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8A — THE OBSERVER
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021
BROTHERS
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early was a plus.
“It was very handy
to have it fi gured out by
then,” he said. “I knew
what I needed to work
on.”
Ransom followed in
his older siblings’ foot-
steps when it came to
track, though he played
soccer and baseball before
ultimately trading those
in for track spikes.
“My seventh-grade
year I did track and real-
ized I am way better than
that,” he said. “Because
Jericho was a sprinter
and my sister Hero was
a sprinter, I felt like
sprinting was my goal for
track.”
The COVID-19 pan-
demic has obviously lim-
ited many athletes, but the
Peters brothers were able
to work together, and Jer-
icho teaching Ransom the
ropes was rewarding for
both.
“He’s been helping
me with my strides,”
the younger brother
said. “He’s always had
a shorter one. He’s also
helped me with my blocks
a bit. And then coach
(Dan) Moody helped
me with that. They are
also helping me run on
my toes. (Jericho) was
training me in areas like
that.”
With that help, Ransom
was able to make strides
in the sport more quickly
than Jericho.
“It was fun to be able
to see him improve in
those areas much faster
than I did,” Jericho said.
The concern of if
Oregon State’s Ronnie Bresser, left, takes on Ohio’s Christian Moody in their 125-pound match in the fi rst
round of the NCAA wrestling championship, Thursday, March 21, 2019, in Pittsburgh. The Pac-12 Confer-
ence announced June 3, 2021, a series of measures to strengthen and grow the sport of wrestling in the
conference, including an initiative to add members to its wrestling ranks beyond the current member-
ship of six programs for the fi rst time in more than a decade.
WRESTLING
Continued from Page 7A
in the sport for the next
generation of young athletes
on the West Coast.
“This is an exciting ini-
tiative that not only sta-
bilizes wrestling on the
West Coast but shows the
Pac-12 Conference’s com-
mitment to expanding Divi-
sion 1 wrestling,” Oregon
State coach Chris Pendleton
said. “I’m looking forward
to adding more teams, and
together we can all push the
Pac-12 Conference to new
heights.”
“It is our pleasure to join
the Pac-12 Conference and
its wrestling community
in this important initiative
to add future league affi li-
ates,” added Ray Anderson,
Arizona State Vice Pres-
ident for University Ath-
letics. “These measures
outlined by the conference
are an important fi rst step
in making this happen.
The sport of wrestling has
always been an important
part of Sun Devil athletics
legend and lore. We must
do everything in our power
to strengthen and grow the
sport of wrestling, espe-
cially on the West Coast
where it is so essential to
our stability. Arizona State
University will do every-
thing it can to assist in this
eff ort.”
there would be a spring
season after the rash of
COVID-related cancella-
tions, postponements and
other changes was on the
brothers’ minds during
the school year.
They both felt amazed
that it did, indeed, take
place, and that they got
to share in several mem-
orable moments in the
shortened season.
“I do think it is
amazing both of us
were able to compete
this year,” Jericho said.
“Going into my senior
year, I didn’t think it was
going to happen. I didn’t
think I would get this
opportunity.”
Added Ransom: “It’s
exciting for me to think
I just ran my (freshman)
year despite COVID. I got
to play in track (and) I got
to hand off to him.”
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