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...whole lot more than that award with his 9-3 victory over Oklahoma State's Zack Esposito—he also won the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler award, the first in Crimson history...
...tournament caps an incredible career for a man frustrated by two third-place NCAA finishes the past two years, who has now had, “the first Harvard wrestler to...” written about him more times than he can count. These “firsts” include winning the EIWA championship three times, becoming a four time NCAA qualifier and earning All-American honors three times—also an Ivy League first...
Jantzen, who finishes the season 38-1 and his career 130-13, is also just the second wrestler in Harvard history to win a national championship. John Harkness ’38, the first to win the title, did so in the 175 lbs. weight class...
...terrific,” said Harkness, who was attending the tournament. “Jesse is really an outstanding wrestler. He's way out of his league...
Winning the Most Outstanding Wrestler award was by no means a foregone conclusion for Jantzen. The other wrestlers in consideration for the honor were Nebraska's No. 1 Jason Powell (125 lbs.), who scored a technical fall over Illinois' No. 6 Kyle Ott, and No. 1 Oklahoma State's Chris Pendleton (174 lbs.) who defeated Missouri’s No. 6 Ben Askren 11-4 and had a pin and a technical fall earlier in the tourney...