 5th.
149: Yianni's trip to the finals was never in doubt. W 6-3. Sasso never close to scoring. Yianni will face #10 Lovett of Nebraska in the Finals. Despite the seed, Lovett gave Yianni his only scare of the season before Yianni won in SV.
Blood round
165: Ramirez was robbed. With a one point lead and time winding down, Kharchla went for a shot and they got into a scramble. They looked parallel all the way to the whistle and even though it didn't look like the position changed, at some point Kharchla was awarded a TD. The call was upheld on challenge but I'm not buying it. L 4-3.
184: Incredible win by Loew. W 3-1 SV. Loew made all the attempts at scoring but it was still 1-1 when it went to SV. I thought Loew got robbed by a stalemate call when he was on the verge of scoring but it didn't matter when he finally converted early in SV for the W.
Loew's reward for the win over Braunagel was a match with #4 Keckeisen (N. Iowa). Keckeisen generated most of the offense, with 2 TD and a reversal, but Loew kept it close by getting out from bottom quickly. His 4 escapes had him within striking distance and when he got a TD with ~1:20 left to tie the score it looked like he might have a chance. Keckeisen escaped quickly and Loew wasn't able to chase him down in the last 1:11. L 7-6. Loew will wrestle for 7th against #8 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State).
285: Fernandes was so close. SO CLOSE. He escaped in the second to take a 1-0 lead. Starting the third on top, he was riding hard and accumulated over a minute of RT. Lance stood up and Fernandes threw him back to the mat but Nebraska successfully challenged that Fernandes had locked his hands during the return and Lance was awarded a penalty point. If Fernandes had been able to ride him out, he'd have won 2-1 with the RT. Alas, Lance escaped, so the RT point only sent the match to SV. Lance got the first clean takedown of the match. L 4-2 SV.
After Day 2, Cornell is in 8th place. Yianni will go for his third title tomorrow night. In the 11am session, Vito will wrestle for placement and then wrestle for either 3rd or 5th and Loew will wrestle for 7th place.
Three All-Americans is better than chalk but still disappointing the way it went down. Ramirez and Fernandes were both seconds away from joining their teammates. They'll be back.
Vito Arujau has no trouble in the morning session. In the consolation semifinal he beats #8 McKee (Minnesota) W 7-3 and follows it up in the the third place match with a WMD 10-2 over #10 DeAugustino (Northwestern). Congrats to Vito on his second All-American finish, and an improvement on his 4th place finish in 2019, but his face showed how much he expected/wanted to be wrestling tonight for the title.
Cornell sits in 8th place with a shot at 6th (Loew for 7th soon, then Yianni for 1st tonight) but the teams in 6th (NW) and 7th(VT) still have opportunities to score, as do a couple of teams in shouting distance behind us like Missouri.
Quote from: ugarteVito Arujau has no trouble in the morning session. In the consolation semifinal he beats #8 McKee (Minnesota) W 7-3 and follows it up in the the third place match with a WMD 10-2 over #10 DeAugustino (Northwestern). Congrats to Vito on his second All-American finish, and an improvement on his 4th place finish in 2019, but his face showed how much he expected/wanted to be wrestling tonight for the title.
Cornell sits in 8th place with a shot at 6th (Loew for 7th soon, then Yianni for 1st tonight) but the teams in 6th (NW) and 7th(VT) still have opportunities to score, as do a couple of teams in shouting distance behind us like Missouri.
how would you rate Vito's talent level? Do you think he has enough raw talent to make it at the highest level? Wondering if his inconsistency comes from his not having enough maturity as a strategist.
Quote from: blackwidowQuote from: ugarteVito Arujau has no trouble in the morning session. In the consolation semifinal he beats #8 McKee (Minnesota) W 7-3 and follows it up in the the third place match with a WMD 10-2 over #10 DeAugustino (Northwestern). Congrats to Vito on his second All-American finish, and an improvement on his 4th place finish in 2019, but his face showed how much he expected/wanted to be wrestling tonight for the title.
Cornell sits in 8th place with a shot at 6th (Loew for 7th soon, then Yianni for 1st tonight) but the teams in 6th (NW) and 7th(VT) still have opportunities to score, as do a couple of teams in shouting distance behind us like Missouri.
how would you rate Vito's talent level? Do you think he has enough raw talent to make it at the highest level? Wondering if his inconsistency comes from his not having enough maturity as a strategist.
yeah for sure. dude was a junior world silver medalist. finished in second at US Senior Nationals to a multiple world medalist. He's like 22?
Yianni wins 11-5 for his third national title. Cornell finishes in 7th in the team race. They've been top 10 every year* since 2008. nbd.
* of course they didn't compete at all in 2021
Ugarte, a couple of questions. I really look forward to your postings on this.
Is Arujau better in freestyle than folkstyle? It seems he has gone further in international than college competition. Does he have the higher upside there? And I assume he has a higher upside in general than, say, Glory. I don't remember as big a difference between free and folk back decades ago (even if the style names were different then).
What is the story with Max Dean? There seemed to be a lot not mentioned tonight by the ESPN commentators and unasked by Kessenich in his interview. Dean also was cryptic, but it sounded as if there were issues. If his transfer was just because of the Ivy cancellation of the season, that would be simple to report. You made some mention at the time about the requirement of vaccinations.
Quote from: Chuck HendersonUgarte, a couple of questions. I really look forward to your postings on this.
Is Arujau better in freestyle than folkstyle? It seems he has gone further in international than college competition. Does he have the higher upside there? And I assume he has a higher upside in general than, say, Glory. I don't remember as big a difference between free and folk back decades ago (even if the style names were different then).
What is the story with Max Dean? There seemed to be a lot not mentioned tonight by the ESPN commentators and unasked by Kessenich in his interview. Dean also was cryptic, but it sounded as if there were issues. If his transfer was just because of the Ivy cancellation of the season, that would be simple to report. You made some mention at the time about the requirement of vaccinations.
Thanks.
He's not "better" at freestyle than folk, necessarily, but there were three exceptionally talented freestylers in college this year. He is a much better folkstyle prospect than Glory, but I don't know if he is necessarily a better prospect than either Nick Suriano (who missed 2021 Senior nationals with COVID) or Spencer Lee (if he comes back from surgery at his best). Vito did beat Suriano the last time they faced each other in freestyle but it was close and considered an upset at the time. And Gilman keeps on trucking too. We're very deep at 57kg!
Max Dean - and his brother Gabe - are both antivaxers. New York State, Cornell and the Ivy League all had vaccine policies that would not work for Dean and so he left. I do not give much credence to his claim that he needed to go to Penn State to win a title. His brother won two in Ithaca, he had an incredible upset win to get to the 2019 finals and then imo choked the final himself and to the extent he won a title because he was at Penn State this year it's because Cael Sanderson worked the refs and got Dean bullshit calls in his second round and QF matches against Aiello and DePrez that flipped the results. He also got very lucky that he had a glide path to the title. #21 in the semifinal and #7 in the final.
Post-COVID Cornell was a bad fit for him, but everything that isn't about the vaccine policy is a retcon.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: Chuck HendersonUgarte, a couple of questions. I really look forward to your postings on this.
Is Arujau better in freestyle than folkstyle? It seems he has gone further in international than college competition. Does he have the higher upside there? And I assume he has a higher upside in general than, say, Glory. I don't remember as big a difference between free and folk back decades ago (even if the style names were different then).
What is the story with Max Dean? There seemed to be a lot not mentioned tonight by the ESPN commentators and unasked by Kessenich in his interview. Dean also was cryptic, but it sounded as if there were issues. If his transfer was just because of the Ivy cancellation of the season, that would be simple to report. You made some mention at the time about the requirement of vaccinations.
Thanks.
