Outside of one wrestling camp, Ed Ruth and Phil Davis were rarely in the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex at the same time.
Their pictures both continually occupy space on the wall of Penn State national champions, but Davis is six years older than Ruth, so their time competing in Rec Hall didn't overlap.
Though they never shared the spotlight in Rec Hall while wearing the blue and white singlets, they eventually did wind up competing at the same time on the same stage, in the same room on Penn State's campus.
It was almost three years ago on Nov.