Daton Fix defeated Nathan Tomasello in the finals of the U23 World Team Trials (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com)ROCHESTER, Minn. -- It was a fantastic finish as the final 12 weight classes were determined in the finals series of the USA Wrestling U23 World Team Trials at the Mayo Civic Center on Sunday.
All eight men's freestyle team members were determined, as well as the final four Greco-Roman spots, in a best-of-three series in each weight. This is the qualifying event in all three Olympic disciplines for the U23 World Championships, set for Bydgoszcz, Poland, November 21-26.
In a highly anticipated finals, 2017 Junior World champion Daton Fix defeated NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello, who is No. 3 on the Senior National Team, in two straight bouts in the men's freestyle finals series.
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Freestyle results
57 kilograms:
1st: Daton Fix (CRTC/TMWC) df. Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State/Ohio RTC/TMWC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Fix dec. Tomasello, 8-7
Match 2: Fix dec. Tomasello, 7-4
3rd: Joshua Rodriguez (Nittany Lion WC) tech. fall Timothy Lambert (Sunkist Kids), 10-0
61 kilograms:
1st: Mitchell McKee (Minnesota Storm) df. Isaac Jimenez (Air Force RTC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: McKee tech. fall Jimenez, 11-0
Match 2: McKee tech. fall Jimenez, 15-4
3rd: Josh Terao (DCAC) tech. fall Steven Polakowski (Minnesota Storm), 10-0
65 kilograms:
1st: Joey McKenna (LVWC/TMWC) df. Boo Lewallen (CRTC/TMWC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: McKenna dec. Lewallen, 5-1
Match 2: McKenna dec. Lewallen, 8-4
3rd: Jaydin Eierman (Missouri Wrestling RTC) dec. Brock Zacherl (Clarion WC), 5-4
70 kilograms:
1st: Richard Lewis (Scarlett Knight WC) df. Tyler Berger (Sunkist Kids), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Lewis dec. Berger, 6-2
Match 2: Lewis dec. Berger, 7-1
3rd: Grant LaMont (Utah Valley RTC) tech. fall Matthew Zovistoski (App State RTC), 10-0
74 kilograms:
1st: Isaiah Martinez (Illinois RTC) df. Chance Marsteller (Titan Mercury WC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Martinez dec. Marsteller, 8-1
Match 2: Martinez dec. Marsteller, 7-6
86 kilograms:
1st: Sam Brooks (NYAC/Hawkeye WC) df. Myles Martin (Ohio State/Ohio RTC/TMWC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Brooks dec. Martin, 9-5
Match 2: Brooks dec. Martin, 13-8
3rd: Brett Pfarr (Minnesota Storm) tech. fall over Jaron Smith (Terrapin WC), 10-0
97 kilograms:
1st: Ty Walz (VT/Southeast RTC) df. Daniel Chaid (Tarheel WC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Walz dec. Chaid, 8-1
Match 2: Walz tech. fall Chaid, 10-0
3rd: Riley Lefever (Nittany Lion WC) tech. fall Nikko Reyes (Valley RTC), 12-1
125 kilograms:
1st: Michael Kroells (Minnesota Storm) df. Youssif Hemida (Terrapin WC), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Kroells tech. fall Hemida, 10-0
Match 2: Kroells dec. Hemida, 9-4
3rd: Joey Goodhart (Drexel/PRTC) dec. Michael Kosoy (Wolfpack WC), 7-5
Greco Roman results
59 kilograms:
1st: Dalton Roberts (NYAC/NMU-OTS) df. Randon Miranda (NYAC/NMU-OTS), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Roberts dec. Miranda, 8-4
Match 2: Roberts dec. Miranda, 11-10
3rd: Dalton Young (Stanford: unattached) tech. fall Kyndall Rutz (NMU-OTS), 10-1
71 kilograms:
1st: Alex Mossing (Air Force RTC) df. Colin Schubert (NYAC/NMU-OTS), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Mossing pin Schubert, 3:39
Match 2: Mossing dec. Schubert, 8-8
3rd: Lenny Merkin (Princeton WC) tech. fall Logan Kass (NMU-OTS), 17-9
80 kilograms:
1st: Kamal Bey (Sunkist Kids) df. Thomas Brackett (unattached), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Bey tech. fall Brackett, 8-0
Match 2: Bey tech. fall Brackett, 8-0
3rd: Carter Nielsen (NMU-OTS) dec. Alex Meyer (Hawkeye WC), 7-2
130 kilograms:
1st: G'Angelo Hancock (Sunkist Kids) df. Alton Meeks (Florida Jets), 2 matches to 0
Match 1: Hancock tech. fall Meeks, 8-0
Match 2: Hancock Pin Meeks, 3:46
3rd: David Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley RTC) dec. Michael Rogers (NYAC/OTC), 6-3
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