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2x Senior World Team member Yianni Diakomihalis (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) Shortly after Cornell's Yianni Diakomihalis and Kyle Dake won their Final X matchups in New York in June, the Big Red program hosted a reception to celebrate the achievements of all their former and current wrestlers who made world teams. Coach Mike Grey proudly relayed that Diakomihalis and Dake would compete in the senior world championships, then added that Diakomihalis, Vito Arujau and Jacob Cardenas also made the U23 world team. Diakomihalis raised an eyebrow at the first mention of being on both teams, but he held onto that thought for a couple days until he got Grey one-on-one. What started as an inadvertent slip turned into a legitimate idea and later a concrete plan for Diakomihalis to wrestle at Senior Worlds in September and U23s in October, which is what he plans to do. “He lists off the U23 team and he says my name again, and I was like, ‘Huh,'” Diakomihalis said. “And then I was like, well, whatever. I let it go, then we got back to Ithaca and I talked to him a couple days later. I'm like, ‘Hey, did you say I'm wrestling U23s?' And he was like, ‘Yeah, why not?' And I was like, ‘OK, I guess so.'” Grey stands by the fact that he wasn't committing Diakomihalis to anything when he made that announcement, but was only maximizing his marketing pitch to an audience that deserved to know the full scope of Diakomihalis' achievement. At the same time, Grey and his pupil come from a shared belief that any world tournament experience is good experience. Diakomihalis has the highest of goals in freestyle and countless reasons to believe he can get to the top of the international mountain sooner than later. In order to do that, Diakomihalis can benefit from more mat time against the best in the world, which is a big perk to doubling up and competing in U23s. “The more you can feel Haji Ajiyev, the more you can feel Musukaev again, the more he can feel all the heavy hitters, the better off he's going to be,” Grey said. “So, I think it's a plus for him to be able to wrestle in both these tournaments.” A three-time NCAA champ, Diakomihalis won a pair of Cadet World titles prior to arriving at Cornell and competed last fall in his first Senior world tournament, where he went 1-1 in Oslo, Norway. Diakomihalis also won the Poland Open in June 2021 and the Henri Deglane Grand Prix in France that January. He has been as busy overseas as any wrestler in America, which will continue through the fall before spilling into his quest for a fourth NCAA title. Double duty puts a little extra pressure on the training process, but it doesn't mean Diakomihalis is working twice as hard. Diakomihalis at the Yasar Dogu with Mike Grey (right) and Jeff Buxton (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) As much as he has focused on fine-tuning his game, Diakomihalis has also worked to refine his processes. He refuses to borrow the cliché about working smarter versus harder and instead knows that there are times when both are required. “I feel like now we've gotten really dialed in with the way I'm training, the timing, what I'm eating, how I'm doing my strength and conditioning, how I'm wrestling,” he said. “We got really dialed in on stuff in the last year. “Is it more of a grind or less of a grind? I'm probably not working a lot harder, but it feels more focused than it does more intense because it is so much more focused. I feel like I'm in a really good spot.” Part of Diakomihalis' process to refine his wrestling also applies to his training. Known for his freakish ability to wiggle out of virtually any situation, he can roll, scramble and contort his body in ways that few can. It's what makes him the incredible wrestler he is, but to fall in love with those skills can also prohibit growth while also exposing Diakomihalis to unnecessary injury risk. The idea now is, yes, to use those scrambling skills because they are a special weapon when Diakomihalis needs them. But, in both his training and competition, he's trying to keep it simpler when he can. To reach another level in his wrestling, Diakomihalis has been stressing more of the fundamentals and less of the flash. “I think a lot of it for me, it's just really small things, my positioning, how I hand-fight,” he said. “A lot of it is on the front end. Once we're in the position, historically, I've done well. I'm a good scrambler. I'm good on the leg. I'm a good finisher, but it's like, my setups aren't great. My head-hands defense has never been