Spencer Woods

AGE: 25 SPORT: WRESTLING TEAM: USA/ARMY WORLD CLASS ATHLETES PROGRAM Early days I started wrestling at age 7 in Shungnak, Alaska, a little village 50 miles above the Arctic Circle. My friends were doing it, so I wanted to do it. I imagined it would be like the wrestling I saw on TV. Instead, it was in a small gym with an old mat, and there were no costumes. I wanted to quit, but my parents wanted me to see it through. I did, and I fell in love with the sport. Big perk There are no roads where we lived, so for a meet, we’d get in a little plane and fly over to the next village. I made a lot of friends and traveled to new places. It…

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