Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Separated? Are you serious?" asked Harvard's surprised heavyweight wrestler, when informed of the damage he'd done. Articulate and affable, composed and contemplative, Jim Phills--currently ranked fourth nationally, a three-time Harvard MVP and a three-time Eastern place winner--may still be unaware of his own strength...
...hockey affiliations. Trying to maintain some school spirit, Phills decided to wrestle for Lower Canada College (LCC). "Wrestling in my high school was for all the rejects from hockey and basketball," Phills recalls. "The guys on the team told me to come out because they needed a heavyweight...
Indeed, Phills has mastered the art of taking down the much larger opponents so well that he, at only 215 pounds, wrestles in the unlimited heavyweight class. However, Phills finds that his opponents' sizes are not the major factors. "Style and skill are the keys to beating the bigger opponents," says Phills, expressing the confidence and courage required to take on 300-plus-lb. Goliaths...
Before Phills applies to medical school, however, there remain a few more tasks to be completed on the mat. The heavyweight champ hopes to retain his number-one ranking at this weekend's Eastern Wrestling Championships at Lehigh University, and earn a trip to the Nationals next month in Oklahoma City. Next year, he hopes to represent Canada in the 1984 Olympics...
...this year have all been close ones," Lee said, referring to his team's final record of 16-5-1. Still, he added for the first time since 1938, the Crimson is in a position to walk away with a championship trophy Undefeated 142-lb Andy McNerney and undefeated heavyweight Jim Phills, ranked respectively fourth and sixth in the nation threaten to capture individual titles...