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COVID-19 shatters championship dreams

It has been 13 days since the NCAA canceled all of the remaining 2020 spring and winter championships due to concerns of COVID-19 and one week since the Fresno State wrestling team was set to participate in the championship at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.

The Bulldogs had five wrestlers qualify for the tournament: heavyweight Josh Hokit, 141-pounder DJ Lloren, 133-pounder Lawrence Saenz, 157-pounder Jacob Wright and 149-pounder Greg Gaxiola.

All these wrestlers went from anticipating the biggest matches of their lives to self-quarantine in isolation like many Americans.

“It has affected my everyday life, as well as everyone else, but there’s not much we can do.