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• Photo by Deborah Hallick DAN RUSSELL CAPTURES FOURTH DIVISION TITLE D an Russell is no stranger to the Oregon wrestling community. And he's certainly no stranger to the victory stand. In 1991, Rus ell became only the second wrestler in NCAA history to win four national championships in four years, when he swept to the 167-pound title at the Division II finals in Fargo, N.D. Russell, the latest in a stellar group of PSU wrestlers, also advanced to the Division I finals, finish– ing fourth. In his career at PSU, which included shares in na– tional team championships in 1989 and 1990, he fin– ished with a school record 133 wins and 57 pins. His mark at the NCAA Division II championships was an un– blemished 15-0, and includes Outstanding Wrestler awards in his last three trips. Even in the Division I fi– nals, where fourth place was his highest finish, he has a career record of 14-8, with three pins. At the Division I nationals, Russell advanced to the semifinals with four straight wins, but suf– fered a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to hometown fa– vorite Mark Reiland of Iowa, the eventual cham– pion. It was Reiland's only close match. Then Russell came back to defeat Chris Kwormik of North Carolina State before falling to Charles Jones of Purdue, 7-1. ]one had given Russell his only loss of the season, 1-0, in the Las Vegas In– vitational in December. At the tourney, he captured the hearts of the partisan Iowa crowd after he beat Ray Brinzer of Iowa's arch-rival, Oklahoma State, 3-2. "If they gave out an award for class acts, he would have won hands down," said Iowa Sports Information Director Tom Barr. Overall, Russell, fin– i hed with a career record of 133-22-5. He came to PSU from Gre– sham High School, where he won one na– tional and four state high school champi– onships. He goes straight from PSU to workouts for the 1992 Olympic team, where he hopes to snare a spot in the Gre– co-Roman competition. In 1996, he would like to wrestle in both the Greco-Roman and freestyle divisions. •••JR Rardon Right: Fourth year wrestler Dan Russell, 158, easily scores points on his opponent during a home match. WRESTLING ROSTER Name Year Wt. Dan Russell Sr 167 Tony Champion Jr 177 Joey Herrera Jr 150 Eric Winters Jr 142 Clay Woodward So 190 Ariah Fasano So 118 ChrisClaus Fr Hvy Albert Alcantar Sr 134 Brad Smith Fr 126 James Beardemphl Fr 158 Damion T riplerr Jr 158 Adrian JeweH Fr 134 8ryon Crosby Sr 190 Tom McConkey 118 Rob McCain 158 James Sisson Jr 142 Sports/Wrestling