Colby Vital

Position:
165/174
Hometown:
Coventry, R.I.
High School:
Ponaganset H.S.

High School: Wrestled at Ponaganset High School under coaches Dave Amato, Steve Dinoble and Michael Joyce … capped his career as the New England Champion, Rhode Island state runner-up and Sam Cali finalist as a senior … Rhode Island state champion and fourth-place finisher at the New England Championships as a junior … earned first-team Division I and second-team All-State honors as a freshman and sophomore … placed sixth at the New England Championships in each of his first two seasons … finished second at the state championships and was a Summer Nationals finalist as a freshman … four-year varsity letterwinner … graduated summa cum laude after earning highest honors all four years.

Personal: Son of Jennifer Farias and Manuel Vital … born on September 4, 2007 … has an older brother, Manny.