New weight a good fit for NU’sMcTorry
McTORRY from page 16
“It was one bad year, and I’m
sure other people have had bad years
before. I was looking to put that one
bad year behind me and begin the
process of putting a good one under
my belt”
Hie junior has stood tall this year
among the nation’s best, too. He has
compiled a 5-2 record vs. ranked
opponents and both losses were two
point decisions.
Since the season-opening loss,
McTorry has won 14 of 17 matches
including two pins, and has lost only
twice since Dec. 4. He was named
Big 12 wrestler of the week once and
was honored as the Most
Outstanding Wrestler at the Great
Plains Open, in which he took the
184-pound tide.
“I wouldn’t even know if I would
say this year is a surprise to me,”
McTorry said. “I’m just doingwhat I
always expected to do. I never would,
have wrestled if I didn’t expect to do
well. I had other options.”
As a three-sport star at Overton
High School in Nashville, McTorry
Weighty Matters
Charles McTorry is blossoming at his natural weight
spending the 1998-99 season at 174.
His statistics over a three-year career :
Year Weight* RecordPins Major Dec.
1996-97 177 18-18 5 4
1998- 99 174 13-19 1 1
1999- 00 18414-42 4
(Note: McTorry redshirted during the 1997-98 season, compiling a
10-2 open record.)
* Weight classes changed at the beginning of last season.
was set on playing football and run
ning track at Alabama A&M until a
high school national wrestling cham
pionship changed his mind in March
of his senior year.
McTorry was such an athlete in
high school, he was honored as No.
34 on the list of Tennessee’s 50 great
est sports figures of the 20th century
Melanie Falk/DN
- ahead of Tennessee Head Football
Coach Philip Fulmer.
With achievements like that,
McTorry said he is proud to be where
he is at this point in his career.
“Fm just glad to have to have the
opportunity to provide entertainment
for the Nebraska wrestling fans,
since I didn’t last year.”
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