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"Wrestling Record Broken?"

I have read about the record being broken for the number of wins in a career this season. I was recently looking back in some Wrestling USA magazines and noticed that Tyler Teeples of Millard and Bryant Anderson of Wayne both had more than 141 wins, in fact Teeples had a career record of 171-9 with 121 falls according to the May 30,2002, issue.  If I can find a better record in just two years back how many more could there be if someone went back say ten years.I guess my question is how can this be considered a record if other athletes have better records by far or is it just selective people who can hold a record?

Wrestling Fan Concerned with Accuracy

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Reader's Response

I guess you have a better pulse on the wrestling community than others. The information that you have must not have ever been reported to the Utah High School Athletic Association. Because, to make an irresponsible remark as you have about only a select few is totally uncalled for.  But what else can we expect?

By the way, I followed these two wrestlers that you have mentioned and they where both great athletes. I suppose that if someone would of contacted the UHSSA then it would of been put in the record books but I guess now you can say whatever you want. You probably could go back as far as you want to and say anything.

Jim Hochstrasser

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Wrestling Fan:

That is a very good question. I will do some research. Thank you for taking the time to ask the question.

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