Teammates that were formerly Rivals

[fishbane]

I was looking at potential lineups for the ISU-Iowa dual next weekend when something caught my eye.  Yonger Bastida and Rocky Elam have wrestled each other 6 times in college with Rocky Elam holding a 4-2 edge.  Bastida also wrestled Rocky's brother Zach twice and leads that series 2-0, so overall he is 4-4 against the Elams. 

Another interesting situation that was similar to this was the OSU lineup last season with Caleb Fish at 157, Cam Amine at 165, and Dean Hamiti at 174.  All three of them were formerly 165lbers in the Big Ten at different universities and wrestled each other many times. Amine was the overall winner of the round robin series with a 3-0 record against Hamiti and 4-1 record against Fish.  Hamiti was the runner up holding a 2-0 advantage over Fish.

Have two teammates wrestled each other more than 6 times in college?

[BIGTENFANBOY]

You're going to see the much more often than in the past due to the loosening of transfer rules. In previous years this wasn't really possible due to how difficult it was to transfer.

[The_KC_Godfather]

I don’t think there’s a better example than Spencer Lee and Austin DeSanto. They even made a FloFilm about it.

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3 hours ago, The_KC_Godfather said:

I don’t think there’s a better example than Spencer Lee and Austin DeSanto. They even made a FloFilm about it.

I don't think this exactly fits.  I believe their rivalry was limited to high school and never wrestled in college.  DeSanto was a 133 at Drexel and Lee was always at 125 for Iowa. 

Even if high school is counted I think they only met the two times at the state tournament.  Former Hawkeyes Gilman and Clark probably wrestled each other more prior to college, but that didn't involve a transfer.  I'm more looking for a Suriano-Micic situation where they wrestled in college and then became teammates at Michigan.

[AgaveMaria]

Cael Sanderson and Joe Heskett. Heskett beat him in HS - think it was at Reno.

Then they became Iowa State Cyclones together.

At the time most would have guessed Heskett to be a 4 timer over Cael. Both were very good.

[KCMO2]

Don't be surprised if you start seeing this more and more as some coaches continue poaching wrestlers due to their inability to develop their own talent.