Few wrestlers, if any, came into the 2023-2024 college wrestling season with more momentum than Cornell's Vito Arujau.
Since winning his 133-pound bracket at last year's NCAA tournament and earning Most Outstanding Wrestling honors, Arujau went on to win the U.S. Open, earn gold at the Pan American Games, outscore NCAA champion teammate Nahshon Garrett 2-0 in Final X and secure his first senior world title.
He had been nearly unstoppable on every stage. Until he met Lehigh's Ryan Crookham.