Athens grad Kaidon Winters was about to be a @d3wrestle national champ until the refs overturned a call on video review. The head of @NCAAWrestling officials told @RitWrestling coaches after that the refs had no evidence to overturn it. @PAPowerWrestle https://t.co/s2u7Nxd2Va
— Pat McDonald (@PatMcDonald03) March 24, 2022
ROCHESTER - One of the major advancements in the sports world over the last two decades has been video replay and how it can help right a wrong in terms of an official's call.
Well at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships this year, it looks like video replay was used not to correct a call on the mat but to overturn the right call and send a match to overtime.
The match was for the 157-pound Division III national championship and featured Athens grad Kaidon Winters who was competing for Rochester Institute of Technology and facing Rhode Island College's Nathan Lackman.