Justin Koren was named in the All-American additon of "The Amateur Wrestling News" in their end of the year addition.
Justin finished ranked 10th in the country. Interesting to note is that Justin had defeated the #4, #5, #6 ranked wrestlers. They were Richard Spicel of Ohio, Tee Edwards of Virginia and Maurice Fleming of Maryland. Those outstanding victories and others are listed below.
Justin will be attending and wrestling for Lehigh University this fall.
Justin Koren-Senior Wrestling - Cary High School Coached by: Jerry Winterton
2-time All-American:
2006 Sophomore Nationals 7th place
2008 Senior Nationals 5th place
Co- captain Jr. and Sr. year
Overall record of 226-19. School record for victories. 125+ pins
4 year starter and part of 7 team state championships 05,05,06,07,07,08,08
MVP of 08 team dual state championship
Amateur Wrestling News ranked #10 in All-American issue
Wrestling USA rank # 15 senior and # 22 over all at 140 lbs. in the nation.
NHSCA All-American 06
2 X NC 4A state champ. 135 lbs in 07 and 140 lbs in 08.
3rd at 125 in 06 and qualifier at 119 in 05.
3X regional champ
4X conference champ. 08 conference wrestler of the year
2X Tiger Holiday Classic champ. 06, 08
Tri-Valley Holiday Classic, Whitesboro , NY champ 07
WRAL champ 06
Mark Adams Classic champ 08
Victories over key opponents:
Zach Clemente, LaSalle NY , 3 X Fargo All American and finalist. Wrestling USA rank #2 Junior in nation at 140 - shutout.
Richard Spiciel, 2 X Ohio state champ, Wrestling USA rank #4 senior in Nation at 140 - shut out.
Dalton Harper twice, 4 X South Carolina state champ, Wrestling USA national rank #22 senior in nation at 140 - PIN
Bobby Shanor, 3 X NC state champ - Unscored on
Te Edwards, VA State champ, National Seniors All-American and runner-up, Ranked #5 by amatuer wrestling news
Drew Squires , VA state champ - PIN
Cameron Drye, NC State champ and Fargo All American Greco - PIN
Maurice Fleming of NE Pasadena, Md. ranked #6 by AWN, Three-time State Champ
Congratulations Justin on your outstanding accomplishment on behalf of everyone at Cary High School and wish you the best of luck at Lehigh University in the fall.