He's not "better" at freestyle than folk, necessarily, but there were three exceptionally talented freestylers in college this year. He is a much better folkstyle prospect than Glory, but I don't know if he is necessarily a better prospect than either Nick Suriano (who missed 2021 Senior nationals with COVID) or Spencer Lee (if he comes back from surgery at his best). Vito did beat Suriano the last time they faced each other in freestyle but it was close and considered an upset at the time. And Gilman keeps on trucking too. We're very deep at 57kg!
Max Dean - and his brother Gabe - are both antivaxers. New York State, Cornell and the Ivy League all had vaccine policies that would not work for Dean and so he left. I do not give much credence to his claim that he needed to go to Penn State to win a title. His brother won two in Ithaca, he had an incredible upset win to get to the 2019 finals and then imo choked the final himself and to the extent he won a title because he was at Penn State this year it's because Cael Sanderson worked the refs and got Dean bullshit calls in his second round and QF matches against Aiello and DePrez that flipped the results. He also got very lucky that he had a glide path to the title. #21 in the semifinal and #7 in the final.
Post-COVID Cornell was a bad fit for him, but everything that isn't about the vaccine policy is a retcon.
Thank you for the input. Could you expand on your view that vito seems to be a better folkstyle prospect than pat?
Quote from: blackwidowQuote from: ugarteQuote from: Chuck HendersonUgarte, a couple of questions. I really look forward to your postings on this.
Is Arujau better in freestyle than folkstyle? It seems he has gone further in international than college competition. Does he have the higher upside there? And I assume he has a higher upside in general than, say, Glory. I don't remember as big a difference between free and folk back decades ago (even if the style names were different then).
What is the story with Max Dean? There seemed to be a lot not mentioned tonight by the ESPN commentators and unasked by Kessenich in his interview. Dean also was cryptic, but it sounded as if there were issues. If his transfer was just because of the Ivy cancellation of the season, that would be simple to report. You made some mention at the time about the requirement of vaccinations.
Thanks.
He's not "better" at freestyle than folk, necessarily, but there were three exceptionally talented freestylers in college this year. He is a much better folkstyle prospect than Glory, but I don't know if he is necessarily a better prospect than either Nick Suriano (who missed 2021 Senior nationals with COVID) or Spencer Lee (if he comes back from surgery at his best). Vito did beat Suriano the last time they faced each other in freestyle but it was close and considered an upset at the time. And Gilman keeps on trucking too. We're very deep at 57kg!
Max Dean - and his brother Gabe - are both antivaxers. New York State, Cornell and the Ivy League all had vaccine policies that would not work for Dean and so he left. I do not give much credence to his claim that he needed to go to Penn State to win a title. His brother won two in Ithaca, he had an incredible upset win to get to the 2019 finals and then imo choked the final himself and to the extent he won a title because he was at Penn State this year it's because Cael Sanderson worked the refs and got Dean bullshit calls in his second round and QF matches against Aiello and DePrez that flipped the results. He also got very lucky that he had a glide path to the title. #21 in the semifinal and #7 in the final.
Post-COVID Cornell was a bad fit for him, but everything that isn't about the vaccine policy is a retcon.
Thank you for the input. Could you expand on your view that vito seems to be a better folkstyle prospect than pat?
i think you mean freestyle - folk is college. anyway, it ain't the stock market. past performance is indicative of future results (no guarantees though). also, one of glory's best attributes as a folkstle wrestler is his top game. this matters less in freestyle, where there is no riding time and no escape points. after a takedown, if nobody can get a turn, the ref blows stalemate and the match restarts on your feet in neutral.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: blackwidowQuote from: ugarteQuote from: Chuck HendersonUgarte, a couple of questions. I really look forward to your postings on this.
Is Arujau better in freestyle than folkstyle? It seems he has gone further in international than college competition. Does he have the higher upside there? And I assume he has a higher upside in general than, say, Glory. I don't remember as big a difference between free and folk back decades ago (even if the style names were different then).
