He moves to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. With no school worries, with the best facilities a wrestler could want, with the mountains nearby, a peace takes over. He starts attending church. He builds a relationship with Jesus and freely talks about it. He can't believe the calm over him.
Workouts are stronger.
He always has been a mental giant, but now his mind strength is off the chart. After 18 months in there, he stuns the amateur wrestling world by winning the 167.5 pound weight class at the U.S. Nationals. Beat a wrestling machine named Joe Williams, a guy who had beaten him four times before. Just another piece of that puzzle. By winning the U.S. Nationals, he becomes the No. 1 seed at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials.