Gregg Romano Season 2004-05

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Career Notes
2006-A 4-2 performance at the Harold Nichols Open on Nov. 12 highlighted Gregg Romano’s second season at <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Nebraska.  Romano, who finished the year 4-5, ran off four straight wins in the consolation bracket including two by fall and two others by major decision.

 

2005-Romano assembled an impressive 10-4 mark with a pair of third-place finishes in three open tournaments in his first season of college wrestling.  After a 2-2 mark in the UNK Runza Loper Open, Romano won five of six matches at the Beamon Open in Blair, Neb., to finish third at 141 pounds.  He followed that with a third-place finish at the Great Plains Open with three wins in four matches.

 

Before Nebraska-Romano won four state championships at 140 pounds for Coach Jeff Buxton at BlairAcademy in New Jersey.  Blair won four team national championships during Romano’s four years, and Romano was a national champion and finished as the national runner-up twice in a high school career in which he wrestled to a record of 148-21.  For his efforts, Romano was named a USA Wrestling Magazine All-American.

 

Personal-The son of Carol and Jim Romano, Gregg was born Jan. 13, 1986.  He has one brother, James.  Gregg did not declare a major.