World Team Trials

[wrestlingfan22]

Who's gonna be there?

 

65- Bassett, Bartlett, Mendez, Woods, and Valencia are all pretty likely to be there. Do we see Nick Lee? Brock Hardy? Stanich try to double up? Lovett, Henson or SVN? Anyone else?

70- Duke, Green, Parker, Lewan, and Andonian are probably locks. Does Zain show up? Taylor or Kasak? Lovett, Henson or SVN?

74- Car, Monday, Jacques, Bearclaw, Hall should be there. Is there anyone else of note? Caliendo maybe? Lockett/Sealey? 

79- Hamiti, Ruiz, Kharcala, McBryde, Monday from the Open. Would hope we see Haines, maybe Carr moves up? Nolf unretires? Burroughs? Dake or Marsteller cut from 86?

86- Dake, Chance, Keck, Welsh and Coleman I would anticipate we see. That is already very stacked don't know who else would add to that mix

92- Sinclair, Mike Mach, Schultz, Plott. I would hope we see someone from 86 that can push Hidlay move up (Keck?) Does Brooks come back this year? Buchanan or Barr? Mirasola?

97- Aiello is the clear number 2 at this weight, Trumble maybe pushes him if hes healthy/can make 97 anymore. Unless Brooks shows up this weight doesn't matter because nobody is making Snyder sweat. 

125- Parris or Gable are the big guys that could enter, otherwise this weight doesn't have anyone to push Wyatt. Of the current guys Thomas, Wood, Zilmer, and Hillger could all make Final X. Maybe some more college guys enter that would be good. 

Edited 20 hours ago by wrestlingfan22

[Truzzcat]

hoping at least one of Dake or chance drops to 79kg. I think Dake can beat Zahid I just personally don't have a lot of confidence that Evan wick will bring home a medal. Welsh may be able to get down as well for a one-time weigh in. I am not going to lie If brooks does not go 92 I am not overly confident with our team this year. The future is bright but I think there is a chance we do not medal at 65,70,74,79,92,125 depending on who shows up.

Edited 18 hours ago by Truzzcat

[CHROMEBIRD]

MM?

I think Dake is still adjusting to the weight and will be our rep at 86. Would prefer Marsteller back at 79 or JB or KOT at the weight. Agree that we'd have a stronger lineup with Brooks at 92. 

[Eagle26]

14 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

hoping at least one of Dake or chance drops to 79kg. I think Dake can beat Zahid I just personally don't have a lot of confidence that Evan wick will bring home a medal. Welsh may be able to get down as well for a one-time weigh in. I am not going to lie If brooks does not go 92 I am not overly confident with our team this year. The future is bright but I think there is a chance we do not medal at 65,70,74,79,92,125 depending on who shows up.

I have to agree with your synopsis that the future is bright, but we do seem to be rebuilding a bit in several weights. We were spoiled a bit with 4 of the top six USA wrestlers of all time competing at the same time. Snyder still going strong and Dake will adjust to 86… not sure if Burroughs is done or not yet? Honestly I think there’s a better chance we see JB or Nolf at 79 than Dake or Chance. No way Dake concedes to Valencia IMO. Chance probably could go to 79 but he spent a lot of time bulking up to 86, so I doubt he wants to go backwards on that.

We always seem to have a first year team member burst onto the scene with a medal, so I think we do get at least one or two from the weights you listed. Mesenbrink took it to Carr who just beat Takatani, so he should medal. Hendrickson is certainly capable too. If we add in Brooks and Burroughs/Nolf that’s a pretty darn good team. 

[BarSeries]

15 hours ago, CHROMEBIRD said:

MM?

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[Coastal]

From my understanding, Nolf isn't qualified for WTT.

[Shibboleth]

18 minutes ago, Coastal said:

From my understanding, Nolf isn't qualified for WTT.

He is, he's a world team member at for 2023 and 2024. There are I think 3 or 4 WT members at each weight. 

There are probably around 20-30 wrestlers qualified for each weight I assume. If you got a lot of free time you can make lists for each criteria - they are here
 

• 2023 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Team Member

• 2024 Senior Men’s Freestyle National Team Member

• 2024 U23 Men’s Freestyle World Medalist

• 2024 U20 Men’s Freestyle World Medalist

• **2024 U17 Men’s Freestyle World Champion**
  (must be age-eligible)

• November 2024 Armed Forces Men’s Freestyle World Medalist

• **Top 4 U.S. finisher at the November 2024 Bill Farrell International**
  (if not already qualified)

• Medalist at February 2025 UWW Ranking Series events #1 or #2

• Top 3 finisher at the March 2025 NCAA Division I Championships

• Top 7 finisher per weight class at the April 2025 Senior Men’s Freestyle U.S. Open Championships

• Medalist at the May 2025 Senior Pan American Championships
  
  
  
  p.s many young athletes have already signed in on this -- Lockett, Duke, Bassett I think, maybe Mirasolas

Edited 4 minutes ago by Shibboleth