MattM Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I found these while reading through the news. Being the off-season I figured we had some wrestler/former wrestler related stories connected to non-wrestling events going on around the country. I'm guessing there are several more out there to add that I haven't came across yet. Cathedral's Willis competes in international football event http://m.indystar.com/blogs/article?a=295840382&f=2924 Former Leo wrestler Bayer looking for NCAA track title http://m.indystar.com/sports/article?a=2012205300342&f=1243 Former Seymour Wrestler becomes Student Body President of Purdue http://m.purdueexponent.org/mobile/campus/article_418b96db-51a1-5b04-8e5a-b10615762585.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskin Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Madison had four wrestlers do big things for me in track. Freshmen Nick Palmer and Hunter Sego both qualified for Regionals in Pole Vault, and Sophomore Jordan Partee (semi-state qualifier at 145lbs) has qualified for State in the 4x100 and long jump and finally Senior Ryan Fish(State Qualifier at 182lbs) has qualified for state on the same 4x100 team....side not that 4x100 team broke school record this year also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbarnett Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 * Gelen Robinson, sophmore, Lake Central 3rd in state, discus 7th in state, shot put * Tyler Kral, senior, Crown Point 8th in state, shot put Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Spires Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 * Gelen Robinson, sophmore, Lake Central 3rd in state, discus 7th in state, shot put This kid is scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regionrat1 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 This kid is scary. Kinda reminds me of ole dexter larimore - galean times athlete of da year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegionRoyalty Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 * Gelen Robinson, sophmore, Lake Central 3rd in state, discus 7th in state, shot put * Tyler Kral, senior, Crown Point 8th in state, shot put So that means Gelen actually beat Kral at Track State and Wrestling State? Are we sure he didn't step out of bounds before he threw that shot put... : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Not many athletes can claim to be all-state in one sport let alone THREE sports....as a SOPHOMORE! Quite impressive to say the least for the young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskin Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Just to update Sophomore Jordan Partee placed 6th at Track State in Long Jump on Saturday then turned around and traveled to Bunker Hill for the midwest Duals and went 5-0 on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butt Drag Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Not many athletes can claim to be all-state in one sport let alone THREE sports....as a SOPHOMORE! Quite impressive to say the least for the young man. I have to agree, 1st Team All-State Football, 3rd Place* in wrestling, and two all-state performances in track and field as a Sophomore (Everyone know's what the asterik is for ). He is a great kid with a great future if he keeps doing what he is doing. Growing up, I had the chance to see some pretty good athletes in their youth, high school, or college careers. The three best Indiana High-School multi-sport athletes I could remember are: 1. Rod Woodson - Ft. Wayne Snider - Track & Field = 4 State Titles, All-State Football in two positions, Basketball honorable mention all state. College - All-American at Purdue in Football & Track, Football Hall-of-Fame & NFL all-Century team 2. Kenny Lofton- East Chicago Washington High School - Basketball State final four, all-state in track, went on to AZ to help lead their basketball team to final four. HOF Baseball career despite playing about 10 baseball games in college. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Lofton ) Could have been football star if he played full time. 3. Tim Stoddard - East Chicago Washington - Basketball State Champs, All-State baseball. Starter for NC State NCAA Basketball champs, World Series Pitcher for Baltimore Orioles. Stoddard and Lofton may be two of the only athletes to be in NCAA final four and World Series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Stoddard Physically I think Gelen has all the tools that those guys had; a natural athlete with size, speed, and guts. When he really learns to perfect the art of practicing, and given another year or two to mature to the finer points of these sports, I think he has the chance to be in that company. Right now, he is a big baby Huhey..the one difference that will come with maturity, is that those guys mentioned above developed into just ruthless assassins competitively (in a hard and clean way) in the way they prepared and played. We saw a little bit of that competitive maturing in the 220 semifinals. Against a favored senior, and some pretty poor officiating, Gelen did not try to win by burying his head to earn stalling points for a tie & having his coaches work the officials for 6 minutes; no, he tried to win by throwing the sh!t out of the other guy. Some might have thought 'that was not the smart approach and he kept going to the well too often', but I had to give the kid credit for having the guts to keep trying and not back-down, and be a great sportsman about it when it did not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem2100 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Wasnt he also the best player on their basketball team that was ranked 4th in stated before falling in regionals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryopinionated Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Wasnt he also the best player on their basketball team that was ranked 4th in stated before falling in regionals? I believe that was his brother, Glen Robinson, Jr, a senior that is now headed to Michigan to play some hoops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Spires Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Some might have thought 'that was not the smart approach and he kept going to the well too often', but I had to give the kid credit for having the guts to keep trying and not back-down, and be a great sportsman about it when it did not work. One could argue that it did work at one point, which is why the asterisk earlier in the post was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butt Drag Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Just to update Sophomore Jordan Partee placed 6th at Track State in Long Jump on Saturday then turned around and traveled to Bunker Hill for the midwest Duals and went 5-0 on Sunday. A sophomore placing with 22' jump is pretty damn impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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