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Kyle Snyder Wins Heavyweight Title
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Most 19 year old college sophomores are just finally adjusting to college life and figuring out where they’ll spend their Saturday nights. Not Kyle Snyder. Snyder, only 19, is the youngest world champion in the history of wrestling and is now on the cusp of his first national title in a scarlet and grey singlet. In his way…defending champ and number 1 seed Nick Gwiazdowski. Gwiazdowski and Snyder both enter their finals match in the heavyweight division undefeated and have never faced each other.
The first period was scoreless for the first two minutes as each wrestler exchanged shots but neither were able to finish and score.
Gwiazdowski chose the down position to start the second period and got up and out to take a 1-0 lead. Snyder then got taken down with 1:30 to go in the second to go. Down 3-0, the Buckeye heavyweight was able to escape before the end of the second to cut the lead to two.
Snyder began the 3rd period from the down position and escaped to make it 3-2. Snyder would get in on an ankle pick but the returning champ would turn it against him and take Snyder down once again to take a 5-2 lead. Snyder would get a takedown with :16 seconds to go to tie the match and send the match into overtime.
In the overtime period, Gwiazdowski shot in and Snyder adjusted and re-shot and scored the takedown to win his first national title 7-5 and add to the legend that is Ohio State sophomore Kyle Snyder.
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Patrick Jones via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Most 19 year old college sophomores are just finally adjusting to college life and figuring out where they’ll spend their Saturday nights. Not Kyle Snyder. Snyder, only 19, is the youngest world champion in the history of wrestling and is now on the cusp of his first national title in a scarlet and grey singlet. In his way…defending champ and number 1 seed Nick Gwiazdowski. Gwiazdowski and Snyder both enter their finals match in the heavyweight division undefeated and have never faced each other.
The first period was scoreless for the first two minutes as each wrestler exchanged shots but neither were able to finish and score.
Gwiazdowski chose the down position to start the second period and got up and out to take a 1-0 lead. Snyder then got taken down with 1:30 to go in the second to go. Down 3-0, the Buckeye heavyweight was able to escape before the end of the second to cut the lead to two.
Snyder began the 3rd period from the down position and escaped to make it 3-2. Snyder would get in on an ankle pick but the returning champ would turn it against him and take Snyder down once again to take a 5-2 lead. Snyder would get a takedown with :16 seconds to go to tie the match and send the match into overtime.
In the overtime period, Gwiazdowski shot in and Snyder adjusted and re-shot and scored the takedown to win his first national title 7-5 and add to the legend that is Ohio State sophomore Kyle Snyder.
The post Kyle Snyder Wins Heavyweight Title appeared first on The Buckeye Battle Cry: Ohio State News and Commentary.
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