CLEVELAND -- Nick Suriano spoke of overcoming a "hardship" prior to and during the 2018 NCAA Championships.
The Rutgers 125-pounder revealed the severity of what he overcame in a conversation after his loss to Iowa's Spencer Lee on Saturday night at Quicken Loans Arena in the national final.
"I'm not making excuses. But it's been tough. I was in the hospital for eight days. I overcame a very bad infection," Suriano told NJ Advance Media, declining to discuss specifics.
"I think me being out, not training and stuff, affected me mentally a little bit.