What is the story with Max Dean? There seemed to be a lot not mentioned tonight by the ESPN commentators and unasked by Kessenich in his interview. Dean also was cryptic, but it sounded as if there were issues. If his transfer was just because of the Ivy cancellation of the season, that would be simple to report. You made some mention at the time about the requirement of vaccinations.
Thanks.
He's not "better" at freestyle than folk, necessarily, but there were three exceptionally talented freestylers in college this year. He is a much better folkstyle prospect than Glory, but I don't know if he is necessarily a better prospect than either Nick Suriano (who missed 2021 Senior nationals with COVID) or Spencer Lee (if he comes back from surgery at his best). Vito did beat Suriano the last time they faced each other in freestyle but it was close and considered an upset at the time. And Gilman keeps on trucking too. We're very deep at 57kg!
Max Dean - and his brother Gabe - are both antivaxers. New York State, Cornell and the Ivy League all had vaccine policies that would not work for Dean and so he left. I do not give much credence to his claim that he needed to go to Penn State to win a title. His brother won two in Ithaca, he had an incredible upset win to get to the 2019 finals and then imo choked the final himself and to the extent he won a title because he was at Penn State this year it's because Cael Sanderson worked the refs and got Dean bullshit calls in his second round and QF matches against Aiello and DePrez that flipped the results. He also got very lucky that he had a glide path to the title. #21 in the semifinal and #7 in the final.
Post-COVID Cornell was a bad fit for him, but everything that isn't about the vaccine policy is a retcon.
Thank you for the input. Could you expand on your view that vito seems to be a better folkstyle prospect than pat?
i think you mean freestyle - folk is college. anyway, it ain't the stock market. past performance is indicative of future results (no guarantees though). also, one of glory's best attributes as a folkstle wrestler is his top game. this matters less in freestyle, where there is no riding time and no escape points. after a takedown, if nobody can get a turn, the ref blows stalemate and the match restarts on your feet in neutral.
Your earlier posting said Arujau was a better FOLKSTYLE prospect than Glory. I think the confusion started there.
Quote from: Al DeFlorioQuote from: ugarteQuote from: blackwidowQuote from: ugarteQuote from: Chuck HendersonUgarte, a couple of questions. I really look forward to your postings on this.
Is Arujau better in freestyle than folkstyle? It seems he has gone further in international than college competition. Does he have the higher upside there? And I assume he has a higher upside in general than, say, Glory. I don't remember as big a difference between free and folk back decades ago (even if the style names were different then).
What is the story with Max Dean? There seemed to be a lot not mentioned tonight by the ESPN commentators and unasked by Kessenich in his interview. Dean also was cryptic, but it sounded as if there were issues. If his transfer was just because of the Ivy cancellation of the season, that would be simple to report. You made some mention at the time about the requirement of vaccinations.
Thanks.
He's not "better" at freestyle than folk, necessarily, but there were three exceptionally talented freestylers in college this year. He is a much better folkstyle prospect than Glory, but I don't know if he is necessarily a better prospect than either Nick Suriano (who missed 2021 Senior nationals with COVID) or Spencer Lee (if he comes back from surgery at his best). Vito did beat Suriano the last time they faced each other in freestyle but it was close and considered an upset at the time. And Gilman keeps on trucking too. We're very deep at 57kg!
Max Dean - and his brother Gabe - are both antivaxers. New York State, Cornell and the Ivy League all had vaccine policies that would not work for Dean and so he left. I do not give much credence to his claim that he needed to go to Penn State to win a title. His brother won two in Ithaca, he had an incredible upset win to get to the 2019 finals and then imo choked the final himself and to the extent he won a title because he was at Penn State this year it's because Cael Sanderson worked the refs and got Dean bullshit calls in his second round and QF matches against Aiello and DePrez that flipped the results. He also got very lucky that he had a glide path to the title. #21 in the semifinal and #7 in the final.
Post-COVID Cornell was a bad fit for him, but everything that isn't about the vaccine policy is a retcon.
