Takedown Report

Glory Passes On Paris Pursuit To Get Started On Wall Street

Princeton coach Chris Ayres said Patrick Glory, the school’s first NCAA champion in 72 years, has decided to start his professional career with Citi.

Patrick Glory’s competitive wrestling days have apparently come to an end after the NCAA champion passed on the pursuit of Paris, opting instead to get started with his career on Wall Street. 

Princeton coach Chris Ayres said Glory — the school’s first national champion in 72 years — decided to get his professional career started with Citi. 

“He had a finance internship on Wall Street his junior year — it’s pretty typical for a lot of our guys — and got a great job offer at Citi, so he knew he was going to able to have the Wall Street job, which is awesome for him, it’s what he wanted to do,” Ayres said earlier this month at the National Wrestling Coaches Association convention. “But we had him ask the question: ‘Hey, if I want to make a run at the Olympics, will you take me one year later? So can I have a year where I try to chase it?’ And they said yeah. 

“So going through the year, that was sort of the plan, but we didn’t talk about it too much. And then he goes to nationals and wins it and he’s like, ‘OK, that was great.’ So he decides he’s going to go to the (U.S.) Open, which was a surprise to us, to be honest, but we didn’t want to stop him. I think it was a little too quick (of a turnaround after the NCAA Championships), but I think he wanted to see how he felt. Didn’t do great, lost a match and then he withdrew, and at the tournament he says, ‘I’m not sure.’”

Glory notched a pair of technical superiority victories at the U.S. Open before falling to Jakob Camacho in the 57-kilogram quarterfinals. … rest of story at … Flowrestling.org/glory-passes-on-paris-pursuit-to-get-started-on-wall-street

August 19, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

MAROULIS EARNS SPOT ON 11TH SENIOR WORLD TEAM WITH VICTORY AT FINAL X SPECIAL WRESTLE-OFF AT 57 KG

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Helen Maroulis has claimed the 57 kg spot on the 2023 Senior World Team, defeating Xochitl Mota-Pettis two matches to none in a Final X Special Wrestle-off best-of-three series.

In the first match of the series, Maroulis gained a 2-0 advantage in the first period, scoring a takedown in a tough scramble. The second period saw Maroulis go behind Mota-Pettis for two and adding a turn to lead 6-0. A big four-point move by Maroulis to put Mota-Pettis on her back ended the match by 10-0 technical fall.

The second match saw Maroulis pick up a quick 4-0 lead by getting Mota-Pettis to her back just seconds into the match on the edge. Mota-Pettis responded with a takedown to cut the lead to 4-2. Another takedown by Maroulis put her up 6-2 before she was able to lock Mota-Pettis up for the win by fall.

Maroulis will compete at the 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, slated for September 16-24. This will be her 11th trip to the World Championships at the senior level. The other 29 berths on the Senior World Team were determined at Final X in June.

Maroulis is the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling … rest of story at … Teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/August/12/Final-X-Special-Wrestle-off-at-57kg

August 19, 2023 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment