Wrestling claims 184lb title in great B1G Championships showing

speed skating and track cycling are way up there, as well. 

I mean, look what he does the sea creatures!

But yeah, Lesnar in college wasn't even fair; just a man-beast that made some of the best athletes in college look like little children.

Impressed by UM's showing this year; this conference is absolutely stacked in terms of wrestling.  Hell, the 11th team in the conference was a top-25 outfit.  That's insane.

Iowa State and Oklahoma State back in the day. Not sure what it is like now, but those three schools used to completely dominate college wrestling. 

Couldn't agree more! I'm 5-10 but was much shorter until a huge spurt in the Summer before 8th grade. In my family (extended even) I'm maybe the 4th tallest person out of a tons so height is not a common trait. I was lucky in that by the time I was a HS FR I was good enough that my coach basically allowed me to have a weight class I wanted between two. If I took the higher by not cutting enough or whatever he'd scratch my teammate so I'd always try to make the lower weight for my friend above me. Still, I could eat most of the time as I was long armed/legged, very fast and could go between the high 130s up to even the 150s but I was asked to be 136 or 148. I was the same wrestler at either by then. I once missed weight in 7th grade for a league tourney in the small-ish time I HAD TO be at a certain weight. It was pre-growth spurt so I was shorter, wrestling at 132 and nobody would bump up for me b/c it was a major tourney. Our coach had his lineup with only a few backups or "weak links" so my friend I was forced to cut weight & beat out for 132 suited up. I was told he wouldn't force anyone to bump up (it'd be unfair, rightfully so) but I could ask. If no takers the first "weak link was 175. After a bunch of "you're my friend & I would but this is really important so I'm sorry" replies I had to wrestle 175! He was our worst & only at that weight alongside the fact that he hated wrestling - parents forced him. So, he gets scratched for me at 175. I was literally 5-6" 132.1 lbs. I took 3rd. I only lost to the kid that won the class and even then it was by 2 points & I was up with 45 secs left. They were all SO MUCH bigger & stronger that I finally ran out of gas with that one kid, the kid that won. I'm talking empty tank, reserve tank, reserve Trevor tank, no fumes & an empty emergency 4 gallon tank you keep in the trunk! OUT OF GAS. Up by 1pt & already warned for stalling while riding him out due to exhaustion, so much bigger the video is hilarious, like a 12yr old boy trying to keep Ivan Drago on the floor lol. Crazy. I knew I couldn't stall & was about to not allow the escape but a full 2pt reversal so I kicked him out to tie it. It's how I wrestled that day - speed. Tech fall was the goal but I'd take a win by points that went all 3 periods. Take down, kick out, repeat - I couldn't muscle these kids. It's tied, match almost over & I shot on him like before, it worked like before but I didn't have the gas to get control like before. I couldn't go to OT. I needed that takedown but this time I weakly drove him back, tried getting us OOB so I'd get bottom for a guaranteed escape & he somehow got control. 2pts. It was over seconds later. I just knew I didn't have OT in me so it was a desperate move that for the only time that day didn't work out lol. ANYWAY, sorry! Back on point: My older brother was 10x the wrestler I was. He is still about 5-6" to this day. He probably weighs 130. It's a clean, strong 130 (on the mat & life he's like that small, wild wolverine strong) but still it's likely never going to be more than 140ish. Ever. I KNOW being forced to wrestle at 103 & then "allowed" to go to 112 when in the prime time of a teen's growth period is why he'll forever be that size. We'd all but literally bust our ass for 7 hours a day at practice (sorry guys, even JH wrestling practice at a school that takes pride in it puts any other sport to shame wrt conditioning, forget HS+. I played many sports & HS varsity 90 degree football practice was pure cake with sprinkles compared to a JH wrestling practice) & I'd get to come home to eat pretty freely. Not totally but I hardly had to watch what/when I ate. My Brother? He'd look sickly all week due to burning so much and only being able to eat a tiny bowl of plain rice. Me? Reasonable plate of whatever but not too much. ZERO sweets. Brother? 5 spoonfuls of plain rice - period. ZERO exaggeration. Come a Friday meet or a tourney he'd weigh in, GORGE food, force vomit, gorge again and keep that in. He'd then drink about 10 Gatorade sized bottles of this carb drink my dad would buy. You'd think he'd be pissing every 20 mins, right? Nope. After weigh in was his weekly meal & it was anything edible - pizza, candy bars, fruit, stuff from home like an entire boxes & packs of whatever you can think of & leftovers of the meals he couldn't eat all week. Down at light speed, back up, more down even faster then so many liquids you wonder where it all went. Parents, this is a scene at every meet/tourney in any gym hosting HS wrestling with schools that pride themselves in it. This isn't unique. So, it was like watching a liberated holocaust survivor eat as he'd shove for an hour before told "ok, no more....we still have next week". It made me sad. Still, his first match was always winning easily but a visible step slow, a bit weaker, etc. After that he was normal & would crush kids. Then the weekly cycle would repeat. I came to a point where I'd only eat dinner when he took a shower I felt so bad. I STRONGLY advise that if you have a child that wrestles or wants to (it will teach you life lessons/respect/humility/etc as much as push you to physical limits you didn't know you had so I endorse it) absolutely refuse to let a coach force them into a weight class. If they do, have them wrestle in clubs outside of the school. I have so much respect for the sport but I strongly advise to the point of begging against starvation/gorging to get to a weight class they aren't naturally near. If your child is aged 12-17 & already is or wants to wrestle, insist they do it at the class closest to their natural size within 5lbs, accounting for any loss/gains in the conditioning (if new, they'll lose that baby fat REAL QUICK & if allowed to eat start to get ripped/cut). Basically, let them eat the amount their growing body is demanding. Almost half the year my brother would look like a terminal illness patient 6 days a week just to win for himself but forced for "the program, the team" in the most individual team sport on the planet. I know I rambled but: Parents, please do not allow a coach to regulate the growth of your child by starvation/gorging in order to win.....in JH/HS, ffs. If I had a son? I'd love for him to wrestle! Yet, I'd rather he be tough, bust his ass, give it his all & have a bad/average record with health than all of the above with more success yet less health because his natural weight is 150 but he's "better for the team & himself" at 128. I sincerely mean that. I think I was slightly impacted despite not having to do it at my brother's level. If I don't put 5k calories in me every day I burn fat & I'm 160. Some genetics but I think some was the small period when I did have to cut/starve hard during early puberty. Please, refuse to allow it. I've seen horribly stunted adults (far worse than my brother) due to cutting hard in a HS sport that's great in what you learn/attain forever mentally but so fickle wrt anything but forgotten HS glory. Amazing HS wrestlers rarely get scholarships to even bad schools! I'm not a bleeding heart liberal that's ultra anti-vaccine & crazy soft as baby shit overprotective lol. I'm not a forever angry hyped up about something idiot extreme conservative that thinks Obama is a secret Kenyan muslim Nazi zombie devil out to start a NWO. I'm an average, centrist guy. I wouldn't stand for my hypothetical child fighting unless he truly had to defend himself. I think bullying is in an odd way a necessary obstacle kids must learn to defeat at a basic, mild level. I don't believe in sheltering kids - go outside, play, get dirty, make friends, come home with random injuries, lol. Yet, I'd never let my child starve to make weight in wrestling. I hope just one parent in this situation actually read this rambling app post full of extra info I only added to let you know I've seen, been in, the "Varsity Blues level crazy HS wrestling program". I know what I'm talking about. It's crazier than this seemingly ranting plea to not allow it. Sorry for app post wall of text.