March 18th, 2012 at 10:33 AM ^
I don't think he lost to many matches.
March 18th, 2012 at 11:14 AM ^
Woo!
Listen Kellen, to be the man, you gotta beat the man!
Hail to the Victor! Way to go, Kellen!!
he needs to be in it. Best Michigan wrestler ever, IMO
What a stud and an incredible Michigan Man. He represents Michigan well on and off the mat.
It was really frustrating when the coverage cut away from the sudden death match. Nevertheless, it was nice to see a Wolverine get the victory. Great work Kellen & Go Blue!
March 17th, 2012 at 10:06 PM ^
Congrats to Kellen. He should be a shoo-in for the MGoHallofFame IMO
March 17th, 2012 at 11:11 PM ^
Congrats Kellen, Winning a national championship is not easy feat, winning two is almost almost impossible.
March 17th, 2012 at 11:19 PM ^
is though, the Hodge (wrestling's Heisman) should go to Penn State sophomore David Taylor. Kid is a FREAK.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:06 AM ^
I think Kyle Dake gets it, but who knows... Kellen was a great Michigan Man his 5 years in Ann Arbor. It will be sad to see him go but I'm really looking forward to Massa.
March 18th, 2012 at 11:50 AM ^
for Jordan Thomas. Kid was a 3x champ with his only loss at states coming as a freshman to Massa. Actually, two of his three career high school losses were to Massa when they were freshman. Plus I was pretty impressed with Thomas being injured and still beating Gabe Dean 5-1 at the Palace.
With those two, the Florida kid coming too, and Ben Whitford in next year's class, it should be very interesting to see how Michigan Wrestling does in the near future.
An AWESOME accomplishment! To those that follow college wrestling, they know that ONLY the special ones are able to become repeat NCAA champions....He joins the pantheon of M wrestling legends Ryan Bertin, & the elder Churella (Mark?). I am no wrestling historian, but this achievement is extremely rare. We are proud of you Mr Russell :)
Much respect. I've swam, ran track, played basketball, football, tennis, volleyball...but the most difficult and demanding sport I've ever tried was *by far* wrestling. Amazing feat by Russell.