Appalachian State University’s Austin Trotman breaks wrestling record – Wrestling news
Appalachian State University’s Austin Trotman has topped the ASU list after securing his 115th victory in a spectacular bout held at the Grand Prairie.
Scott Irwin, who topped the ASU list with 114 wins, was eventually downed when Austin defeated Ophir Bernstein in last weekend’s Lone Star Duals. Texas Trotman won by 8-0, hence breaking Scott's record.
Trotman has been designated as America’s top ninth wrestler, whereas he is a fifth-year senior from Winston-Salem. Trotman posted a record of 33-8 in 2010-2011. The 184-pounder led his team convincingly to a whopping 12 major decisions and he has also secured
the second highest technical falls at two.
His achievements also include collecting three fastest ever falls recorded by any Appalachian and being twice named as SoCon Wrestler of the week. Furthermore, he also secured the 19th position in 2010-2011 year.
When asked to comment this accomplishment, Austin humbly said, “It wasn't a goal that I set for myself but its pretty cool to have been able to do that.”
Austin currently faces a stiff competition from his fellow wrestler Kyle Blevins. Austin has collected a total of 115 wins and 33 losses whereas Blevins bears 111 wins to his name.
While recalling his initial memories when he kicked off his career as a wrestler, Trotman said that he lost his first match and was depressed about it back then. He added that in his first year he posted a win-loss statistic of 3-8 which was a misery for
him to accept.
The 5 ft, 10” Mount Tabor High School freshman said that he was quite tense at his first year performance, but the requisite support from seniors helped him improve his rankings in the following year. The 2007-2008 season was a lucky one for Austin as he
qualified for the NCAA Championship for the very first time. In the same year, he posted a win-loss ratio of 21-13, far better than his maiden year.
His most memorable achievement during his second year was to defeat Scott Ferguson, an Army Personnel who was the 20th best wrestler in the nation at that time.
Austin is now preparing for the Southern Conference Championship and NCAA Championships that are to be held at Chattanooga, Tennessee and St. Louis respectively.
The excited victor happily reiterated that breaking the record is definitely a good thing but now after enjoying the charm of setting a new record his concentration lies on achieving his own personal targets that he has set for himself.
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