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Thank you for the input. Could you expand on your view that vito seems to be a better folkstyle prospect than pat?
i think you mean freestyle - folk is college. anyway, it ain't the stock market. past performance is indicative of future results (no guarantees though). also, one of glory's best attributes as a folkstle wrestler is his top game. this matters less in freestyle, where there is no riding time and no escape points. after a takedown, if nobody can get a turn, the ref blows stalemate and the match restarts on your feet in neutral.
Your earlier posting said Arujau was a better FOLKSTYLE prospect than Glory. I think the confusion started there.
probably should have checked that lol
https://twitter.com/MatScoutWillie/status/1513967767556403211?s=19
How high is he rated?
Quote from: blackwidowHow high is he rated?
I'll look up his ranking but he's a freestyle Cadet (U17) world champ at 65kg. That's Yianni's weight class but I assume if he's wrestling cadet at 65kg he'll wrestle bigger than that in college.
Edit: Flo has him at #3 overall in the all-weights ranking for the Class of '23.
Quote from: ugarteQuote from: blackwidowHow high is he rated?
I'll look up his ranking but he's a freestyle Cadet (U17) world champ at 65kg. That's Yianni's weight class but I assume if he's wrestling cadet at 65kg he'll wrestle bigger than that in college.
Edit: Flo has him at #3 overall in the all-weights ranking for the Class of '23.
Thank you. This is awesome!
Cornell recruit Vince Cornella (where else would he go?) won the U20 US Open at 65kg, beating many higher-ranked guys along the way.
Greg D. took fourth in the Senior Men's 57kg class; a great showing.
Next year: Greg D, Vito, Vince, Yianni, Colton, Ramirez, Foca, Loew, Cardenas, Fernandes
Quote from: klehnerCornell recruit Vince Cornella (where else would he go?) won the U20 US Open at 65kg, beating many higher-ranked guys along the way.
Greg D. took fourth in the Senior Men's 57kg class; a great showing.
Next year: Greg D, Vito, Vince, Yianni, Colton, Ramirez, Foca, Loew, Cardenas, Fernandes
and that even assumes greg d. beats out ungar. embarrassment of riches.
Lot of international qualifying going on. Day 1 of Final X, in Stillwater, was on June 3 and the US age group trials for the U20 and U23 teams started on June 3 as well.
At Final X, Vito Arujau lost 2-0 (12-2, 13-2) to multiple world/Olympic medalist Thomas Gilman. He's the alternate for Senior Worlds in Belgrade this September.
At the U23 trials, Philip Moomey, a Greco specialist and probably a great workout partner, won the 60kg title over the former U20 champ Max Black 2-0 (WBF, 8-0) and will represent the US at the world championships in Pontevedra, Spain this October.
At the U20 trials, Vince Cornella '26 came from behind to beat Oklahoma State's Carter Young 2-1 (3-4, 12-10, 4-1) and will represent the US at 65kg at the world championships in Sofia this August.
The U20 and U23 freestyle qualifiers are still going on. We do not have any wrestlers still alive in U20 (though Ethan Hatcher did beat the 1 seed at 86kg before losing a pair.) In U23, Greg Diakomihalis (57kg), Josh Saunders (65kg), Jonathan Loew (86kg) and Jacob Cardenas (92kg) are still alive in the QF. A lot of wrestlers are still alive in the consolation rounds, including Julian Ramirez, Chris Foca and Brendan Furman.
The second day of Final X qualifying, for the last 15 weights (across greco and men's and women's freestyle), is on June 8 at MSG. Yianni Diakomihalis (65kg) and Kyle Dake (74kg) will each have a best of three match for the chance to join Team USA in Belgrade.
Learned today that by finishing second at Senior nationals, if Vito wants to take the U23 spot, he can. The broadcasters were assuming he would.
In the actual tournament, Jacob Cardenas won at 92kg, but may have his U23 spot taken (the same way Vito can take it) if Isaac Trumble wins his True Third* match at Final X on Wednesday.
