Kyle Dake is among the world's best pound-for-pound wrestlers, but he must break Jordan Burroughs' streak next year.
He wanted a fourth title at a fourth weight class. Jordan Lipp, American 9-2, NCAA Tournament But just to keep the wrestling community on its toes, Dake decided that he'd had enough of 141 pounds and would be moving up to 149 pounds, opening himself up to a new crop of competitors. Ryan LeBlanc (Indiana) W MD, 11-0 He would be on the opposite side of David Taylor with his weight class scheduled to be the main even at the tournament. Second period, Dake scored a TD about a minute in to go up 6-4. This April is Battle Royale, Kyle Dake vs... Rome Ranking Series, Matteo Pellicone 2020, Tata Motors Senior National Championships 2019, Tata Motors Senior National Championships, WWE Smackdown Preview: New Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn will defend his title tonight on SmackDown Live, WWE announces draft date for SmackDown Live, WWE RAW draft is set to take place on 12th October, WWE NXT results and highlights 01st October 2020; all you need to know. A four-time NCAA champion, three-time EIWA champion, two-time world champion and one-time Hodge Trophy winner, Dake has done just about all there is to do in the sport of wrestling except compete in the Olympics, and he'll chase that final accolade next year.
Congratulations to Kyle Dake of @BigRedWrestling on being named the NCAA Wrestler of the Decade! FRIENDS FOREVER: Fathers of David Taylor and Kyle Dake talk about their son’s friendship, Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Burroughs — 5x Olympic/world champion Sixteen different NCAA Division I hockey programs were represented on this year's CCM/AHCA Hockey All-American teams. “I’ve got my work cut out for me, coming up in April.”, Wrestling fans can catch Live Streaming, Highlights, News, Videos, Photos, Results and Rankings on WrestlingTV. Minnesota Duluth led the way with four honorees, followed by three selections from Minnesota State. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; Soon, the families — including the mothers, Kathy Taylor and Jodi Dake — met each other in the arena, realizing that friendships go beyond what happens on the mat. The champ went undefeated at 157 pounds and became the first wrestler for his program to win three titles. His face lit up in an NCAA.com interview as he held his daughter, Ella Jo, to say hello. By his junior year, Kyle Dake wasn't just a freshman who won a title, or a sophomore who defended the title, he was the guy in college wrestling. Here's everything you need to know about Kyle Dake, the kid from Ithaca who changed college wrestling forever. A dual with Binghamton during the dual season gave Dake his first loss of his second season when he dropped 5-3 to Donnie Venson, but even champions take losses. For that bout may indeed feature a meeting of the two top-ranked wrestlers for their respective schools: the 165-pound Taylor at Penn State and 157-pound Dake at Cornell, rival schools that finished first and second at last year’s NCAAs. 4-4 after the 1st period. Copyright © 2013 Win Magazine. Cox — 2x world champion Montell Marion (Iowa) W D, 7-3 2011. Zack Kemmerer, Penn 6-2 LaValley took the third seed, while Darrion Caldwell of North Carolina State earned the top seed and Frank Molinaro took the No. He finished second at the World Team Trials that year to Jordan Burroughs and would finish second again in 2015.
The Nittany Lion All-American had finished eighth and fifth the previous two years and would be the only person to score on Dake during the entire national tournament in 2011, but his one point wasn't enough. The youngest of four children, he began wrestling at the age of five, his first weight class being only 45 pound weight class. He just missed the finals of back-to-back world championships for the first time, though he came back for bronze medals.
I lost to him in Vegas, and then I wrestled him again at National Duals, and I beat him, so that was kind of the rubber match, and he threw me to my back early. Dake remembers the match vividly. When you think of Kyle Dake people usually think of David Taylor and vice versa. Donnie Corby (Central Michigan) W MD, 9-0 Following his win the 2012 NCAA finals, Dake entered the U.S. Olympic Trials. His performance in his first year with the Red and White earned him Ivy League Rookie of the Year and showed the rest of the country what Kyle Dake was all about. “I congratulated them because Kyle put a lot of criticism to rest that weekend even though he had to beat one of David’s teammates to win the championship. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. But the next six months will bring the biggest challenge in his life— beating Jordan Burroughs for an Olympic spot. Back and forth. ... semifinals on Saturday to snag a bronze medal with a 5-0 win … Add in the fact that Dake never took a redshirt year, and his stats become almost mind-boggling. When it comes to the 163-pound weight class at this year’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Iowa City, most wrestling fans will probably be focused on Jordan Burroughs, who recently won a World championship at that freestyle weight this past summer.
Dual-meet season winning percentage: 100% The Kyle Dake that entered the 2012 tournament was a more confident, polished version of the wrestler who won the first two titles. The win gave him his 100th career victory and added pressure. Jordan Burroughs vs Kyle Dake.
