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Quote from: ugarteI also have my eye on Berreyesa wrestling for Nickerson at Northern Colorado in the Big 12 tournament and really hope he makes it. The conference is deep but they have 6 bids and though he's not seeded, I can definitely see him getting there - he was 23 in the last coaches poll. I've had the opportunity to talk to him a little and he's a great kid and I know he's still close to his former teammates. Would love this for him.

Do you also root for another former teammate - Max Dean?

ugarte can speak for himself, obviously, but personally I am also rooting for Berreyesa to do well because he graduated from Cornell and left because of Ivy rules.  I would only root against him if he wrestles Foca. Could not care less about Max Dean.

Very few wrestlers I root against who are not wrestling Cornell guys.  Max Dean is one of them.

Quote from: dbilmesThe wrestling team's success often seems like it's taken for granted, but it's an incredible feat to have such a dominant program at an Ivy school (unless you're talking about an elitist sport like squash or fencing). Cornell has won 19 of the last 20 Ivy titles and is consistently ranked in the national polls, not to mention some of the amazing individual wrestlers who have competed for Cornell. I don't know how much longer Cornell's run will continue, but it's an impressive accomplishment.

FWIW, the team loses only Yianni and Furman (seems like Loew is returning for yet another year).  While that seems terrible to be losing Yianni, possibly the number one recruit in the country will be taking his place at 149:  Meyer Shapiro.  He's taking his senior HS year at Spartan Combat RTC (which trains at Cornell), and is currently 14-0 *competing in collegiate open tournaments*.  He's really that good.

Fernandes if healthy and Loew if healthy should mean the team will be pretty much the same next year, and possibly even better if Greg Diakomihalis returns healthy from shoulder surgery and continues to improve.  Every other starter returns.

Quote from: ugarteIf you feel like waking up at 4:30 eastern, Moomey's weight class kicks off at U23 tomorrow morning live at flowrestling.com

Moomey down 5-0 gets the feet-to-back for 4, a penalty point and a TD to win 7-5 and move to the 1/4s.

He wrestled at around 7am ET.

Cornell commits Mason Gibson and Michael Dellagatta are competing in Super 32 this weekend.  It's one of the toughest HS tournaments.

Vito and Jacob Cardenas are competing next week in the World U23 championships in Freestyle, and Phil Moomey is in GR.

Moomey is not on the Cornell roster at the moment, although he was listed at 133 in Mike Grey's recent email.  Taking the semester off?

Future freshman starter at 149 next year, Meyer Shapiro, wins Who's Number One at 152.

He is very good.

It's about that time!

Incoming freshman Vince Cornella won the U20 Pan Am tournament at 65kg.  He'll also be representing the US at the World U20
Championships in August in Bulgaria.

He's looking to be the starter at 141 this coming year.

125:  Greg D/Ungar/Lajoie
133:  Arujau
141:  Cornella/Saunders
149:  Yianni
157:  Yapoujian
165:  Ramirez/Gibson (the best backup around, unless he can drop to 157 and challenge Colton)
174:  Foca
184:  Loew
197:  Cardenas
285:  Fernandes

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.

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: 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: 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.

And some great matchups at the Rokfin/NLWC event on 2/23:

*Yianni Diakomihalis vs Nahshon Garrett

*Zain Retherford vs Nahshon Garrett

*Kyle Snyder vs Gabe Dean

*Bo Nickal vs Gabe Dean

*Vinenzo Joseph vs Kyle Dake

*Jason Nolf vs Kyle Dake

Senior Nationals are October 9-11, and include the following Cornellians (registered):

57kg:  Vito Arujau, Frank Perrelli
86kg:  Gabe Dean, Max Dean
97kg:  Ben Honis

There's a nice long interview with Vito on Flo.  Talks about a bunch of stuff you might find interesting.

Quote from: ugarte165 - No ranked wrestler. Probably Andrew Berreyesa again, who I assume is working on attacking and defending legs.

Don't forget Julian Ramirez.

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Quote from: upprdecktons of people who had the flu shot at work complained after xmas break of something they couldnt shake.

I'm with Jim on this as my boss and I were sick in January.  I did 4 straight days in bed in order to recover.

I have no idea if it might have been C19 and thus want to be tested.

My wife reminded me that back in July I had a fever that ran for a good 5 days; maybe I'm patient zero (well, I didn't eat any bats as I far as I know) :-P

I do wonder.  Last year in Asia there were a high number of unidentified pneumonia cases going around that doctors were having trouble treating.  My fiance and I both had it and it was by far the sickest I've ever been (worse by far than swine flu or previous pneumonia that I've had).  It makes me think that perhaps there was a precursor/earlier version of C19 floating around China that was already doing bad things in humans which subsequently got worse.  Will be interesting to see what antibody tests say when they become widely available.  I knew we should have skipped the pangolin steak .

A columnist for the NYTimes wrote this today:

QuoteWhen I was sidelined with the flu in January, I thought nothing of it, until it degenerated into one of the weirdest and most painful bouts of flu I have ever had. There were fever spikes, aches, nausea, lack of smell, a persistent dry cough — all of which were later flagged as key symptoms of Covid-19. I recovered after three truly awful weeks of debilitating illness. Once the coronavirus was in full swing, I wondered if I had been an early victim.

She just got tested for antibodies, and it returned negative.  Getting a bad flu isn't getting COVID-19.