Brooks won the series, 2-0. It was a hometown Olympic Trials that started with about 20 wrestlers with strong Penn State ties. That continent had dwindled to a handful this evening, which included ...

By beating fellow Nittany Lion Wrestling Club wrestler David Taylor 3-1, Brooks has bested the reigning Olympic gold medalist ... With his win Saturday evening, Brooks now gets to do what very ...

Brooks' Olympic run completed a spectacular 12 months of wrestling in which he won a U23 world title, his fourth NCAA championship and the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. Brooks went 22-0 on the ...

Brooks joins David Taylor, who won gold at 86kg in the 2020 games and who Brooks defeated at the Olympic Trials in April to earn his spot on the U.S. team, and Katsutoshi Naito, who won bronze for ...

Taylor, 33, got an automatic bye to the final at the Olympic trials by virtue of his past performances, needing only to win two of three bouts against Brooks to lock up his spot on Team USA.