Win or lose, Clark was always going to be a competitor going after the one thing that had escaped him during his stellar wrestling career at the University of Iowa.
Clark made no excuses and he didn’t need any on his way to a thrilling 4-3 victory over South Dakota State’s Seth Gross to win the 133-pound national championship Saturday at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships at the Scottrade Center.
“And today I can look forward and know in two weeks I won’t be in my basement with my headphones turned all the way up and crying two weeks from now.