great. “Those kinds of things really matter at the highest level. Yeah, maybe on a lower-end guy, I can just dive in there and grab his leg and figure it out, but the best guys in the world, I'm never going to be able to fly in there and do that. So, it's that front-end stuff, my positioning, how I hand-fight, what I'm doing with my hands, what I'm doing with my feet. That kind of stuff has been a big difference maker for me.” All of that, if Diakomihalis executes, should add up to better attack positions and improved baseline defense. Diakomihalis came out of his most recent competition at the Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series event in Tunisia feeling like he didn't execute those concepts well enough. He lost by an 8-2 final to India's Sujeet Sujeet in the 65-kilogram final and missed a chance to make one final statement before he shipped off to Serbia for worlds. Diakomihalis has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is capable of beating anybody in the world at any given time. But he also knows that, at 23 years old, *can* is starting to mean less and less. Diakomihalis' job now is to *do* and string together his best tournament yet. In the days leading up to the front end of his world championships doubleheader, Diakomihalis is comfortable and confident, but his corner understands what's at stake. “I know this is his second world team in a row, which is great and he needs to continue to do that, but he's got to win medals,” Grey said. “I mean, that's it. You're not an up-and-comer when you win medals, right? There's no way around it. You've got to win flippin' medals. And if you do that, then you're no longer an up-and-comer. You're the guy. “I really believe that this is going to be his year to get out there and get the monkey off the USA's back and medal at that weight class. I just think he's in a great spot right now. His training is going very well. He's in a good mental space and is enjoying himself.”

2020 Olympian Alex Sancho (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 67kg Greco-Roman Entries Ishak Ghaiou (Algeria) 2x African Silver Medalist Slavik Galstyan (Armenia) 2019 World Bronze Medalist, 2x European Bronze Medalist, 2014 Junior World Bronze Medalist For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Top-ranked pound-for-pound American men's freestyle wrestler Kyle Dake (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 57 KG Thomas Gilman takes the top spot as the returning world champion and Olympic bronze medalist and won Final X over #2 Vito Arujau. Zane Richards takes the #3 spot after beating #4 Jakob Camacho to make the national team at Final X. Jakob Camacho takes the #4 spot after finishing runner-up to #2 Vito Arujau at Senior World Team Trials, where he avenged his semifinal loss from the US Open to U.S. Open champion #5 Matthew Ramos. Ramos has won the US Open with wins over Camacho and #10 Anthony Molton and took 4th at the Senior World Team Trials after a semifinal loss to Camacho and a loss in the third place match to Richards. Anthony Noto takes the #6 slot for winning the U23 World Team Trials with victories over #9 Greg Diakomihalis in the semifinals and #7 Trevor Mastrogiovanni in the finals. Trevor Mastrogiovanni takes the #8 spot in the rankings after a runner-up finish at the U23 World Team Trials, where he registered a strong win over Ryan Miller in the semifinals after Miller had beaten US Open and U23 World Team Trials 5th place finisher Caleb Smith in the quarterfinals. Timothy Levine takes the #8 slot in the rankings for wins over the US Open fourth-place finisher, U23 World Team Trials third-place finisher Diakomihalis along with the U.S. Open and U23 World Team Trials 5th place finisher Caleb Smith. Diakomihalis takes the #9 spot for taking fourth in the U.S. Open and third at the U23 World Team Trials with a win over U.S. Open top seed Gabriel Townsell in the repechage bracket of the Senior World Team Trials and victories over Caleb Smith and Miller at U23 World Team Trials. Molton takes the final spot in the rankings at #10 for a runner-up finish in the Open where he defeated top seed Townsell in the quarterfinals. Molton did not place at the Senior World Team Trials after losses to Camacho and Richards. While Molton does a high placement at the US Open (runner-up to Ramos), his sole big win over Gabriel Townsell lost its strength when Townsell went on to take losses to Caleb Smith at the US Open consolation quarterfinals, Aden Reeves in the round of 16 at World Team Trials and to Diakomihalis in the blood round of the Senior World Team Trials. 