Nittany Lion 197-pounder entered the program at 174 and quickly beefed up.
Penn State wrestler Josh Barr, shown after winning four high school titles in Davison, Michigan, the last at 170 pounds, now is up to 197 Wrestler Josh Barr arrived at Penn State during the fall of 2023 as a four-time Michigan state champion with a career record of 131-1 thinking he’d be a 174-pounder.
What else can one say but ‘holy cow?’ And that’s because he literally bought a cow from teammate Tyler Kasak’s father and started eating red meat, eggs, potatoes and rice while lifting weights and wrestling and also loading up on protein. Barr, expected to start against Lehigh at 2 p.m. Sunday in Allentown’s PPL Center against former Penn State All-America Michael Beard, felt good at 184, he said, but the weight gain felt even better.
“The tactics are really the same. It’s just wrestle hard every time. To make 184, that would not be the funnest cut anymore, but to make 197 is not too bad.” “But you see what working hard does for him when you get to see him wrestle and compete. That’s the biggest thing I’ve learned from Carter, just work hard … everything’s gonna work out if you just keep pushing yourself in here every day,” Barr added.
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