If Cael gets Sanchez, can we nickname him Dirty Sanchez?
'25 U17 World Championships, 7/28-8/3
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Man, If the USSR still existed they would dominate international wrestling like PSU does college.
Thanks for all these video links Tom. And Greg as well on the updates. It's been an entertaining weekend in the "offseason".
There's a lot of truth in that. Some of Russia's wrestlers may be in Ukraine right now?
One suggestion/piece of feedback for the Mods here (I hope this is the right place to do it). I don't think it is to a reader's benefit to be bombarded with social media links in every event thread. The occasional relevant post makes sense, but in this thread there has been a million posts of people reacting to the wins/other stuff. It clogs up the thread and makes it nigh unreadable at times.
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I actually thought it benefitted those of us who are remote and not watching. I appreciated it. Now if SlipperyPete was doing pbp, I'd agree with you somewhat.
Blaze, Jayden and Henckel i such an incredible windfall for this program. Opposing fanbases are going to be so frustrated.
Makes sense. We have only been at this since 2011. They are burned out.
Probably not. There's still only 10 weights, so it's not like you can add all those countries' totals to Russia. Russia might gain a few points, but the real winners would be Japan and India -- the next best teams' athletes would likely advance further in the tourney, and pick up more medals.
If the USSR still existed and its wrestlers were not allowed to train abroad, then you'd have a lot of potential medalists sitting on the bench. If they were allowed to self-export, then most Georgians, Armenians, Azeris, Uzbeks, etc., would disperse around Europe or wherever they could find sponsorships.
Which would be like today, where so many Frenchmen, Spaniards, Italians, Germans, and Bahrainis have names ending in "v" -- except on a much bigger scale.
Not a chance. Russia/USSR has always prioritized having athletes serve as state propaganda.
I was reminded today of why we seeing so many really good Kids coming up thru the ranks these days. Our grandson had a tourny today in Hershey. The place was full of future wrestlers and it was a beautiful August day, August! And these kids are battling it out in the Farm Show building. This is why Pa is so dominate. I saw names like Ciasulli & Labriola. Sorry if i messed spelling up.
So, you are complaining ABOUT the mods TO the mods? This should go well.
Somehow you managed to forget Duke.
Jayden winning gold in that loaded 71 kg. field was quite impressive, but not quite as impressive as him flipping his commitment to Penn State
Building upon LemonPie's earlier post, here's the world medal count so far for current and future Penn State wrestlers. Connor and Cole Mirasola, Rocco Welsh and Will Henckel will get the chance to join this list this summer. To have all this freestyle talent in one room is just incredible.
Mesenbrink: Three-time world age group medalist (U20 gold and silver and U23 bronze)
Luke Lilledahl: Four-time world age group medalist (2 gold and 2 silver)
Marcus Blaze: Two-time world age group medalist (1 gold and 1 bronze)
Masanosuke Ono: Two-time world medalist (1 Senior gold and one U20 gold)
Jayden James: U17 gold
PJ Duke: U20 bronze and 2025 U20, U23 and Senior World Team member
Tyler Kasak: U17 silver
Joseph Sealey: U17 gold
Josh Barr: U20 silver
Aaron Nagao: U23 5th
Mesenbrink: Three-time world age group medalist (U20 gold and silver and U23 bronze)
Luke Lilledahl: Four-time world age group medalist (2 gold and 2 silver)
Marcus Blaze: Two-time world age group medalist (1 gold and 1 bronze)
Masanosuke Ono: Two-time world medalist (1 Senior gold and one U20 gold)
Jayden James: U17 gold
PJ Duke: U20 bronze and 2025 U20, U23 and Senior World Team member
Tyler Kasak: U17 silver
Joseph Sealey: U17 gold
Josh Barr: U20 silver
Aaron Nagao: U23 5th
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Zach Ryder was in that group as well before his departure.
Definitely full court press for Sanchez. Fits perfectly into PSU and our NLWC to be an Olympic Champion.If Cael gets Sanchez, can we nickname him Dirty Sanchez?
It will be interesting to see his weight progression going forward. As an incoming Sophomore Flo has him listed at 113 lb., which matches up with his competing at U17 at 55kg. (112.2 lb.).
On another note, I was so happy to see him get that final TD in his gold medal match. He really stuck with that TD attempt and made some great adjustments off his opponent's TD defense. To lose 1-1 on criteria, like Kikiniou did earlier, would have been horrible. For matches that end 1-1 with only activity clock points scored, I would like to see UWW use the first score for criteria rather than the last score. This would reward and hopefully incentive more action in the first period. It would also hopefully encourage the officials to be more deliberative in choosing which wrestler to place on the clock first. Under the current rules it sometimes feels like that decision is a coin flip.
Jarod Verkleeren won U17 Gold at 65. If I recall correctly, he just went takedown to lace in all his matches.
Brady Berge won U20 Bronze at 70
Mesenbrink won U20 Bronze and Gold and U23 Bronze
Brady Berge won U20 Bronze at 70
Mesenbrink won U20 Bronze and Gold and U23 Bronze
Say you are from the Lehigh Valley without saying you are from the Lehigh Valley.
The great news is that Bassett, Kikiniou, Mills and Sanchez will be U17-eligible next year also. If Jayden was six weeks younger he would be eligible next year also.
All of these are also recent—but not current—PSU medalists: Beau won U20 Bronze (2021), Carter U23 Bronze (2022), Bo U23 Gold (2019), and AB with U23 Gold (2023), U20 Silver (2018), U17 Gold (2017).
Just rounding out our list, though it’s likely I’ve missed others.
Just rounding out our list, though it’s likely I’ve missed others.
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