I WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 2010 NCAA Basketball Penn State at Ohio State 6:30 p.m., BTN Illinois at lowa 8:30 p.m., BTN NBA Chicago at Philadelphia 7 p.m., CSN NHL Philadelphia at Edmonton 9:30 p.m., TCN *To read full story: psucollegian.com Coaches aim to fix relay team's errors After getting disqualified in Friday's meet, Penn State's relay team is polishing its skills in the pool. Start times, TV spots for finales released The Lady Lions announced Tuesday the start times and TV arrangements for their final two regular season games. Penn State's home finale against Wisconsin on Feb. 25 will tip-off at 7 p.m. The matchup with the Badgers will also serve as Senior Day. The Lions' road meeting with Indiana on Feb. 28, the last game of the regular season, will begin at 4 p.m. and air on the Big Ten Network Suspended Wizard won't contest NBA Javaris Crittenton won't contest his NBA suspension for bringing a gun into the Wizards' locker room. Last Wednesday, commis sioner David Stern suspend ed Crittenton and fellow Washington guard Gilbert Arenas without pay for the rest of the season. Arenas had already asked the union not to contest the penalty. Crittenton pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge Jan. 25. National signing day showcases future lbday, football, swimming, field hockey and other sports hold their national signing day, when thousands of ath letes across the country can ink their names on the dotted lines of their college destina tions. Naturally, football garners the most attention, with the atrics like plucking hats off a table making it must-see TV. Penn State is expected to finalize one of its best recruit ing classes ever at least since this fetish for recruiting analysis exploded likely in the nation's top-10. While there's fair reason to be excited for the future of Nittany Lion football, let us remind you the christening of these amateur athletes before they even step onto the field or dive into the pool is a slippery slope for any 18- year-old even if an NFL paycheck is three years away. For more of our thoughts, and to share yours, visit the MAKE PLAYS blog at psucol leglan.com. Q: Who has won the most Super Bowl MVP awards? Tuesday's answer. Chuck Noll has coached the most Super Bowl champions, lead ing the Steelers to four titles in the '7os. Weight management Wresfiers' diet plan keeps Lions healthy I By Jocelyn Syrstad COLLEG!A STAFF WRITER, The night before a match. Frank Molinaro would be in the sauna, frantically riding a bike to sweat off five or six pounds. The redshirt sophomore, who wrestled at 141 pounds last sea son, would cut an average of 13- 14 pounds every week. Once he got down to scratch weight. the pounds he had just lost would come back. and he'd repeat the strenuous procedure. And it showed in his health, his mother said. A critical care nurse, Michele Molinaro saw her son come down with mono, strep that got into his blood, a virus that created ulcerations in his throat and a fever of 102 degrees. However. this season is a different story - - Under the Penn State wrestling team's new coach, Cael Sanderson, the team has moved from starving off weight the night before a match to a more measured approach that takes weight down gradually In preparation for the Nov 5 Intrasquad meet, the Nittany Lions had to weigh in each week prior to their match and come in two pounds lighter until they were down to the correct weight. This technique is in contrast to previous sea sons, when many wrestlers didn't think about their weight until a few days before a match. They would then skip meals and put in extra workouts to force the excess weight off. Ri•MV Wright building frame to jump to 184 class ,age )pan Penn State wrestler Quentin Wright (right) pours a drink into the cup of teammate Frank Molinaro on Jan. 18 at Rec Hall. Wright, who finished last season as an All-American at 174 pounds, is working to become a wrestler at 184 pounds. By Jocelyn Syrstad COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Quentin Wright finished last sea son as an All-American in the 174- pound weight class. But entering this season, he was looking for more more weight. that is. While most people associate the sport of wrestling with cutting weight, many individuals need to gain weight in order to compete in a higher weight class. In the offseason, Wright went "We don't cut weight we do weight manage ment here," strength and conditioning coach Shawn Contos said. "People outside of the sport of wrestling have given that term 'weight-cut ting' a negative connotation, and rightfully so. It takes away from how the kids perform on the mat and stuff, and we can't have that." Molinaro swears by the new weight manage ment procedure. Even though he has moved up a weight class this season to wrestle at 149 pounds, he's seen a huge difference in how his weight has come off. Instead of focusing on los ing weight in practice, he can now concentrate on wrestling and improving, which is helping him lose weight twice as quickly while gaining experience. WRESTLING - My weight was the breaking point for me," said Molinaro, who is 23-3 this season. "I turned everything around going up a weight class. I'm twice as focused, and I'm finally having fun wrestling again. I can't say I was having that much fun wrestling in the last four years. I'm wrestling the best I ever have, so I have the best of both worlds right now" With this philosophy of gradually shedding See WEIGHT, Page 14. .<6 .1 Check Back Points to read about the typical weigh-in routine for wrestlers the day of a meet, ON THE BIOS psucollegian.com from a lanky 174-pounder on the Penn State wrestling team to near ly 205 pounds. Although he is back to wrestling at 184 pounds this sea son, getting bigger is something he hopes to continue to do throughout his time on the team. "Some guys think it's easy to gain weight, but adding functional and beneficial weight takes a lot of discipline, too," assistant coach Matt Dernlan said. "Quentin's got that strength, and you can see already he's gotten significantly bigger. As long as he doesn't go backwards at all, as long as he's keeping his weight maintained and keeping strong, then we can have a long period of time after the sea son to add more functional weight to him." While bulking up this summer, Wright said he ate six full meals and drank a gallon of milk a day. He also spent a lot of time in the gym lifting weights to try to put on more muscle mass than fat. He plans on doing the same THE DAILY COLLEGIAN #1: Don't eat past 7 p.m. By doing this the wrestlers' metabolism continues to work while they are awake and won't have to try to work while they are asleep. #2: Eat five or six meals throughout the day. Assistant coach Casey Cunningham refers to this as "graz ing." By doing this, the wrestlers' metabolism will continuously be going all day and their energy level will be • up. #3: Drink chocolate milk. This bever age is good to drink after a workout as a recovery because it has almost !- the perfect ratio of carts to protein. It is also a lot cheaper than many of the supplemental drinks on the mar ket. #4: Don't drink soda. The wrestlers' bodies will retain this and it will be harder to lose weight. They drink water instead because their bodies will flush it out faster and they will physically feel better. #5: Don't drink fruit juice. Instead, the wrestlers eat a piece of fruit because•this will bring their energy up. They also increase their fiber this way. #6: Share meals. Since wrestlers are trying to eat small meals and lose weight, it is common prac tice for them to split sandwiches or share crackers with a team mate or another wrestler. thing this upcoming summer to hopefully move up another weight class or two, though he said the heavy eating does sometimes leave him very full or with a stom achache. "It helped me get my weight up, and what it does is it helps keep your metabolism moving," Wright said. "A s long as you're See GAIN, Page 14. Adam Lynch is raising eyebrows with his solid play. SPORTS, Page 10.
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