Word: adeniyi
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Dates: during 1999-1999
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...Crimson at heavyweight. Rechul has been nothing less than remarkable this season, fighting tooth and nail with wrestlers that are more experienced, not to mention a lot heavier. In one of the most exciting matches of the season, Rechul lost a tight 6-5 match to Penn's Bandele Adeniyi-Bada, now seeded first at the EIWA tournament...
...final match of this grueling day that proved to be one of the highlights of the weekend for Harvard. Although it gave Penn three points on the scoreboard, Harvard got the real victory as Rechul forced Penn's 9th-ranked Bandele Adeniyi-Bada to fight down to the wire. Though he lost the match 5-6, Rechul's stellar performance against a top ranked wrestler--who has a 21-3 record and 59 takedowns--sent a strong message to his Ivy foes, giving them plenty to worry about this season and in seasons to come...
Closing out the weekend, his match provided a moral victory around which the team can now rally. The two schools meet again at EIWA's in several weeks and next time, Adeniyi-Bada and his Quaker team might not be so lucky...