It all boiled down to Bolen’s redshirt. The plan all along was to have Mekhi redshirt last year and have Bolen shirt this year. During the off-season, they looked at Bolen going again at 174, with Lewis at 157 and DMF at 165. However, Lewis’s best weight was 165 and Bolen’s best weight was 184. Both Lewis and DMF had success in freestyle at the higher weights and It seemed best for all three to shirt Bolen (which is going well), move Lewis to 165 (and not inhibit his development with weight and move DMF to 174. Plus, BC had proven his mettle at 157 and seemed a better option than putting Hughes at 174.

Next year, Lewis have an Olympic shirt and allow DMF to go back to 165, leaving Hughes and maybe Brady at 174 or they could flip Lewis and DMF or leave things as is. Either way, Bolen looks to pick up where ZZ (who killed it today) left off.

It’s possible that had we gone with Lewis at 157, DMF at 165, and Bolen at 174, we would be having similar discussions about Lewis and Bolen gassing due to weight management issues. While I agree that DMF doesn’t seem to be wrestling as well at 174.Lewis and Bolen are developing well.


[Post edited by HokieLifer2 at 01/27/2019 9:20PM]