MN Daily: Conrad Rangell trades paintball for the mat

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per the Daily:

Not many athletes can say they’ve embarked on a professional athletics career before college.

Gophers wrestler Conrad Rangell can.

Rangell spent five years playing professional paintball and returned to school in 2010. He won California community college state wrestling championships in 2010 and 2011 before transferring to Minnesota in fall 2012.

At 26, Rangell is the Gophers’ oldest wrestler, even though he’s just a redshirt junior.

“Sometimes I even forget how old I am with the guys I’m hanging around with,” he said. “Sometimes they have to remind me with the old man jokes and stuff like that.”

http://www.mndaily.com/sports/wrestling/2013/12/02/rangell-trades-paintball-mat

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