At the Cornell Regional Training Center clinic on Memorial Day weekend, Nick Arujau talks about his first year with the Big Red and his thoughts about going 125 or 133 next season. Clint Wattenberg discusses the growth of the Cornell Regional Training Center and the new freestyle coaching coming on board.
Nick Arujau
Clint Wattenberg
Columbia’s Wyatt Baker earned the 120 kg spot on the Junior Greco World Team when he beat Parker Betts of the Minnesota Storm in Colorado Springs on Saturday night. Baker topped Betts in the first bout 1-0, 1-1 and then followed with a 1-0, 0-4, 1-0 victory to clinch his berth on the United States team headed to Pattaya, Thailand in September.
Baker, an Anaheim Hills, California native, recently completed his freshman year at Columbia where he compiled a 13-5 record at 285 with seven falls.
Two other wrestlers with ties to the Empire State were finalists at the event in freestyle. Caleb Richardson of the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club was the runner up at 55 kg. The Virginia native, who will be a freshman at Cornell in the fall, won the challenge tournament in the morning to earn a meeting with Joey Dance, the victor at the FILA Juniors in April. Dance won a head to head battle with Richardson at that event and did the same this weekend, taking the first match 5-0, 1-0 and the second 1-0, 1-0.
Colorado’s Dwight Howes, a future upperweight for Hofstra, won the 84 kg challenge event on Saturday and then faced Patrick Downey in the finals. Downey, representing the NYAC, defeated Howes in three periods in their first bout and followed with a 2-1, 5-4 result.
A little over a week ago, Vougar Oroudjov returned from Baku, Azerbaijan where he was on the staff of the United States team that finished third at the FILA World Cup. The two-time World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist talked to New York Wrestling News about his experience with the USA squad.
What was your role with the team?
Zeke Jones called me about two weeks before the tournament and asked if I could come. I was a Team Leader. I was born in Azerbaijan and speak the language there so I translated when we needed it, dealt with hotels, referees and things like that. I was also at practice and the matches. I did what I could to help the guys. It was great to be a part of it with everyone on the team and the great coaches – Zeke Jones, John Smith, Mark Manning and Brandon Slay. It was my first time with the US Team and I didn’t feel like an outsider at all. We all wanted the same thing – to win. The atmosphere was great.
What did you think about the team’s performance?
The team was very good. The United States keeps making big improvements in freestyle. You saw it at the World Championships and again at the World Cup.
We lost to Iran 4-3, but I wouldn’t say they were much better. Maybe a few tactical things made the difference. In the first match, at 55 kg with Nick Simmons, there were a couple of situations where there were calls that could go either way and they went Iran’s way. Same thing with [Keith] Gavin’s match at 84 kg. It was a good learning experience. I think everyone understands that we have some work to do to be the best team in the world, but we’re getting closer. There is time before the Olympics to focus on our mistakes and fix them.
Who impressed you individually for the United States?
Jordan Burroughs, Coleman Scott and Tervel Dlagnev were all undefeated and wrestled really well.
Burroughs showed why he is the World Champion. He knew exactly what he needed to do against the competition. Dlagnev has the experience on this level and it showed.
It was the first time I saw Coleman Scott wrestle and I was amazed. He was really tough and mentally ready. He wasn’t intimidated about wrestling for the national team, he just went out to win. He never stopped moving; was all the time attacking. I really like his style – he always showed offensive wrestling. He beat some very good wrestlers. I thought 60 kg was one of the toughest weights overall at the tournament. If I were the coach, I’d want him on the Olympic team. Of course, I’m not the coach.
Honestly, there weren’t any guys who didn’t compete well. Take someone like Jake Varner. He lost some matches, but he still wrestled pretty well. He lost to some World finalists. I still think he’s good enough to do very well in London. The Olympics are different than the World Cup. I have several friends who never won anything until they put it together and won the Olympics.
What do you think of the freestyle wrestling you saw at the tournament?
The rules just keep changing. I know I learned a lot because things are different than when I wrestled freestyle. To me, it’s getting so much more tactical. In folkstyle, it’s all about intensity; guys going all out the whole match. In freestyle now, it isn’t like that. A lot of it is getting one pushout or taking one shot or grabbing the right ball out of a bag. I don’t like that. Just go to overtime and see who scores to get the real winner. There also seems to be a lot more questionable calls. But we all know the rules. There are no excuses. We need to train for those rules and those types of matches.
You had a New York wrestler on the team in Cornell’s Kyle Dake. He didn’t compete in the dual competition, but how did he look in training?
Kyle was there to be the training partner for Jordan Burroughs and to possibly give Burroughs a rest if we could during the tournament. That didn’t wind up happening.
But even though he wasn’t in the tournament, I saw Kyle wrestle a lot. Each practice, I was in his corner, watching him. He’s really good and getting better and better in freestyle. The best thing is that he listens. You say something to him and he appreciates it and makes the changes. He was impressive. People would be surprised how good he looked and how he looks against Burroughs.
We also had matches before the tournament where he was wrestling the guys from places like Azerbaijan and Russia. He did very well against them. I definitely think Kyle will make the next Olympics. He’s really progressing in freestyle. He will be a big surprise for everybody in the next Olympic cycle.
What’s next for you?
I will be working with the kids in my club [Vougars Honors Wrestling in Syosset] on freestyle to prepare for Fargo.
Then, we’ll see. The USA coaches invited me to come with the team to the Olympics. It was really hard for me to leave my family for the two weeks for the World Cup, so it would be hard to go for a longer time to London. I missed home. I missed my wrestlers and my club. My son Vitali won the NY Freestyle States while I was away. That’s one of the reasons the decision to go to Baku was so hard – I knew I would have to miss that and the other New York States for Cadets and Juniors. I’m probably 50/50 right now on going to London. I am honored that I was asked and it would be an honor to be there and help and give back to America.
Either way, I wish everyone luck. I’m hoping for some Olympic championships. We definitely have several guys who have shown that they are good enough to do it.
The NYS Cadet Freestyle team is looking for interested wrestlers to wrestle on the National Duals Team in Daytona, Florida June 15-16. There are weight classes that need to be filled (88, 84, 113, 120, 182, 195 & 220)
Please contact Coaches asap:
Anthony Servidone (aservidone@yahoo.com)
Dean Zenie (rdzenie@aol.com)
Larry Cantor (LCantor2@schools.nyc.gov)
By Betsy Veysman
The most nervous moments for Team X-Cel coach Nick Garone this past weekend, during which the squad captured the championship at the Pop and Flo National Duals, didn’t take place on the mat. Instead, his most nervous moments took place on the water during the team’s celebration.
“The guys dove into the lake after the event,” he said. “It was pretty great to see how excited they were. I took the easy way out, paddling out in a boat. They were messing with me, telling me they were going to tip me over. I begged them not to. It was a lot of fun, which is what the weekend was all about.”
It was also about winning, something the team did in all five of its duals, concluding with a 25-24 triumph over New Jersey’s Apex in the title match. The squads ended the meet deadlocked at 24, but X-Cel earned the crown by virtue of capturing eight of the 15 bouts.
It was a victory that the team felt was for more than just the wrestlers and coaches that made the trip upstate.
“We weren’t just trying to win it for the guys who were there,” said heavyweight Dante Salkey, who went 5-0 on the weekend. “We went out to make a statement about Long Island wrestling. We knew that we were in Lake Placid, a place where history was made. We wanted to bring some of Long Island’s best, upset the top seed (Apex) and win it all. We wanted to show how tough our wrestling is.”
Some of Long Island’s best started things off on the right foot in the finale. A pair of state champions from Section 11, Sean McCabe (130) and Maverick Passaro (135), propelled the squad to a 6-0 lead. McCabe controlled his bout with Apex’s Matt Caputo (an Empire state resident) in a 9-3 decision.
Passaro followed by notching a takedown with less than 30 seconds to go to garner a come-from-behind victory over Richie Lewis. Passaro’s late heroics didn’t go unnoticed by his coach, especially since the Eastport South Manor senior rebounded from a bonus point loss in the previous round.
“That kid’s a champion,” Garone said. “In the semis, he was beaten by a high score. Some guys can’t let that go. It’s like a fighter who gets knocked out – their next fight is the hardest of their life. Maverick got over it. He showed fortitude and heart to bounce back and wrestle with confidence and get that late score. What a great match he wrestled.”
Apex responded with a pair of victories, a decision at 140 and a pin at 145, to take a 9-6 advantage.
In stepped John Glenn’s James Dekrone against a familiar foe, NHSCA National Champion Lenny Richardson. The two have had some tough, close matches in the past and this was no different. After neither competitor scored in neutral in the opening stanza, Dekrone rode his opponent for the entire second period. In the third, it looked like Richardson might return the favor, but Dekrone broke free for an escape and got his hand raised in a 1-0 result, knotting the score at 9.
