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After finally achieving his career-long goal of winning a national championship, O’Connor has no desire to stop doing what he loves. He plans to stick around as a volunteer assistant for the Harvard wrestling team and to continue training with hopes of making the 2012 Olympic squad and representing his country in London...
...Connor made a habit of winning during the 2009-10 season, going 35-0 as the top-ranked wrestler in his weight class. His final victory, a 6-4 win over Chase Pami of Cal Poly, was a stellar conclusion to a season that often lacked team highlights. Still, although the Crimson (2-14-1, 0-5 Ivy) struggled in the dual season, the entire squad eagerly contributed to the success of all three of its NCAA qualifiers—O’Connor, co-captain Louis Caputo (184), and freshman Steven Keith...
Caputo and Keith did not fare as well—falling short of the All-American honors that accompany a top-eight finish—but the number of representatives from such a small team showed just how far Harvard has come...
...It’s a numbers game,” Weiss said. “Our roster’s so small that when we get someone hurt, we can’t replace that. I think the guys we have on our team are quality people—we’re ranked No. 1 in the country in GPA—but it’s strictly a numbers game...Hopefully in the next couple of years we’re building that depth that we need...
...doing my best to try to help achieve the goals we set as a team,” O’Connor said. “I’d love to see our team put together a season where we’re able to have our 10 starters step out on the mat together and really see what we can do. I really think we can compete with anybody in the country...