Wrestling: Taylor and McDanel Both Win Pan-Am Gold

Nebraska Head Coach Mark Manning (center) and Associate Head Coach Bryan Snyder look on during a dual.A pair of Huskers competed for Team USA at the Pan-Am Championships on Saturday and came away with dominant gold medal performances in Santiago, Chile.

Both slated to be backups this season, Antrell Taylor competed at 70kg while incoming freshman Camden McDanel was at 97kg. Taylor made it to the World Team Trials and US Open finals earlier this summer, nearly making the U20 World Team, while McDanel made the team and will compete for Team USA at U20 Worlds in August.

McDanel was about as dominant as you can get in collecting his gold medal. He won four matches, all by 10-0 tech. First, he…