Following the 2015 world wrestling tournament in September, four-time NCAA national champion Kyle Dake of Cornell announced he’d be competing in the 86-kilogram weight class in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials as opposed to his previous weight of 74 kilograms.
Although he blamed body growth for the sudden weight change, it's not hard to conclude that this move likely dodged three-time world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs.
Little did he know what stood before him in Missouri junior wrestler J’Den Cox. He earned a trip Iowa City, Iowa, after winning an individual NCAA title at the tournament in March.