By Ryan Mink
rmink@digitalsports.com

St. John's heavyweight Kevin McReynolds left Washington DC feeling the weight of his school on his shoulders, as he was the school's lone representative.

To bring on even more pressure, the first-year wrestler was set to face No. 4-seeded Joe Ditrolio of Malvern Prep in the first round.

"I knew what I had to do and had been training for this moment the whole season," McReynolds said.

McReynolds wrestled the best match of his life, beating Ditrolio 4-2 in the first round for perhaps the biggest upsets of the tournament.

"It felt incredible," McReynolds said. "I put myself on the map for wrestling and established myself as a respected wrestler."

McReynolds beat his next opponent, Hunter Lee, 3-2, to advance to the quarterfinals. Once there, he got disqualified against John Collins of of Roxbury Latin.

Teammate James Wenzalff didn't make the trip to Bethlehem, Pa., with McReynolds because of a concussion that had been lingering since the St. Albans touranment.