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Jenkins leaped into the arms of his coaches as the crowd went wild. “I heard a quote that said, ‘It’s better to be lucky than good,’” Jenkins said. “And I can tell you right now they should call me Lucky instead of Bubba.”
Dake is halfway to becoming just the third four-time champion in NCAA history. Dake controlled Penn State’s Frank Molinaro in the top position, piling up a whopping six-plus minutes of riding time in a dominating 8-1 win. The ninth-seeded Wright, a Big Ten champion, downed No. 2 Robert Hamlin Lehigh 5-2 in the finals. Top-seeded Nebraska senior Jordan Burroughs became the first two-time NCAA champion in Husker school history after scoring on an array of double-leg takedowns to down No. 3 Tyler Caldwell of Oklahoma 11-3 in the 165 finals. Top-seeded Jordan Oliver of Oklahoma
State recorded two quick takedowns en route to an 8-4 win over No. 2 seed Andrew Hochstrasser of Boise State in the 133 finals.
Fourth-seeded Dustin Kilgore of Kent
State trailed No. 2 Clayton Foster of Oklahoma State 5-1, but kept fighting and caught Foster on his back for a fall with four seconds left in the second period in the 197 finals. Michigan’s top-seeded Kellen Russell
Penn State coach Cael Sanderson prepares to slap the mat as Quentin Wright records a semifinal pin over Iowa’s Grant Gambrall. John Sachs photo.
capped a 38-0 season with a 3-2 win over No. 3 seed Boris Novachkov of Cal Poly in the 141 finals. Russell, a three- time Big Ten champion, placed seventh in this event two years ago before redshirt- ing last year. Top-seeded Iowa State senior Jon Reader completed an unbeaten season after defeating No. 7 Nick Amuchastegui
of Stanford 10-3 in the 174 finals. Top-ranked Lehigh heavyweight Zach Rey earned a tough 2-1 win over No. 3 Ryan Flores of American in the finals. Rey, a junior, had lost to Flores in the EIWA finals two weeks ago, but finished 3-1 against Flores this season. American’s Mark Cody was named National Coach of the Year.
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