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Varsity 1 JV Wrestling: front·Chad Fleming. Mark Mea-
dows. Jason Young. John Lynch. David Mason. Bran-
don Koom; second row·Randy Schuller. Donnie
Trimble. Nick Caniglia. Dan Smith. Brian Nix . Vince Mun-
iz. Kenneth Wingender. Todd Romero. Jeffrey Stanek.
Matt Boumstein; back·Coach Bob Danenhauer. Rich
Shepherd. Brad O'Dell . Creighton Fleming. Robert Mor- Sophomore Todd Romero makes sure his shoes and
esette. Robert Boyer. Greg Sharpe, Corter Jenkins. other equipment ore just right as he prepares himself
Scott Green. Brian Richmond. John Billings. Coach Dan to go against Millard South. The team won 40-27. (A.
Craney. (D. Rothefus) Davis)
Competitors

Train Hard I

To Be Best I

I

What did it take ta be a wrestler?
As coach Dan Craney said, " A wrestler I
was a very unique person. He was a team
player and a individualist. He wanted to win
for his team, but he needed to win for him-
self ."
This need to win is what drove the
wrestler to put himself through what even
the coaches considered a torturous work-
out.
The workout was designed to condi-
tion the wrestler anaerobicly, that is, al-
though the wrestler probably could not run
a marathon, he could go all out for a gruel-
ing six minutes.
The wrestler began each workout with
a 15-minute run, two-thirds of which was a
sprint . Then he stretched, putting special
emphasis on the neck. Next, he went
through a series of drills , and mock matches
designed to deprive the wrestler of oxy-
gen. The workout which lasted an hour and
a half ended in more sprints.
In wrestling, however, conditioning
was not enough. The wrestler also main-
tained his weight, so 2-3 days before the
match, the average caloric intake was
500-1000 calories. The average person's in-
take is 3500 .
Some wrestlers like state champion
Brian Richmond went even further. His calo-
ric intake was 0. To reach his wrestling
weight of 140, he had to drop 17 pounds
from his normal weight of 157 .
It was all worth it to the teams who did
well. The varsity team was 5-2, and the
freshmen team was 4-2-2. __/
-Bitt Raleigh-

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