Bader Show: Shane Griffith
Bader Show: Shane Griffith
Bader and Bray catch up with NCAA Champion Shane Griffith after his incredible NCAA performance and tumultuous season at Stanford.
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Bader and Bray catch up with NCAA Champion Shane Griffith after his incredible NCAA performance and tumultuous season at Stanford.
Order of Show
0:01 When Shane Griffith first heard Stanford was planning to drop wrestling
0:03 Coach Borrelli’s message to the team when the program was dropped
0:04 Shane Griffith thought about leaving Stanford for a while
0:06 The conversations between Shane Griffith and his teammates once the program was cut
0:08 COVID-19 had a major impact on training at Stanford
0:14 Wrestling training outside was weather dependent
0:15 The emotional toll of all of these COVID-19 restrictions
0:17 During December and January, Shane Griffith didn’t know if he would compete
0:19 Every day of the first half of January, Griffith thought Stanford might pull the plug
0:20 Shane knew the best thing he could do to save the program was to do his job on the mat
0:22 The black singlets made a statement about the internal family at Stanford
0:23 Stanford’s administration didn’t communicate much with the student athletes
0:25 How it felt to compete at NCAAs
0:27 Shane’s NCAA Championship experience and the fallout since then
0:37 How Shane has changed during the last year
0:38 If Shane Griffith gets to compete in a Stanford singlet again, he’ll know they’ve won
0:39 Shane’s thoughts about the future
0:40 Graduating from Stanford in 3 years is no joke
0:41 What it feels like to talk about the Stanford situation all the time
0:42 Coach Borrelli’s support during the last year
0:44 Stanford’s 15 day competition window
0:45 Shane Griffith’s final word