Takedown Report

Campbell aiming to continue its breakthrough March

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Good to see the rise to the top that Campbell Univ. is making with their program.
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Cary Kolat can admit it now. He had a four-year plan for Campbell wrestling to win a Southern Conference championship. Thanks to a precocious young roster, the Camels are ahead of schedule. Kolat is wrapping up his third season in Buies Creek, but Campbell brought the Southern Conference Championship trophy home last week. “We got there faster than I thought we’d get there,” Kolat said this week. “I honestly thought our fourth year was when we’d make a run for it.” Instead, young wrestlers carried the Camels past regular-season dual champion Appalachian State by a narrow 89.5-86 margin, helping five Campbell wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Championships and giving Kolat significant hope for the program’s future. “As the year progressed, we’re a young team, I saw our guys continually get better and that’s what you have when you have a bunch of freshmen in the lineup,” Kolat said. “Everyone contributed to it, but our freshmen toward the end of the year really started to pick up those wins for us and when we got to the tournament, they were extremely focused with the training. Rest of the story at …. http://s200.trackwrestling.com/tw/PortalPost.jsp?postId=367582076

March 19, 2017 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized