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2008 NCAA D-1 National Wrestling Championships

Championship Semi-Finals p2

Images by John Sachs and Tony Rotundo
141--Semi: #6 J Jaggers (Ohio State University)
vs. #2 Charles Griffin (Hofstra University)
On his championship opponent, Chad Mendes…

“I know he’s got a gator roll.  He’s tough.  I practiced with him a few years
ago when I was a 149 and he was a 125.  He was tough as nails then too.  
We both had to beat some great kids.  It should be a great match.”
J Jaggers, Ohio State University
149--Semi: #6 Bubba Jenkins (Penn State University) vs. #7
Darrion Caldwell (North Carolina State)
"We only came with seven guys and we had five guys in the championships going for it.  Last I saw we were tied for sixth, but we’re only a
few points out of second place.  It helps us in recruiting and it helps us as a program to keep inching up and keep inching forward.”
Bubba Jenkins, Penn State University
149--Semi: #1 Brent Metcalf (Iowa)
vs. #4 Jordan Burroughs (Nebraska-Lincoln)
“The hand to hand combat.  It’s a fight.  I don’t see it as a thing of
strategy.  It’s a hand fight.  It’s to see who is the better man."
Brent Metcalf, Iowa
157--Semi: #2 Michael Poeta (Illinois)
vs. #3 Dan Vallimont (Penn State University)
"But you know it doesn’t matter whether you’re unseeded or seeded; every guy has
an opportunity to win this tournament.  It really doesn’t matter where they put you if
you’re going to win you’re going to win. It doesn’t matter who you have to go through.”
Mike Poeta, Illinois University