The Harold Nichols Open is old news, but I haven't seen much discussion about it on here. Here are some of the main points:
-Seven ISU starters won the tournament titles. Tyler Clark (125) and Nick Gallick (141) won for the first time.
-Similar to wrestle-offs, Clark scored a takedown in the final minute-plus to beat true freshman Andrew Long in the finals, 9-8. Long escaped with a second left, but Clark had built up 1:01 in riding time.
-Jerome Ward (184) injury defaulted out of the tournament after experiencing pain in his right knee. He tore the ACL and MCL in that knee in July of 2007, and did not wrestle until this past June.
-Cyler Sanderson (157) was sick and did not wrestle, though he attended the meet in street clothes. Cody Sanderson said that he wouldn't have wrestled in the season-opener, but the Sanderson parents came to see him, and Cyler wanted to wrestle.
-Duke Burk (174) again didn't wrestle, but has been practicing and said he would be ready to go this week.
There were several events that were less newsworthy but still interesting, like true freshman 133-pounder Anthony Valles beating two-time Div. II champion Cody Garcia.
I covered the event for the Iowa State Daily. Here is a link to my story, which has more info.
Wrestling teams’ depth displayed at the Cyclone Open
Cael will be at the press conference after Chizik today. I'll try to follow up on Ward and Burk. I would imagine Ward won't wrestle this weekend.
-Seven ISU starters won the tournament titles. Tyler Clark (125) and Nick Gallick (141) won for the first time.
-Similar to wrestle-offs, Clark scored a takedown in the final minute-plus to beat true freshman Andrew Long in the finals, 9-8. Long escaped with a second left, but Clark had built up 1:01 in riding time.
-Jerome Ward (184) injury defaulted out of the tournament after experiencing pain in his right knee. He tore the ACL and MCL in that knee in July of 2007, and did not wrestle until this past June.
-Cyler Sanderson (157) was sick and did not wrestle, though he attended the meet in street clothes. Cody Sanderson said that he wouldn't have wrestled in the season-opener, but the Sanderson parents came to see him, and Cyler wanted to wrestle.
-Duke Burk (174) again didn't wrestle, but has been practicing and said he would be ready to go this week.
There were several events that were less newsworthy but still interesting, like true freshman 133-pounder Anthony Valles beating two-time Div. II champion Cody Garcia.
I covered the event for the Iowa State Daily. Here is a link to my story, which has more info.
Wrestling teams’ depth displayed at the Cyclone Open
Cael will be at the press conference after Chizik today. I'll try to follow up on Ward and Burk. I would imagine Ward won't wrestle this weekend.
