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The Sun’s Male Senior Athlete of the Year: Wrestling’s Vito Arujau
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“[The win] was not guaranteed, whatsoever,” Arujau said.”I just had to constantly fight back and, ultimately, do the thing I do, which is wrestle.”
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“[The win] was not guaranteed, whatsoever,” Arujau said.”I just had to constantly fight back and, ultimately, do the thing I do, which is wrestle.”
The championship marks Cornell’s 20th title in the last 21 seasons.
Finishing with a 32-9 final score, the meet highlighted Cornell’s overwhelming dominance as they overcame a few surprising upsets from the Lions.
Following three recent losses against ranked opponents, the Red entered a tough weekend slate and took down Harvard, Brown and No. 2 Missouri across two grueling days of wrestling.
Cornell had five podium finishes, including three top-4 finishers.
No. 7 wrestling wasted no time asserting its dominance, jumping out to a conference victory.
A four-time national champion and one of the greatest Cornell wrestlers of all time, Yianni Diakomihalis has been named The Sun’s Male Senior Athlete of the Year.
After fleeing their war-torn hometown, the Ukraine national wrestling team arrived in Ithaca to train with Cornell wrestling.
Cornell wrestling returns from Tulsa with two national champions and a third-place finish for the team.
The Red is sending seven wrestlers to nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.