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Mater Dei Graduate, Nick Lee, Makes Team USA Wrestling Squad IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympic Games By Aaron Hancock | April 4, 2021 at 11:29 PM CDT - Updated April 4 at 11:29 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Mater Dei graduate, Nick Lee, has always dreamed big. Well, one of the biggest dreams that he could have ever had, has come true. Lee has earned a spot on the Team USA Wrestling Olympic squad.
Lee, who just won an NCAA individual national championship, a few weeks ago, at 141 pounds, took home 3rd place, in the 65 kilogram division (143 lbs.), at the 2021 Olympic Team Trials Challenge Tournament, down in Fort Worth, Texas.
Minnesotans stumble in Greco-Roman Olympic wrestling trials
By RaCHEL BLOUNT, Star Tribune April 3, 2021 8:13pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Some of the toughest matches of Pat Smith s career have come in consolation bouts. The Chaska wrestler was reminded of that Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas, when he had to shake off the disappointment of Friday s semifinal loss at the Olympic wrestling trials and try to forge ahead.
Smith made it to the consolation finals of the Greco-Roman 77-kilogram class, but he dropped a 4-0 decision to RaVaughn Perkins to finish in fourth place. Two other Minnesotans also wrestled for third place in the Greco-Roman division Saturday. Leslie Fuenffinger, a Hibbing native and two-time NCAA champ at Augsburg, pinned Sam Jones in the 60 kg class, while heavyweight Donny Longendyke, an Augsburg alumnus from Vadnais Heights, fell 3-1 to Jacob Mitchell.
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