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2022-23 Wrestling Roster

Gil Talbot

Yaraslau Slavikouski

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rechitsa, Belarus
  • High School Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.)
  • Position 285
  • Concentration Economics
  • House Affiliation Adams

Biography

Senior • 2022-23
Finished with a team-high 30 wins…. 15-3 in tournament play… 12-0 throughout EIWA season…Competed in the Journeymen Classic, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, and Midlands prior to the start of the EIWA Season…. Registered victories over North Carolina, Binghamton, Cornell, Penn, Columbia, Hofstra, and Brown… Sealed upset victory over Princeton in the last match of the dual against the Tigers….Finished third at the EIWA Tournament…. Registered four victories at the EIWA Championships… Qualified for 2023 NCAA Tournament… First team All-Ivy

Junior • 2021-22
Went 4-1 on the season; missed the majority of the season due to injury … Placed second at 285 pounds at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 3-4), going 4-1 including a technical fall and major decision … Won EIWA Wrestler of the Week honors on Dec. 8 … Served team as a captain … Reached the quarterfinals at the U23 World Championships in the freestyle 125-kilogram division in November 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia.
 
Sophomore • 2020-21
Earned a bronze medal at Belarus Senior Nationals ... Collegiate season canceled due to COVID-19.
 
First-year • 2019-20
Garnered NWCA Second Team All-America … Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Harvard rookie to earn the honor in 16 years … Gained First Team All-Ivy unanimously … Named the EIWA First-year of the Year … Earned the EIWA Academic Achievement Award … Led the Crimson with a 30-8 overall record, including a 12-1 mark in dual competition … Was a perfect 10-0 against EIWA opponents … Recorded a 15-match win streak from Jan. 11 to Mar. 7 … Led the Crimson in dual points (41) … Notched two pins on the season, both times against Hofstra's Maguire Horl … Finished second at the EIWA Championships with a 3-1 record at heavyweight; defeated Hofstra's Maguire Horl by pin,  Drexel's Sean O'Malley by a 4-1 decision and Hofstra's Zachary Knighton-Ward by a 3-1 decision to advance to the championship match … Placed second at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open with a 3-1 mark ... Secured third place at the Keystone Classic (Nov. 24) behind a 4-1 mark … Placed fourth at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championship (Dec. 29-30) with a 5-2 record … Beat a pair of ranked opponents at the Duals on the Diamond at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, defeating No. 9 Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) and No. 15 Jere Heino (Campbell).
 
Before Harvard
Belarus National Team member … Attended Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) for his last three prep seasons after going to Republic State College of Olympic Reserve in Belarus … Served as NMH team captain … Three-time Prep New England champion … Two-time Prep National runner-up … 2019 NHSCA champion at 285 pounds … 2018 NHSCA champion at 220 pounds and third-place in 2017 … 2018 European championship third-place finisher (97kg) … Wrestled for Vougar’s Honors Wrestling Club for three years … Competed in wrestling and track and field in high school … Brother, Valentin, was a four-time World Cup and Baltic Games championship wrestler, and was an honored member of the Presidential Club in kickboxing and muay thai.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

    285
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    285
  • 2021-22Junior

    285
  • 2022-23Senior

    285