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...Harvard’s most successful wrestlers last season competed in the University Nationals hosted by Northwestern University last weekend, driven by the zeal to improve their skills on the mat even in the off-season. Looking to use this opportunity as a springboard going into next season, junior tri-captains Bode Ogunwole and Max Meltzer, junior Robbie Preston, and sophomore Bobby Latessa all competed in the tournament, which served as the qualifying event for the World University Championships, where wrestlers face some of the world’s best competition. Finalists in the tournament also qualified for the Senior...
Some successes come as a surprise, but others are expected. At the NCAA Wrestling Championships, freshman Andrew Flanagan provided the surprise, and junior tri-captain Bode Ogunwole’s All-American performance came as a sure thing. Ogunwole, as a result of a 4-0 Friday run through the tournament’s consolation bracket, earned a sixth-place showing, giving him All-America status for the year. He is only the 17th Harvard All-American in the wrestling program’s history. “I feel pretty happy to make All-American,” Ogunwole...
...strong showing by the Harvard wrestling team this weekend at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships in Bethlehem, Pa. was an encouraging sign for the Crimson as it prepared for the NCAA Championships in two weeks.On Sunday, junior tri-captain Bode Ogunwole and freshman Andrew Flanagan both finished first in their weight classes—the latter in a bizarre sequence in the finals—while junior tri-captain Max Meltzer and junior Robbie Preston both finished second after losing in the finals.After Saturday’s competition, all four wrestlers clinched berths in the NCAA Championships, which...
...expectations, and ever since, people both on and off the team have done everything they could to help him meet those expectations. Junior Bode Ogunwole certainly has a lot of people to thank and also a lot of people that he doesn’t want to let down.As tri-captain, Ogunwole always carries himself with a quiet confidence and determination—not to mention 260 lbs. of devastating power—all of which has made him one of the best heavyweight wrestlers in the country.Ranked seventh in the nation, Ogunwole has a 24-5 record going into...
...redeem themselves when they play in the bronze medal game.” That they did. Despite being relegated to third-place match, the Americans played inspired hockey on Monday, surging to a 4-0 shutout win over Finland, thanks in no small part to Chu. The former Harvard tri-captain, who will return to Cambridge next fall for her senior campaign, assisted on the game’s first and last goals. Ruggiero, the team’s top defenseman, was the victim of perhaps the most indelible image of frustration for Team USA. In the shootout against Sweden...