Carr Tabbed USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week

AMES, Iowa – David Carr has been named the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week after going 3-0 in his final week of the regular season.

In the most anticipated match of the season, No. 2 Carr, a 2021 NCAA champion, defeated No. 1 Keegan O'Toole of Missouri, a 2022 NCAA champion, Wednesday in Columbia, Mo. Carr scored two takedowns in the match and rode O'Toole for the entire third period to earn a riding time point in his 7-2 victory.

Carr extended his winning streak to 26 matches and snapped O'Toole's 41-match win streak.

The Canton, Ohio native also earned a victory over Northern Iowa's No. 13 Austin Yant, 20-6, last Friday and defeated Illinois' Anthony Federico, 16-2, on Sunday.

Carr finished the regular season with 72 takedowns while only allowing three, a 24:1 ratio. He posted a 20-0 record with victories against eight wrestlers ranked inside the top 15 in InterMat's latest rankings.

Each week USA Wrestling will select an Athlete of the Week based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling from youth programs through the senior level.

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