While wrestling went by quickly, there were some cool moments. One was Jesse Mendez “doing a move called a spladle” against Brock Hardy for a minute straight. Another cool moment was Caleb Smith from Nebraska, a 15 seed, making it to the semis and honestly got robbed by refs. Another cool moment was Carter Starocci becoming a 4-timer(4-time NCAA champion) as a 9 seed. Then, his teammate at Penn State Aaron Brooks also became a 4-timer. Also in the finals, there was a grueling long finals match between Daton Fix of OSU and Vito Aruju of Cornell. The match was over 25 min just because of injury, blood, and reviewing calls, which happened a lot during that match. Vito ended up winning but Fix made it a great match. Finally, there was a video game in development about wrestling and there was a stand there. If you want to check out the spladle, check here.
The NCCA D1 Wrestling Championship Overview
Takeo Medrano, Contributor
April 4, 2024
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