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9 freshmen to know before the 2019-2020 wrestling season

With every new wrestling season comes new faces and new expectations. Last year, Minnesota true freshman Gable Steveson broke onto the scene at heavyweight, posted an undefeated regular season record and finished third at the NCAA championships. In 2018, Iowa and Cornell freshmen Spencer Lee and Yianni Diakomihalis won their respective weight classes at the national tournament. True freshmen have been winning titles and making waves on the collegiate scene for years, and 2020 will likely follow this trend.
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Ohio State landed what has been regarded as the best recruiting class in the country this year, and the Buckeyes will aim to use their new crop of talent to help take on the reigning national champions Penn State as well as hold off other powerhouse programs including Oklahoma State and Iowa. Ranking the nation’s best incoming freshman is a subjective and difficult task, but these are the nine student-athletes to watch as they start their college careers this fall. These athletes are in no particular order, and they represent nine different teams. All nine should be among the fun names to follow as they compete over the course of their college careers. Rest of the story at https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2019-08-05/9-freshmen-know-2019-2020-wrestling-season?mc_cid=b9eb082e8f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

August 12, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized