<p>John Owen</p>
December 18, 2015
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“John made it simple as a coach,” said Whitcomb, who was inducted in the NJCAA Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2014 in Spokane. “You win. Second’s not good enough. Make no doubt about it, you don’t want to be the guy after the guy. But being the guy after John was easy. They just wanted me to keep it going in the right direction.”
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