61KG Seth Gross holds the number one spot in the rankings after winning a three-match series against returning world runner-up #2 Daton Fix. Fix, a world championships representative in 2019 at 57 KG and the world runner-up in 2021 at 61 KG, takes the number two spot in the rankings after finishing runner-up at Final X to Gross. 2018 world bronze medalist Joe Colon returned to competition for the first since competing at the 2021 Senior World Team Trials last September and won the Poland Open over Taras Markovych (UKR). Colon earns his number three spot in the rankings based on his elite wins over 2018 61 KG world champion Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (CUB), 2018 Final X champion Nahshon Garrett, Gross, and 2022 U.S. Open champion #4 Nico Megaludis. Megaludis takes the #4 spot after winning the US Open with wins over Gross and #7 Josh Rodriguez and following it with a third place finish over Rodriguez at the Senior World Team Trials after a pin loss to Gross in the semifinals. Austin DeSanto takes the #5 spot in the rankings after a win over Senior World Team Trials runner-up #6 Daniel DeShazer to take bronze in the US Open. DeShazer fills the #6 spot in the rankings for a runner-up finish at the Senior World Team Trials, where he beat the US Open runner-up #7, Josh Rodriguez, in the semifinals. Josh Rodriguez takes the #7 spot in the rankings after a runner-up finish in the US Open where he beat 2019 world fifth-place finisher Tyler Graff and DeShazer and followed it with a fourth-place finish at the Senior World Team Trials with losses to DeShazer in the semifinals and Megaludis in the bronze medal match. 2019 Final X champion and world fifth place finisher Graff takes the #8 spot for a 6th place finish in the U.S. Open after a semifinal loss to Rodriguez and failing to place in the U.S. World Team Trials with losses to DeShazer and Megaludis. Graff has victories over Megaludis and Colon from 2019 Senior World Team Trials and Final X. Nic Bouzakis holds down the #9 spot in the rankings for winning Junior World Team Trials over U.S. Open bronze medalist Jesse Mendez. Jesse Mendez takes the final spot in the rankings at #10 for taking third at the U.S. Open with a victory over 2021 Senior National runner-up Josh Kramer and taking second at Junior World Team Trials to Bouzakis. 65KG 2021 world championships representative Yianni Diakomihalis holds down the #1 spot after making his second Senior world team by winning Final X over #4 Evan Henderson. Joey McKenna holds the #2 spot after finishing third at Senior World Team Trials and the reason for this is Joey has a superior resume than Final X runner-up #4 Evan Henderson due to his 2019 Senior Nationals and 2021 World Team Trials wins over Diakomihalis along with his 2021 Olympic Trials victory over #1 (70) Zain Retherford and he avenged his World Team Trials quarterfinal loss to #3 Ian Parker to take third. Ian Parker holds down the #3 spot for beating McKenna and #6 Kendric Maple in the U.S. World Team Trials on his way to a fourth-place finish. Parker finished third in the U.S. Open after quarterfinal loss to runner-up #10 Matthew Kolodzik. Final X runner-up Evan Henderson takes the fourth spot in the rankings for wins over 2021 US Olympic Trials bronze medalist #5 Nick Lee and US Open champion Maple. Nick Lee fills the number five spot in the rankings for victories in 2021 at the Olympic Trials over Diakomihalis and #1 (70) Zain Retherford. Lee cannot be higher in the rankings as he has losses to Henderson in the semifinals of the World Team Trials and to McKenna in the consolation semifinals of the Senior World Team Trials. Maple takes the number six spot for winning the US Open and notching victories over #9 Beau Bartlett and #10 Matthew Kolodzik. Cole Matthews takes the number seven spot for beating number eight Dylan D'Emilio and number nine Ridge Lovett to win the U23 World Team Trials. Beau Bartlett takes the final spot in the rankings at number ten for his win over US Open runner-up Matthew Kolodzik at the Senior World Team Trials. The group of Matthews, D'Emilio, Lovett, and Bartlett is contingent on the roller coaster that was Matthew Kolodzik's performances in the US Open and Senior World Team Trials. In the US Open, Kolodzik makes the finals with fantastic wins over #3 Ian Parker and Henderson then loses to Maple in the finals. Kolodzik goes into the US World Team Trials as the number five seed, loses in the quarters to #5 Nick Lee and then loses in the bloodround by 15-5 tech to #9 Beau Bartlett. Bartlett follows that up by being eliminated by #6 Kendrick Maple in the World Team consolation quarterfinals then loses in the quarters of U23 World Team Trials to D'Emilio and loses in the consolation semifinals to Lovett who goes on to take bronze over Jordan Decatur. So it follows then that the order should be Matthews, D'Emilio, Lovett, and Bartlett. 