суббота, 3 марта 2012 г.

Penn State wins NCAA wrestling title

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Penn State, led by 184-pound champion Quentin Wright, won its first NCAA wrestling title in 58 years Saturday night by outpointing Cornell.

The Nittany Lions finished with 107½ points to Cornell's 93½.

"In my mind, I've been wanting to be a part of a national championship program since I started at Iowa State as a freshman in 1998," Penn State coach Cael Sanderson said. "Having not been able to do that for so many years until here we are now and it's finally happened."

Wright began the tournament as the ninth seed and won his first national title with a 5-2 decision over Lehigh's Rob Hamlin.

"It's a great feeling," Wright said. "It hasn't hit me …

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