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...cares just as much, if not more, about how everyone else is performing,” head coach Jay Weiss said of the second-ranked grappler in the nation...
...Columbia’s Jerome Greco and Picarsic required five overtime periods before the Harvard grappler scored a 2-1 victory. Jantzen gave the Crimson a 7-6 lead with a major decision over Nick Standish, throttling the Lions’ grappler...
...Despite going 0-9 in his first campaign wearing Crimson, Carpenter took on No. 8 Jordan Leen and gave the Cornell grappler all he could handle. The 157 wrestler evened the score at 4-4 during the first round and finished the second down only 5-7. Leer pulled away to earn a 13-7 decision in the third, but the Harvard freshman still earned praise from his coach...
...Rowsey, the fourth and final Harvard grappler to notch a victory, answered with a 14-1 major decision to top Mike Pushpak, but the overall score would not get any closer than six, at 20-14. Colgan and Knapp put up additional strong performances but fell, 2-0 and 3-1, respectively to end a tough day for the Crimson...
...DIED. MITSURU HANADA, 55, slight but skillful grappler hailed as the "Prince of Sumo" for his courageous style and good looks; from oral cancer; in Tokyo. A trim 100 kg, Hanada?who fought as Ozeki Takanohana I?followed his grand-champion elder brother Wakanohana I into the dohyo (ring), reaching the sport's ?lite division at age 18 and attracting a spirited fan base over his 16-year career. After retiring in 1981, Hanada became director of the Japan Sumo Association; he is the father of two grand champions of the 1990s, Wakanohana III and Takanohana...