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This afternoon, Head Coach Cael Sanderson, 157 lbs starter PJ Duke, and 165 lbs starter Mitchell Mesenbrink spoke to media ahead of Friday’s dual vs. Indiana in Rec Hall. Transcript Readers: Be sure to watch the first few seconds of Mitchell’s video for a glimpse into his carefree way of being. Cael Sanderson – Head Coach Performance and takeaways from the weekend results at Iowa? Yeah, I think the weekend went well. I think just a fun environment. Going on the road and competing is a lot of fun as a team. Obviously, a lot of little things we can improve on collectively and individually—just part of the process of figuring things out and I mean we say this every time we wrestle Iowa, but they do a really good job preparing and they kind of always give you an idea of what you need to get better at and just good competition, good wrestlers, good coaching staff there. So yeah, I think we come away with some ideas on how we can get better. (0:12 – 0:48) Athletes’ confidence after significant road wins? Yeah, I don’t know. I mean it’s always just preparation for the next match. So a match comes and goes quickly. Everything comes and goes quickly. So it’s all just preparation. And so I don’t know if anyone’s patting themselves on the back or anything as much as just seeing what can we do better and continue to approach things with enthusiasm and gratitude is kind of the key. (0:58 – 1:28) Preparation and weight management changes after the final double-dual weekend? Yeah, it just depends. I mean the double dual is a double weigh-in. You get a pound now that second dual enough to—I mean the guys love that obviously but I’m not a big deal. But yeah, we’ll just continue to improve our conditioning. I mean we have eight or nine weeks until the nationals, I believe. So we’ll, you know, we got a lot of time to get better and technique and then take our shape up a notch or two. (1:42 – 2:13) Luke Lilledahl’s evolution as a wrestler in a year’s time? I think Luke [Lilledahl] is just a competitor, number one. He just loves the sport. And he’s just going to keep getting better because that’s just his mindset and he has aspirations of being an Olympic champion and if that’s what you’re trying to do, it’s got to be little steps every day, every week, every month, each year obviously. So yeah, he’ll just keep getting better. He’s definitely the student of the game and a great competitor. Very technical in addition to just being a really good athlete and fast and just having a great feel. So yeah, he’s just a great competitor. He’ll just keep getting better and that’s just his plan. (2:30 – 3:19) PJ Duke and Marcus Blaze performing as true freshmen in a hostile environment? I think they both have done a great job. I mean, they’re competitors. They’re going to go out there and be themselves and the bigger the moment, the better they’re going to wrestle. That’s just what they’ve done their whole lives and that’s what we do as a program. Yeah, great matches. Marcus [Blaze] wrestled a guy he could see in the NCAA finals, right? And [PJ] Duke wrestled an All-American and so it could be the same kind of a situation but the trick is just be yourself regardless of when, where, whoever—just do what you do and they both are great examples of that. (3:42 – 4:18) Perspectives on the program widening the gap over the rest of the country? I don’t know. I mean, we have a special thing going here, right? I mean, kids know that. They see that. I think I have a pretty good idea of what we’re doing and what we’re not doing. I think in this era and the NIL era and all the different motivations to go to different programs, our kids know that they’re coming…

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