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Another thing about Stanich... he stayed home. he didn't go to a private school with the best partners ever single day. in other words, he wasn't maxed out in HS. it also doesn't hurt that he's a hard worker and a masochist. dude grinds.

57kg: Spencer is pretty clearly the best guy at the weight. 6 weeks ago I thought his toughest match would likely be RBY in the semis with Musa Mekhtikhanov, and Chonsong Han also being tough outs. RBY strikes me as the toughest stylistic matchup with his ability to create from space and his speed, they did hit at a ranking series and Spencer got up earlier and RBY socred late however those scores seemed more of a result of Spencer completely shutting it down. I really like RBY's trajectory but I do not see him beating Spencer. Musa Mekhtikhanov is very skilled but he does not have anything specific that makes me feel as though he can score enough or do enough to beat spencer and lastly Chongsong han who we have 4 matches to look at at the Asian championships but in those matches he looked very dynamic. He presents a similar style to Zhou that has historically given Spencer issues and he will come in unseeded. North Korea only sends guys they have supreme confidence in so in my mind Han has to be a threat to medal. Now I mentioned 2 months ago because Arsen Harutyunyan was previously expected to go 61kg, which is where he generally wrestles during none Olympic years but he has decided to make the cut to 57kg. Harutyunan is very very talented he is a 3x senior world bronze and 2x u23 world champ as well as winning senior euros last year and teching RBY. To me however he has always looked his best at 61kg. He will give Spencer all he can handle for the first 3 minutes, but if the match is close going into the second I expect the wheels to really fall off, he does not have particularly great cardio at 61kg and it seems to get significantly worse after the cut to 57kg. Predictions: (not accounting for full brackets) Gold: Spencer Silver: Harutyunan Bronze: RBY Bronze: Han 61kg: This weight is super deep, however it really lacks that final boss type guy at the top. Some people may look at Uguev as that guy but he has yet to win a medal at 61kg pacing 5th twice. Uguev and Suda are the two biggest on paper favorites going into this followed by a huge tier of guys who if they were to upset either would not be shocking Abakarov, Tairybek Uulu, Yessengeldi, Jax, Ahmad Javan, Udit. Now in my opinion I think Jax is going to win this weight, However I think his draw will be important. Uguev I believe is a great matchup for Jax. I do not think Uguevs high c is super effective against Jax he seems to almost always score off of guys own high c's and his head hands has improved immesely so if Uguev gets to it, it will likely because Jax was ready for it. The guys that worry me the most for Jax are Abakarov, Suda and Uulu. Abakarov has a great ability to counter score coupled with great strength and explosivity which are all qualities I think you need to beat Jax. Uulu shares these traits, and Suda seems like a mini Ono with less power but more length. Now I think Jax can beat all of these guys but in a bracket setting where he could potentially wrestle all 3 I think thats where things get very difficult. I am going to predict he either does not hit all 3 or beats them all probably because I'm biased and he's my favorite guy to watch but I truly believe he can get it done. Predictions: Gold: Jax silver: Suda bronze: Uguev bronze: Uulu 65kg: I have been pretty pessimistic about Real's chances at this weight. I think for his first full year training free he has been incredible, but I worry about him being able to get to his positions against some of these guys, and I still worry about the second period for him. Amouzad and Kiyooka are the returning Olympic