He’s waited his turn. He’s suffered through injury, sickness and even the politics of collegiate wrestling. In Ryan Smith’s mind, he’s deserved a shot at what has proved to be such an elusive goal: to become an All-American. “I see those guys that I used to compete with and beat (in high school) who are now All-Americans […]
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Present, future collide as wrestling beats ASU
Boris Novachkov remembers his 3-2 loss in the national finals last year vividly; a dual meet against Arizona State in January wasn’t going to stop him from planning to avenge it. “Every time I go for a run, I see myself back in the finals,” he said. “It motivates me knowing that I’m going to […]
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As life speeds up, DesRoches slows it down
Motivation is no issue for Cal Poly’s 174-pound senior wrestler. Ryan DesRoches wakes up to it every day. When he is grappling on the mat, arms aching and running out of the breath, all he has to do is look up to the stands to find it. There sits his wife Katie and their infant […]
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Errors cost wrestling against Stanford
Dominating victories by seniors Ryan Smith and Boris Novachkov weren’t enough for the Mustangs on Sunday afternoon. Ryan DesRoches lost his first match, and Cal Poly fell to Stanford. A major decision in the final bout downed the Cal Poly wrestling team 23-17 against the No. 22 Cardinal (6-5, 3-0 Pac-12) in a Pac-12 dual […]
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Smith shines in spotlight over weekend
The Mustang wrestling squad split two dual meets over the weekend, losing to American University then rebounding for a conference win over Boise State. Cal Poly wrestles Boise State to floor In a dual meet where every wrestler’s match had the potential to make the difference between victory and defeat, Cal Poly’s wrestling team pulled […]
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Fight for wrestling at Madonna Inn
Cal Poly’s most famous fighter might be Chuck Liddell, but another set of former Mustangs and San Luis Obispo natives are taking center stage at the Madonna Inn Expo Center this Saturday in fights to save wrestling. Faced with budget cuts, only two public universities in California have wrestling programs: Cal State Bakersfield and Cal […]
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New coach Buckley hopes to wrestle with success
The Cal Poly wrestling team celebrates recent successes and welcomes new head coach Brendan Buckley to a promising upcoming season.
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Columbia’s Buckley named new head wrestling coach
The Cal Poly wrestling program has slowly become one of the better programs in the nation. Under former head coach John Azevedo, the program boasted 18 total All-Americans and individual Pac-10 Champions in his 10 seasons with the program. But after announcing his plans to retire, the Mustangs were left to search for a coach […]
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Oberhelman continues search for Azevedo’s, Perry’s replacement
New athletic director Don Oberhelman is in the process of finding a successor to wrestling head coach John Azevedo and co-head coach Mark Perry.
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Mark Perry leaving Cal Poly for Illinois
The man who was supposed to take the helm of the wrestling team, one of Cal Poly’s most successful programs, has taken an offer to be an associate coach at the University of Illinois next season.
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Looking back at winter quarter sports: wrestling
The wrestling team entered the season with high hopes in a year of transition. Last year’s head coach John Azevedo promoted Mark Perry to co-head coach for the Mustangs, beginning the Perry era. Coming off of a seventh-place finish at the 2010 NCAA Championships, Boris Novachkov has continued to dominate his opponents on his way […]