Nah thats what many Rutgers wrestlers wind up doing and they get bullied by the top 15 guys that are cutting 30 lbs.
Shawver was originally a 125 who AA’d at 133
Turley was originally a 165 that AA’d at 174
Sebastian Rivera was originally a 125/133 at Northwestern and AA’d at 141 at Rutgers
Nick Suriano was originally a 125 that won a national title at 133
Anthony Ashnault was originally a 141 that won a national title at 149
Anthony Perrotti was originally a 157 that AA’d at 165.
Majority of our recent success stories have all benefitted from moving up. Sure some guys move up and it doesn’t work out but don’t pretend it’s an auto failure. It’s not.
Bingo. Also a lot of those guys that moved up and didn’t have success, moved up because they didn’t have a spot in the lineup otherwise. Or did it to help the team. If Walsh puts on the muscle and cuts down to 97, he could be fine with his height, and the benefit of a full off season training with Labs.
Then again maybe he stays at 84. This is all just speculation at this point. But to assume moving up in weight is an auto fail, is silly
