Relentless125 25 Report post Posted February 28 (edited) On 2/26/2019 at 2:07 PM, jchapman said: Others might know more, but he was a big-time recruit out of the state of Illinois and then had some type of issue with college and ended up enrolling at a D3 school near his home. He enrolled at Elmhurst but never wrestled for them. I remember him moving to Illinois for his freshman year of high school with a ton of fanfare. I was at the first tournament of the year he was wrestling in where he faced the previous year's state champ in the finals. With such smooth technique he completely destroyed the state champ. That state champ was Eddie Klimara who would go on to AA for Oklahoma State. Edit: Just found this story on everything. http://www.bloodround.com/blog/2014/11/3/ben-whitford-emerges Edited February 28 by Relentless125 1 jchapman reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steamboat_charlie v2 555 Report post Posted February 28 On 2/26/2019 at 5:04 PM, NJDan said: Who is Ben Whitford and what happened to him? Whitford dumpstered other state champs and nationally ranked kids all throughout his high school career. Didn't quite go undefeated, but he had wins over the likes of Gulibon, Grey, Hall, Retherford, and a bunch of other guys that were superstars at the time. Some guys he would just absolutely run through. There are a million of his HS matches on flo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sstern 34 Report post Posted February 28 On 2/26/2019 at 5:24 PM, PSUMike said: He was like the #4 overall recruit coming out of HS in 2013. Rank Name Hometown State Weight School 1. Bo Jordan St. Paris OH 165 Ohio State 2. Adam Coon Fowlerville MI 285 Michigan 3. Zain Retherford Benton PA 141 Penn State 4. Ben Whitford St. John's MI 149 Michigan 5. Isaiah Martinez Lemoore CA 165 Illinois 6. Joey Dance Christiansburg VA 125 Virginia Tech 7. J'Den Cox Hickman MO 285 Missouri 8. Anthony Ashnault South Plainfield NJ 141 Rutgers 9. Brooks Black Dover PA 285 Illinois 10. Nathan Tomasello Parma OH 125 Ohio State One of these is not like the others. Who? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PSUMike 426 Report post Posted February 28 13 minutes ago, Sstern said: One of these is not like the others. Who? Well you can look at it many ways. Whitford is the only one to never wrestle division 1. Ashnault is the only one still competing in college. Zain is the only one with 3 consecutive titles. Cox is the only world champ. IMar is the only 2x champ. Tomasello the only 1x champ. 1 1032004 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HurricaneWrestling2 353 Report post Posted February 28 On 2/26/2019 at 5:28 PM, Lurker said: When you enroll in NJCAA your clock starts. (I actually used to coach at Muskegon, way before he was there though) Didn't Chris Taylor go there before Iowa State? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HurricaneWrestling2 353 Report post Posted February 28 32 minutes ago, Sstern said: One of these is not like the others. Who? J'Den Cox is the only one with an apostrophe in his name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lurker 597 Report post Posted March 1 41 minutes ago, HurricaneWrestling2 said: Didn't Chris Taylor go there before Iowa State? Yep. Won it his freshman year, 3rd his sophomore, then went to ISU 1 HurricaneWrestling2 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillieBoy 590 Report post Posted March 1 He was not "like" the #4 recruit. According to the chart he was the #4 recruit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PSUMike 426 Report post Posted March 1 2 hours ago, WillieBoy said: He was not "like" the #4 recruit. According to the chart he was the #4 recruit. Depends on the source though. Flo or Intermat might have had him ranked differently. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
