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excellent point. I know Davis wrestled in the Dapper Dan classic, so I assumed he was highly ranked nationally. Took a quick look on the Iowa Wrestling HOF site: Barry: 3 X champ, 102-6-1. Jim Z: 2 x champ, 99-12. Lenny Z: 1 x champ, 74-4 so....very solid and it was a different era when 4 timers were much less common and so on, but these 3 as a group were probably not being hailed as the greatest recruiting class ever or anything. crazy to think that Jim won 2 state titles and then 3 NCAAs and his college record was 131-7 as opposed 99-12 in HS.

so many greats/personal favorites of mine already mentioned, I'll add a couple more than I'm not sure I have seen yet: Jim Martin/PSU Scott Moore/PSU and UVA

old school - Barry Davis, Jim Zalesky, and Lenny Zalesky all attended the same HS in Iowa, Cedar Rapids Prairie. And then the University of Iowa together. 6 NCAA titles, 2 other finals, and I think 11 total AA finishes. Think Barry and Jim were same class, Lenny 2 years older. Their best combined year at Iowa was 1982. Barry and Jim were champs and Lenny was 2nd.

quick comparison of these numbers and the team scores for those years....Cal-St Bakersfield would have been top 10 lots of those years but surprisingly (to me at least) best would have been 5th in '81. Then again this was the 'big 4' era and not too many teams crashed that party.

no Cal-St Bakersfield?

Ha but let me say it this way - SIU Carbondale actually had zero D1 champs that year

Well SIU Carbondale didn’t have 3 D1 champs…

think mspart may have been referencing Saitiev vs USA matchups at world championships/Olympics only. here's a link to the Pat Smith match for those who haven't seen it.

Slay beat him in 2000

Gantry beat me to it

wrestlingstats or wrestlestat? I get the 404 when I try wrestlingstats.

184 Malachi DuVall, George Mason, wrestlestat ranking #22 157 DJ McGee, George Mason, wrestlestat ranking #15

sad that Gardner and his rival from Blair Jared Platt both passed away at such young ages.

Western Branch?

Yoshi Nakamura