“He wrestled well—he knows what he has to do to improve,” he said.
Weiss was also pleased with the performance of two freshmen wrestlers, Joe Turilli (141 lbs.) and Jonas Corl (197 lbs.).
Both wrestled hard and gained invaluable experience.
“This tournament can be pretty overwhelming for freshmen,” Weiss said. “They learnt what college wrestling is all about.”
Turrilli was particularly impressive.
“He fights with the heart of a lion,” Rechul said.
Rechul also pointed to junior Robbie Griffin’s gutsy performance as evidence of the character of the Harvard wrestling team.
“We definetely got better this weekend,” Weiss said. “We’ve gotta push it right now, because we face No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 3 Oklahoma State after Christmas, back to back.”
The Crimson’s next team tournament will be the Wilkes Open on December 28.
Jantzen, Rechul, O’Donnell and senior 197-pounder Brad Soltis, who is coming off of an injury, will compete in the Midland tournament at Northwetsern on the same weekend.