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Jake Deitchler isn’t a bit intimidated by his elders. The 18-year-old whiz kid from Minnesota has qualified for the U.S. Olympics Greco-Roman team as a 145 ½-pound wrestler. The high school youngster has become the first high schooler to make the Olympics wrestling squad in 32 years. Quite an accomplishment for the young man who pulled off two major upsets during recent competition in Las Vegas. Greco-Roman wrestling is a lot different from the freestyle wrestling that most of us are familiar with. For one thing, experience plays a big part in success—that’s why the youngster Deitchler’s win is such a big surprise. To illustrate the experience factor, consider that 37-year-old T.C. Dantzler made the Greco team for the first time at 163 pounds—that’s an age difference between the two first-time Olympians in the same sport.

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