Five All-Americans and two national champions will be among the nine Augsburg individuals competing at the meet. National champions Quincy Osborn (Jr., Grand Rapids, Minn., 141 pounds) and Jeremy Anderson (Jr., Thief River Falls, Minn., 157 pounds) will compete, along with national runner-up Seth Flodeen (So., Cannon Falls, Minn., 125 pounds), fifth-place finisher Robbie Gotreau (Jr., Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS, 174 pounds) and eighth-place finisher Wally O'Connor (Jr., Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West HS, 197 pounds).
Other Auggies competing will be Paul Bjorkstrand (So., Burnsville, Minn., 125 pounds), Jason Adams (Fr., Coon Rapids, Minn., 141 pounds), Matt Curtis (Fr., Coon Rapids, Minn., 165 pounds) and Jake Grygelko (So., Loretto, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS, 165 pounds).
Sam Barber, who was named the new head coach of the Augsburg wrestling team in March, will accompany the Augsburg contingent to Colorado Springs for the week of action and training.
"This experience will allow our athletes to see first-hand how Olympic hopefuls live and train," Barber said. "It is also an awesome opportunity to be coached by the national coaching staff, and to wrestle with and compete against the very best wrestlers in the entire United States."
Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling practice will begin on Monday and run through Wednesday. Competition in both classes will take place on Friday and Saturday. Winners in each of the eight FILA weight classes (four in Freestyle, four in Greco-Roman) will advance to the FILA Junior World Championships Aug. 21-26 in Beijing, China. Champions from April's FILA Junior Nationals in Las Vegas, Nev., earn automatic berths into the best-of-three finals in each weight class, and will face the champions from the Friday-Saturday tournament.
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