Word: grappler
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...discussion was moderated by Chris Nowinski ’00—currently a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) grappler known as “Chris Harvard” and formerly a member of the Harvard football team—who has become a familiar face at the IOP thanks to his participation in the “Smackdown Your Vote” youth voter awareness program. Nowinski said that he had taken part in several similar events nationwide, and hoped that the Harvard athletes would engage in more substantive discourse than that which he had previously encountered...
...always count on a contingent of tiny tough guys from Thailand; 2003 world champ Somjit Jongjohor is looking to strike gold. And in one of the newest Olympic sports, women's wrestling, Japan can expect up to four gold medals, thanks in part to Kyoko Hamaguchi, a champion heavyweight grappler who is following in the footsteps of her pro wrestler father...
Ranked first in the nation all year and with just one loss on the season, the Harvard wrestling team’s Jesse Jantzen is in position to accomplish something that no Crimson grappler has done since the Great Depression...
Jantzen’s performance also won him the Fletcher Award, given to the wrestler who earns the most points for his team in the tournament in his career, and made him the first grappler in Harvard history to earn four straight NCAA tournament bids and three conference championships...
Highlighting the tournament was co-captain Joey Killar (165 pounds), the reigning EIWA champion. With his first place finish this weekend, Killar became the second grappler in Crimson history to earn two consecutive EIWA championships. Dustin DeNunzio '99 became the first to do so last season...