Our other medalists:
57kg: Greg Diakomihalis - 3rd place
65kg: Jonathan Saunders - 6th place
86kg: Jonathan Loew - 4th place
86kg: Chris Foca - 6th place
*At World Team Trials, Nate Jackson beat Jay Aiello in the semis and Trumble in the finals. Because they both lost to the same guy, a "true third" match eliminates the luck of the draw. since both wrestlers only losses were to Jackson. If Aiello wins the True Third, Cardenas will hold his spot because only top 3 finishers at Senior Nationals can take an age-group slot they are eligible for and Aiello is 27 24 (the person who said 27 was kidding).
Quote from: ugarteLearned today that by finishing second at Senior nationals, if Vito wants to take the U23 spot, he can. The broadcasters were assuming he would.
In the actual tournament, Jacob Cardenas won at 92kg, but may have his U23 spot taken (the same way Vito can take it) if Isaac Trumble wins his True Third* match at Final X on Wednesday.
Our other medalists:
57kg: Greg Diakomihalis - 3rd place
65kg: Jonathan Saunders - 6th place
86kg: Jonathan Loew - 4th place
86kg: Chris Foca - 6th place
*At World Team Trials, Nate Jackson beat Jay Aiello in the semis and Trumble in the finals. Because they both lost to the same guy, a "true third" match eliminates the luck of the draw. since both wrestlers only losses were to Jackson. If Aiello wins the True Third, Cardenas will hold his spot because only top 3 finishers at Senior Nationals can take an age-group slot they are eligible for and Aiello is 27.
Update: Arujau will take the 57kg slot at U23; Aiello beat Trumble (in the final seconds) for true third, thus Cardenas will wrestle 92kg as well.
Quote from: klehnerQuote from: ugarteLearned today that by finishing second at Senior nationals, if Vito wants to take the U23 spot, he can. The broadcasters were assuming he would.
In the actual tournament, Jacob Cardenas won at 92kg, but may have his U23 spot taken (the same way Vito can take it) if Isaac Trumble wins his True Third* match at Final X on Wednesday.
Our other medalists:
57kg: Greg Diakomihalis - 3rd place
65kg: Jonathan Saunders - 6th place
86kg: Jonathan Loew - 4th place
86kg: Chris Foca - 6th place
*At World Team Trials, Nate Jackson beat Jay Aiello in the semis and Trumble in the finals. Because they both lost to the same guy, a "true third" match eliminates the luck of the draw. since both wrestlers only losses were to Jackson. If Aiello wins the True Third, Cardenas will hold his spot because only top 3 finishers at Senior Nationals can take an age-group slot they are eligible for and Aiello is 27.
Update: Arujau will take the 57kg slot at U23; Aiello beat Trumble (in the final seconds) for true third, thus Cardenas will wrestle 92kg as well.
After Aiello's big win for Cardenas, Yianni D. won (11-9, 14-4) for the 65kg title and Kyle Dake won (4-2, 2-1) to win at 79kg. So the final Cornell roster going to world championships:
U20 (August Sofia, Bulgaria)
65FS Vince Cornella '26
U23 (October Pontevedra, Spain)
57FS Vito Arujau '24
60GR Phillip Moomey '23
92FS Jacob Cardenas '25
Senior (September Belgrade, Serbia)
65FS Yianni Diakomihalis '23
74FS Kyle Dake '13
Ugarte, I think you mean Dake at 74kg
Quote from: cu155Ugarte, I think you mean Dake at 74kg
uh... that's what i said. ;-)
TBD but Yianni, because he's still U23 eligible, may take the U23 spot at 65kg as well, adding a trip to Spain to his passport regardless of what happens in Belgrade.
Jordan Leen to become head coach at Brown: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2022/June/13/Jordan-Leen-named-head-coach-at-Brown
Quote from: ugarteTBD but Yianni, because he's still U23 eligible, may take the U23 spot at 65kg as well, adding a trip to Spain to his passport regardless of what happens in Belgrade.
based on an email from coach Grey, yianni is taking the u23 spot. huge congrats to Jordan Leen. his title run was great.