'25 Junior Pan-Am Games, 8/20-22

[Psalm 1 guy]

I wouldn't call him in "summertime conditioning mode." For the most part, he wasn't an offensive machine his freshman season. Excluding the Clarion Open and the Cleveland State Open, which he wrestled in before entering tOSU's lineup, most of his matches were pretty low scoring. He had two TFs, and five MDs all season (excluding those two Opens). He had a really nice run in NCAAs to end the season, but the scores were (in order):

- 4-2
- 4-1, SV-1
- 4-1, SV-1
- 4-1, SV-1
- 0-2 (in the final against CStar)

In the B1G Tournament, his scores were (in order):

- 1-4, SV-1 (against Edmond Ruth)
- 20-4, TF, @ 5:40
- 14-4
- 11-3
- 4-1, SV-1
- 4-2

He did show a good bit of offense last year as a redshirt, and was undefeated, but he was only in three Opens, and he was facing competition that was way, way below what he faced in his freshman year.

My "summertime conditioning" quip was just because he looked really winded in that Finals match against Cuba. I would imagine he will focus more on his conditioning when he gets closer to the U23 World Championships in late October. I'm sure that in the summer most wrestlers focus mostly on improving their technique rather than on conditioning.

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

Sick misdirection clinic

That second and third TD were especially nasty.

 

[J.E.B]

MM is a nasty wrestler and aside of Carr no one has beat him in a long time…

 

[RockySmith]

MM is a nasty wrestler and aside of Carr no one has beat him in a long time…

I know he hates those losses, but sometimes that’s how growth occurs. Gable was devastated when Owings beat him, but said the loss made him a more dominant wrestler in the long term. I’m sure that’s how the coaches and MM are approaching it. It’s an exciting future.