We have a bunch of guys competing at today's Mat-Town Open II.
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Packer took 4th and DiStefano took 3rd. Because of dumb ncaa rules, most of the kids on the team would have had to pay their own way. 4 other kids were registered but didn’t wrestle.
Of all the guys initially wrestled, Gibson and Smith are really the only guys who may ever contribute significantly and both had good tournaments.
Lately our middleweight guys have been hard to project because you don’t know what weights they’re going to end up. I like Barbosa better than Ford if they stay the same weight as their career goes on. With Harer at 157 and Chapman being the project 174 in a couple years, I can’t see both Barbosa and Ford being in the lineup together unless they split a weight like DeSantis and Clark did last year.
Nini I’m not sure. He was good in high school but never really had that dominant run you’d expect a future big 10 starter to have. I don’t keep up with freestyle but it sounds like he’s better there than folkstyle.
I think Ford and Nini will be good. We're going to have a log jam at 157/165 with Magro coming in. I wouldn't rule Chapman out at 184 since he's been bumping up to wrestle Luddington. I think a redshirt would help Harer, if Ford or Barbosa could get down to 157 or if Magro is capable of getting the nod for a year, before he redshirts. Ideally, if either Ford or Barbosa could grow into 174, then that would be huge too. I haven't really seen anything of Blanchette, so I can't speak of him, but he's that 165/74 weight.
Smith Delivers Unattached Title at Mat-Town Open II
Smith Delivers Unattached Title at Mat-Town Open II - Rutgers University Athletics
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Freshman Ayden Smith (125) delivered an individual title competing unattached at the Mat-Town Open II to highlight action for Rutgers wrestling
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