Lincoln, neb pennsylvania wrestling will be represented at the uww senior world championships in paris, france come august 2017. This past weekend, retherford won all three of his matches to improve his collegiate record to 121 wins. Ncaas most dominant wrestler zain retherford of penn. Mar 27, 2018 the 94 consecutive wins ties retherford with legendary wrestler and coach dan gable for the thirdlongest winning streak in college wrestling history, according to unofficial stats compiled by.
Submitted by a mhsaa member school athletic administrator on official office letterhead, or by using the national federation record application note. At this point in his career, zain retherford doesnt need any more accolades or championships to cement his place among penn state wrestling greats. Search the fiends winloss record at the internet wrestling database. Hes won the dan hodge trophy, two straight national titles and now his third straight big ten title, along with winning his program record 89th straight match. Zain retherford wins big ten wrestler of the year onward state. Penn states zain retherford takes on michigans malik amine in the 149 pound match. State champs 2016 academic allstate 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018. Zain recently won final x 2019 and secured the 65kg spot on the world team. Individual pins record top 10 most pins in a career most pins in a season 115 david johnson 0407 32 david johnson 0607. Retherford finished his career with 94straight wins and a third national title, beating lock havens ronnie perry, 62, in the 149pound final. Getting beat by 15 points is a bad loss, ita a real, real bad loss.
Hortonville polar bear wrestling record book career wins 1 anthony vandehei 147 2 luke rynish 129 3 austin preisler 112 4 tyler jentz 105 5 nick ninneman 102 6 jarod hart 102 7 nate jochman 101 8 tim immel 98 9 brent steudel 95 10 josh lambie 93 season pins 1 zach tooley 26 0910 2 luke rynish 25 0607. Zain retherford finishes penn state wrestling career. Team records most team wins 30 0910 coach kelly krepps 29 1819 coach dave johnson. For anyone interested, i highly recommend signing up for the actual site at f4wonline and checking out the full archives. Despite psu finishing with title winners in zain retherford 149 and nolf, along with five other wrestlers who placed among.
Retherford, the 2018 ncaa division i champ at 149 pounds, is the first intermat wrestler of the year to have earned the honor three times in the year history of the award, and only the second collegiate mat star to have been named wrestler of the year by. Season class, rank weight, record school, win % bns %. Yianni diakomihalis and zain retherford will have a special wrestleoff for the 65 kg weight class on team usa. Zain wrapped up his college career with 3x ncaa championships, 2x hodge trophy wrestling s heisman award, and 2017 world team member at 65kg. The crowd of 6,699 was the highest this season and is the 40th straight sellout in rec hall. Mar 28, 2017 win magazine announced the voting results for the 2017 dan hodge trophy tuesday and the winner is twotime national champion 149pound zain retherford. No goal too big for penn state wrestler zain retherford or his journal. Zain techd everyone except sorenson and i think he really wanted to pin sorenson, to stop all the talk that sorenson might be able to beat retherford.
Youtube and reading a recent book by selfhelp author tim ferriss, retherford. Penn state wrestlings zain retherford wins third ncaa title on. Popular pro wrestling books showing 150 of 252 have a nice day a tale of blood and sweatsocks paperback by. Penn state wrestlings zain retherford captures third big ten title. Inspiring and preparing all learners for their future in our community and the world. Zain retherford ended his penn state career on a high note in the 2018 ncaa wrestling championship, winning the title at 149 pounds. Intermat wrestling retherford named intermat wrestler of. Zain retherfords father didnt think the sport of wrestling was meant for his son. From frail kid to national wrestling champ zain retherford.
New book chronicles dawn of a new era of penn state wrestling. Haselrig wrestled for university of pittsburgh at johnstown. Carlton haselrig born january 22, 1966 is a former heavyweight wrestler and nfl player. Mhsaa record book if you have information you believe should be included in these records additions, deletions or corrections, it may be submitted one of three ways. This is an expanded version from what appeared in the april 9, 20 wrestling insider newsmagazine. Rauser, a senior 125pounder, set the record with his quarterfinal win over. Other brute wrestler of the week nominees spencer leeironman ow.
Wins high school wrestlers of the year wrestling camps. Jade rauser of townsend set a montana high school wrestling record on friday by winning his 145th consecutive match. New wrestling record book hortonville area school district. Ncaas most dominant wrestler zain retherford of penn state is back to defend his title print by taylor miller, usa wrestling nov. May 12, 1997 going through old issues of the wrestling observer newsletter and posting highlights in my own words. Whoever wins match 2 and possibly match 3 will wrestle in nursultan, kazakhstan. Despite psu finishing with title winners in zain retherford 149 and nolf. The zain train, who took home b1g wrestler of the year, defeated lock havens ronnie perry, an underdog story who fought his way into the final in cleveland. He is the only person to win six ncaa titles in wrestling, three times in division ii and three times in division i. On june 8th, at rutgers university, zain retherford defeated yianni diakomihalis in 2 straight matches winning 104, and 66 on criteria, to secure the 65kg world team spot.
