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With the possibility of a higher danger for the lighter wrestlers, the idea of dropping the 118-pound class might...
Weiss also stated that there have been rumors circulating among the college coaching ranks that the NCAA may drop its 118-pound weight class and add a 215-pound weight class in an effort to discourage massive weight-loss...
...NCAA has moved weigh-ins from 24 hours before a meet to 2 hours before a meet. Now, instead of having 24 hours to recover from the dehydration, a wrestler would be severely weakened in his match if he had cut weight. Also, the NCAA has created a seven-pound buffer on the upper end of its weight classes, meaning that a wrestler who operates in the 118-pound class can actually weigh up to 125 pounds at weigh...
Freshman Adam Truitt, another 177 pound Crimson wrestler, noted, "I liked the way it used to be. It gives you more time to recover for your match...
...moving toward staying in year-round shape," Weiss said. "With the prevalence of weight lifting, a 150-pound wrestler who puts on a lot of muscle weight still sees himself as a 150-Ib wrestler and tries to reach that weight again...