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Iowa State wrestler David Carr wins Junior freestyle world championship

David Carr joined the Iowa State wrestling program with the hopes that he would help bring the program back into the national spotlight. On Wednesday, the redshirt freshman began that journey by doing something no other Cyclone wrestler has ever done. Carr won a gold medal at the 2019 Junior men’s freestyle world championships on Wednesday in Tallinn, Estonia. He defeated Japan’s Jintaro Motoyama, 5-4, in the finals at 74 kilograms (163 pounds). “I’ve been telling myself I could do it all summer,” Carr said afterward. “I’ve dreamed about it. I wrote my goals down every day.” In doing so, the Ohio native became Iowa State’s first-ever Junior freestyle world champ, and second-ever Junior world medalist, joining Zach Thompson, a two-time All-American and NCAA finalist who won a world silver medal in 1998. It is also Carr’s second age-level world medal, adding to his Cadet world bronze from 2016. Rest of the story at https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/wrestling/2019/08/14/uww-junior-mens-freestyle-world-championships-iowa-state-wrestler-david-carr-74-kilograms-isu/2007484001/?mc_cid=cea6ad412f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

August 16, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized