Isaiah Martinez gets his hand raised after a win at the Last Chance Qualifier (Photo/David Peterson, Minnesota/USA Wrestling)ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier concluded on Sunday afternoon at the RCTC Regional Sports Center with four athletes solidifying berths to the U.S. World Team Trials set for Lincoln, Neb., June 9-10.
Joining the men's freestyle U.S. World Team Trials field after gold-medal performances in Rochester are Isaiah Martinez, Joe Rau, Hayden Zillmer and Blaize Cabell.
A two-time NCAA champion and three-time NCAA finalist for Illinois, Martinez picked up three technical fall wins on the way to the 74-kilogram/163-pound gold. In the finals, Martinez made quick work of the Minnesota Storm's Nick Wanzek, 10-0.
Two Greco-Roman staples training with the Minnesota Storm cast their names in the ring for a freestyle World Team Trials berth and came out victorious.
Past Greco-Roman World Team member and 2016 Olympic Trials champion Rau secured two pins and two technical falls on his way to the 86-kilogram/189-pound title. Rau made use of a crafty front headlock to quickly dispatch of past NCAA All-American for Edinboro Vic Avery in the finals, 10-0.
Zillmer, the U.S. World Team Trials runner-up at 98 kilograms/216 pounds in Greco-Roman, defeated Timmy McCall in the 97-kilogram/213-pound finals, 6-4, courtesy of a late four-point takedown. He tallied one technical fall and a pin on his way to the finals showdown.
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74 kilograms:
1st: Isaiah Martinez (Illinois RTC) tech. fall Nick Wanzek (Minnesota Storm), 10-0
3rd: Dan Vallimont (New York AC) dec. Brett Bye (Jackrabbit WC), 19-10
86 kilograms:
1st: Joe Rau (Minnesota Storm) tech. fall Vic Avery (Titan Mercury WC), 10-0
3rd: Quinton Godley (Titan Mercury WC) dec. Robert Jordan (Jackrabbit WC), 10-8
97 kilograms:
1st: Hayden Zillmer (Minnesota Storm) dec. Timmy McCall (Titan Mercury WC), 6-4
3rd: Jacob Kasper (Blue Blood WC) forfeit Austin Schafer (Bronco WC)
125 kilograms:
1st: Blaize Cabell (Valley RTC) dec. Braden Atwood (Sunkist Kids), 7-5
3rd: Blake Wolters (Jackrabbit WC)
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