finalists and have both looked the part this year not taking any losses. They are far and away the favorites to hit again in the finals. The next tier of guys are Sebasitan Rivera, Sujeet, Ibragimov, Tevanyan. I think Real can beat most of those guys, but with how the seed are he is going to have to more than likely wrestle one of Amouzad or Kiyooka first and then get drawn back in where he would more than likely need to beat at least two of these guys which I just do not see at this moment. If I were to pick 2 guys to unseat Kiyooka or Amouzad It would be Seabass or Sujeet. Seabass was very close to knocking off Kiyooka last year and I think has the arsenal and style to also potentially give Amouzad fits. Sujeet is very young but has most Indians do has a crazy motor and good offense if he can keep it close with Amouzad late I think he could take him out, I do not think he can beat Kiyooka. Sujeet could hit Amouzad in the quarters and Seabass could hit Kiyooka in the semis. Predictions: Gold: Kiyooka Silver: Amouzad Bronze: Seabass Bronze: Sujeet 70kg: This weight is very deep. Similarly to 65kg there are a ton of guys that can medal here and there are one or two top guys but they do seem beatable although Kaipanov could change the view of that very easily here. Kaipanov and Amir Yazdani are the two gold favorites to me followed by a huge tier 2 of Kazyrk (russian nats champ), Akmataliev, Rassadin, Aoyagi, Adreasyan, Dudaev, Gomez, Heybatov, Kemertelidze, Ochir, Duke. Needless to say PJ is going to have to battle out there. I think you can condense this list based off of the past years results though, Ochir has not looked great and neither has Dudaev. Adreasyan is very strong and does not break position but PJ will be in a match with him and if he can get a lead I feel confident he could hold on. Rassadin,Aoyagi,Akmataliev,Gomez are the ones I worry about for PJ. All of them are dynamic and will probably be able to hold up in the hand fight with him. Overall I think we are a year or two away from PJ medaling but this will be invaluable experience for him. Predictions: Gold: Kaipanov silver: Akmataliev Bronze: Aoyagi Bronze: Gomez 74kg: God this weight is awesome. Your gold favorites are Valiev, and Sidakov but to me this weight has 5 potential champs and 2 sleepers. Those 5 are Valiev,Sidakov,Carr,Salkazonov,Takahashi. The sleepers are Emami and Khaniev. Khaniev may be a bit off of peoples radar but he was the 70kg u23 champ last year and is super slick and creative. He struggled with Takahashis athleticism in the ranking series final and I think he would also struggle with Carr but I could see him potentially knocking off one of the other guys. Sidakov lost to Valiev at Euros in a crazy final sequence and then was thought to be out for the year but he was able to recover much quicker than expected. In his wrestle off I thought he looked good but certainly beatable. Valiev of course infamously lost after the match on a fleeing the hold call at the olympics which I have never seen before to the eventual champ Zhamolov. He has not lost since. So to me Valiev is probably a slight on paper favorite. That said the Japanese Burroughs amazes me every time he wrestles and David carr made him go life and death. If you wrestle this weight 10 times you probably either get Sidakov winning it 10 times or four different champs, and that is why I am so excited for it. Predictions: Gold: Takahashi Silver: Valiev Bronze: Sidakov Bronze: Carr 79kg: This weight is far more wide open than I originally thought. When levi lost to Kougi I was not very optimistic that he would medal but once I looked deeper into the entries I realized Kougi may just be one of the top 4 guys at the weight and I think that is a result Levi could potentially reverse. This weight has two very good guys at the top with Usmanov and Nohkodi and Usmanov is an absolute monster at 79kg historically but he looked pretty human at Euros. Nohkodi of course beat JB last year and is great as well but he missed nearly the entire year recovering from and Injury so I think it is possible that he is not quite at his best. After those two guys the medal contenders to me are Evloev, Kougi, Gamkrelidze, Levi, Mykhailov. To me these are all winnable matches for Levi. Evloev is super tricky, he is incredible in a crackdown and floats his hips super well but he has taken some bad losses and that is certainly a match levi can win, and Mykhailov lost to Ruiz a month ago so thats another guy I feel good about Levi going up against. Gamkrelidze is never a guy that impresses me a ton and perhaps I am underrating him but thats another match I feel ok about for Levi and we have seen the Kougi matchup and that seems winnable. Predictions: Gold: Nohkodi Silver: Usmanov Bronze: Levi Bronze: Gamkrelidze 86kg: This weight from a pure highlight reel standpoint is going to be asburd. Seems as though Ramazanov is out which is definitely a big deal although he would not have been my pick to win. Excluding Ramazonov my favorites for gold are Ghasempour, Kadiev, Zahid, Kadi. Throwing Kadi in may be a stretch but I would have included Ramazonov and Kadi had him dead in the water until his lungs stopped working so I am going to throw him in. The 4 guys I mentioned all have very contrasting styles. Ghas is a brick shit house thats going to push and pull and look for his high C. Kadiev has his own offense but really thrives when you are in on his legs and if you do not finish quickly he is probably going to score on you, he has an insane feel and crazy hips/rubber knee stuff. Zahid is going to use your pressure against you and can also blow through you from space, and Kadi is as explosive as they come, well at least for 4 minutes. Other medal contenders are Kentchadze (world gold at 79 last year), Dhizoev, Dauletbekov. (I do not think Ghas is going to be able to make the weight effectively that is factored into my predictions) Predictions: Gold: Zahid Silver: Kadiev Bronze: Ghas Bronze: Kadi 92kg: I could be foolish but to me this weight is a 2 horse race I think its Trent and Firouzpour. Of course 4 guys medal so the guys that could sneak in for Bronze to me would be Nurmagomedov,Kurugliev,Punia,Akturk. I really want to pick Trent the dude works so damn hard but I think that Firouzpour may be the most underrated guy in the world right now. Predictions: Gold: Firouzpour Silver: Trent Bronze: Kurugliev Bronze: Nurmagomedov 97kg: The battle we've wanted since 2023 Taz vs Sadulaev. As someone who once rooted for Sadulaevs downfall I am now really hoping he can get it done, it would be a great story. I will say I think Azarpira could have his say on if this matchup actually happens, but it is definitely and outside shot. Rounding out the medal threats are Snyder, Yoshida, and Magomedov. I view this weight as the big guys tier 1, Azarpira tier 2 and then Yoshida and Snyder tier 3. Predictions: Gold: Sadulaev Silver: Taz Bronze: Azarpira Bronze: Snyder 125kg: A lot of people seem to be writing Wyatt into the finals, I am definitely not that confident but I do think there is a world that his style gives Zare fits. If Wyatt makes the finals I think it could be a 50/50 matchup but I think navigating the bracket will be difficult for him. Zare is obviously the guy to beat. Then you have Wyatt, Munkthur, Meshvilidishvili, Sharipov. I like Wyatt to beat all of those guys, but they are all good enough that if he takes a risk and it results in a chain of points they could shut it down and it will be difficult for him. Munkthur is the biggest worry for me. Munkthur and mesh are same side so assuming Wyatt is on that side (lets hope) one of the two will not win bronze. Predictions: Gold: Zare Silver: Wyatt Bronze: Meshvilidishvili Bronze: Sharipov

