No. I haven’t heard anything. Praying he comes to PSU. Young man could reach all his dreams under our Staff plus all the positive Elite wrestlers in the room. He could be training with Zain all the time now. Zain was hired as a Coach for NLWC. Both right around the same weight.
Not sure if/ where this should go, if at all. Spent several days in NEPA last week visiting family & friends and stayed at a B&B whom we are also friends of. Guy & his wife up from FL who had come in to watch their son, who rows Crew @ LaSalle U. His wife had an accent and turns out she rowed in crew as well, in Russia. They were sightseeing and mentioned they found a wonderful place to buy pumpkins, decorations, etc. Said they had been to Retherfords Farm Market in Benton about 15 miles away from where we stay and the guy had spent a few minutes talking with this really nice guy, beard, in-shape, muscular who helped with their shopping. They had a great time there.
I told him that was Zain Retherford, a three time NCAA champ, a US Olympic team member, (they knew he had gotten hurt and had to MFF out of the tourney; my brother’s hero) whom we affectionately call ‘Popeye’ (due to his sizable biceps and mastery over pumpkins
. I said that Zain was the guy on the stage who spoke on behalf of the team with former President Trump @ the State College rally.
The guy and his wife got all excited as they were going back to do some more shopping, engage in more discussion and couldn’t wait to run into him again. They were all smiles. Made their day. Mine too.