It is also penn states 24th straight big ten dual meet victory. The 94 consecutive wins ties retherford with legendary wrestler and coach dan gable for the thirdlongest winning streak in college wrestling history, according to unofficial stats compiled by. Community, culture and wrestling at the lakehead to 1933 by nathan hatton is a mustread book for wrestling historians and aficionados, combat sports fans, labor historians and activists, and anybody who appreciates good sports history. Zain retherford wrestling penn state university athletics. Retherford and nolf win b1g titles, as psu places second. Penn state wrestlings zain retherford captures third big ten. About zain zain retherford, 2019 world team member. Apr 04, 2018 penn states zain retherford has been named 2018 intermat wrestler of the year, the amateur wrestling website announced wednesday. The programs record for most ncaa champions in one season was set in 2017, with 5 ncaa champions crowned zain retherford 149 lbs, jason nolf 157 lbs. Zain retherford of the penn state nittany lions reacts after winning his match against brandon sorensen of the iowa hawkeyes during the finals of the ncaa wrestling championships at madison square. Record book division i individual records singleseason victories 38 steve mytych 200708 37 mike carroll 200203 36 steve mytych 200910 34 tim rothka 199091.
Jeff prescott stands alone in the nittany lion record books as the only. For his tremendous win and i have arrived moment, zain retherford has been named brutes wrestler of the week. Retherford now has 116 career wins, 14th alltime at penn state. Zain retherford will represent pennsylvania wrestling at. Njsiaa region 1 champions shore conference wrestling.
Former penn state star to wrestle at wilkes for spot on u. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The awards and honors may never stop piling up for zain retherford. Penn states zain retherford top, seen here during a match earlier this season, was named the usa wrestling athlete of the week on tuesday after securing the. Buy when wrestling was rasslin by wrestling promoter peter birkholz paperback online at lulu. Jun, 2017 penn states zain retherford top, seen here during a match earlier this season, was named the usa wrestling athlete of the week on tuesday after securing the 65 kg spot on the u. As a reminder, we are serving free lunch to anyone 18 years of age or younger at four locations. Not bad enough he was wrestling the best 8 pounder in the country but had to wrestle him with all the newly casted rivalry between the two schools. The penn state nittany lion wrestling team 122, 81 b1g added two more big ten individual champions to its ledger as the 2020 big ten championship concluded at rutgers university on. Penn states retherford honored again as top wrestler fox. When wrestling was rasslin by wrestling promoter peter. Penn state wrestler zain retherford wins second consecutive. He picked up a 20 decision over brandon sorensen of iowa to become a threetime big ten champion. Buy it, read it, learn, enjoy, and pass on its lessons.
Good article for parents of both new and experienced wrestlers. Oct 09, 2012 professional wrestling ratings 19731986. File in this march 17, 2018, file photo, penn states zain retherford has his arm. Penn states zain retherford named usa wrestling athlete.
Coaching records record book wrestling mhsaa sports. Apr 03, 20 the following is a statebystate listing of the best high school wrestlers in the 49 states that offer wrestling. Zain retherford is 260 with a conferencebest 16 falls. Intermat wrestling penn state comes back to defeat ohio state. Zain retherford, jason nolf, and vincenzo joseph also won individual honors and three others finished among the top eight. One mistake wont get you techd, but getting techd is a sign youve been pummeled. Shortly after he won his third straight big ten title at 149 lbs. In front of enthusiastic crowd, zain retherford earns trip to worlds wrestling. He uses the notebook to record his daily goals and longterm goals. Retherford posted a perfect 470 mark at benton high school, closing out his high school career with a 3 career record, including two state titles. Aug 25, 2017 zain retherford will be competing in his first senior world championship this saturday, august 26.
State college, pa retherford named big ten wrestler of. Retherford, after winning his third ncaa title for penn state and his second dan hodge trophy as the nations top college wrestler, took a break. That wrestler, of course, is zain retherford, a member of the 2019. In front of enthusiastic crowd, zain retherford earns trip to worlds.
Penn states zain retherford named usa wrestling athlete of. In 2016 he won big ten wrestler of the year, and in 2017 he was awarded big ten championships outstanding wrestler. Voting criteria is based on a wrestlers record, number of pins, dominance on the mat, past credentials, quality of competition along with. State wrestling record book bismarck public schools.
With the victory in the title match, retherford extended his winning streak to 89 matches dating back to his true freshman season in 2014, breaking the previous penn state record of 88 set by. Zain will now look to train for the 2019 world championships, which will be held in nursultan, kazakhstan from 914 to 922. Ncaas most dominant wrestler zain retherford of penn state. Zain will now wrestle for a world championship in kazakhstan. Voting criteria is based on a wrestlers record, number of pins, dominance on the mat, past credentials, quality of competition along with sportsmanship, citizenship and heart. At this point in his career, zain retherford doesnt need any more accolades or championships to cement his place among penn state wrestling. The event is being streamed by track wrestling live, and will broadcast by nbc sports on tape delay. Penn states retherford honored again as top wrestler. Outdoor books to read when you cant go far outdoors.
Join facebook to connect with zain retherford and others you may know. Penn state wrestlings zain retherford wins big ten wrestler. Gavin newsom is already on the record as expressing skepticism the season will open on time. I think lansberry wrestled great and handled all the pressure put on him through this match. Wrestling record book effective april 9, 2020 agasd will be closed for the remainder of the school year due to the statewide order by governor wolf. State college, pa retherford named big ten wrestler of the. Im 60 against zain, and id beat him again jun 16, 2017 wrestling nomad aaron picos wrestling career may be done, but he didnt miss an opportunity to remind us of his glory days. Retherfords father, allen, still remembers zain sobbing uncontrollably at the age of 5 when a much bigger kid pinned him in almost no time at all. Retherford joined ben askren, former penn state star david taylor and his coach, cael sanderson, as the only multiple recipients of hodge award, which is considered the heisman trophy of wrestling.
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