[Herky] Wrestling

[Jayant Rajgopal]

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> Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale just committed to Iowa.  Lee is the #1
> recruit in the 2017 class and Teasdale is currently ranked the #3 prospect
> in the 2018 class.  Lee will probably be a career 125 and Teasdale will be
> at 133/141.  This is huge for Iowa wrestling (and I am probably
> understating things - think Lebron James committing to Iowa as a junior in
> High School )  Lee already has a couple of world titles in freestyle (Cadet
> and Junior) and is the type of guy that you consider a possible four time
> college champion.  Teasdale does not have the same resume yet but I was
> just reading recently that some thought Teasdale might end up being the
> better of the two.
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> Both of them are part of Young Guns wrestling club in PA.  Kemmerer (Fr
> this year) and Young (SR in HS this year) are also part of this club. If
> Iowa can establish/keep this connection and get a top guy out of that club
> each year would be big.
>
> I guess this answers the question of whether the Ramos incident would hurt
> Iowa going forward - clearly not.
>
> I try to follow wrestling recruiting and I knew Iowa had a chance with
> Lee. Everyone had it down to PSU and Iowa.  Never saw anything on Teasdale
> concerning Iowa. I am shocked that they got both of these guys.
>
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> http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2016/04/20/college-wrestling-recruiting-iowa-hawkeyes-land-spencer-lee-gavin-teasdale/83300286/
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> This is a great get - mainly because it is in Penn State's backyard.  Lee
is from Franklin Regional here in the Pittsburgh area (same school as
Kemerer) and they have a great program.
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Jayant Rajgopal
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