Marable Earns TheMat.com's Weekly Award
10/12/2010 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Oct. 12, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Three-time Big 12 Champion Nicholas Marable was named TheMat.com's Wrestler of the Week for the week of Oct. 5-11, announced Tuesday by TheMat.com.
Marable, the team's current assistant strength and conditioning coach, won the bronze medal in the 74 kg/163 lbs. weight class at the Ramzan Kadirov Cup of freestyle wrestling, held this past weekend in Grozny, Russia. Marable defeated Samuel Imeksuyan of Russia, 1-0, 0-2, 1-0 in the bronze-medal bout. He finished with a 4-1 record in the tournament. His only loss was in the second round to eventual champion Muslim Dudaev of Russia, 0-1, 0-4. It was Marable's first major international freestyle medal.
Each week, TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week, based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling, from youth programs through the Senior level.
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