
Kade Smith
David Taylor, nicknamed the Magic Man, is an American freestyle wrestler who currently resides and trains in State College, Pennsylvania. Taylor was crowned the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Champion at 86 kg after defeating Iran's Yazdani in the finals. Other career accolades include 2018 World Champion in Budapest, 2021 World Silver medalist in Oslo, three-time Pan-American Champion, Ivan Yarygin Champion, two-time NCAA champion at Penn State, two-time Dan Hodge award winner, and four-time Ohio State Champion. At Penn State, Taylor won four Big 10 titles from 2011-14, with his first at 157 and the other three at 165. He reached the finals of NCAA's four times as well, but only won in his sophomore and senior seasons.
DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
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03/01 | L | DEC 9-5 | B. Baragary | Lansing HS | KSHSAA Girls 5A State Championship | Cons. Round 2 | 105 | |
02/28 | W | DEC 9-3 | A. Lopez-Frios | Wichita-Bishop Carroll Hs | KSHSAA Girls 5A State Championship | Cons. Round 1 | 105 | |
02/28 | L | DEC 12-9 | S. Spaulding | Emporia Hs | KSHSAA Girls 5A State Championship | Champ. Round 1 | 105 | |
02/15 | W | F 3-0 1:49 | B. Baragary | Lansing HS | KSHSAA Girls 5A East Regional | 3rd Place Match | 105 | |
02/15 | W | F 13-1 1:36 | K. Rodriguez | Topeka - Highland Park HS | KSHSAA Girls 5A East Regional | Cons. Semi | 105 | |
02/15 | L | F 12-19 4:42 | M. Locke | Basehor-Linwood HS | KSHSAA Girls 5A East Regional | Semifinal | 105 | |
02/15 | W | TF 20-1 2:24 | G. Whalen | Lenexa - St. James Academy HS | KSHSAA Girls 5A East Regional | Quarterfinal | 105 | |
02/11 | W | F 6-7 2:30 | J. Hockett | Chanute HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2025 | Round 3 | 105 | |
02/10 | W | F 5-0 0:36 | M. Corser | Independence HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2025 | Round 2 | 105 | |
02/10 | W | TF 22-5 5:22 | P. Head | Fort Scott HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2025 | Round 1 | 105 | |
01/25 | L | M FOR 0-0 | N. Noor | Effingham-Atchison Co Community HS | Paola Girls Invitational | 5th Place Match | G105 | |
01/24 | L | M FOR 0-0 | P. Head | Fort Scott HS | Paola Girls Invitational | Cons. Semi | G105 | |
01/24 | L | DEF 4-3 5:34 | C. Crawford | Paola HS | Paola Girls Invitational | Semifinal | G105 | |
01/24 | W | F 3-0 0:24 | G. Whalen | Lenexa-St. James Academy HS | Paola Girls Invitational | Quarterfinal | G105 | |
12/20 | W | F 6-1 1:30 | M. Moyer | Caney Valley HS | Columbus Varsity Duals Girls 2024 | Round 4 | 105 | |
12/20 | W | F 3-1 1:20 | M. Miller | Independence HS | Columbus Varsity Duals Girls 2024 | Round 1 (10 Team) | 105 | |
12/14 | W | F 5-0 3:41 | C. West | Olathe Northwest HS | RavenMania | Round 3 | 105 | |
12/14 | L | F 3-0 1:20 | G. Orrantia | Liberal HS | RavenMania | Round 2 | 105 | |
12/14 | W | F 3-0 1:42 | C. McKinney | Overland Park-Blue Valley HS | RavenMania | Round 1 | 105 | |
12/12 | W | F 3-0 0:26 | E. Gann | Spring Hill HS | Spring Hill HS @ Pittsburg HS | Round 1 | 105 |
DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
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02/22 | L | F 2-0 0:48 | O. Schmidt | Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A State Championship | Cons. Round 1 | 110 | |
02/22 | L | F 2-0 0:48 | BYE | Junction City | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A State Championship | Champ. Round 1 | 110 | |
02/10 | W | F 2-9 3:57 | B. Simbaqueva | Olathe North | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional D | 3rd Place Match | 110 | |
02/10 | W | F 17-3 4:32 | M. Nguyen | Blue Valley West | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional D | Cons. Semi | 110 | |
02/10 | L | F 10-1 3:32 | C. West | Olathe Northwest | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional D | Semifinal | 110 | |
02/10 | W | DEC 4-3 SV | R. Mader | Spring Hill | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional D | Quarterfinal | 110 | |
02/09 | W | F 0-0 5:24 | R. Mader | Spring Hill HS | Pittsburg HS @ Spring Hill HS | Round 1 | 110 | |
02/06 | L | M FOR 0-0 | K. Miles | Fort Scott HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2024 | Round 5 | 110 | |
02/05 | W | F 2-0 0:31 | M. Escudero | Coffeyville-Field Kindley HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2024 | Round 4 | 110 | |
02/05 | W | F 2-0 0:23 | J. Myers | Altamont-Labette County HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2024 | Round 3 | 110 | |
02/05 | W | F 13-3 2:58 | E. Cuin | Chanute HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2024 | Round 2 | 110 | |
02/05 | L | F 4-4 3:43 | A. Augustine | Independence HS | SEK Girls League Championships 2024 | Round 1 | 110 | |
01/24 | W | DEC 8-7 | S. Baldwin | Nevada | Nevada @ Pittsburg HS | Round 1 | 110 | |
01/20 | L | DEC 12-8 | K. Miles | Fort Scott HS | Paola Girls Invitational | 1st Place Match | G110 | |
01/19 | W | DEC 6-3 | D. Locke | Basehor-Linwood HS | Paola Girls Invitational | Semifinal | G110 | |
01/19 | W | F 8-5 3:14 | E. Blythe | Frontenac HS | Paola Girls Invitational | Quarterfinal | G110 | |
01/05 | W | F 7-1 1:16 | A. Neely | Columbus HS | Pittsburg HS @ Columbus HS | Round 1 | 110 | |
12/17 | W | F 7-3 2:19 | K. Rezac | Washburn Rural | 6th Annual Ladycat Classic | 7th Place Match | 110 | |
12/16 | L | F 2-0 0:56 | N. Smith | Topeka Seaman | 6th Annual Ladycat Classic | Cons. Round 2 | 110 | |
12/16 | L | DEC 9-5 | A. Alonso | Dodge City | 6th Annual Ladycat Classic | Quarterfinal | 110 | |
12/16 | W | F 5-0 1:28 | K. Holmes | Silver Lake HS | 6th Annual Ladycat Classic | Round 3 | 110 | |
12/02 | W | F 0-2 3:22 | E. Hall | Coffeyville-Field Kindley | KanOkla Varsity Girls 2023 | 1st Place Match | 110 | |
12/01 | W | F 6-6 4:24 | A. Augustine | Independence | KanOkla Varsity Girls 2023 | Semifinal | 110 | |
12/01 | W | F 8-1 2:34 | T. Wilson | BARTLESVILLE | KanOkla Varsity Girls 2023 | Quarterfinal | 110 | |
12/01 | W | F 2-0 1:11 | J. Myers | Altamont-Labette County HS | KanOkla Varsity Girls 2023 | Champ. Round 1 | 110 |
DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
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03/11 | W | DEC 6-1 SV | K. Miller | DC Gold | USAWKS 2023 State Folkstyle Championship | 5th Place Match | 115 | |
03/11 | L | DEC 4-1 | A. Hinojos | Newton | USAWKS 2023 State Folkstyle Championship | Cons. Semi | 115 | |
03/11 | W | F 4-2 1:54 | B. Maxwell | Winfield | USAWKS 2023 State Folkstyle Championship | Cons. Round 3 | 115 | |
03/11 | W | DEC 9-3 | D. Metcalfe | Thunderstruck | USAWKS 2023 State Folkstyle Championship | Cons. Round 2 | 115 | |
03/11 | W | DEC 7-2 | C. Naaf | Marysville | USAWKS 2023 State Folkstyle Championship | Cons. Round 1 | 115 | |
03/10 | L | F 7-6 3:00 | M. Sanchez | Kingman County | USAWKS 2023 State Folkstyle Championship | Champ. Round 1 | 115 | |
03/04 | W | DEC 5-1 | K. Miller | DC Gold | USAWKS 2023 District 1 Championships | Round 3 | 115 | |
03/04 | W | DEC 8-1 | D. Metcalfe | Thunderstruck | USAWKS 2023 District 1 Championships | Round 1 | 115 | |
02/23 | L | F 7-3 4:27 | S. Segura | Shawnee Mission South | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A State Championship | Cons. Round 2 | 110 | |
