Mason Parris wins 285lb Big Ten Wrestling Championship
Congratulations to Mason giving Michigan a small taste of OT victory today in Ann Arbor. He is now 3 and 3 lifetime vs Kerkvliet of PSU. Parris is undefeated this year and they will be the #1 and #2 seeds at the NCAA Tournament.
285 pounds: No. 1 Mason Parris takes down No. 2 Greg Kerkvliet 5-3
FIRST PERIOD: Takedown Parris! The Wolverine is on the board within the first minute. The speed from these two athletes is so impressive. Their athleticism is so clear. Parris gives Kerkvliet the escape, and it's 2-1 with one minute to go in the first period. Riding time sits at 48 seconds for Parris.
SECOND PERIOD: Greg Kerkvliet chooses down to begin the second, and he escapes, but not before Parris pushes riding time up over a minute. It's tied 2-2, but riding time is a factor. One minute to go in the period. Kerkvliet's escape was the only point of the period, and we head to the final two minutes all tied up.
THIRD PERIOD: Parris chooses down to start the third period, and he escapes to take the 3-2, though Kerkvliet did hold him down long enough to push riding time down to 56 seconds. One minute to go. Kerkvliet takes a shot, but Parris holds him off. Thirty seconds to go! He shoots again, but Parris' defense proves too strong. Ten seconds. Five seconds. Greg Kerkvliet takes one last shot, and he gets the stall call to tie it up! We're heading to sudden victory!
SUDDEN VICTORY: Parris takes down the Nittany Lion! He is a Big Ten champ!
I sure would like to see him play DT for Michigan.
Go Mason Parris! It seems like he's been around forever, and this is his 5th year. Would he stay another year with COVID or are they processing people out in the non-revenue sports?
This is it for Parris. At one point he wasn't going to even come back for this season as he has a very nice contract with the WWE (similar to that of Gable Stevenson). However, once Stevensen confirmed he wasn't coming back, Mason was going to make sure that he then could win take another run at winning the National Title at 285.
Mason is a victim of the Gable Stevensen era...Put him up against many of the previous 285 Champions and he very well could have beaten them all, except for Gable. He is just a phenomenal combination of size, strength and athleticism. Infact, many don't know that his down year last year was a result of a herniated disk in his neck, which caused him a lot of issues with his left arm.
I can't wait to see him take the gold in Tulsa, to cap off just a great career.
Mason thought he won in regular time he said he didn't hear the announcement that they called a trash stall call giving Kerkvliet the tying point.
Realizing that & immediately having to regroup to dominate in sudden death was very impressive!
I'm 285. I want a title shot!
you look smaller than that
Congrats! Great win.
Well done on the play by play, D-D. I feel like I saw it myself!
Some non Chat GPT cut and paste plagiarism from NCAA.com there.
I could not find any video just yet.
When Steveson was around last year 285lb was just a remarkable weight class for talent.
Reminiscent of the great HW boxing years with Ali, Norton, Frazier.
Nice. Except he fell to Kirkvliet last year in the NCAA tournament.
2-0 against him this year!
just correcting the OP.
What are you correcting? OP said he was 3-3 (3 wins, 3 losses), not 3 OF 3 (meaning 3-0).
Correct. 3 wins and 3 losses.
This has become a pretty good rivalry and the NCAA Tournament is setting up quite a grudge match.
Congrats. Not been as strong a year as last year for the team but this is an impressive win!
He's 285?
At the most. But he's probably pretty close.
And no one's even asking if he can play D-Line! How far we've come...
As someone who barely follows wrestling, 285 pounds as a weight class perplexes me. The next weight class down is 197. Why not just make the highest weight class unlimited?
I'm guessing there's a safety aspect to it they are trying to preserve. Maybe preventing a 240 pound guy going against a 400 pound guy.
It used by unlimited. It was considered a safety issue. There was the occasional match between a 200lb guy and 450lb guy.
I always thought maybe there was some alternative solution. Maybe unlimited above 285lb in college.
Many High Schools back in the day had trouble finding a guy to wrestle heavyweight but ir also seems sad that a naturally huge guy can’t compete.
Congrats Mason. That was a great and exciting way to win the B1G championship.
He finally got out of Gable Steveson's rather formidable shadow!
Outstanding!