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Cornell Big Red Wrestling
The Cornell Big Red wrestling team represents Cornell University of Ithaca, New York in collegiate wrestling. It is one of the most successful and storied collegiate wrestling programs in the nation with over 20 individual NCAA champions, 44 Ivy League championships, and 28 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships since the program's 1907 founding. Since 2021, the Cornell wrestling team has been coached by two-time NCAA All-American and former Cornell wrestler Mike Grey, who took over for Rob Koll, who left for Stanford after 28 years as head coach. Koll led the team to eight top-five finishes in the NCAA Division I wrestling tournament, including second-place finishes in 2010 and 2011. The 2010 and 2011 finishes were the best ever for an Ivy League team. In 2012, Cornell wrestling finished fourth in the NCAA tournament, while crowning three individual national champions Kyle Dake (157 lbs), Steve Bosak (184 lbs) and Cam Simaz (197 lbs). This w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornell Big Red
The Cornell Big Red is the informal name of the sports and other competitive teams that represent Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The university sponsors 37 varsity sports, and several intramural sports, intramural and club teams. Cornell participates in NCAA Division I as part of the Ivy League. The Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey, men's and Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey, women's ice hockey teams compete in the ECAC Hockey League. Additionally, teams compete in the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association, the Collegiate Sprint Football League, the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC), the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC), the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association, and the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA). History Cornell's teams did not have an official name until after 1905, when a recent graduate, Romeyn Berry '04, wrote lyrics for a new football song. The lyrics included the words "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Spates
Jack Spates (born July 20, 1952) is the former head wrestling coach at the University of Oklahoma, where he led the Sooners to seven top-10 finishes in the NCAA tournament and one Big 12 Conference championship. Prior to joining Oklahoma in 1993, Spates was the head coach at Cornell University and served as an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy and at the University of Pittsburgh. As a wrestler, Spates was the 1973 NCAA runner up at 118 pounds for Slippery Rock University. Spates retired at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season. Spates was born in New York City, but his family moved to Smithtown, New York Smithtown is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Suffolk County, New York, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. The population was 116,296 at the 2020 United ..., where he joined the wrestling team on a dare. In 2011, Spates stepped down as head coach at the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vito Arujau
Vitali Arujau (; ; born June 1, 1999) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms. In freestyle, he became the World Champion in 2023 and a two-time World medalist in 2024, amongst other feats. In folkstyle, Arujau was a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a four-time All American and a two-time EIWA Conference champion out of Cornell University. Background Arujau was born Azerbaijani descent family in Gomel, Belarus, and moved to the United States at the age of two, after his mother won the green card lottery. His father, Vugar Orujov, was a two-time World champion in freestyle wrestling. His mother, Zhanna Sarnauskaya, was a USSR National champion in solo kayaking. After a short stay in California, the Arujau family moved to Long Island, New York, where he would start wrestling at the age of ten, under his father's guidance. Career High school Arujau attended Syosset High School in Syosset, New York. He started w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahshon Garrett
Nahshon Aaron Garrett (born August 21, 1993) is an American freestyle and graduated folkstyle wrestler, who currently competes at 57 kilograms. In the international style, Garrett was originally the United States representative for the 2018 World Championships at 61 kg as the Final X champion before withdrawing from the tournament due to injury. He is also a two-time US Open runner-up and Dave Schultz Memorial International runner-up. As a folkstyle wrestler, Garrett was the 2016 NCAA Division I national champion (runner-up in 2014), a four-time NCAA All-American, and a four-time EIWA Conference champion for the Cornell Big Red. Early life Nahshon Garrett was born in Chico, California, the son of Golden Sizemore and Alvin Garrett, and grew up with two brothers and four sisters. Garrett would start wrestling at age 13. He attended Chico High School, where as a wrestler, he was a two-time California state champion. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabe Dean
Gabriel Curtis Dean (born June 19, 1994) is an American retired freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who formerly competed at 86 kilograms. In freestyle, he was the 2020 US National Champion, a '17 Pan American Championship medalist, and a '14 Junior World Championship medalist. He was also the '15 Pan American Championship runner–up in Greco-Roman. As a collegiate wrestler, Dean was a two–time NCAA Division I champion, a four–time EIWA Conference champion, and a four–time NCAA Division I All-American for the Cornell Big Red. Folkstyle career High school Dean was born in Lowell, Michigan, where he went on to attend Lowell High School. His father David was an NCAA Division I National runner-up out of the University of Minnesota, which led to Gabriel's early start in the sport of wrestling. During his high school years, Dean was a standout wrestler and football player, and as a quarterback, he led his team to a state title and runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Nickerson
