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Updated predictions in order of qualifying likelihood: Schultz, Vera, Sancho, Bey will all qualify. Woods won't.

Hafizov loses to CUB and is eliminated.

Bey into the semis against COL who he lost to this weekend.

Sancho into the semis where he has CHI who he beat last week. Great chance to qualify.

Vera is wrestling 97. Woods is at 87.

Vera with the tech. Has the VEN he beat last week to qualify. Schultz will have VEN to qualify. Really like both their chances there.

Woods with the pin over HON. Has CUB in the semis to qualify. Bey will have ARG in the quarters. Good thing is he is going to be tired. He put a lot of effort into his 5-0 win over Mexico.

Schultz beats BRA! Has MEX or VEN in the semis to qualify.

Air BnB was doing the same thing for the World Cup. I booked one that the host ended up trying to book a whole other family in the 2nd room of the apartment when it was supposed to be empty. I peaced out and and convinced the other family to leave too. The guy was pissed I got both of us out. He figured at least one of us would stay. Got air bnb to pay the difference between what I paid and a new one right downtown. It ended up being a sweet deal. But I would never try it again for a big event like that since they really provide no protection. I'll look into the facebook group. Thanks.

Brackets are out. Zane - CRC/GUA in quarters then CRUZ or ECU in semis. Great draw. Lee - Gomez then McNeil or Kramer. Quarters is the big match here. Should still qualify though. Dom - CHI then CUB/CAN. CAN is a tough match (she has beaten Dom and Winchester but lost to Augello). Miracle - CUB then VEN. VEN is the tough one. Elor - Cub then COL. Great Draw. Ildar - CUB then DOM. Cuba is the big one. Win that and qualify. Sancho - ARG/PUR then CHO. Great draw. Bey - ARG then COL. Toughest draw he could get probably. Woods - HON then CUB. Toughest draw possible. Vera - PAN then VEN. Should qualify. Schultz - Round Robin with BRA and CAN. Better draw than CHI. BRA still a tough beat.

Exact same as me. I had to buy a men's soccer match to fill out my 3 event bundle. Got all but a couple sessions the first go around and got the others randomly within a couple weeks after that. I still haven't bought my flights or hotels yet. I'd like to go to other events like soccer too. I have tried to buy some lodging but haven't been successful yet. Tickets were better than I thought they would be except for the A sections that I had to buy a few of. B and C was very reasonable I thought.

Here's a little preview of the Qualifiers (I'm using the entry list with the seeds as a basis for this). *Reminder - A wrestler only needs to make the finals to qualify. Thus the only opponents that matter are those that are seeded on the same side or get drawn in the same side* Men Free 57KG - Zane Richards - Seeded #2 11 man bracket meaning Zane will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #3 seed - Guesseppe Ricardo REA VILLARROEL of Ecuador (Just won bronze at Pan-Ams losing to VEN in semis by tech) Random draws - RBY of Mexico and Cruz of Puerto Rico. Zane has beat Cruz multiple times and they haven't been close. RBY is the wildcard here. If he gets drawn on the opposite side then I don't think Zane has a problem with anyone else. Results from Pan-Am Champs BRA - 5th. Lost to Lee and COL CAN - DNC CRC - Lost to ECU GUA - 5th. Lost to VEN and ECU MEX - DNC PER - Lost to COL PUR - DNC 65KG - Nick Lee - Seeded #1 12 man bracket meaning Lee will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #4 seed - Austin Klee GOMEZ of Mexico (The only real landmine in the draw) Random draws - Lachlan McNeil is the only other notable wrestler to be drawn in. Results from Pan-Am Champs BAH - 3rd. Lost to ARG. Beat PER and DOM. BRA - No entry CAN - DNC CHI - Lost to COL COL - Lost to CAN DOM - 5th. Lost to ARG and DOM. ECU - 3rd. Teched by Lee. PER - Lost to BAH Women 53KG - Dom Parrish - Seeded #1 11 woman bracket meaning Dom will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #4 seed - Antonia Alejandra VALDES ARRIAGADA of CHI (teched by CUBA at pan-ams) Random draws - Cuba seems to be the only one. Shouldn't be an issue as Gomez beat her this past weekend by tech. DOM beat Canada by fall and had a close match with VEN the 3rd seed. Results from Pan-Am Champs BRA - Lost to CUB COL - Lost to CAN CUB - 5th. Lost to ECU and USA (Gomez by tech). DOM - 3rd. Lost to VEN. Beat CAN. MEX - DNC PAN - Lost to DOM PER - Lost to USA 62KG - Kayla Miracle - Seeded #1 9 woman bracket meaning Kayla will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #4 seed - Astrid Paola MONTERO CHIRINOS of VEN (Miracle beat by fall in semis but was down 5-0) Random draws - Shouldn't really have any issue with anyone in the draw. Cuba has a closish match with Brazil in the quarters losing 5-0. The big match is the semi with VEN. Results from Pan-Am Champs COL - DNC CUB - Lost to BRA JAM - Lost to COL MEX - 5th. Lost to CAN and BRA PUR - Lost to CUB 68KG - Amit Elor - Not Seeded 9 woman bracket meaning Elor will need to win a quarter and semi and potentially a prelim. Random Draw - Without a seed there is no telling where Elor will be. CAN is the biggest obstacle here as a former world champ and a bronze this past year. Neither side looks more difficult than the other. Results from Pan-Am Champs BRA - DNC CAN - DNC (Morais - World Champ at 59 in 2019 and 3rd at 68 in 2022) CHI - No entry COL (#1 seed) - 5th. Lost to CAN and USA (Glaude 3-3) CUB (#4 seed) - Lost to MEX ECU (#3 seed) - 3rd. Lost to VEN. Beat MEX. MEX - 5th. Lost to VEN and ECU. Beat CUB. VEN (#2 seed) - 2nd. Beat ECU and MEX. INJ in finals. Greco 60KG - Ildar Hafizov - Seeded #1 10 man bracket meaning Ildar will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #4 seed - Dicther Hans TORO CASTANEDA of COL. (Miranda teched at pan-ams but has beat Hafizov previously) Random draws - DOM looks to be the toughest test if he lands on the same side. Results from Pan-Am Champs BRA - Lost to CHI CAN - Lost to DOM CHI - 5th. Lost to VEN and DOM. Beat BRA. DOM - 3rd. Lost to VEN. Beat CAN and CHI. ECU - Lost to MEX. MEX - DNC 67KG - Alejandro Sancho - Seeded #1 12 man bracket meaning Sancho will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #4 seed - Almanza Truyol NESTOR EVIAN of CHI (Sancho beat in close 3-1 match at pan-ams) Random draws - Sancho seems to always have a one technique match. He can go out and win it or lose first round it feels like. Results from Pan-Am Champs ARG - Lost to COL. Beat MEX. BRA - No entry CAN - 5th. Lost to ECU and COL. Beat GUA. DOM - 5th. Lost to Sancho (4-3) and CHI. Beat PUR. GUA - DNC MEX - DNC PER - Lost to CHI. PUR - DNC. 77KG - Kamal Bey - Seeded #2 12 man bracket meaning Bey will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #3 seed - Rivas Espinoza WUILEIXIS DE JESUS of VEN (Bey teched at pan-ams) Random draws - ARG has Arsen Julfalakyan entered who has a world and olympic title and 3 other medals to his name. Most recently he won a bronze in 2019 at the Euros. Obviously has the highest credentials of the rest of the group combined. But he is 36 now and hasn't had a world result in 10 years. COL is the other potential obstacle in the bracket as he beat Bey just this past week. Bey has beaten him before, as has RaVaughn and PSmith, as recently as last year. Results from Pan-Am Champs ARG - No entry CAN - Lost to GUA. CHI - 5th. Lost to BRA and CUB. COL - 1st. Beat PAN & VEN, Bey (6-6), and BRA. GUA - Lost to Bey by tech. Beat CAN. MEX - DNC PAN - Lost to COL and VEN. PUR - Lost to CUB. Beat MEX. 87KG - Spencer Woods - Not Seeded 8 man bracket meaning Woods will need to win a quarter and semi Random draws - Hope that Spencer gets drawn into the bottom half and the top has CUB, who has dominated the Pan-Ams the past few years, and COL, the guy that beat him this past weekend. Either way. Don't expect this to be qualified. Results from Pan-Am Champs BRA (#3 seed) - Lost to HON. CHI - 5th. Lost to CUB and COL. Beat MEX. COL (#4 seed) - 3rd. Lost to CUB. Beat Woods and CHI. CUB (#1 seed) - 1st. Beat CHI, COL, and VEN. HON - 3rd. Lost to VEN. Beat BRA & ARG. MEX - Lost to CHI VEN (#2 seed) - 2nd. Lost to CUB. Beat ARG & HON. 97KG - Alan Vera - Seeded #2 8 man bracket meaning Vera will need to win a quarter and semi Semi #3 seed - Luillys Jose PEREZ MORA of VEN (Vera beat 5-3 at pan-ams) Random draws - This one feels like it's a pretty easy rode to the semis. But Vera has dropped some strange matches. He really should make the finals though. Results from Pan-Am Champs ARG - 5th. Lost to HON and DOM. BRA - Lost to VEN. DOM - 3rd. Lost to HON. Beat ARG and BRA. MEX - 5th. Lost to Vera and VEN. PAN - Lost to VEN. 130KG - Cohlton Schultz - Seeded #1 6 man bracket meaning Cohlton will need to win a semi Semi #4 seed - Acosta Fernandez YASMANI of CHI Random draws - None to worry about as neither are beating Acosta. Acosta (the former cuban) has beaten Coon a few times rather easily. I'm not sure is Cohlton was wrestled him previously but I would have Acosta as the favorite. Results from Pan-Am Champs CAN - Lost to Schultz (6-0) and VEN. Beat MEX. MEX - DNC BOTTOM LINE - The men free should qualify both. The women should qualify all 3 but Miracle is iffy. Greco should get 1 in Ildar, Vera, Sancho, and Bey are 50/50. Schultz will need and upset. Woods will need his lucky rabbits foot. I predict all the freestyle weights get qualified and 3 greco (60, 67, 77).