02/22 | W | DEF 0-0 | B. (Scratch) | Salina-South | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A State Championship | Cons. Round 1 | 110 | |
02/22 | L | F 2-0 0:15 | A. Cullens | Hutchinson | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A State Championship | Champ. Round 1 | 110 | |
02/11 | W | DEC 18-10 TB1 | P. Peterson | Spring Hill | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional C | 3rd Place Match | 110 | |
02/11 | W | F 13-2 3:16 | E. Green | Shawnee Mission Northwest | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional C | Cons. Semi | 110 | |
02/11 | L | F 2-0 0:43 | S. Segura | Shawnee Mission South | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional C | Semifinal | 110 | |
02/11 | W | F 9-1 3:35 | A. Briner | Shawnee Mission North | KSHSAA Girls 6A-5A Regional C | Quarterfinal | 110 | |
02/08 | L | MD 12-3 | K. Miles | Fort Scott | SEK Girls League Championships 2023 | 1st Place Match | 110 | |
02/07 | W | F 6-2 1:18 | R. Salisbury | Independence | SEK Girls League Championships 2023 | Semifinal | 110 | |
01/25 | L | F 7-5 3:07 | S. Baldwin | Nevada | Pittsburg @ Nevada | Round 1 | 110 | |
01/21 | W | F 7-0 2:33 | M. Molt | Atchison Girls | Paola Invitational | Round 5 | G110 | |
01/20 | L | F 2-1 1:35 | K. Miles | Fort Scott Girls | Paola Invitational | Round 4 | G110 | |
01/20 | W | F 2-0 1:30 | M. Pryzblo | Wellsville Girls | Paola Invitational | Round 3 | G110 | |
01/20 | L | F 8-1 1:35 | A. Epp | Paola Girls | Paola Invitational | Round 1 | G110 | |
01/14 | W | F 6-1 1:00 | M. Myers | Altamont-Labette County | Labette County Girls 2023 | Round 5 | 110 | |
01/14 | W | TF 16-1 3:41 | M. Baker | Pittsburg | Labette County Girls 2023 | Round 4 | 110 | |
01/14 | W | F 2-0 0:28 | E. Wasson | McDonald County | Labette County Girls 2023 | Round 3 | 110 | |
01/14 | W | F 4-2 1:19 | J. Myers | Altamont-Labette County | Labette County Girls 2023 | Round 2 | 110 | |
01/11 | W | F 0-0 | J. Myers | Altamont-Labette County | Altamont-Labette County @ Pittsburg | Round 1 | 110 | |
01/06 | W | F 8-3 4:19 | C. Hardison | Shawnee Mission Northwest | Lady Vikes Dual Tournament | Round 3 | 110 | |
01/06 | L | F 5-1 2:46 | T. Heston | Topeka Seaman | Lady Vikes Dual Tournament | Round 4 | 110 | |
01/06 | L | F 4-1 1:11 | S. Zimmerman | Hays | Lady Vikes Dual Tournament | Round 5 | 110 | |
01/06 | W | F 2-0 1:07 | P. Patton | Columbus | Columbus @ Pittsburg | Round 1 | 110 | |
12/17 | L | F 6-3 2:41 | K. Mannio | Gardner Edgerton | 5th Annual Ladycat Classic | 5th Place Match | 110 Championship Bracket | |
12/17 | W | F 3-4 3:09 | O. Schmidt | Shawnee Heights | 5th Annual Ladycat Classic | Consolation Bracket | 110 Championship Bracket | |
12/17 | L | MD 15-4 | T. Heston | Topeka Seaman | 5th Annual Ladycat Classic | Round 3 | 110 Championship Bracket | |
12/17 | W | F 4-0 1:38 | M. Lockhart | Washburn Rural | 5th Annual Ladycat Classic | Round 2 | 110 Championship Bracket | |
12/17 | W | MD 15-2 | Y. Garnica | Chanute | 5th Annual Ladycat Classic | Round 1 | 110 Championship Bracket |
DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
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01/08 | W | DEC 7-6 | J. Spencer | Monett | Midwest Materials Seneca Girls Tourney | 5th Place Match | 115 | |
01/08 | W | DEC 10-6 | B. Cash | Willard | Midwest Materials Seneca Girls Tourney | Cons. Semi | 115 | |
01/08 | W | F 4-0 1:34 | C. Mueller | Joplin | Midwest Materials Seneca Girls Tourney | Cons. Round 2 | 115 | |
01/08 | L | TF 15-0 2:20 | C. Barnum | Bolivar | Midwest Materials Seneca Girls Tourney | Quarterfinal | 115 |