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In Egg Harbor Township, at a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center, trainer Dane Tabano watches as his student Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, runs through drills with another wrestler, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, at a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center, 1991 Ocean City High School two times State Champion Pat Lynch watches as his student Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, runs through drills with another wrestler, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, at a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center, 1991 Ocean City High School two-time State Champion Pat Lynch watches as his student Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, runs through drills with another wrestler, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, at a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center, 1991 Ocean City High School two-time State Champion Pat Lynch talks about training Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
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In Egg Harbor Township, at a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, his dad Tom Crowell talks about Kellan's love for the sport, on June 30, 2026.
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In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
"Over the years, the skill level just keeps going up, so every competition is just harder," said 14-year-old Kellan Crowell, a three-time youth state champ and first- and third-place winner at the Northeast Regional Freestyle Tournament in his young and successful career.
In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
In Egg Harbor Township, scenes from a wrestling training session at Encore Performance Center with Egg Harbor Township wrestler Kellan Crowell, 14, on June 30, 2026.
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