“It was an unbelievable match,” Garone said. “I knew it would be exciting. Richardson is so dangerous and scary from every tie up and James is a pressure wrestler that keeps coming after you. James just wrestled a perfect match when we needed it.”
X-Cel continued putting points on the board with victories in the next two bouts. At 160, Nicky Hall topped Brandon Keena and at 170 Dylan Palacio bumped up to face All-American Tony Pafumi and came away with an overtime triumph.
“We changed things around a little bit because I thought it gave us an edge,” Garone said. “I knew Nicky Hall was capable of winning at 160 and I thought Palacio could win at either 160 or 170. Obviously, it could have backfired because Pafumi is tough and hardnosed. Dylan’s match came down to OT and we were biting our fingernails. But both Nicky and Dylan got the job done. I thought Dylan might be upset about the change, but he told me it was fine; he’d do whatever it took for the team to win. They were both team players.”
It was a short-lived 15-9 lead for the Empire State group. Apex came out on top in the next three matches and moved ahead 18-15 as the 285 pounders took the mat.
Dante Salkey attacked his opponent, Mike Spencer, almost immediately, scoring off a low single to move ahead 2-0. He extended his lead early in the second with an escape and another takedown before withstanding a comeback attempt by his opponent, New Jersey’s fourth place finisher in 2012, for a narrow victory. After Salkey’s fifth win of the weekend, the score was tied again.
“I knew going in that we were down by the three and I had to get the win,” Salkey said. “I didn’t want it to come down to the last few guys; I wanted to make sure I did my part. I felt that I was a lot quicker than [Spencer], so I went to my offense for the first half of the match. It got closer than I wanted late in the match, but it worked out in the end.”
“Dante was unbelievable the whole weekend,” Garone added. “I get a big grin on my face when I think about it because he’s so funny. He was the team jokester, keeping everyone loose and relaxed by making everyone laugh. On the mat, he wrestles like a lightweight, taking a lot of shots and moving well. I think he could be very, very good at the next level because he’s really nimble on his feet for a big guy. He made huge contributions to the team.”
Also making big contributions were lightweights Jay Rodriguez (105) and Nick Piccininni (113), who came through with wins over Nick Suriano and Joe Travato, respectively to push X-Cel’s lead to 24-18.
Apex fought back, however, capturing the matches at 120 and 126 to deadlock the score until criteria declared the Long Island squad the winners.
“Going to criteria – that’s a true testament to what kind of dual it was,” Garone said. “That’s what you pray for, a battle like that. The Apex coaches had to like how they fought back and tied it by winning the last two matches. My hat is off to those guys over at Apex. They do a great job with those kids every year. They’re a great club.”
Garone also tipped his hat to several others he said played important roles in X-Cel’s achievement.
“Finally we can tell people that Long Island can compete with the best in the country and have proof. I really want to thank Darren Goldstein, my right arm, who would do anything for us and Steve Hromada for helping us train. Anthony Abidin really helped us out, getting the guys warmed up, which is harder for us old guys,” he said, laughing. “All the coaches who had someone represented should be appreciated – they do a great job with the wrestlers for most of the year. Most importantly, I need to thank the guys we brought. Every one of them is great. But they put their egos aside and were willing to do what was best for the team. That’s not typical for a bunch of studs. We had a great time.”
That was a sentiment echoed by everyone involved.
“It felt amazing,” Salkey said. “We had so much fun, celebrating in the lake and on the ride back home. We knew we were good coming in and we thought we could win it, but the competition was good too. We wrestled our best and walked away with the title for us and for Long Island wrestling.”