Troy Nickerson (born January 7, 1987) is a former wrestler and NCAA champion out of Cornell University. He is the current head wrestling coach at the Army West Point. High school career Nickerson attended Chenango Forks High School in Chenango Forks, New York. At Chenango Forks, Nickerson became the first five-time high school state champion of New York State and amassed a record of 217-6, while winning several Junior National championships. Intermat wrestling named him the ninth best high school wrestler for the entire 20-year period ending in 2005. Nickerson was also named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner in 2005. At the Fargo tournament, a national championship tournament in the U.S. for freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, he captured five titles in six tries. College career After graduating from high school Nickerson attended Cornell University, where he won three EIWA wrestling titles and was a rare four-time NCAA All-American. In his junior year, Nickerson won the 2009 NC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Lee (wrestler)
Travis Lee (born 1983) is a former NCAA wrestler at the 125 lbs and 133 lbs weight class out of Cornell University. He competed for the Cornell Big Red wrestling team under coach Rob Koll. Lee was the first individual NCAA wrestling champion from Hawaii, winning the 125 lbs. title in 2003 and the 133 lbs. title in 2005. Background and wrestling career Lee's first sport was judo, in which he won national junior titles. As a wrestler he won three Hawaii state high school championships and the 2001 Junior National titles in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. His collegiate record was 143–13, the most wins of any Cornell wrestler at the time. He won the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association conference title four times, and was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a two-time Wrestler of the Year. He won the 2003 and 2005 NCAA wrestling championships, losing in the semi-finals in 2004. Lee became the first native born Hawaiian to win an NCAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC System to differentiate it from its first campus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill. The university system has a total enrollment of 244,507 students as of fall 2021. UNC campuses conferred 62,930 degrees in 2020–2021, the bulk of which were at the bachelor's level, with 44,309 degrees awarded. In 2008, the UNC System conferred over 75% of all baccalaureate degrees in North Carolina. History Foundations Founded in 1789, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (at the time called the University of North Carolina) is one of three schools to claim the title of oldest public university in the United States. It closed from 1871 to 1875, faced with serious financial and enrollment proble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock University, formally Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (The Rock or SRU), is a public university in the Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania area of the United States. SRU is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The university has been coeducational since its founding in 1889. SRU is fully accredited by the Middle State Commission on Higher Learning. As of fall 2023, SRU's total enrollment was 8,362, including 6,815 undergraduates and 1,547 graduate students. There were also more than 950 employees including 496 full-time faculty and a 20:1 student-to-faculty ratio. History Slippery Rock University was founded in 1889 under the name "Slippery Rock State Normal School" as a teacher training school. James E. Morrow was the first president. The school was purchased by the Commonwealth in 1926 and became a four-year college. "Slippery Rock State College" was established in 1960 and issued undergraduate and graduate degrees within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the state of Oklahoma. In Fall 2024, the university had 34,523 students enrolled, most at its main campus in Norman. Employing nearly 4,000 faculty members, the university offers 174 Bachelor's degree, baccalaureate programs, 199 Master's degree, master's programs, 101 Doctorate, doctoral programs, and 88 certificate programs. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", with over $416 million in research expenditures across its three campuses in 2022. Its Norman campus has two prominent museums, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, specializing in French Impressionism and Native Americans in the United States, Native American artwork, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin And Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1787 as Franklin College and later merged with Marshall College in 1853, it is one of the oldest colleges in the United States. F&M is named after Benjamin Franklin, who gave the college its first endowment, and John Marshall. Founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, F&M's early years were bilingual, serving the local Pennsylvania Dutch community in German and English. Originally founded as the German College and Charity School, Franklin College received its charter in 1787 from the Pennsylvania General Assembly as a German-language alternative to the University of Pennsylvania. Among its early supporters were Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, and Peter Muhlenberg. Franklin & Marshall College offers 58 fields of study, including the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, languages, and other disciplines. The college operates an advanced studies program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Pan American Games
The 1967 Pan American Games, officially known as the V Pan American Games () and commonly known as Winnipeg 1967, were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago. It lost to São Paulo, Brazil. The Winnipeg Pan American Society then turned its sights to 1967 and was named host nation at the PASO meeting at the São Paulo Games. Host city selection Three cities submitted bids to host the '1967 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). On April 22, 1963, Winnipeg was selected over Caracas and Santiago to host the V Pan American Games by the PASO at its general assembly in São Paulo, Brazil. Medal count ''To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.'' ;Note The medal counts for the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
