Spencer Lee: Juniors or Seniors

[Wiltz01]

Is Randy Lewis in the room anymore? I have a hard time believing Tom or Terry would say this to anyone.

Randy moved to Texas. A month or two ago.

 

[LaxHawk174]

Here is a good resource for all U.S. world/olympic team members and medalists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_results_in_men's_freestyle_wrestling

 

[el dub]

Ed and Lou Banach, Terry and Tom Brands, Chris Campbell, Barry Davis, Randy Lewis, Terry McCann and Lincoln McIllravy

Well someone beat me too it.

Those were all olympians, but not all medal winners.

On second glance, maybe that list DID all win medals?

 

[Another_One_Bites_The_Dust]

Lee, Gilman, Fix, Ramos. Will be good to see who is the top dog. Amongst a few others.

 

[sstark46]

Terry McCann - Gold (1960)
Barry Davis - Silver (1984)
Lou Banach - Gold (1984)
Ed Banach - Gold (1984)
Randy Lewis - Gold (1984)
Chris Campbell - Bronze (1992)
Tom Brands - Gold (1996)
Terry Brands - Bronze (2000)
Lincoln McIlravy - Bronze (2000)

That's what I came up with.

Heres other Non-Medalist Hawkeye Olympians
Randy Lewis (1980 DNC)
Chuck Yagla (1980 DNC)
Chris Campbell (1980 DNC)
Barry Davis (1988)
Joe Williams (2004)
Mike Zadick (2008)
Doug Schwab (2008)
Daniel Dennis (2016)

Leslie Beers (1928) was another non-medalist

 

[Mustangdog]

I am no longer in the business of declaring what would be best for Spencer Lee.

Spencer will do the right thing as always

 

[edquinn06]

A favorite? With Gilman already sitting in Final X, and Ramos already in the finals of the challenge tournament, Lee would have a long road ahead to win the Sr spot.

Not saying Lee can't do it, but right now, Gilman, a well rested World silver medalist already in the finals, would have to be considered the favorite.

Kinda like:
Terao
Desherzer
Cruz
Nico
Graff
NATO
Ramos X2

 

[el dub]

Kinda like:
Terao
Desherzer
Cruz
Nico
Graff
NATO
Ramos X2

But they can’t make him wrestle the entire bracket listed above. Pick three.... (Besides Ramos.)

 

[Another_One_Bites_The_Dust]

But they can’t make him wrestle the entire bracket listed above. Pick three.... (Besides Ramos.)

Sanders, Ramos, Graff. No idea of seeds.

 

[edquinn06]

But they can’t make him wrestle the entire bracket listed above. Pick three.... (Besides Ramos.)

Do you not understand that this is the list of guys Gilman had to beat to win the spot last year? Spencer would be similar and if Gilman can do it Spencer can.

 

[wasdt21]

i took it to mean, don't underestimate thomas gilman

 

[Wiltz01]

Those were all olympians, but not all medal winners.

On second glance, maybe that list DID all win medals?

Yes, they all won medals. Plenty more that I left off that were non-medal winners.

 

[pablow]

Just for kicks, here's a list of Iowa high school wrestlers that won olympic medals -

Glenn Brand - gold 1948, Clarion
Gerald Leeman - silver 1948 Osage
William Smith - gold 1952, Council Bluffs
Dan Gable - gold 1972, Waterloo
Barry Davis - silver 1984 Cedar Rapids
Tom Brands - gold 1996 Sheldon
Terry Brands - bronze 2000 Sheldon​

 

[lookleft goright]

Lee, Gilman, Fix, Ramos. Will be good to see who is the top dog. Amongst a few others.

Is Lee considered part of the field or a top three candidate?

 

[lookleft goright]

Tommy, Terry or Lincoln Mac ate the only three I can come up with who would have been able to say with certainty that SL beats TG in the room and will fill that spot on the Olympic team.

Well at least we know what they are having for breakfast, but we still don't know who is eating breakfast with whom.

 

[Dagboi]

I think it was a Foley article, barf.. it said that he heard Spencer and Gilman no longer wrestle each other..Prob not true but Chief and a few others could clear this up for me!!

We heard the same thing from Gilman’s mouth in an interview earlier this season.....that they didn’t mix it up too much after the first couple months. And my guess was it was to keep Gilman’s confidence up. I love the kid, but there’s only one Spencer Lee. Glad Gilman made the most of his small window on the world team.

 

[Dagboi]

A favorite? With Gilman already sitting in Final X, and Ramos already in the finals of the challenge tournament, Lee would have a long road ahead to win the Sr spot.

Not saying Lee can't do it, but right now, Gilman, a well rested World silver medalist already in the finals, would have to be considered the favorite.

Nope.

 

[Novakht]

I have seen Gilman and Spencer Lee wrestle in the room hard--- I have seen each guy score on the other-- It would not surprise me in the least if either one won in an official match against each other.

 

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QUOTE="Novakht, post: 5373349, member: 13310"]I have seen Gilman and Spencer ee wrestle in the room hard--- I have seen each guy score on the other-- It would not surprise me in the least if either one won in an official match against each other.[/QUOTE]I've not witnessed any interaction between the two and this is the viewpoint I would have as well.

 

[Reymundo]

I guess neither is the correct answer. It sounds as if Spencer has total trust in TnT.

 

[BFosr1]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Spencer go Juniors and try to win a 3rd Junior World title but I seem to be in the minority. Flo has Spencer beating Ramos in best 2 of 3.

With that logic Spencer way as well never wrestle another NCAA season...