Mota-Pettis wrestles on her own terms
Xochitl Mota-Pettis spent years saying she would never wrestle in college. Then a letterman's jacket changed her mind, and she won Quincy University's first national title, with a torn labrum. The Pan American champion, who once pinned Alli (Ragan) St. John and wrestled Helen Maroulis for a world team spot, talks about her unusual path, her banjo and why an athlete is just an athlete.
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