Looks like you are already in and starting threads.

Even though, the seedings are a result from various wrestlers attending, placing,(AND winning) various ranking tournaments... it IS surprising to see that only FOUR (Lee #1 @ 57Kg, Valencia #4 @ 86Kg, Trent Hidlay #8 @ 92Kg, & Synder #3 @ 97Kg) are seeded. Much like the U20, the Senior World Championships will start off w/ the FS tournament 1st, on Saturday, September 13. (61, 70, 86, and 125 kg) For some... pairing off w/an unseeded American may be a dangerous draw. (Wyatt HENDRICKSON anyone? ) D3

NATO vs Ramos: I think this is a very competitive match that largely hinges upon if we get the Ramos that trusts himself or the version that is a bit more passive. I also think there is a chance that freestyle is Ramos's better style. That being said I am going with NATO I think he is a bit bigger and I liked what I saw in him beating nico and going 2-1 with Blaze at the open. Woods vs Caldwell: I do not think this match is very close. Darian is older and has presumably been off the mat exclusively for a good bit of time, I am not aware if he got back into coaching after MMA but I want to assume this match is no problem for Real. If it is then we need to really temper our expectations for worlds. I could see Caldwell giving him something to worry about on their feet but I think one takedown and real ends it on top. Also not sure how long its been since Darian felt a head pinch like real has but I could see that being a big factor as well Ill go real by tech. Hildebrandt vs Hernandez: Hernandez has a pretty impressive age level resume but I don't think she is going to have any answers for Sarah even with Sarah being off the mat. Dake vs Hamiti: This one is really fun. I think Kyle is a bit bigger for the time being and really struggle to see how he finishes on kyle. He is absolutely going to need to get Dakes foot off the mat or he is going to go for a ride. I think Dean needs at least two takedowns here and I just do not see how he gets two. Kyle was an absolute mat general against a much bigger PK and I see a lot of the same going on here. Wick vs Nolf: Another very fun one. I firmly believe Nolf would have been our guy had he gone this year at 79kg and I think I may have still picked him even if he just entered the open and started training from there. He is still doing his instructional's and coaching and while BJJ is not even close to a 1 for 1 to wrestling he is still rolling and probably has a bit of a different feel than he had before. I would not be entirely shocked if Wick won this but I would also not be shocked if Nolf techs him, going with Nolf. Palmer vs Gomez: These guys have been chirping a bit online and for that reason I am anticipating Gomez not f'ing around and going out and smoking Lance. Lance was an incredible collegiate wrestler but I am not sure if he wrestled much Freestyle and I think Gomez is going to medal this year. Think this may be the most lop sided match on the card, Gomez by tech. Yianni vs Bajarang: Two of my favorite wrestlers to watch ever. Their first match was Yianni's coming out party to the international scene, and there second match Yianni beat the breaks off of him. I think with Yiannis heart now under control + him being more a true size for the weight and Bajrangs inactivity this match is far closer to their last encounter than their first. Yianni by tech. Kennedy vs Rivera: Rivera got 5th at pan ams in 2024 and did not wrestle an american, thats all I really need to know about this one, Kennedy by tech. Wyatt vs Elders: I really like this matchup for wyatt because Elders is a bit smaller and more athletic similarly to how Trent was. I think Wyatt will do well with the bigger guys at worlds besides maybe Zare, the Munkturs and shapirovs worry me a bit more but this will be a great indicator on how Wyatt is moving and a good warm up for him. Wyatt by tech Nickal vs Cardenas: This match is awesome and I am glad Bo did not get a layup first match back. I expect Cardenas to be the bigger guy here, but I do not think size will be super relevant. It does seem like while Bo has obviously been focusing on MMA he still is on the mat a lot. I just wonder where his timing is at and Cardenas has always been better at freestyle. Basch made the argument that he feels to beat Bo you need to be a medal contender this year and while I am not sure I would go that far, Cardenas had a relatively competitive match with Firouzpour who is probably the on paper favorite at 92 so I dont think its a stretch that Cardenas could have medal'd this year. Going with Cardenas in a close one.

No way that thread is 10 pages long. Hawkeyes can't read or write above a 3rd grade level.

While combing through all of these brackets, one stuck out in particular as maybe the most broken bracket I've ever seen. This is the 2006 157 pound bracket. #1 seed Trent Paulson upset in the 1/4's by #9 Joe Johnston (he would go on to take 4th) #2 seed C.P. Schlatter upset in R16 by (US) Andrew Flanagan, wins one match on the backside before being eliminated by (US) Tony Hook. #3 seed Alex Tirapelle upset in 1/4's by #11 Derek Zinck, and then is eliminated after his next match in R12 by #7 Dustin Manotti #4 seed Matt Lebe upset in the R16 by (US) Michael Chandler, and is eliminated after dropping his next match to #7 Manotti #5 seed Ben Cherrington is your national champion #6 seed Brandon Becker upset in R16 by #11 Derek Zinck (he would go on to take 7th) #7 seed Dustin Manotti upset in R32 by (US) Tony Hook, he would then battle all the way back for 3rd taking out #3 and #4 en route #8 Craig Henning wrestled to his seed with an 8th place finish Some interesting facts that come out of this bracket.. The #2, #3, and #4 wrestlers failed to place None of the top 4 seeds reached the semis The semis were #5 vs #9 and #10 vs #11 #5 Ben Cherrington won a national title without facing a wrestler seeded above him #10 Brian Stith made it to the finals without facing a wrestler seeded above him So, you had a national finals between a #5 and #10 and neither wrestler faced anyone seeded higher than #9 to get there. I'd be surprised if this has happened any other time in the modern era. Can anyone think of any other brackets that compare to this kind of combustibility?

Find me an instance of any athlete pointing to the heavens after a loss. I'm not a fan of thanking God for athletic successes in general, but Bo in post tournament interviews is consistent when he says things like "I would have loved to come out with the win today, but you know, God has something else planned for me, so I'm just going to continue to trust in him and continue putting in the work and getting better." He is one of the humblest high school wrestlers in defeat that I have seen. I'm not even necessarily a Bo Bassett fan, but the hate he gets from grown men leads me to frequently feeling the need to defend him.

57 - lee 61 - suda as he has momentum 65 - no one repeats at 65, but Kiyooka wrestled Amouzad and Amouzad couldn't really do anything to him. I will take Kiyooka 70 - No clue , maybe Aoyagi 74 - Takahashi - pure hunch 79 - Usmanov - Nokhodi is bound to win this weight at some point as he has been right there these past few years and probably should have won in 2024, but he hasn't wrestled a tournament or even an official match since last years worlds. 86 - Ghasempour 92 - Firouzpour - reasonably confident 97 - Tazudinov - I think he will win and win in style 125 - Zare - the only guy who could actually wrestle him for 6 minutes was Akgul and he is gone. Someone would need to score big points on him very early and put him in a huge points hole( or tech him) to beat him and while it seems he has a match like that once in a while, I don't see it happening in this field.

Hand up, I was not high enough on Stanich heading into this upcoming collegiate season. This dude is absolutely a title contender in my eyes. I think he is the clear cut #3 and I'll be very surprised if he's not in 1 takedown swing matches with Mendez/Hardy.

back in my day it was all about your Top 8

It's not surprising whatsoever. Primary points are based off previous year's championship results at the weight currently being contested (eg. Dake would have 0 seeding points at 86) and supplemental points from rankings series (4 total tournies this year not heavily attended by any single athlete) + continental tourneys (1 per region [Pan-Am, Euros, Asian, Oceania, African]). Out of the Team USA roster only 12 total tourneys were wrestled and none more than twice. Given the turnover of the team and the fact that a couple guys were wrapping up their junior year studying for the SAT, the numbers don't lie. Zagreb Tiran Mongolia Pan-Ams Budapest Total (Feb) (Feb) (May) (May) (July) 57 Spencer 1st --- --- --- --- 1 61 Forrest --- --- --- 1st --- 1 65 Woods --- 3rd --- --- --- 1 70 Duke --- --- --- --- --- 0 74 Carr 2nd --- --- --- 3rd 2 79 Haines --- --- --- --- --- 0 86 Zahid 1st --- --- 1st --- 2 92 Hidlay --- --- --- 1st 1st 2 97 Snyder 1st 3rd --- --- --- 2 125 Pindrickson --- --- --- 1st --- 1

I'm not sure how much you have watched Zepeda wrestle. . .when Zepeda is in shape and motivated, he is capable of beating anyone in this age group. I look at this as a quality win for Stanich, regardless of the score.

Chris Cannon vs AARP

I think it's valid to say that USA wrestling is the healthiest country right now in terms of potential future success. We're loaded with young talent. We should be excited and cross our fingers real tight. We're possibly at the dawn of a golden age.

Fair. I just want the annual freestyle style rule changes being pushed on folkstyle to stop. That Along with the narrative that the world stage is more important to justify said stylistic changes. some even go so far as say just dump folkstyle altogether. the narrative that we’re not competitive enough on the world stage is also nonsense imo. Somehow our u20 team just dominated to world first place …. All while pesky folkstyle didn’t somehow ruin them! Folkstyle is a far more entertaining product. Let’s keep it that way.

Iran dives a thte legs on the restart an dMcEnelly steps aside and stays center McEnelly takes it 5 -5 on criteria!

Amen

There's sucking, and then there's sucking. While I was the EIWA's SID we had a few new teams enter the conference. At least one of them didn't field a full team and a couple saw their entire squad go 0-2. Granted, the EIWA no longer includes the Ivies and is down to just 12 teams, but Morgan State sent 10 wrestlers to the 2025 tournament, six of them won bouts, three placed, and Doolin was an alternate NCAA qualifier. They recorded four falls and didn't finish last as a team. They're not going to win the EIWA title anytime soon, but I've seen far worse first years.

I also play a little disc golf, and it's funny seeing an amazing athlete completely baffled by the way most discs turn hard to the left. It's also amazing to see (not that I doubted their genuine friendship before) that guys like DC aren't just friends when they can have fun on podcasts or in good times, but that he took the time to fly out and visit Ben in his home. I really hope this doesn't come out wrong, but as far as the wrestling community is concerned, Ben is the best person that could go through such an arduous ordeal. Between his absolutely positive outlook on most aspects of life, his support from the wrestling, MMA, and even the disc golf community, and how beloved he is by all has been so apparent over the past 2+ months. I'm not sure how many of you know (I nerded out on disc golf for a bit), but Ben has custom discs from one of the sports biggest brands Discraft. He also has a course on his property and holds an annual pro-am tournament where several of the top disc golfers in the world take part. My father-in-law passed away suddenly two weeks ago today, and between that and following Ben's unexpected journey, it is truly a reminder that none of us know when our time will come. This video brought me a lot of joy seeing even a fragile version of Ben being his truest self. Sorry for being sentimental, but this video struck me.

