blueandgold Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Where my previous thread was focused towards seasons that didn’t end with a title, which wrestler, all things considered, is the best to never have walked away with an NCAA title? I’ve got a couple of candidates. Jamill Kelly (Oklahoma State) 2004 Athens Olympic Silver Medal 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion 2004 U.S. National Champion 2× NCAA Qualifier 3× Varsity letter-winner Stevan Micic (Michigan) 2023 Belgrade UWW World Champion 2022 Belgrade UWW World Bronze Medal 2020 Tokyo Olympian 2019 NCAA All-American – Third Place 2018 NCAA Finalist 2018 Big Ten Champion 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchapman Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) John Peterson (Wisconsin-Stout) 1971 NAIA All-American (5th place) 1972 Olympic Silver 1976 Olympic Gold 1978 World Bronze 1979 World Silver Edited January 18 by jchapman 3 Craig Henning got screwed in the 2007 NCAA Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cinnabon Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Thomas Gilman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckyBadger Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Tyrone Lewis and John Trenge are a couple that come to mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckyBadger Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I believe Duane Goldman went 2-2-2-1, so he narrowly misses this list. If he had gotten 2nd all 4 years then I think he’d be the clear winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMW Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Daniel Cormier - World and Cadet Freestyle Bronze 6 X US Open Freestyle Champ 2 X Olympian (4th in 04) NCAA finalist (Sanderson) UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerlock3 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I think fix is gonna have a strong claim pretty soon 2 "Half measures are a coward's form of insanity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, blueandgold said: Where my previous thread was focused towards seasons that didn’t end with a title, which wrestler, all things considered, is the best to never have walked away with an NCAA title? I’ve got a couple of candidates. Jamill Kelly (Oklahoma State) 2004 Athens Olympic Silver Medal 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion 2004 U.S. National Champion 2× NCAA Qualifier 3× Varsity letter-winner Stevan Micic (Michigan) 2023 Belgrade UWW World Champion 2022 Belgrade UWW World Bronze Medal 2020 Tokyo Olympian 2019 NCAA All-American – Third Place 2018 NCAA Finalist 2018 Big Ten Champion Jamil Kelly was apparently just not an all time level in college as he never even made AA status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 If we are talking about the greatest international career w/o an NCAA title, Kevin Jackson deserve a mention as well: 2X World Gold 1X Olympic Gold 2X NCAA 3rd 1X NCAA 2nd 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNwrestling Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Just me personally...but my two favorite to never win an NCAA title are Dylan Ness of Minn and Ian Miller of Kent St. To me they're the most entertaining wrestlers to never win it all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headshuck Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Sammy Hazewinkel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnwtwg Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 23 minutes ago, Jim L said: If we are talking about the greatest international career w/o an NCAA title, Kevin Jackson deserve a mention as well: 2X World Gold 1X Olympic Gold 2X NCAA 3rd 1X NCAA 2nd There is no answer besides Jackson. 3 global titles signs, seals, and delivers the answer to this question. 3 i am an idiot on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanut Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Here are some Olympic champs who never won an NCAA title: Peter Mehringer '32 Olympic champ Henry Wittenberg '48 Olympic champ Shelby Wilson '60 Olympic champ John Peterson '76 Olympic champ Brandon Slay '00 Olympic champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 31 minutes ago, bnwtwg said: There is no answer besides Jackson. 3 global titles signs, seals, and delivers the answer to this question. When he's good, He's good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, peanut said: Here are some Olympic champs who never won an NCAA title: Peter Mehringer '32 Olympic champ Henry Wittenberg '48 Olympic champ Shelby Wilson '60 Olympic champ John Peterson '76 Olympic champ Brandon Slay '00 Olympic champ Bobby Weaver is another. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 2 hours ago, bnwtwg said: There is no answer besides Jackson. 3 global titles signs, seals, and delivers the answer to this question. Not as impressive as Jackson, but from same era Zeke Jones is another guy who never won NCAA but had international success. World gold and bronze plus Olympic silver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gromit Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 16 hours ago, 11986 said: Bobby Weaver is another. Bobby was, unfortunately, too small for 118. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpeltf Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, gromit said: Bobby was, unfortunately, too small for 118. Back then, they had 2.5 hours to weighin and you could get on the scale as much as you wanted within the timeline. Bobby was very close with Coach Leeman (the two would talk through practice it seemed). One year going to Navy, he got on the scale and was a little over. He ran out to Leeman with a big smile- "Coach! I'm a quarter over!". It was the first time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckyBadger Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) Gerry Abas is another that doesn’t get mentioned too often. 3 time finalist losing to two greats in McIlravy and Fried. Edited January 19 by BuckyBadger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 23 hours ago, blueandgold said: Where my previous thread was focused towards seasons that didn’t end with a title, which wrestler, all things considered, is the best to never have walked away with an NCAA title? I’ve got a couple of candidates. Jamill Kelly (Oklahoma State) 2004 Athens Olympic Silver Medal 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion 2004 U.S. National Champion 2× NCAA Qualifier 3× Varsity letter-winner Stevan Micic (Michigan) 2023 Belgrade UWW World Champion 2022 Belgrade UWW World Bronze Medal 2020 Tokyo Olympian 2019 NCAA All-American – Third Place 2018 NCAA Finalist 2018 Big Ten Champion Kevin Jackson. Thomas Gilman. Tervel Dlagnev. Zeke Jones. More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTENFANBOY Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 How are you basing this question though? There are obvious examples of guys who didnt win a title that later went on the have great international success after college, but then youre factoring in improvements and abiltiies they may not have had when in college. Imo to answer this question fairly you would ONLY include accomploshments that took place up until graduation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VakAttack Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 21 hours ago, headshuck said: Sammy Hazewinkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headshuck Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Sword swallowing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunaticfringe Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Mike Poeta Sam Hazewinkle Eric Tannenbaum Nick Simmons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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