U20 day 4...

[D3 for LU]

McEnelly is coming up on B... FOR the gold medal.

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[Coastal]

McEnelly up 2-0 at the break.  Clock and pushout.

 

[D3 for LU]

We're now up to 8-0 w/ less than 10 secs left.

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Edited 17 hours ago by D3 for LU

[Coastal]

McNelly wins title 8-0

 

[Coastal]

Again, not mine but SlipperyPete's work.

 

 

U20 86kg Final- Max McEnelly vs. Bozigit Islamgereev (UWW)

Period 1:
Tying up & hand fighting. Islamgereev pushes forward a bit. Max with some fakes, then they tie up again. Collar ties & pushing in the center of the mat. They break & go right back to the tie up. Islamgereev gets a passivity warning. Back to tying up & pushing. Max shoots for a low leg, but can't finish. Passivity warning #2 on Islamgereev. He goes on the clock. More tying up & pushing. Max reaches for a leg, but doesn't get close. Islamgereev shoots for a low leg, but Max circles away. Max gets a shot clock point, 1-0. Max shoots & gets in deep, but Islamgereev somehow evades the takedown. Max keeps coming & takes Islamgereev out, 2-0. Back to neutral. Tying up & pushing again. Islamgereev shoots & gets in deep, but Max fights him off. More pushing & tying up. Max gets a passivity call & the period ends.

Period 2:
Back to action & straight to tying up & pushing. Max drops in on a low leg. He elevates the leg, but Islamgereev kicks free. Back to tying up & pushing in the center. Islamgereev shoots, but Max circles away. Back to tying up. Max reaches for a leg, but doesn't commit. Islamgereev reaches for a leg, but can't finish. Max immediately re-attacks & gets a TD, 4-0. No turns, back to neutral. Islamgereev pushes forward. Max circles back to center, 1:11-left. Islamgereev shoots. Max counters & finishes another TD, 6-0, no turns. Back to neutral. Islamgereev pushes forward. Max snaps & circles back to center. Pushing & tying up again. Islamgereev reaches for a leg, but can't get there, 30-sec left. Islamgereev shoots, Max counters & adds another TD, 8-0. Max shoots, but can't finish & that's how it ends.

Max McEnelly DEC Bozigit Islamgereev 8-0

[D3 for LU]

FIVE count'em 5 gold medals for the USA

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[Coastal]

Just now, D3 for LU said:

FIVE count'em 5 gold medals for the USA

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And again, could have easily been SIX if Lilledahl opted to try U20.

[D3 for LU]

TOP 10 FS team scores from the UWW site:

#1 USA 185   #2 Kazakhstan 112   #3 Iran 111   #4 Azerbaijan 71  #5 Georgia 66  #6 India 60  #7 Japan 57

#8 Turkiye (I always spell that wrong now!) 46  #9 Moldova  44 #10 Armenia 35

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Edited 16 hours ago by D3 for LU

[de4856]

Fantastic job! 8 medals and 5 Champs. Amazing. Hopefully the other squads have great performances as well 

[D3 for LU]

Men's freestyle is done... tomorrow greco roman begins.

The Thursday schedule:

Thursday, August 21  *all times listed are Eastern

3:00 am: Women's Freestyle 50-53-72 & Greco 60-82 Qualification Rounds; Women's Freestyle 55-62-65-76 Repechage

9:45 am: Women's Freestyle 50-53-72 & Greco 60-82 Semifinals

11:00 am: Women's Freestyle 55-62-65-76 Medal Matches

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[Rassling2]

2 hours ago, Wrasslin said:

Blaze made easy work of this tournament- he has senior level class. 

Also, congrats to Puerto Rico's Omar Ayoub (by way of Ohio and Nebraska Huskers), who brought home Bronze hardware in this same weight class! 

future 4x’r right there

[Coastal]

13 minutes ago, Rassling2 said:

future 4x’r right there

If he starts this season, there's some talent at 133/141 but we also have to watch where Forrest ends up weight wise.

Both Blaze and Forrest almost have to bulk to 141/149 so they are not too undersized for 65 in '28.   There really could be a case where one or both are World Champs and one is an Olympic Champ while still in college and one never wins an NCAA title.

[BAC]

3 hours ago, Wrasslin said:

Blaze made easy work of this tournament- he has senior level class. 

Also, congrats to Puerto Rico's Omar Ayoub (by way of Ohio and Nebraska Huskers), who brought home Bronze hardware in this same weight class! 

Ohio accounted for 3 of the 61kg wrestlers:  Blaze (US/Perrysburg), Brown (Canada/St. Eds), Ayoub (Puerto Rico/Dublin Coffman).  Looked like the Ohio state tournament out there.