Team X-Cel, 2012 Pop and Flo National Duals Champions
105 – Jay Rodriguez
113 – Nick Piccininni
120 – Pat Skinner
125 – Travis Passaro
130 – Sean McCabe
135 – Maverick Passaro
140 – Tommy Dutton
145 – Louis Hernandez
152 – James DeKrone
152 – Sam Schwartzapfel
160 – Dylan Palacio
160 – Nick Hall
170 – Zac Mullen
182 – Dylan Seybolt
182 – Colin Gironda
195 – Nick Weber
220 – Kenny Drew
285 – Dante Salkey
Finals: Team X-Cel Over Apex (NJ), 25-24
130 Sean McCabe decision Matt Caputo, 3-0 NY
135 Maverick Passaro decision Richie Lewis, 6-0 NY
140 Jason Estevez decision Thomas Dutton, 6-3 NY
145 BJ Clagon pin Louis Hernandez, 9-6 NJ
152 James Dekrone decision Lenny Richardson, 9-9
160 Nicky Hall decision Brandon Keena, 12-9 NY
170 Dylan Palacio decision Tony Pafumi, 15-9 NY
182 Brian Loughlin decision Dylen Seybolt, 15-12 NY
195 Tyler Rios decision Colin Gironda, 15-15
220 Eric McMullen decision Ken Drew, 18-15 NJ
285 Dante Salkey decision Mike Spencer, 18-18 NY
105 Jay Rodriguez decision Nick Suriano, 21-18 NY
113 Nick Piccinnini decision Joe Travato, 24-18 NY
120 Luis Gonzalez decision Pat Skinner, 24-21 NY
126 Joe Oliva decision Travis Passaro, 24-24 NY
NY Wins on Criteria*, 25-24
*(Most matches won, X-Cel 8, Apex 7)
Semifinals: Team X-Cel Over Dark Knights (PA), 42-22
105 Jay Rodriguez tech fall Tyson Klump, 5-0 NY
113 Nick Piccininni major Tyrone Klump, 9-0 NY
120 Zach Valley Valley major Pat Skinner, 9-4 NY
126 Travis Passaro dec Mason Bryne, 12-4 NY
130 Sean McCabe dec Chase Zemanak, 15-4 NY
135 Tyson Dippery tech fall Maverick Passaro, 15-9 NY
140 Chris Vasser pin Thomas Dutton, 15-15
145 Shyheim Brown dec Louis Hernandez, 18-15 PA
152 James Dekrone dec Zach Ross, 18-18
160 Dylan Palacio dec Garrett Peppelman, 21-18 NY
170 Elliot Riddick maj Zac Mullen, 22-21 PA
182 Dylen Seybolt pin Nick Sevi, 27-22 NY
195 Colin Gironda win by forfeit, 33-22 NY
220 Ken Drew win by forfeit, 39-22 NY
285 Dante Salkey dec Dawson Peck, 42-22 NY
Earlier Round Results
Round 1: Team X-Cel 65, Apex II (NJ) 0
Round 2: Team X-Cel 66, Iowa Style (NY) 3
Round 3: Team X-Cel 42, Triumph (NJ) 13
Hempstead, NY – Hofstra junior wrestler Steve Bonanno has been voted to the 2012 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)-Capital One Academic All-District 1 Men’s At-Large first team, CoSIDA announced Friday afternoon.
Bonanno (Wantagh, NY), who was also named to the 2011-12 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Individual All-Academic Team on May 8, will now advance to the men’s at-large national ballot along with the first team honorees from the seven other districts. The 2012 CoSIDA-Capital One Academic All-America Division I Men’s At-Large Team will be announced on Thursday, June 7.
The CoSIDA-Capital One Academic All-America men’s at-large district nominations can include student-athletes from fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
Bonanno, the 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year, earned his second NWCA All-Academic Team honor recently after being selected in 2011. A junior majoring in accounting, Bonnano has also been a three-time CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient and a member of the Hofstra Athletics Academic Honor Roll his entire career.
Bonanno earned NCAA All-America honors after placing eighth in the 125-pound weight class at the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis. He posted a 31-9 record this season, including a 14-1 mark in dual matches. Bonanno was the 2012 CAA champion at 125 pounds and finished the year ranked #12 in the nation in his weight class. A three-time NCAA qualifier, he also posted a second-place finish at the Binghamton Open, was third at the Cliff Keen-Las Vegas Invitational and placed sixth at the Southern Scuffle in 2011-12.
Courtesy of gohofstra.com
Check out videos for the finals from the New York State Championships (Fargo Qualifier) on May 5 in Binghamton.
160 Pounds: Dylan Palacio (Ascend) vs. Burke Paddock (Team Ten)
182 Pounds: McZiggy Richards (Beat the Streets) vs. Jeffrey Day (Genessee Valley WC)
170 Pounds: Rrok Ndokaj (Beat the Streets) vs. Sher Mohammad (Beat the Streets)
138 Pounds: Tom Page (NYSS) vs. Vincent Turano (Ascend)
126 Pounds: Keanu Thompson (Beat the Streets) vs. Oral Allen (Ascend)
132 Pounds: Jessy Williams (Team Worldwide) vs. James Ronca (Journeymen)
145 Pounds: Matt Greene (Columbia) vs. Justin Boone (Copiague)
152 Pounds: Tial Thang (MVWC) vs Leland Slawson (MVWC)
220 Pounds: Soslan Gularov (Steeplechase) vs Jonathan Babson (Happy Yo)
195 Pounds: Pat Nasoni (MVWC) vs Alex Moss (MVWC)
In late April, Kyle Dake, Mack Lewnes and Frank Perrelli, representing the U.S. Regional Training Center (RTC) at Cornell, competed with the best freestyle wrestlers in the country at the 2012 Olympic Trials.