Our answers are Dale Lewis of Oklahoma and Kirwyn Adderley of Norfolk State.

Clue for both - The 2x national champ was also an olympian before he even wrestled in college. The other is a current Women's collegiate head coach who wrestled for a DII program that has been dropped.

Fehlbergs was correct. This is going to be a 2 answer question: Back in the 20'-40's not wrestling in HS and being discovered during college intramural wrestling tournaments or because someone played football was decently common. However, as time has gone on that happens less and less. Name the last wrestler that didn't wrestle in HS but qualified for the national tournament? AND Name the 2x National Champ wrestler who was an all-state basketball player and only started wrestling in the military.

You've got it! Can you name another set of (only) 4 brothers that wrestled at the national tournament for BYU?

Now a clue - They all hail from the state of Idaho and wrestled for a program that no longer exists.

I agree. There are so many awesome stories that have been lost to everyone. Hope I can bring a few back to life. I looked it up again and he worked in a canning company for a bit and then became a policeman. Figured he only had a semester or so to get a degree and decided to wrestle too with is last semester of eligibility.

Why this isn't more prominent on the UWW website I don't know. But this has every UWW event. Click in the event and then Live Results and you can get the complete order of matches for the rest of the session. Tomorrow's is already up there. Results has better brackets, team scores, etc... https://arena.uww.org/

None of them qualified for nationals and they wrestled for multiple teams. I know of Scott, Chase, Michael, and Kyle. Is there more?

Do you remember the situation that caused it? I believe I read that Baer was incorrectly awarded an extra point that sent it to overtime where he pinned Harris. So they re-wrestled and Baer pinned him again. Had the error not occurred Harris would've advanced. Do I have that correct?

Did he mention why he took the time off? I just read a few little snippets about him coming back. I can't remember what he was doing in the meantime.

We all know about the Finesilver brothers from Duke. 4 brothers all qualifying for the national tournament for the same school. Did you know that's not the first time 4 brothers have wrestled AND qualified for the national tournament for the same school. There was actually a set of 6 brothers to do it!! Who were the brothers and what team?

Al Blanshan of Minnesota-Mankato: D1 Runner up in 1959 and came back 10 years later to be a D2 runner-up and D1 qualifier in 1969. NAIA national Champ and runner-up as well.

I'll give you a clue: He was an NAIA runner-up before his break and an NCAA runner-up the year he came back.