Howe edges Dake to capture University freestyle crown
AKRON, Ohio – NCAA champion Andrew Howe of Wisconsin
is starting to get healthy again. And he’s now ready to make a run at making his first U.S.
World Team in freestyle wrestling. Howe made a triumphant return, outlasting two-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake of Cornell to win the University Nationals freestyle championship at 74 kg/163 lbs. on April 23. The match was deadlocked at one period apiece before the
match came down a coin flip after a scoreless third period. The coin spun on its edge for a few seconds before it landed
on Howe’s singlet color of blue. That gave Howe the leg in the clinch and he finished by taking Dake to the mat to prevail. Howe won the match 3-1, 1-2, 1-0. He was named
Outstanding Wrestler in the event. "I was trying to create a lot of offense, but he was able to
slow me down," Howe said. "Freestyle is a little bit of a chess match. There is a lot more strategy involved, and you have to really pick and choose when you are going to fire off a shot. It's got to be as close to perfect as possible." Howe suffered a hamstring injury midway through this past
college season and was sidelined until the Big Ten Championships. The 2010 NCAA champion, Howe fought his
Chase earns title in Greco-Roman
AKRON, Ohio – Jimmy Chase looked strong in his return
from an injury after winning the University Nationals Greco- Roman title on April 21. Chase, competing for the first time after undergoing elbow surgery, swept Dmitry Ryabchinskiy 1-0, 3-0 in the finals at 60 kg/132 lbs. Chase was named Outstanding Wrestler. Chase placed fifth
at the Junior World Championships in 2009. "It was a good win for me," Chase said. "I couldn't wrestle
at the U.S. Open, so I knew I had to come here to qualify for the Trials. I felt great out there. I won my first national cham- pionship here in 2007 in FILA Cadets. It was good to come back up here and get another one." U.S. Olympic Education Center wrestlers Max Nowry (55
kg/121 lbs.), Aaron Briggs (74 kg/163 lbs.) and Mark Stenberg (84 kg/185 lbs.) repeated as champions at University Nationals. Nowry placed fifth in the Junior Worlds last year. Stenberg and Nielsen continued to wrestle well after each wrestler placed fourth in the U.S. Open two weeks earlier in Cleveland. Nielsen placed fifth in University Worlds last year. There will be no University World Team Trials this year
since there is no University World event for wrestling this sea- son.
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way to a third-place finish at last month’s NCAA tournament in Philadelphia despite not being 100 percent physically. Howe will compete at June's U.S. World Team Trials in Oklahoma City. "I took a little time off after NCAAs to recover, and I feel a lot
better now," Howe said. "The last month has made a big differ- ence for me. I'm really excited about the Trials and I'm excited about trying to make that team." Howe won the 2010 U.S. Open before falling to Travis Paulson in the finals of the World Team Trials. Penn State, fresh off its NCAA team title last month, turned in
a strong performance by crowning four champions. Winning titles for the Nittany Lions were Andrew Long (63 kg/138.75 lbs.), Andrew Alton (66 kg/145.5 lbs.), James English (70 kg/154 lbs.) and Quentin Wright (84 kg/185 lbs.). Wright, the reigning NCAA champion at 184, beat past NCAA runner-up Mack Lewnes of Cornell in the finals. Wright repeated as champion. Wright beat Lewnes in the finals of the 2010 University World
Team Trials. Ohio State’s Colt Sponseller (79 kg/174 lbs.) also repeated as champion.
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