On May 25-26, Dake, Lewnes and Perrelli will come to three locations (Askren Wrestling Academy, Luthern High School and Eastport-South Manor High) for the Cornell RTC Long Island training camp. They will be bringing some of the nation’s best with them, as NCAA champions Steve Bosak, Troy Nickerson and Cam Simaz will be on hand as clinicians as will coaches Rob Koll, Damion Hahn, Mike Grey and Clint Wattenberg.
“We are looking to put on a great clinic in a part of the state that has excellent wrestling, while also making our presence more visible in downstate New York,” Cornell head coach Rob Koll said. “I’m not sure many people are aware that we are building our RTC in Ithaca. We are doing more than just molding student-athletes to be All-Americans and NCAA champions at Cornell, we are also developing the RTC to help make Olympic dreams come true.”
Lewnes was one of the first to take advantage. When he first arrived in Ithaca as a freshman in the fall of 2007, he thought he would have to go elsewhere to pursue his freestyle goals after completing his collegiate career. However, by the time he graduated in 2011, the RTC was up and running and he was able to stay at Cornell to work on freestyle and prepare for the Olympic Trials.
The three-time All-American spent the 2011-12 campaign training with a number of individuals accomplished in the international styles at the RTC, including Olympic alternates Hahn and Wattenberg, World Championships placer Koll as well as members of the Big Red team.
“I got fantastic support and had an amazing year,” Lewnes said. “We’ve only been designated as a Regional Training Center for a few years and things are developing so fast; it’s great. It’s only going to keep growing, especially as we bring in a freestyle coach.”
While the RTC sent three grapplers to the Olympic Trials in 2012, Lewnes and Koll expect that to change.
“We were able to support Mack, Frank and Kyle, and we’re looking to support and train more athletes over the next few years,” Koll said. “Our goal is to help more and more people move up the ladder and work for their Olympic aspirations. Next time the Olympic Trials roll around in 2016, we want to make sure we don’t have three guys competing, but more like 10.”
Some of those future Olympic hopefuls will be at the clinic on May 25-26. All staff members will rotate among the three sites (Askren Wrestling Academy in Somers, Luthern High School in Brookville and Eastport South Manor High in Manorville).
On Friday the 25th, the event will take place from 6-8:15 p.m. The following day, the camp will have sessions from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3. Lunch will be included for all on Saturday. Registration costs $90 in advance and $100 at the door. For group discounts please call Rob Koll directly at 607-255-7307.
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–Betsy Veysman
By Betsy Veysman
The first thing Dylan Palacio told Long Beach head coach Ray Adams after winning the Greco and Freestyle New York State titles this past weekend was that he’s not done yet.
While the Cornell-bound senior, who competed for Ascend in Binghamton, won’t consider himself finished with his high school goals until he competes for national championships in Freestyle and Greco in North Dakota this summer, he did achieve something significant this weekend – the New York State Triple Crown. (He won the Empire State folkstyle title at the NYPHSAA Division I tournament in Albany in February).
None of the results have come as a surprise to Adams.
“Going into the season, I thought he could have all the success he’s had,” the coach said. “He just missed on a lot of these goals in the past – finishing third at States and at the Nationals in Virginia Beach. He just came up a little short and was knocking at the door. After all he’s done, it was just his time.”
Adams believes that both Palacio’s mindset and the work he put in prior to this season made the difference.
“Dylan really improved his technique all around, but especially on his feet where he developed more of an arsenal. He opened up and put a lot of points on the board,” Adams said. “He also had a one-track mind this year; he was 100% driven. His mental toughness and refusal to lose have really shown. He’s really stubborn with his goals.”
At Fargo in 2011, Palacio went 4-2 in Freestyle and took eighth in Greco. He has made it clear that he expects to be on the top of the podium this time.
