Kasson-Mantorville grad earns All-America honors at NCAA wrestling championships
Mar. 22—CLEVELAND — It wasn't the medal Patrick Kennedy hoped to cap his tremendous college career with, but he grew his wrestling resume on Saturday. After falling in Friday's NCAA Division I national tournament semifinals, Kennedy — a former Kasson-Mantorville star — won two matches on Saturday to finish in third place at 174 pounds.
He finished his fifth-year season at 23-5 overall and as one of seven Hawkeyes to earn All-America honors. He caps his storied career with an 82-26 record and two All-America honors. "Two-time All-American is good," Kennedy in an article at Hawkeyesports.
com . "There is a lot left out there. But going back to putting your work boots on, it's like someday it is going to be over and you have to go to work.
You go to work every day. " Kennedy, the No. 5 seed at 174 pounds, beat No.
15 Danny Wask from Navy, 11-1, in a consolation wrestleback match. He then beat No. 4 Carson Karchla of Ohio State, 9-6, in the third-place match.