Joey McKenna transferred to Ohio State in the summer of 2017 to compete for an NCAA title. He finished third at the tournament in March, and won a Big 10 title in an almost-flawless postseason.
His training partner throughout that run? Logan Stieber, one of only four wrestlers in history to win four NCAA titles.
Saturday night in State College, Penn., the student and the master will square off in a best-of-three series for the right to represent the United States at the World Championship in Budapest, Hungary this October.
"I've been wrestling with Logan since I came here in the fall; he's helped me a lot this past year," McKenna said.