“You obviously have to be really good to win at Fargo and you need a little luck too,” Adams said. “Dylan knows he can win there. If he continues to train hard, I think he has a very legitimate shot at winning in both styles.”
Another wrestler looking forward to a return trip to North Dakota is Rrok Ndokaj. The Monsignor Farrell senior didn’t place there a year ago, but clinched a spot on the Empire State squad with his titles in both Freestyle and Greco over the weekend while wrestling for Beat the Streets.
“I felt confident going in,” Ndokaj said. “I felt like there shouldn’t be anything standing in my way.”
The titles were a continuation of Ndokaj’s postseason success in 2012. After falling one round short of the podium at the state tournament in 2011, the Catholic League champ took fourth place at the Times Union Center this time at 170.
“It was a little bittersweet at States,” he said. “I came in seeded second and wanted to make the finals, but I guess I can’t be too upset about placing.”
The Staten Island native followed up his performance in Albany with an All-American finish (eighth) at FloNationals in Philadelphia down at 160.
Back at 170 pounds this weekend, the future Bloomsburg grappler won 13 matches, dropping a total of just two periods, to capture both the Freestyle and Greco Roman New York state titles.
“Wrestling at Fargo last year was definitely a great experience, being in that arena wrestling at a national level,” Ndokaj said. “I want to go back and try to do something better. A national championship is my goal. It’s the only goal you can set.”
Joining Palacio and Ndokaj as double champions at Broome Community College on Saturday and Sunday were Team Worldwide’s Ethan Livernash (100 pounds), Finger Lakes Wrestling Club’s William Koll (120) and Soslan Gularov of Team Steeplechase (220).
Koll won both Freestyle and Greco titles at this event a year ago, but didn’t make the trip to Fargo in 2011. He will make his debut in North Dakota after breezing through the competition in the Empire State, winning by pin or technical fall in eight of his 11 bouts, dropping just one period along the way.
Livernash swept Andy Martinez to win both of his titles while Gularov won 10 of his 11 bouts in straight periods. The only opponent to take him to the limit was Team Worldwide’s Matthew Abbott in the Freestyle finals, however Gularov took the third stanza of that match in dominating fashion, 6-0.
Ndokaj was one of the champions for Beat the Streets, which showed its strength across the Cadet, Junior and Women’s brackets. The New York City based club took first in both Freestyle and Greco in the Junior division and second and third, respectively, in Cadet Greco and Freestyle.
MVWC came out on top in both styles in the Cadet competition, while Ascend was top three in three of the events (second in Cadet FS and Junior Greco; third in Junior FS). (Team points weren’t available for Women’s Freestyle).
In addition to the double winners in the Junior division, there were also several wrestlers victorious in both styles at the Cadet level: Matthew Morris (ATWA, 113 pounds), Freddie Dunau (Technical Edge, 120), Mike Dusold (VHW, 152), Daniel Smith (MVWC, 170) and Joe Nasoni (MVWC, 195).
For full results for Cadet, Junior and Women’s competition, please see the following links:
http://newyorkwrestlingnews.com/sundays-updated-results-from-new-york-freestyle-and-greco-states/
http://newyorkwrestlingnews.com/results-from-ny-freestyle-and-greco-states/
On Tuesday, the National Wrestling Coaches Association released the 2011-12 All-Academic Team, which included several wrestlers who went to high school in New York or who wrestle for teams based in the Empire State. Congratulations to those Division I competitors.
Steve Bonanno, Hofstra, Accounting (Wantagh, NY)
Kyle Dake, Cornell, Development Sociology (Ithaca, NY)
Nick Gwiazdowski, Binghamton, Undeclared (Delanson, NY)
Matt Kaylor, Binghamton, Master of Arts in Teaching (Ballston Spa, NY)
Steven Keith, Harvard, Economics (Shoreham, NY)
Ryan LeBlanc, Indiana, Fitness Specialist (Morrisville, NY)
Matt Mariacher, American, Public Communication (Buffalo, NY)
Mike Nevinger, Cornell, Engineering (Perry, NY)
Jake O’Hara, Columbia, Financial Economics (Mountaintop, PA)
James Rafferty, Army, Int’l and Comparative Legal Studies (Haddon Heights, NJ)
Steve Santos, Columbia, Financial Economics (Brick, NJ)
Kevin Smith, Buffalo, Physical Therapy (Mexico, NY)
Billy Watterson, Brown, Economics (Pound Ridge, NY)
The full list can be found at:
New York Wrestling News 2012-2013 Archive 