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Iowa State wrestling: David Carr seems ‘pretty intent on winning a gold medal’

CEDAR RAPIDS — Freshman wrestler David Carr came into Iowa State already having made one world team. He was a world cadet bronze medalist in 2016. This last weekend in Las Vegas, he made his second world team — the junior world team at 74 kilograms. “It shows that he’s pretty good and he’s pretty intent on winning a gold medal at his respective level,” Iowa State Coach Kevin Dresser said Tuesday at Iowa State’s Tailgate Tour at the Marriott Hotel. “When David has that expectation, we have that expectation. He went and did what he was supposed to do.”

The coaching staff knew they were getting a blue-chip recruit when they got Carr. He was rated as a top-five pound-for-pound recruit out of high school and No. 1 at his weight. “David is very coachable,” Dresser said. “He’s a pleaser, and since he’s been here, he’s become more open-minded. Sometimes when you come in and you’re really, really good, it’s hard to be open-minded to anything because you’ve had so much success, you kind of think you know everything. David comes in and he’s really coachable and he doesn’t think he knows everything. He wants to learn to more. “When you get a guy like that, shoot, he can really take off.” Carr will wrestle at 157 pounds next season for the Cyclones. Rest of the story at https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/iowa-state-cyclones/iowa-state-wrestling-david-carr-seems-pretty-intent-on-winning-a-gold-medal-20190521?mc_cid=405c3a6e07&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

May 23, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized