At Columbia: Finishes career 65-37 and 6-4 in the Ivy League…placed sixth at Easterns…earned All-Ivy League honorable mention…took title at 165 at the New York State Championships after defeating Mike Mackie (Cornell) 8-4 in the finals…placed third at the Keystone Classic with a 4-1 record…19-8 overall in 2005-06 despite battling injuries throughout the year … six pins, two in under a minute … sixth-place finish at Easterns ... honorable mention All-Ivy League … posted a 25-12 record as a sophomore, 6-3 in duals ... prolific producer of team points for the Lions, as 19 of his 25 wins were for bonus points ... 13 wins, more than half of his season total, were by fall, and six more were major decisions ... opened the season with a second place in the Empire State Open; nearly upset All-American Dustin Manotti of Cornell in the final, leading in the third period before losing 11-8 ... won six of seven, four by pin, for third place in East Stroudsburg Open ... third in N.Y. State Championships with three more falls, then finished up with a fifth in the Easterns ... posted three more pins, including a 40-second fall over American's Tom Kniezewski ... was considered for an NCAA wild-card selection ... defeated Kyle Bernholz of Penn, Dominic DeNunzio of Harvard, and Brown's Tim Smith in Ivy League action, the latter two by major decisions, to earn second team All-Ivy League ... strong leader ... went 6-6 as a first-year in 2002-03, when he was trying to find a suitable weight class.
Rim of the World High: California state champion ... All-American after placing fifth in High School Senior Nationals... ranked sixth by Amateur Wrestling News ... Greco-Roman All-American ... California Triple Crown winner ... two-time captain ... Honor Roll every semester.
Personal: American history major ... interested in business or coaching career ... during his leave of absence in 2003-04, worked for the Applied Companies, a New Jersey housing development firm, and trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado ... likes to fish ... is an avid cook ... assistant coach of Arrowhead Wrestling Club (5-14 years) ... son of Mike and Tess ... Ricky Edward Turk, b. July 18, 1984 in Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
2002-03: 6-6, 0-0 Ivy League
2004-05: 25-12, 3-1 Ivy League
2005-06: 19-8, 3-1 Ivy League
2006-07: 15-11, 0-2 Ivy League
Career: 65-37, 6-4 Ivy League
