When Kyle Dake was tearing up the college wrestling scene as a Cornell student, on his way to a historic four NCAA titles in four different weight classes, he was given the nickname "Kid Dynamite.".@kyledake444 looks to win #FinalX and get his long-awaited chance to show his stuff at the World Championships
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At age 27 and five years since winning his final NCAA title, Kyle Dake's wrestling is still very much dynamite. He's just no longer a kid.
In Final X in State College on Saturday night, Dake has drawn 2018 NCAA champion Zahid Valencia of Arizona State, a 2017 Junior World silver medalist, who at age 21, is one of the new "kids" on the national Senior freestyle block.