U.S. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champions quotes
\n6\/18\/2005
\nMaggie Hendricks and Tricia Turley\/USA Wrestling<\/p>\n
Men’s Freestyle Quotes
\n55 kg
\nEric Akin, Lincoln, Nebraska, Sunkist
\nOn competing as a veteran:
\n“It’s fun. I still have the ability and drive. To not take this opportunity would be an insult.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On his competition:
\n“I know I’m tougher than most the guys here, because I was swinging a hammer three days ago, loading sheet rock into a basement.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On tomorrow’s opponent, Sammie Henson:
\nHe’s so strong, hard-headed. We’ve been wrestling since high school, right across the (state) border. He might be the strongest man there but I’m going to fight him for it.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On plans for tomorrow:
\n“I need to not make mistakes. I can beat some of the best in the world, I just can’t beat myself.”\u009d<\/p>\n
60 kg
\nNate Gallick, Tucson. Ariz., Sunkist
\nOn competing in front of a home crowd:
\n“It feels good. Zadick has beaten me before and I wanted to wrestle hard and get a win. It feels good, especially in front of a home crowd.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On wrestling Lightner in the finals tomorrow:
\n“I wrestled Lightner in Vegas and lost in the finals. I lost a close match. I just need to wrestle hard and take chances.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On training in at the USOC Training Center in Colorado Springs:
\n“Once or twice a year I go out there. It helps a lot. Guys that live out there have a real advantage.”\u009d<\/p>\n
66 kg
\nJared Lawrence, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota Storm
\nOn his pin of Jared Frayer in the Challenge Tournament Finals:
\n“He got in on a high crotch and I knew he was getting two [points] and I had to make the best out of it. I was not going for the pin, I was just trying to get my two [points] back.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On being behind in a period under the new rules:
\n“As long as there is time on the clock, there is always time to come back. Even if you’re down by 3, a take down and turn and the last point is all you need. I don’t panic.”\u009d<\/p>\n
74 kg
\nKirk White, Tacoma, Wash., Bronco WC
\nOn preparation after US Nationals
\n“I just worked hard on not taking any bad shots because Williams can take advantage of those.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On training
\n“I haven’t had the time to train full time but when I get in the groove I can beat anyone.”\u009d<\/p>\n
84 kg
\nLee Fullhart, Blacksburg, Va., Gator WC
\nOn the relative youth of the field this year as compared to last year at Olympic Trials:
\n“It doesn’t change. I’m sure that Chris Pendleton is still looking to win a World title. They’re not coming out here just to wrestle, they’re coming here to go to Worlds.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On Chris Pendleton being his former workout partner
\n“He works hard and is a good partner. At the time he wasn’t training for the Olympics and he gave me everything I needed at the time.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On having to wrestle through the challenge round after losing to Mo Lawal at US Nationals:
\n“Ideally nothing changes, focus has to be the same. If anything, it helped point out some of my trouble spots and what I have to work on improving. I’ve got to go hard every time, I can’t play the one-point game.”\u009d<\/p>\n
96 kg
\nNick Preston, Columbus, Ohio, Sunkist
\nOn his improvement since US Nationals in Las Vegas, Nev.:
\n“My conditioning is the big thing I improved on the most. It’s all been worth it. I put myself through pain since Nationals.”\u009d<\/p>\n
“The other loss I had in Vegas was to [Nick] Fekete and that stayed in my mind because I was tired and that’s why I put myself through the pain and now I believe I can beat anyone.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On wrestling fellow Ohio State alumni, Tommy Rowlands in the Challenge Tournament finals:
\n“Tommy and I are seasoned vets. We’re best friends [off the mat], but this is wrestling and I love it.”\u009d<\/p>\n
120 kg
\nSteve Mocco, North Bergen, NJ, NYAC
\nOn the sequence that lead to the officials’ review at the end of the third period:
\n“I knew that it was my offensive move and I thought actually that [Konrad’s] head went out first. You just can’t let it get that close.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On heavyweight matches becoming like a Sumo battle:
\n“Becoming a sumo match has its positives and negatives. I personally wouldn’t call it that since a sumo match is only 7-8 seconds. We’re out there for a lot longer than that. It’s more like running than a sprint.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On wrestling under the new rules:
\n“Under pressure and attack it should be a point and I like that style.”\u009d<\/p>\n
Men’s Greco-Roman Quotes
\n55 kg
\nLindsey Durlacher, Colorado Springs, Colo., NYAC
\n“The new rules are going to help me a lot. I was struggling with the old rules because I’m so short.”\u009d<\/p>\n
“The new rules gave a breathe of life back into me, brings me back into the game.”\u009d<\/p>\n
“The Europeans are real strong in this position. We’re going to have to do our best to compete with them at Worlds.”\u009d<\/p>\n
60 kg
\nJames Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo., US Army
