Former M wrestler Mason Parris qualifies for Paris Olympics
Former Michigan wrestler Mason Parris just won the US Olympic Trials and will be heading to the Paris Olympics this summer. First Michigan student/alum I’ve heard of who qualified for this Olympics (feel free to tell me if I got that last static wrong and who else has qualified).
April 20th, 2024 at 10:29 PM ^
I wish that there was more social media marketing for the Olympics and other cultural events. I completely missed The Masters bc they all rely on TV network promotion but that's not where I get any information anymore.
Good luck to Mason. Fairly confident he'll bring home some gold.
April 21st, 2024 at 12:39 AM ^
Dennis? Many websites (not network affiliated) will cover sporting events and schedules. Have internet access and a web browser? Then you're good to go.
April 21st, 2024 at 12:53 AM ^
Parris definitely has a shot at Gold.
The US team as a whole (I'm assuming that Zain Retherford and Spencer Lee qualify --- they won the US Trials but still need to go through another tournament to qualify for the Olympics themselves): it's not impossible for the US team to go 6-for-6 on medals. 5 of the 6 Trials winners have won a medal at a World Championship in either 2022 or 2023. The 6th is Spencer Lee and if he can stay healthy, he's a good bet to win Gold.
Aaron Brooks beating David Taylor is definitely a changing of the guard. Coming into the Trials, 1 loss in 6 years and probably the best P4P Freestyle wrestler in the world. But Brooks beat him twice in a row.
With Taylor --- he's gotta figure out his next step in life. He's 33, keep competing at the elite World level, try to make another run at 2028? Or open another chapter? I doubt it happens, but there's a non-zero chance Iowa brings him in to replace Tom Brands. That would be an 8.5-level seismic event in the NCAA wrestling world.
April 20th, 2024 at 10:53 PM ^
Amazing accomplishment! Go Blue!
April 20th, 2024 at 11:50 PM ^
4 other freestyle wrestlers from M made it
https://twitter.com/allbluedotfans/status/1781827870223933769?t=z2D9y1pRThsqAg9PZFz6iw&s=19
This guy is a monster. How he went through college without Harbaugh converting him to DT, we will never know.
April 21st, 2024 at 10:46 AM ^
Some drama between two former B1G wrestlers as well...
Whole lot of silliness, IMO .......
Bo Nickal is a world-class wrestler, no doubt about that. But he's also a clown half the time - HE is the one who actually started this nonsense.
Burroughs' comments during the NCAA Championships about "targeting" Starocci's knee --- they weren't malicious at all. Nobody even batted an eye. Burroughs wasn't advocating someone take a freaking tire iron to his knee. But Nickal took offense, then it becomes a kerfuffle, now Starocci is mad at Burroughs.
With Nickal, honestly it just feels like he's auditioning for the WWE as his next career move, 5 years down the line (he's currently doing UFC). He and Gable can be tag-team champions there!
Is this the first case of an Olympic athlete having (basically) the same name as the host city?
I suppose there might have been an athlete named London in 2012 or the other two times they hosted.