Thursday, March 21, 2013

Track J.T. Felix's Progress at the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships

J.T. Felix going against Justin Grant of Bloomsburg at 285 pounds.  No scoring through the first minute.
Felix now losing 2-0 against unseeded Grant with one minute left in opening period.
Felix gets escape and trails 2-1.
Felix down to start second period.  He gets escape to tie it at 2, but of course Grant can get that back when he escapes in the third period.  Felix has to be aggressive and get a takedown.
And just as I said, it's 2-2 starting the third period.  Grant will go ahead 3-2 shortly.
Bingo.  Grant gets the escape just one minute in, leaving Felix with just two minutes to get a takedown.
Still 3-2, 1:39 left.
Grant awarded the up position, and Felix escapes to tie it at 3.
Felix scores a takedown with 51 seconds left.  If he can avoid a bad mistake, he has the match.
Grant escapes to make it 5-4.  24 seconds left to try to get a takedown.
Felix scores late takedown.  7-4!

Boise State has 6 team points, with four of the five Broncos winning.  Brian Owen was the only one to lose.  Boise State is in 12th place after one round.

Felix will take on #6 Billy Telford of Iowa in the second round.
Telford had to give a medical forfeit, so Felix moves on to the quarterfinals.
J.T. will meet Alan Gelogaev of Oklahoma State in the quarters.

Boise State now with 12 team points, putting the team temporarily in 8th place.  They likely won't finish that high with only half of a team, but the five that are there are representing the school very well.

Felix vs. Gelogaev:
They are underway.
49 seconds gone and now much action.
Gelogaev gets the takedown and now has the up position.
J.T. gets the escape--2 to 1 with 1:27 in the first.
1:01 left, still 2-1.
41 seconds in the first.  Gelogaev only got 18 seconds of riding time.
Another takedown.  4-1.
And unfortunately, the clock ran out before J.T. could get the escape.  Gelogaev now has riding time as an issue as well.
A quick escape to start the second to make it 5-1.  But riding time is less than a minute now.  J.T. needs to be confident and go for the takedown.  1:15 left in the period.
5-1 Gelogaev as we enter the third.
One point for J.T., 5-2 with 1:13 left in the match.
But the takedown goes the other way, 7-2 and the OSU wrestler is nearing victory.
An escape but another 2 points makes it 9-3.
Two points for Felix, but 8 seconds left.
The riding time makes a final of 10-5.  J.T. moves to Consolation and now just one Bronco--Chamberlain, is left in the Championship Round.  

Boise State drops to 14th place after Felix's loss as two teams have passed the Broncos, which after a great first day, are stuck on 19.5 points.  Chamberlain was the only Bronco to win in this session.


Felix vs. Matthew Gibson:
Felix with the takedown, leads 2-1 with one minute left in the first.
But now Gibson with two takedowns in success, leads 6-2.
Felix needs to win to keep wrestling.  Seconds left in the first.
J.T. will start up to begin the second.

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