Kaleb Young

[Spicolli]

Young gets snubbed for Dapper Dan
160: No. 3 (at 170) Thomas Bullard (Archer, Ga.) vs. No. 4 Jake Wentzel (South Park)

Full lineups

 

[dicemen99]

Young gets snubbed for Dapper Dan
160: No. 3 (at 170) Thomas Bullard (Archer, Ga.) vs. No. 4 Jake Wentzel (South Park)

Full lineups

Young was not snubbed for Wentzel. Wentzel is a 2x champ - the history of the selection committee is strongly biased towards multiple champs.

The debate comes from the 170 representative. I thought Young may have a chance to be bumped up to 170 without a senior champ (Labriola won it) if he won at 160. The committee has done this in the past. So the debate was Bell (2 time 3rd) vs. Young (1x Champ, 4th, 5th).

Both are ranked in top 10 of their respective weight classes, so I would guess it was a pretty close decision. Most likely the fact that the weighin is +7 so the weight class is 177 there probably was the deciding factor. Tough to give up that much weight AND wrestle Mark Hall.

 

[Snake Pliskan]

Robb never challenged Lee for OW. 120 AAA was a good weight with a strong runner-up. 220 was easily the weakest AAA weight. Robb (AA finalist last year) was the only returning medalist -- defending champ Jordan Wood was injured; runner-up Seth Janney transferred and won national preps. Robb is a good wrestler, but he was never even minimally challenged the entire weekend.

Robb's finals match was a splatter. Dominated before the fall, and pinned his opponent with what amounted to a standing suck-back. The match was over at the opening handshake.

The real OW story at PA states was AA 126. Brian Courtney beat 3 returning champs in a row, all Div 1 caliber wrestlers, to win the title. First time ever in PA. (He is said to be favoring Cornell.)

I didn't say he deserved it, just that he dominated his weight. I am sure he was given appropriate consideration. If I were voting, he wouldn't have got my vote, but he did all that he needed to garner some consideration.