Upper Iowa Wrestler Shows Age Has No Limits

By: John Sears, TV9 Sports

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Story Created: Jan 13, 2010 at 5:59 PM CST

Story Updated: Jan 13, 2010 at 5:59 PM CST

CEDAR FALLS - Upper Iowa wrestler Justin Decker looks like a normal 157 pound college wrestler on the surface. But that's not the case.

Decker is a 33 year old dairy farmer. He's a married man, and a father of two with another child on the way.

Decker wrestled at Iowa in the mid 90's, then coached high school wrestling for 7 years before becoming an assistant at UIU for 2 years. But he always had 1 semester of eligibility remaining. He developed a bond with the other coaches and this years senior class that he decided to give it one last shot.

Says Decker, "You only live once. I'm 33 years old I'm in an ideal situation. I just want to go through life without any regrets I guess."

He says for the first time in his life wrestling is fun, and he still feels he can compete with the best in the country.

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