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Illinois’ 5-foot-5 wrestling star celebrates NCAA title by embracing towering girlfriend
Lucas Byrd, for some, is living the dream. The 5-foot-5 amateur wrestling star of the University of Illinois recently ...
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Illini wrestler Lucas Byrd reaches national title high he's long chased: 'That surreal feeling of doing it'
CHAMPAIGN — Sometimes, Lucas Byrd doesn't feel like wrestling is ... former Illini volleyball player Ellie Holzman, to go viral. Byrd has given so much to wrestling, and now wrestling is giving ...
'Short king' energy: 5'5" wrestler wins big, celebrates even bigger with his 6'2" girlfriend
Lucas Byrd clinches the NCAA Wrestling Championship in the 133-pound weight class and celebrates with his girlfriend Ellie ...
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WATCH: Illini’s Lucas Byrd discusses national title, viral moment with girlfriend
Illinois wrestler Lucas Byrd won a national championship in Philadelphia over the weekend. The Illinois sixth-year senior ...
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Lucas Byrd wins historic NCAA wrestling title
No. 1 redshirt senior Lucas Byrd recently won his first national title, becoming the 21st Illinois wrestler to ever win a ...