Dean Hamiti and Wyatt Hendrickson defeated 2 NCAA champs

[Cornell Kevin]

Believe the question is asking for guys who had to beat two separate individuals who were already NCAA champs, not guys who were 2x champions.

 

[pokemonster]

On the note of Hamiti - he's only 21 and done with college. Did he screw himself by not taking the usual wrestler route, a la the majority of the other successful phenoms? How many NCAA titles would he have if he would've taken the Bo Bassett route and been a freshman this year? 

Edited Monday at 03:49 AM by pokemonster

[ionel]

10 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

One the note of Hamiti - he's only 21 and done with college. Did he screw himself by not taking the usual wrestler route, a la the majority of the other successful phenoms? How many NCAA titles would he have if he would've taken the Bo Bassett route and been a freshman this year? 

Maybe he'll have a better/longer freestyle career because he's out at 21? 

[scourge165]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Maybe he'll have a better/longer freestyle career because he's out at 21? 

And maybe he'd have won it this year and then gotten bogged down with injuries or a savant like...Lockett/Duke if he had 2 more years. Hard to say. 

He was REAL close several times. A poorly Wrestled Match vs Mesenbrink from being in the finals in '24, but he won it and he seems to me to be a GREAT fit at 74KG.

[Boring]

On 4/28/2025 at 5:43 AM, scourge165 said:

And maybe he'd have won it this year and then gotten bogged down with injuries or a savant like...Lockett/Duke if he had 2 more years. Hard to say. 

He was REAL close several times. A poorly Wrestled Match vs Mesenbrink from being in the finals in '24, but he won it and he seems to me to be a GREAT fit at 74KG.

Plus he still looks like a beanpole out there, he's got plenty of room to move up to the next weight class. 

[scourge165]

9 hours ago, Boring said:

Plus he still looks like a beanpole out there, he's got plenty of room to move up to the next weight class. 

Well...79KG would probably be an even better weight for him, but... we only have space for 6 Olympic weight classes because we have to have flip cup and and...wheelbarrow racing in the Olympics. 

 

[Boring]

7 hours ago, scourge165 said:

Well...79KG would probably be an even better weight for him, but... we only have space for 6 Olympic weight classes because we have to have flip cup and and...wheelbarrow racing in the Olympics. 

 

I've always thought that was really stupid. What's the rationale for only 6 weight classes at the Olympics? 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

52 minutes ago, Boring said:

I've always thought that was really stupid. What's the rationale for only 6 weight classes at the Olympics? 

IOC limiting numbers of athletes at the games and to a lesser degree the number of medals, across all (or most) sports.  Wrestling had to cut from somewhere.