Kyle Dake's battle to make the USA Wrestling's Olympic roster. Since 2013 this beef between 5x World/Olympic Champion Jordan Burroughs and 4x NCAA Champion Kyle Dake has been escalating. He also won the 2020 Rome Ranking Series and is a serious threat to Burroughs’ Olympic dreams when the national trials for Team USA take place. The next year, Burroughs again won the World Cup before defeating Dake 6-3, 14-4 at the World Team Trials. Jordan Ernest Burroughs was born on July 8, 1988. Dake's freshman and sophomore seasons were just warmups for his perfect junior seasons with the Big Red. ... (163 lb), where he would have to beat 2012 Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs at trials - the same man who prevented him from competing on the World Championship teams or 2013, 2015 and 2017. Dake's life seems complete. Dake was seeded at No. As a true freshman, Dake started for the Cornell Big Red at 141 pounds, anxious to compete. He had won at 141, 149 and 157 pounds, but the champ kept growing, and now he wanted a shot at 165 pounds. But Dake is still chasing more.
Kyle Snyder — 3x Olympic/world champion, Kunal is young and upcoming sports reporter & sports Tech enthusiast. So be ready for Kyle Dake vs Jordan Burrough’s this April for the Tokyo Olympic 2020, US team trials. Frank Chamizo vs Kyle Dake … Dake was the real deal. Dake rolled past Molinaro, a man who would go on to represent the United States in the 2016 Olympics, 8-1, securing his second title. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Most NCAA wins: 20 He's chasing Olympic glory. DAN HODGE TROPHY: Read all about the award given to the most dominant wrestler in the NCAA, "It’s really difficult for me to kind of comprehend what happened," Dake said, reflecting on his career in an interview with NCAA.com. Coming off of his first NCAA title, Kyle Dake was the man to beat. Dake was two-for-two with two years left. Nicknamed Kid Dynamite for his small stature at the time and his explosive style, Dake burst on to the college scene his freshman year with force and immediately started winning. Coming into the NCAA tournament, Taylor was the underdog, but he was a Penn State underdog being coached by Cael Sanderson, meaning he should never be dismissed in a situation when the lights were the brightest. These cookies do not store any personal information. Moving up yet another weight class, then two-time champ Kyle Dake put together the first undefeated season of his college career in dominant fashion. The National Wrestling Coaches Association paired up the two athletes at the All-Star Classic, and Dake took the win, but they would meet again at the Southern Scuffle. If prep football can have fewer athletes in a lineup, why not wrestling. ", EIWA Tournament The second match was back a forth.
"For me, to just imagine who I was at 19 versus who I was at 22 and just be like 'wow, those are two completely different people and you were wrestling a completely differently style matchups, body types all sorts of different things and you still find a way to win,' and that’s something I'm pretty proud of. Doug probably contacted me as much as anyone throughout the year as I did for him the year before when Kyle was having his great freshman campaign.”. Walter Pepperman W 3-0, NCAA Tournament Joshua Kemier (Air Force) W Fall, 1:31 2 in the USA, Kyle Dake. An overtime loss to Kevin LaValley at EIWAs cost Dake the No. (Note: This story was published in WIN’s 2011-12 NCAA Preview issue in October.)
3-1 Dake. Andrew Lenzi, FALL 2:08 Burroughs will be waiting for Dake at the Olympic Trials in 2021, and the champ is already preparing. David Taylor (left) stood two steps ahead of Kyle Dake at the 2006 Junior Nationals. Kunal is WrestlingTV’s Senior Producer. Frank Hickman (Bloomsburg) W Fall, 4:10 He's won gold after gold after gold, and his training setup at his home in Ithaca has given him stability during COVID. 1 seed. David Taylor — 2018 World champion (missed 2019 while injured) But it is clear from his post-game tweeting about ‘other guy’ Burroughs, that Dake fully intends to take the Team USA 74kg (163 lb) berth in Tokyo. Phillip Barreiro FALL 1:43 Kyle Dake was ready right away. 1 seed at the NCAA tournament in 2011, but Dake didn't need that seed to win. Judson Zieger, Princeton FALL 1:23 Nick Sulzer (Virginia) W MD, 13-0 He would go on to beat everyone. Dake would later avenge his loss against Humphrey at the National Duals to earn the No. From the start of his freshman year at Cornell University, Dake has dominated opponents with his speed and strength, posing a final collegiate record of 137-4 and ending his career on a 77-match winning streak with two undefeated seasons. He grew up in the town of Sicklerville, New Jersey.
In four matches against Donnie Corby, Torsten Gillespie, Jamal Parks and Ganbayar Sanjaa, Dake didn't give up a single point. "He was a crazy athlete, he was a fifth-year senior, an NCAA finalist," Dake said in an interview with NCAA.com. A minute later Burroughs hit a double and tied it up 6-6. He once again won the Binghamton Open, this time in even more dominant fashion by not giving up a single point and then won his second Southern Scuffle tournament and his second National Duals title later that year. Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma State) W D, 2-0 John Regan, Bucknell, 8-0 “They became such good buddies that David spent a week or two one summer with Kyle and went boating and stuff with his parents,” recalled Dave, who is a commercial airline co-pilot out of Cincinnati. Last year, I proved it. Troy Hernandez, Penn FALL 1:11 The first came in a dual and the second in overtime of the conference tournament, but Dake finished strong and added a second national title to his collection with another undefeated NCAA tournament.
EIWA Tournament Penn State's David Taylor and Cornell's Kyle Dake (right) have seen each other the past two winters at the Southern Scuffle.