I am under the assumption that she (or anyone) does not need permission from USA Wrestling to suck at wrestling and make an underwhelming, factually inaccurate, home-video quality movie.
She was teched in her first match by Mallory Velte, who while very good (2x world bronze medalist), is not a world champion as her coach claimed (while grinning ear to ear like he just got let on a carnival ride despite not meeting the minimum height requirement). I'm sure there are other instances too, I just didn't have the bandwidth to watch that chic (or her coach) talk anymore.
Interesting! When I look at the Mantanonas (both), I don't immediately think, "Now there's a couple of dudes who spent some time in the weight room with Les Gutches."
I'd like to see him do well this season (since it's his last). Coming out of HS, I really thought he'd compete for a national title at some point- maybe he still can. What weight will he be at? 174?
I second above- it really depends. I remember in 2018 USAW called me about being team translator for Greco for their camp which was held in a small city named Tata, about 50km outside of Budapest, to which I responded, "Wait, we have a Greco team?" I didn't get a second call back! haha!
I bring this up because I vaguely remember their camp starting 3 weeks before the actual tournament (Budapest, Hungary), but it varies year to year based on a bunch of factors.
I'm interested to see how Aden Valencia and Jack Consiglio works out at 141lbs for Stanford as both are coming off of redshirt freshman year. I'm think both will have decent careers.
Mason Gibson at Rutgers piques my interest- he could have success
As does Jaxon Joy at Cornell - I thought he represented himself well at U20s
Although not new wrestler (but new to Minnesota), I hope Jore Volk does well coming off medical redshirt
Also Miguel Estrada at Iowa, although they pulled his redshirt (stupid), I'm still counting him here and I think he can be very good if he doesn't lose focus.
Where's Villasenor headed to college? OKST is gonna be loaded at lower weights. Does he go elsewhere?
Impressive showing for him (although he loses to Knox).
I def think Lockett beats both (my point being James/Denny would also fare well at worlds). I really want to see a James/Lockett match to see how James stacks up. Like I said, we're in good hands at 74kg!
He's put on a lot of muscle between since beginning last year. I still think he's going to Stanford- I don't think he follows his brother to OKST. I'm wrong a lot too, though.
Desmond's decent- mine was more of a rebuke of Castillo, who seems to be seeded high all the time and hasn't won anything in like, 3 years. Baffling . . .