The Nebraska Wrestling Training Center put on quite the display this weekend at the Senior level in both freestyle and Greco-Roman.
The Huskers had five wrestlers entered at the Senior US Open, and all five found the podium against a field filled with the best in the country. Not only did they all place, Nebraska saw two guys get crowned as US Open Champions — Ridge Lovett at 70 kg and James Green at 74 kg.
Lovett blizted through a tough field before scoring a wild finals win that will go down as an all-timer. As for current assistant coach Green, he showed that he hasn’t lost a step in moving up from 70 to 74 kg. On the way to his title, he beat half of the eventual podium…