{"id":19662,"date":"2021-03-20T22:50:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T03:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=19662"},"modified":"2021-03-20T22:50:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T03:50:10","slug":"iowa-states-david-carr-defeats-riders-jesse-dellavecchia-to-win-national-title-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=19662","title":{"rendered":"Iowa State’s David Carr defeats Rider’s Jesse Dellavecchia to win national title Co"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Carr realized a lifelong dream on Saturday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Aaron Carr (born March 28, 1999) is an American freestyle<\/a> and folkstyle wrestler<\/a>. In freestyle, he was the ’19 Junior World Champion<\/a> at 74 kilograms while representing the United States<\/a>. As a folkstyle wrestler, Carr is an NCAA Division I<\/a> All-American<\/a> and two-time Big 12 Conference<\/a> champion out of the Iowa State University<\/a> and was a four-time OHSAA<\/a> champion as a high schooler<\/a>.<\/sup> As of March 9, 2021, Carr is the #3-ranked 157-pound NCAA wrestler<\/a> in the country as per Intermat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carr, Iowa State’s wildly-talented sophomore, defeated Rider’s Jesse Dellavecchia, 4-0, to win an NCAA wrestling title at 157 pounds on Saturday night here at the Enterprise Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exactly 40 years after his dad, Nate, won his first title for Iowa State, David Carr did the same. He scored a takedown in the second period then added a point for riding-time in the third to win his first collegiate national wrestling title.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“All glory to God,” Carr said. “With Him, I couldn’t do this. I walk by faith, not by sight. Jesus got me through this whole tournament.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carr has long been surrounded by wrestling history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s in his family. His father won three consecutive national titles<\/a> for Iowa State from 1981-83, then went on to win a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics. His uncle, Jimmy, made the 1972 U.S. Olympic team at just 17 years old. His older brother, Nate Carr Jr., wrestled at Iowa State and now coaches at Lock Haven.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I told my dad, when I decided to come to Iowa State, I wanted to come here and bring back the program,” David Carr said afterward, and then added: “And break all of his records while I’m at it.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s in the program for which he now wrestles. On Saturday, David Carr became Iowa State’s 70th individual national champion. He’s the first to do so since Kyven Gadson won in 2015 at 197 pounds. Gadson famously told ESPN in the post-match interview that he\u00a0“just wants some ice cream,” after pinning Ohio State’s Kyle Snyder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, Carr remembered that, and delivered his own version of it on Saturday night after he won.<\/strong><\/p>\n