SO, John was still training and still pretty much in his prime of wrestling. TJ, obviously tough as hell. RUMOR has it, TJ got the better of him in a few goes and John injured TJ, his ankle. This is a rumor that I have heard from a few people that were in the program. TJ said he was leaving, and John said he would never allow him to transfer out. This part is fact: The team was gone out of town on a dual, and TJ went into the AD's office and said, I am here to sign my transfer papers. AD says, I have no idea what you are talking about. TJ acts pissed, and says, John said they would be ready for me to sign. AD says, I cannot do that without John approving. TJ says, I will call him right now, acts like he is on the phone, does the "yep, i am in here and he says he didn't know about it etc" Obviously didn't talk to JOhn, but hangs up the phone. TJ says there you go, he said go ahead and draft them up and let me sign. AD does it. TJ signs transfer out. TJ is gone, heading to North Carolina and John gets back and is pissed...All sounds nuts, but it was way back before social media etc. That part about the transfer, I was told is a fact. I have never asked TJ directly about this, but I do have a friend that wrestled with him, that told me the story.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/12/us-news/legendary-long-island-wrestling-coach-al-bevilacqua-dies/ Great man, great coach who touched my life and so many others, rest in peace.

it's a sad state of affairs for diehard terp fans when this topic has devolved into a discussion on which Midatlantic stretch of interstate highway is the most snooze worthy

Starocci vs Arnold (they should handicap it) Steveson vs Ferrari Suriano vs Jax Pyles vs Saylor what am I missing

I feel exactly the same. I've never rooted for him in a match, but it's silly how he gets treated. Up above in this thread he gets bashed for being too loud and then bashed for being too quiet after that. Here he is getting knocked for being too Christian and not Christian enough. If people want to find things to attack a HS kid for, they're always going to find those things. I wish more of the kids I coached were obnoxious and super hard working. I'd have a pretty easy job if the biggest issue I dealt with as a coach was a kid knew where the camera was.

57 RBY isn't going to medal. Stop it. Spencer is win or bust, and honestly I feel for the guy in that regard in a way that is just brutal. Imagine being the absolute best in the world, and it's just doing your job. After losing the biggest match of your life.... again. We do not appreciate Spencer Lee. I do not want him to become the Kolat of this vintage. 61 Pump the brakes. Let's be happy with a win before we declare gold. 65 If Woods wins a match or two, it's a success. IL is rooting for you! 70 Gomez is being touted as a medal favorite... unless he puts himself on his back or gets gassed. Again, IL is behind you but the copium is already getting strong. Duke? See Forrest and last sentence. 74 Carr is a strong medal threat. Slick as it gets and he has found F-U mode it feels like. That's a good thing. 79 I have literally no clue what to expect, other than we will reflect on these results much more positively in 2028 than we will in a couple weeks. 86 Zahid is a medal and finals threat. The question everyone wants to know is if Taylor has patched up the gaps. 92 Same as 79, Hidlay and Haines can go nuts and win world titles or BBQ but until 2028 these two weights are, well, weighted less. 97 Taz will destroy everyone in his path. How do I know this? Because he did so at worlds last year on a surgically repaired bum shoulder, ya know... the kind of injury that instantly ends wrestling careers. Snyder will either silver or bronze depending if he has the same half as Sadulaev. 125 Zare will beat the ever loving shiit out of Hendrickson if they meet up. And you can check my receipts everyone knows I love Pindrickson like he loves Trump. But there are levels and chonky Gable is not Zare. Medal likely, finals possibly depending on draw.

Our hardest battles are often against ourselves.

I remember Mike Castillo but had forgot about Mike Castillo.

More coherent than Bob Dylan

We already let the most in (legally) of any country on earth. How much more is the right number and why shouldn’t other countries share more of the burden.

It's not like having to deal with Caleb Henson and SVN is a walk in the park.

125: Mcgowan, Rivera, Sotelo 133: Seidel, Yarbrough, Ayoub 141: Mendoza, larkin, Evans, Clark 149: Busgens, Kade brown, Cartella 157: Catrabone, Larkin, Millard 165: Ruiz, Church, Scoles 174: Augustine, Arujao, Norman 184: Dellegatto, Sinclair, Mcdonell 197: Bechtold, Lawrence, Hogan 285: Doucet, Pitzer, Carroll

FIVE count'em 5 gold medals for the USA D3

I get your point. But I don't think guys at that level think that way.

ScottishSteel... tanxs sooooooooooooo much for the play by play! I HAD to watch straight thru... this was a once in a lifetime event for yours truly. My nephew RJ wrestled on the Roxbury High team w/ Luke's older brother Troy and we knew Luke from his youth wrestling days. AND I was watching Luke wrestled in HS and online. That fella works very hard at what he doing on the mat. GOLD... he's pure GOLD. Wow! D3

Excuse me for a bit here... LUKE STANICH IS A WORLD CHAMP!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tanxs... we needed that. D3

I was an athlete escort at those championships and walked out the Sengal for that match. What's hard to see in the video is the smirk Satiev gave to his corner as he walked back to take par terre. My thought was.......oh shit. But even then I wasn't expecting 34 points.

You put the D in TDS.

Justin Rademacher....the world champ. You can be a world champ at Oregon State.

JRAD - World Champ! 4 - 1 win over Russia

Volunteer assistant for Cowgirl WC. Any indication that they might make the move to D1 status soon? https://pistolsfiringblog.com/osu-cowgirl-wrestling-club-adds-john-smith-as-volunteer-assistant/

Same concept, 133 edition. Podiums listed below. 2010 2017 2019 2023 1st Jayson Ness Cory Clark Nick Suriano Vito Arujau 2nd Daniel Dennis Seth Gross Daton Fix Roman Bravo-Young 3rd Frank Gomez Nathan Tomasello Stevan Micic Michael McGee 4th Jordan Oliver Stevan Micic Luke Pletcher Daton Fix 5th Tyler Graff Kaid Brock Austin DeSanto Aaron Nagao 6th Dan Mitcheff Eric Montoya John Erneste Jesse Mendez 7th Boris Novachkov Zane Richards Ethan Lizak Sam Latona 8th Steve Bell Scotty Parker Roman Bravo-Young Kai Orine

He was planning to go to Little Rock, but decided to pivot plans and will be joining the military.

