Burroughs, a Winslow Township High School graduate, is a six-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling.
South Jersey’s Jordan Burroughs, the greatest U.S. wrestler ever, aims for one last shot at Olympic glory
“It’s not a farewell tour,” Burroughs said before a recent practice at the Pennsylvania Regional Training Center at Penn. “I’m coming to win.”There are certain podiums youth wrestlers need to ascend to get some buzz, and big-name tournaments they need to dominate — annually — for college coaches to notice. In the crucible of Division I wrestling, the path gets narrower.
“What we saw in him was a guy who was really raw with a lot of heart and a lot of up upside,” Manning said. “We just gave Jordan the tools and told him, “You’ve got to step up your work ethic’ and he did that.” Later that week, Burroughs had the opportunity to wrestle off against that teammate for the starting job.
Hall, who coaches at Penn and also lives in Philadelphia now, will compete for a spot on the Olympic team at the 190-pound division at the trials in State College which begin April 19. “In 2020 he was the hunted and now he’s the hunter,” Manning said. “He knows what’s in front of him and that people are doubting him, but I would not count him out.”
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