David Carr v. Mitchell Mesenbrink: 2024 NCAA wrestling championship (165 pounds)

David Carr won the 2024 NCAA wrestling championship with a win over Penn State’s Mitchell Mesenbrink.

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Here at the T-Mobile Center Kansas City the NCAA Wrestling Championships 165 lbs Mitchell messen brg The redirt Freshman from Heartland Wisconsin up against David Carr former National Champion back in 2021 the last match of his college career and how will he go [Applause] Out all right here we go fellas I don’t know if I know anyone that has more fun than mess and break mess and break looks like he’s having a great time out there man oh double oh baby dou oh wow oh my God double leg

David Carl hey that was that was Vint JB right there that was incredible J I mean we over here talking about messing Bri having fun and David car’s like let me give you this quick double well he’s like I’m I’m I’m the big dog I’m the big

Dog here here D car can ride and and messing Brink throws a lot of chaos chaos at you he overwhelms his opponents with pressure but David Taylor is so poised and his shots are so sharp that he’s going to have to be very careful with his footwork he moves a lot much

Against a David car he going to get you you got to be care and if you don’t do anything he’s still going to get you he’s still w’t get you hey here’s here’s the thing I feel and maybe I’m overstating on this one all those interactions with Keegan O2 all those

Matches he had to go through win or lose the experience of of that prepares him for this moment right now well let’s keep in mind that mess bring says that he doesn’t believe anyone can keep his pace for the entire seven minutes it doesn’t seem that way I’ve seen

Him 60 seconds in and he’s been in car’s grasp for almost all of it well you need to get back to your feet to get to get Pace going Ro right about that that’s one of the things about David car that we noticed as he progressed in his

Career he had always had a good sweep single he’s got a JB double but he’s been very good with his grip strength on top wrestling yeah too many fakes by mess and brick too many fakes improve and David does put the effort on top mess and break attack in the hands

There trying to clear those fingers now these are attempts these really are attempts that’s the rule and that’s where people at home saying that stalling not bring them to the match you have to make attempts to bring them to the match and I see legitimate attempts as you said DC yeah

Mess and Brink has got to keep on fighting those hands and just keep the effort right because he says that no one can keep his pace for that whole match all this riding takes energy too that’s right so the every time he comes up he’s making David Carr

Work I tell you though David Carr looks significantly bigger than Mitchell mess Brink right now I never saw Mitchell seems smaller but this man enjoys wrestling messing Brink man and the NY l r freshman is on the board here comes the offense now that a hard CL heavy hands pressure

Forward and he typically goes inside knee pick or inside ankle pick with his right hand is is Mell messon BRS Best Shot Lefty collar car just took a look up at the clock stop stay onate stay out of him see that little half shot even though it didn’t do anything it just

Gets you to mind I’m keep coming oh he going to keep coming that’s the one thing I’ve noticed about messing BR look at that he out there wrestl just having having a good time now if your car you got to shoot with your head up right he goes chest

Down he really can’t see exactly where he’s going went for the sweep single got defended well double knee spraw by Mitch mess and Brink Carr’s got a good single leg man that’s something that he’s developed over time it’s the second time I’ve seen car look at the at the clock

In the first period what is that telling you rock that he’s looking at the time see would you like to elaborate any further I got a lot of trouble about the clock watching man they say DC always says he’s looking at the clock maybe he’s not tired maybe he just wants to

See what’s going on on well the first shot from David carsh it seemed sharp and it seemed like he was being aggressive and going for points the last two shots have just seemed out of desperation and trying to get the keeping officials off of him well Mitchell messenbrink is closed in the

Gap and he’s making him uncomfortable it looked like he’s shooting with his head down and hopes that maybe he’ll capture a leg I’ll call you on green wait wait David Carr Iowa State’s first fourth time allamerican since the coach in the opposite corner kale Sanderson finished off a run of four

Straight national championship messing break on that wrist so so you guys were when someone has a head lever what are you supposed to do just kind of put an elbow down put an elbow down try to get to your butt you got to try to put an elbow there you

Go nice change over there by David he’s got to Circle himself back inside and there goes that’s a big call St that’s a big call you saw mess and Brink there though mess bre’s playing the game he standing in his face he pushed him look he’s like come on

Tactics look at mess BR very smart wise he did that in the first period took that little half shot even though it was a little afterwards and there it is the pace is now catching up he got his ankle caught there by Carr oh now he can go chase the score and

Carr keeps looking at the clock you see him glance at it again even in a scramble position he’s glancing at the clock what I’m wondering here rock is did he waste too much energy trying to ride on top all those mat returns look like it took more energy from David than

It did from Mitch but now if you’re David car right and they’re not they’re not rewarding the score you’re still you’re happy here your time is running yep you’re you’re happy if you’re David Carr holding on to that leg there clock’s running but messen BR is

Going to keep coming after him here he’s starting to smile David’s dad Nate a three-time NCAA champion at Iowa State bronze medalist in the 88 Olympics and never far from a match even went home Dave’s got a f here for a d got a fake more to keep him

Honest oh he got hit in the head is that a head or an eye poke looks like the eye now was that hey hey is that is that a is that him that that he called that car should have a choice now he did he called the timeout rock all right it was

It was official time out let me just check to make sure well he told him oh he called it for stalling again that’s the second on car but he’s got looks like he’s going to get this Tak down that’s huge he actually called Stalin again JB he

Called Stalin again JB it’s okay so so what what card has to decide here is does he have the energy to ride him I’m thinking 20 seconds left in the period you want to keep him down you cannot give up a point at the very end of a