As a spectator it's hard to agree with him. Rules: Folkstyle makes sense to people who like fighting. Wrestling definitely is a combat sport. Folkstyle wrestlers transfer to MMA and submission grappling more successfully. Folkstyle rules are less reliant on the officials' judgement. Not having to release a hold before getting more back points is something Freestyle could learn from. Can we limit subsequent rolls to only 1 point each? People fly around the world starving to make weight just to have a 90 second match that could have been competitive. League: The Olympics had 6 weights with 16 wrestlers in each and a repechage which isn't as many matches as consolation bracket. NCAA championships has 33 in 10 weights. A consolation bracket. 7 minute matches. Less passivity/stalling points. Less referee stoppages. More accurate calls about who is doing the stalling/passivity. No grounded out of bounds stoppages. We want more wrestling. Freestyle matches have shorter time limits. They more frequently end before the time limit. There are many times fewer events to watch. It's hard to even find results of national championships held in the major countries like Japan, India, Iran, let alone the minor ones. Google and AI engines can't find them even in those languages. Way easier to find NCAA division 2, 3, and high school. With so little wrestling going on, the freestyle seeds are always way off. They only seed the top 8 which doesn't make sense in a 32 person world championship tournament where unseeded people regularly win. Difficulty: Being a folkstyle wrestler is excruciating - more conditioning, more weigh ins. More rematches mean you both have to adjust. Plus with the skills to be an a NCAA champion, you usually make team USA as long as there isn't another NCAA champ knocking you out. You can wrestle freestyle against similar talent in Japan or the Caucasus region get world level accolades. Or just the Americas and Europe -- You dominate really poor programs and get world level accolades. You don't have to wrestle 25 matches in 4 months. You make weight 3 times in a year on average. Then knock off these guys who are "champions of entire continents". Africa doesn't have any countries trying. The truth is there are hardly any countries developing wrestlers at all let alone talent that wouldn't get teched by the top 5 countries. So that's why wrestlers like freestyle but fans like folkstyle. Some fans get hooked in by the glamour of the Olympics and the mystique of the best foreign wrestlers. With the USA training Freestyle more than in the past, much of that mystique is going away. The competition level is actually lower internationally than in the US in college Jore Volk won u20 gold. He is 51-17 so far in college (2 years). 7th in ncaas. Bennett Berge got u20 silver and u20 bronze. He is 63-19 so far in college (2 years). 4th in ncaas. Ben Keuter got u20 gold and u20 silver. He is 24-10 so far in college (2 years). 8th in ncaas. Nick Bouzakis got u20 silver. Ranked 7th, never past round of 12. Meyer Shapiro got u20 gold. Reached 3rd place. Camden McDaniel got u20 bronze. 20th seed, got 8th. Matt Singleton got u20 bronze. Got 7th Zack Ryder got u20 silver. Redshirted his only year so far Justin Rademacher got u20 bronze. Only been a true freshman. Did not qualify. Jacob Cardenas got u23 Silver three times. In NCAA got 4th twice. Isaac Trumble got u23 gold. In NCAA got 4th. Tanner Sloan got u23 silver. In NCAA got 2nd. Anthony Cassiopi got u23 gold and bronze. In NCAA got 3rd. Jay Aiello got u23 bronze. In NCAA reached round of 12. Sean Fausz got u23 silver. In NCAA reached round of 12. Richie Lews got U23 Gold without any international experience. In NCAA reached round of 12. Ty Walz got U23 bronze. In NCAA reached 4th. Youseff Hemida got U23 silver. In NCAA reached 6th. Braxton Amos got u20 gold. Qualified but did not reach round of 12. 7th at big tens. Stevan won seniors a few years after college. Reached 3rd in NCAAs. Sebastian Rivera won the Olympics and got 2nd at the senior world championships. In NCAA Reached 3rd twice. Myles Amine got 3rd in senior world's. Got 1st-3rd four times in the european championships. Bronze in the Olympics while still in college. In NCCAs got 2-4th all five years. Thomas Gilman got gold, silver, silver, bronze in sr world championships and olympics. Got 2nd-4th in NCAAs. Bekzod Abdurakhmonov went to college in the US. In community college had 84-8 record. In NCAA had 74-17 record. Was 3x bronze medalist in world seniors and olympics. Our best: John Smith and Jordan Burroughs had more success internationally than in college. OK state just wrestled China in freestyle and won by a large margin Two-time NCAA qualifier Konner Doucet bested Habila Awusayiman 3-0. Awusayiman represented China at the 2024 Olympics in Paris at 97 kg. Incoming freshman Ronnie Ramirez also grappled with a 2024 Olympian in Zou Wanhao at 61 kg, with Ramirez capturing a 4-3 win. Iowa State transfer Casey Swiderski wrestled Shen Tao at 74 kg — about 163 pounds — with Swiderski winning via a 12-1 tech. Cody Merrill took on U23 Asian Championship bronze medalist Narenmanduhal at 92 kg, with Merrill cruising to an 11-0 tech. Alex Facundo wrestled U23 Asian Championship gold medalist Cao Nan at 86 kg and Facundo beat Nan 4-1. Dee Lockett dropped his bout to Lu Feng. Lockett is a U17 world champ and a U20 silver medalist. He picked up a senior gold medal at the most recent Pan American Championships. Feng is a U23 Asian Championship gold medalist and represented China at 74 kg at the 2024 Olympics. Joey's not really laying out pros and cons. He has an opinion.

So hard to know the skill level of people in international freestyle. The league needs a season and everyone wrestling a lot more matches. Compared to high school or ncaa, we are guessing based on months and years in the past. When someone top ranked loses to someone lower ranked, it's not even considered a real upset since it happens so frequently.

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Ryan Sullivan who started his career in 2020 at Pittsburgh as a redshirt then transferred to West Virginia for his first year of eligibility where he was a NQ at 133. He didn't wrestle during the 2022 or 2023 seasons. He wrestled for Clarion in 2024 at 141 as a starter with a solid record but did not qualify. He did not wrestle in 2025, and now he joins George Mason as the projected starter at 141.