Iowas 2 4 timers start next year?

[BruceyB]

52 minutes ago, Spencerlee said:

Freestyle success doesn’t always translate to collegiate folkstyle success and he got nearly teched by Plott, when one of the wrestlers in that group beat him. He also was almost teched by Buchanan and had a couple other losses but I won’t hold that against him.

@scourge165 said it above. Sinclair is a brilliant wrestler but was able to reach extreme heights of success in high-school without cutting weight. He's looked outmatched physically against everyone he's lost to this year. Him finding a nutrition plan/weight that is ideal for him will be very important for his success in college. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a 174 next year. 

[OH-IO]

12 hours ago, Le duke said:

Levi competed in an NCAA final as a 17 year old, IIRC. 

Bo is already older than that with another year of HS remaining. 

that is so crazy to me.... so BB really should be a Fresmen in college now, yet still has another year in HS? I am so confused, I really am!

[scourge165]

3 hours ago, OH-IO said:

that is so crazy to me.... so BB really should be a Fresmen in college now, yet still has another year in HS? I am so confused, I really am!

If Bo was a Sr this year, he'd be in a normal age range. Haines was younger than average. I was 17 when I graduated and I was younger than half the Jr class.

I probably should have been held back, but what I think is kinda silly is that your growth as a Wrestler is impacted THAT significantly by age vs development. 

Spending an extra year in HS isn't NEARLY as helpful as spending a year at the Collegiate level, grinding it out. 

 

Lets just stop with this age nonsense. I don't care. Kyle Snyder or Levi Haines...they were younger and their accomplishments INCREDIBLY impressive. But you take that year of training they had as Sr's away and...Haines is probably on the podium, not on the raised stage and Snyder, who knows, he was a freak, but that year led to tremendous growth for both.

 

These are also just kids who happen to be the best in a sport that we all love watching, but still, the old guy we're talking about here and people keep taking jabs at? That's an 18 year old Jr in HS. The kid is a year younger than average. 

 

Also, like it or not(and most do not) he's doing quite a bit to grow the sport.