\n*Declined comment<\/p>\n
66 kg
\nGlenn Garrison, Colorado Springs, Colo., US Army
\n* No interview<\/p>\n
74 kg
\nTC Dantzler, Colorado Springs, Colo., NYAC
\nOn Sieracki
\n“We have plenty of history, he kept me from winning the mini-tournament in 2000. We’ve wrestled against each other a lot.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On the new rules:
\n“I love the new rules and I need to enjoy them today and tomorrow because they may be gone Monday.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On wrestling tomorrow’s opponent, Darryl Christian:
\n“My plan is to go out and wrestle Darryl tough because I know he’s been looking to wrestle me.”\u009d<\/p>\n
84 kg
\nJake Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo. US Marine Corps
\nOn taking most of this year off:
\n“This is my 20th season of wrestling and my body was getting worn out. My coaches thought I needed some time off. I feel a lot more fresh right now because of it.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On not wrestling at US Nationals in Las Vegas and the support of the US Marine Corps. of his wrestling career:
\n“I was fulfilling my military duty so I wasn’t in Vegas. We don’t have a WCAP program in the Marine Corps., but they’ve been pretty supportive. They’ve let me have time off to wrestle when I need it. I’m pretty lucky to work for such supportive people.”\u009d<\/p>\n
96 kg
\nAdam Wheeler, Lancaster, Calif., USOEC\/Gator
\nOn changes after US Nationals
\n“In the past, when I wrestled Ruiz, I felt he was better conditioned than me so I’ve worked on my conditioning and work on my feet.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On the new rules:
\n“It will help the US over all because we can work more reverse lifts.”\u009d<\/p>\n
120 kg
\nRuss Davie, Colorado Springs, Colo, NYAC
\nOn wrestling Brian Keck:
\n“We’ve wrestled with each other for years, so there were no surprises but he brought me to where I am and I have a lot of respect for him.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On new rules:
\n“Against (Dremeil) Byers, it doesn’t help but in Belarus, we did a lot of par terre, so I had a chance to work on it.”\u009d<\/p>\n
Women’s Freestyle Quotes
\n48 kg
\nJenny Wong, Colorado Springs, Colo., Sunkist
\n“This is my first time at 105 [pounds]. I had surger in the fall and I came back smaller so I talked to the doctor, a dietician and Terry [Steiner] and they all thought it was okay for me to do.”\u009d<\/p>\n
“Every tournament I’m in is the most important tournament. They’re all stepping stones to make me a better wrestler and everyone here is trying to do that.”\u009d<\/p>\n
51 kg
\nMary Kelly, Mahomet, Ill., USOEC\/NYAC
\nOn Malinda Ripley, today’s opponent:
\n“This is the third match we’ve wrestled and my first time beating her. This is the first I made the finals so it feels really good.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On preparation:
\n“My favorite thing in practice is to go through situations. My teammates hate it but it was a big payoff today.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On clinch:
\n“It’s important to be able to scramble because no one has momentum, so you have to be able to scramble out of it.”\u009d <\/p>\n
55 kg
\nChelynne Pringle, Hugo, Minn. Minnesota Storm
\nOn moving up from junior to senior level:
\n“The girls are a lot tougher and last longer, and are stronger.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On tomorrow’s matches with Marcie Van Dusen
\n“I’ve never wrestled Marcie before but I have to go out there and wrestle my own style, don’t give up near the end.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On seeding:
\n“It doesn’t matter what your seed is, you have to go out and wrestle hard. A nine seed needs to wrestle just as hard as a number one.”\u009d<\/p>\n
59 kg
\nTela O’Donnell, Colorado Springs, Colo., Sunkist
\nOn relatively few wrestlers in her weight class:
\n“The weight class dispersal is odd. It’s always fun to get matches “it’s why I wrestle “I have fun with matches.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On strengths and weaknesses:
\n“I get taken down a lot but I can fight back from that. I need to not get taken down so much.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On moving weight classes:
\n“There are great competitors at both weights. This is my regular weight. A lot of what I is not about strength or weight, it’s about leverage.”\u009d<\/p>\n
63 kg
\nSara McMann, Iowa City, Iowa, Sunkist
\nDeclined comment<\/p>\n
67 kg
\nKatie Downing, Colorado Springs, Colo., Sunkist
\nOn tomorrow’s opponent, Kristie Marano
\n“We had a really good match. It was really close. I need to step it up.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On weight classes:
\n“The weight classes are crazy. A lot of people are moving to different weights and some of it is surprising.”\u009d<\/p>\n
72 kg
\nAli Bernard, New Ulm, Minn., University of Regina
\nOn what she has been working on since US Nationals in Las Vegas, Nev.:
\n“I’ve been working off the 2-on-1, working on double legs. Basically everything I can do that I did wrong in Vegas.”\u009d<\/p>\n
On her first year wrestling at the Senior level:
\n“I haven’t yet beat anyone that I’m not supposed to beat. Hopefully, I can pick it up tomorrow. I’m battling her experience tomorrow.”\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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