INSIDE WRESTLING
BY RYAN EVANS
@Badger_Wrestle
SCHEDULE (5-2, 2-0)
Coming Up
Dec. 29 Midlands Championships *
Dec. 30 Midlands Championships *
* at Welsh-Ryan Arena; Evanston, Ill.
Hein blossoming under
Brandvold���s tutelage
197-lb. starter is undefeated in dual meets
D
uring the Wisconsin
wrestling team���s earlyseason turnaround, one individual wrestler was engineering a turnaround of his
own.
Redshirt junior Jackson
Hein, the Badgers��� starter at
197 lbs., is an undefeated 7-0
in dual meet competitions
this season, as well as an im-
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pressive 10-2 overall record.
Just midway through the
season, Hein is already just
two wins short of his dual
wins total from last season,
when the Wausau, Wis., native went 9-8 in duals and
10-12 overall.
Hein has helped Wisconsin to a 2-0 start to Big Ten
competition. He went 2-0
on the opening weekend of the conference season, defeating Michigan
State���s Nick McDiarmid in a 4-0 decision and Nebraska���s Caleb Kolb in a
3-1 sudden victory decision.
Wisconsin head coach Barry Davis said after the Badgers��� win over
Northern Iowa on Nov. 24, where
Hein won an 8-2 decision over the
Panthers��� A.J. McBroom, that Hein
is gaining a better feel for the sport,
thanks in part to the work he���s put in
with assistant coach Trevor Brandvold.
���Trevor has done a great job with
him so far this year,��� Davis said.
���Jackson is starting to feel the positions a lot more, which comes from
repetition, taking time to visualize his
wrestling and building from there.���
For Hein, emulating Brandvold
isn���t a bad idea. The Wisconsin assistant coach wrestled for the Badgers
from 2006-11 and was a two-time
All-American and two-time Big Ten
champion at Hein���s 197 lbs. weight
class.
If Hein���s early-season results are
any indication, the work with Brandvold is paying off, something Davis is
excited about.
���Jackson is doing a great job,��� Davis said after the Michigan State dual.
���He���s off to a good start and I couldn���t
be happier for him.���
