North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor became just the second multiple-time NCAA wrestling champion in school history with his second championship earlier this March in Tulsa. O’Connor finished the season undefeated and was a Dan Hodge Trophy finalist. Join Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton as they talk about the world of wrestling on the flagship podcast of Trackwrestling.com from FloSports.  

Show Segments 

0:35 - Hoops Hamilton. Is that a reference to One Crazy Summer?1:30 - Andy just instigating the wrestling public on Twitter. How dare he!?

3:30 - Kyle left Tulsa energized. But was he focused? Was he strong? 

4:30 - What about Andy? He’s got some concerns.

18:30 - From a tournament perspective: Kyle was wowed by Vito Arujau.

25:35 - Mason Parris looking fantastic, too. 

27:00 - Keegan O’Toole wrestled a masterpiece final. 

31:40 - Taking us through the Matt Ramos fall in the semis. 

35:00 - Some other cool moments from Kyle and Andy, including Penn State’s performance.

40:00 - The Iowa performance.

41:30 - The Oklahoma State performance.

43:00 - Shifting focus to the U.S. Open.

44:00 - Cliff Keen Athletic

45:20 - Austin O’Connor Interview

1:20:30 - The Sergeant

1:21:30 - Show Recap

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