Period but this dude right here calling stalling so much he going if he gets away and get one take down it’s 76 but this dude going to get he going to get call St again I believe so there’s no way David Carr goes through this third period without getting call stalling

Again well he’s going to have to keep scoring he’s going to have to keep scoring this is reminiscent of the uh Big 10 match here’s the problem here’s the problem there smart smart looking he broke the hands and he stayed on him that tenacity right there was helpful

Look at him drag the toe trying to stay in bounds oh he but the car start car’s body language he looks a little tired he is he is but he’s got 7 Seconds here he’s got to finish this ride he’s got to finish on top and if I Mitch mess I’m

Going absolutely berserk here in this last seven trying to get I’m rolling I’m trying to cause action if I’m messing bre look watch watch Mitch lean he leans every time every time he leans watch when car gets on him he’s going to lean you’re going to see a little shift in

His hips he’s trying to get that hand off the belly watch him watch him Watch oh he was out with 3 seconds to go in the period he look at the finger wave look at the finger wave he’s showing a little with a Swagger there so he’s got the third point but car also has almost two minutes of riding time which if he

Keeps that over a minute here in this third period gives him another point at the end of the match it’s going to take a lot of heart between both of these guys right now this is going to be a gut check for both wrestlers if I’m car I’m

Cutting them right away Rob I’m cutting them right away I’m getting back to my feet and I’m just putting myself in a position you want to make sure the ref don’t call you for stalling again because another stall call would really ruin the match for David car

So does this start to the third then surprise you I mean honestly this this effort right look there it is now look he gets away now M BR gets to take down the match is tie scenario worst case scenario worst case scenario up a stall

And an escape point it’s 75 now one take down now MIT is going to spend the next minute and a half chasing after him like a mad man and if this dude call stalling again it’s a two-point stall hey Mitch may have been right he said he doesn’t

Know if anyone can keep this pace he’s doing doing a really good job here he’s got to hook that leg look at David Carr he’s curling those feet back he’s trying to make sure he cannot get to the position that he and car’s got nothing

Look at this bro but look like I mean David Carr has out wrestled mess him bring this match and the ref is David’s I I would disagree with you I don’t think he has out wrestle he has he scored the takedowns but because of the pace now hey mess brick is Wrestled a

Good match but dude the stall calls with no stall calls David car fill up by two Points so right now messen bring needs to take down to win this mat he need to take down to win this match but also if Carr does not stay within the center he’s going to get hit again yep and you hear the crowd getting crazy now if I’m

Car I’m shooting I’m getting to a leg I’m shooting I’m looking to get to a leg he’s got to fake more he’s backing up he’s has to fake and stay engaged there you go that’ll keep the ref off him if you’re half shots half shots stay in go M got to

Go he’s got a circle circle circle circle shot shoot shoot him out if you’re David you got to shoot him out here mess Brinks got to get some offense going here mess and Brinks got to go messon Brinks got to go here seconds M Brinks got to throw flurries at him he’s

Got him through the he knows the score I don’t know if he knows the score it wasn’t tied it looks like he thought it was a tie score he thought it was tied look at him he didn’t know he did he didn’t know and riding time is the

Defence for David Carr he didn’t know the score hey Mitch messenbrink showed me something today Mitch messenbrink showed me something today David Carr looked really good in the first half of the match but Mitch messenbrink showed listen I’m nothing to be played with when you lose a match you want to make

Sure that this guy knows if he wrestles you or ever sees you again in the future it’s going to be a hard fall M BR is a dog well done well done congratulations great job mess and Brink though man wow he realiz I’m going tell you one thing

Right now it felt like and I as I said in the fix match it felt like the guy that scored the points won the match got two takedowns got the Escape pound for Pound hey he finishes as a two-time national champion this guy beat a national champion a two-time national champion in the semi your p in the sem Keegan OU and beat maybe the hardest wrestling man in this tournament and Mitch mess and Brink in the finals I’ve been saying Aaron Brooks all week is

Going to be hard to get me off of that that’s Legacy it to get it off Aon Brook you see n car sior I love that giving a hug that’s Legacy we talked about that we talked about expectation for our sons to go in our footsteps what’s good

Enough boy Nate cars boy did a great job didn’t he that man is going to be proud let’s give a a quick shout out get him some water we need some water there we go maybe some ice cream maybe some gummy bears you he’s looking for water we got water you good your

Mom Linda right Linda Linda Nate come on you got six you like six six brothers and sisters yeah yeah there’s a bunch of them right here yeah that’s my two brothers right here John Nate man I just did it for them I did it for family 100%

Jesus I did for Jesus and I have an incredible story I hope they continue to keep riding it you had a big emotional win uh on Friday night and this it was assumed that you could win this match easily it wasn’t the case like he took you right to the

Edge take me in your mind in that third period he wrestles hard I give credit to him he wrestles hard and I had to go and take it I had to wrestle really hard wrestling yeah when you encapsulate this year you came into this tournament not

The typical David car seed you had some losses to Keegan you turned that all around here how’d you do that oh God my parents bed in me my mom we wait with me my dad sends me scripture every day my brother’s supporting me my coaching

Staff meta all we talk about is a hand fight wrestling hard no strategy just wrestle hard that’s what we had to do what’s the FI to go out on top Oh Glory to God I can’t even express it’s been amazing [Applause] congratulations go Dad w three David

Wins two first in 2021 in St Louis and a long road back to the top but he finishes here all seven minutes hard to the finish for David Carr’s Second National Championship