Starocci and Brooks both earned easy victories on Thursday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carter Starocci and Aaron Brooks began pursuit of their fourth NCAA wrestling championships for Penn State with a pair of easy first-round victories Thursday, while Daton Fix also cruised as he pursues the title that has long eluded him.Starocci has been dealing with a knee injury that he sustained in the Nittany Lions’ final dual meet of the season, which caused him to injury default at the Big Ten championships. That knocked Starocci all the way down to the No.
Fix has been in the top four at the NCAA championships three times, including a pair of second-place finishes, but has yet to stand atop the podium.He came back this season to use the extra year the NCAA offered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, winning a record fifth Big 12 title and claiming the No. 1 seed in one of the most loaded weight classes of the entire tournament.The No.
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