Finally some data to look at in retrospect. I tallied up all the top 6 finishes by both conference and class at the Opens this year. Here's what I found:
First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth
LL 6 7 4 5 8 3
L 4 3 2 4 2 4
M 3 2 1 4 2 4
S 0 2 7 1 3 1
By conference:
FCIAC (14 schools) 22 place winners/20 NE Qualifiers
CCC (26 schools) 29 place winners/15 NE Qualifiers
SWC (12 schools) 12 place winners/9 NE Qualifiers
SCC (13 schools) 12 place winners/11 NE Qualifiers
ECC (13 schools) 9 place winners/8 NE qualifiers
Berkshire/NCCC/Unattached 10 place winners/7 NE Qualifiers
(Apologies for any incorrect numbers, it was hand tallied and I wasn't doing it twice)
Looking at those numbers , I think Ryan Jack deserves a big round of applause 👏 for achieving 4 FCIAC & 4 LL gold medals 🏅. Great job kid , that’s a awesome achievement. You put yourself on a short list of some great wrestlers! I look forward to watching his career in the coming years at NC State.
Think I read he is one of 13 to win 4 LL, and one of 3 to win 4 Open.
That’s just AWESOME! With all those accolades under his belt , he’s still a humble , grounded young man! (Traits he definitely received from his mother hahaha)
The rankings for opens at 145 were pretty crappy seeing how they turned out
How so? Top 3 were in order and they had 4 of the top 6. Richardson should have been at least an HM going in, but the others beat each other all year.