Antonio Garay Excels in Second Sport

June 21, 1999 | Wrestling

March 8, 1999

Freshman Antonio Garay (Rahway, N.J.) became the first-ever Boston College athlete to win the East Coast Wrestling Conference Championship. Garay won two matches to capture the heavyweight title. He also earned the ECWA Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. Garay's wins raised his record to 19-0 overall, and 7-0 in conference competition.

Garay defeated last year's champion and number one seed, Marc DeFrancesco of Rider University, 1:43 into the final match. The win (Garay's eleventh via fall) automatically qualifies him for the NCAA Championships that will be held at Penn State from March 18-20.

This past fall, Garay was a defensive lineman for the BC football team. He was one of a select few true freshmen to see game action in 1998.