History was made on Saturday night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as Rutgers wrestlers Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault won national championships, the first two to do so all-time for the program. The reactions to them winning it all have been a lot of fun to watch. It was the first NCAA champion for Rutgers since Alexis Jemal won for fencing in 2003.
There are so many storylines with Suriano and Ashnault, from their storied high school careers, adversity from defeats and injury, to beating beating rivals along the way to a title. They both persevered and deserve to be champions.