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3 Stars from Day 3 of NCAA Wrestling Championships

Top performers of the NCAA Division I championship matches.

* - Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis, 149: Diakomihalis became the fifth wrestler to win four NCAA Division I individual titles. He beat two-time Ohio State’s two-time national finalist Sammy Sasso in the finals, 4-2. Diakomihalis joined Oklahoma State’s Pat Smith, Iowa State’s Cael Sanderson, Cornell’s Kyle Dake and Ohio State’s Logan Stieber in the four-timer’s club.

* - Cornell’s Vito Arujau, 133: Arujau completed an impressive showing with a dominant win over Penn State’s top-ranked Roman Bravo-Young, beating the Lions’ two-time NCAA champion, 10-4, for the title. He was exciting with two eye-popping takedowns in the first and a six-point move in the second. Arujau also beat Oklahoma State’s No. 2 seed Daton Fix to reach the finals, giving him wins over the two favorites of the weight.

* - Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole, 165: O’Toole won his second straight title, avenging two previous losses to Iowa State’s David Carr in a battle of NCAA champions. O’Toole scored eight points in an 8-2 decision for the win.

Compiled by Gazette contributor Larry Pilcher

Comments: kj.pilcher@thegazette.com

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