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...Athlete of the Week distinction is reserved for a Harvard competitor who excels in a given time frame, standing out among seven days’ worth of effort across all sports. But wrestling co-captain J.P. O’Connor has not limited his brilliance to periodic outbursts. The career wins leader in program history has been the definition of consistency, translating a record-setting freshman campaign into four years of sustained excellence, overcoming injuries and setbacks in the process. This week, O’Connor simply vaulted the last hurdle—adding a national championship title...
...truly believed sophomore and junior year I could win it…so [losing back then] hurt a lot,” said O’Connor in his post-match press conference. “But I tried to turn it into a positive…This year I did a much better job of pushing [negative thoughts] away, just reminding myself that I’m the best guy in the country...
...finals of the NCAA wrestling championships, the Crimson senior capped a strong tournament run—in which he outscored opponents, 51-10—by earning the third national title in Harvard history and leaving little doubt about his No. 1 ranking. In addition, O’Connor (35-0) hangs up the Harvard singlet as the owner of the only undefeated season in program history, bolstering a 132-16 mark that ties the Oxford, N.Y. native with Jesse Jantzen ’04 (132-13) atop the program list...
...Jesse is a New York guy too…so his name has been in my mind for a long time now,” O’Connor said. “As great of a wrestler as he is, he’s an unbelievable guy too…I’m so happy to even be mentioned next to Jesse...
...randomly got pushed into this sport by my primary school gym teacher—he was the varsity wrestling coach,” O’Connor explained. “He must have recognized that I was a tough little crab running around in PE class. He said, ‘Why don’t you come be [the wrestling team] manager...