In May, 3rd grade twins Bennett and Benjamin Deskovich competed in the Florida Amateur Wrestling Association Folkstyle State Championship in Kissimmee Florida.
Competition was fierce and both boys wrestled extremely well.
Bennett finished 4th after 6 matches, including two nationally ranked opponents. This was Benjamin’s first year wrestling and he finished 5th in his division.
Earlier in the season, Bennett took a first place medal in the Florida Jets Turkey Takedown. He also spent time with Olympic Wrestler Ellis Coleman who was a guest coach for him during the IOWN Florida tournament in Bradenton where he earned the fastest takedown of the tournament of 6 seconds. There were 300 kids in this competition.
Benjamin won a prestigious 2nd place in the IOWN Florida tournament in North Port. He worked hard for that title and came out victorious after a really long day.
These boys spent 5 months doing crossfit 3 times per week in the off-season and then five months of 6 hours a week wrestling practice just to be able to compete at this level.