70KG Zain Retherford holds down the number one spot in the 70 KG rankings after winning Final X in a three-match series over 2021 65 KG Olympic Trials champion #2 Jordan Oliver. Tyler Berger slots in at third in the rankings for taking third at the World Team Trials over #5 Sammy Sasso and for his win over #4 Ryan Deakin in the consolation semifinals of the Trials. Deakin slots in at fourth based on the strength of a US Open title in 2019 over two-time world medalist James Green, a 2019 Final X runner-up finish and was a 2021 World Team Trials runner-up to James Green where he knocked off #6 Alec Pantaleo. Deakin beat Sasso to make the semifinals of the World Team Trials and then lost to #2 Jordan Oliver and lost again in the consolation semifinals to Berger. Sammy Sasso takes the number five spot in the rankings off his fourth-place finish at World Team Trials where he beat US Open champion #6 Alec Pantaleo and US Open fourth place finisher #7 Doug Zapf. Pantaleo who boasts elite international wins over 2021 65 KG Olympic runner-up #2 (65) Haji Aliyev (AZE), 2021 70 KG World bronze medalist #19 Zurab Iakobishvili (GEO), and 2019 65 KG world runner-up Daulet Niyazbekov, put together an excellent start of the U.S. freestyle season with a US Open title over Oliver, but could not repeat his title-winning efforts and didn't place at World Team Trials after beating Berger in his opening match then losing to Retherford and Sasso in the championship and consolation semifinals. Zapf takes the number seven spot in the rankings for taking third at the US Open with wins over #5 Sammy Sasso, #8 Michael Blockhus, and Anthony Ashnault. Zapf failed to place at World Team Trials after a quarterfinal loss to Retherford and a consolation quarterfinal loss to Berger. Yahya Thomas takes the number seven spot in the rankings after winning the U23 World Team Trials over #9 Jonathan Millner. Jonathan Millner fills the number nine spot in the rankings after a runner-up finish at the U23 World Team Trials where he beat Drew Roberts in the semifinals after Roberts had upset Ed Scott in the quarterfinals. Michael Blockhus is at number ten in the rankings based on a fourth-place finish at the U.S. Open, where he beat Brock Mauller after Mauller had beaten Ed Scott when Scott was coming off a win over #8 Yahya Thomas. 74KG Reigning world champion Kyle Dake holds down the number one spot in the rankings after winning Final X against Yarygin runner-up #2 Jason Nolf. David Carr is at #3 for taking third at World Team Trials and winning his true third-place match over World Team Trials runner-up #4 Joey Lavallee at Final X. Joey Lavallee is at #4 after a runner-up finish at the World Team Trials, where he beat US Open runner-up #5 Josh Shields and #6 Tommy Gantt and losing his true third match at Final X to make the national team against Carr. Shields takes the number five spot in the rankings based on a runner-up finish at the US Open off a strong win over #6 Tommy Gantt. Gantt takes the #6 spot in the rankings for finishing fourth at the World Team Trials, where he beat US Open bronze medalist #7 Collin Purinton. Purinton is at number seven in the rankings for taking third in the US Open with victories over #8 Andrew Cerniglia and #9 Peter Pappas. Cerniglia had an excellent run to the US Open semifinals where he beat Lavallee, Purinton and #10 Josh Ogunsanya, but losses to #2 Jason Nolf and #7 Collin Purinton in the championship and consolation semifinals relegated him to a fifth-place finish and eighth in the US domestic rankings. Patrick Kennedy secures the number nine spot in the rankings for winning the U23 World Team Trials with strong victories over Peyton Robb, Peyton Hall, and Josh Ogunsanya. US Open fourth-place finisher Peter Pappas takes the number ten spot in the rankings for beating Josh Ogunsanya in the consolation quarterfinals after Ogunsanya had upset two-time All-American Cam Amine of Michigan. 79KG Reigning world champion Jordan Burroughs lays claim to the top spot in the 79 KG rankings after winning a three-match series against #2 Chance Marsteller at Final X. Chance Marsteller earns the number two spot in the rankings for a Final X runner-up finish, a World Team Trials title and 5th place finish at the US Open. This season, Marsteller defeated the likes of #3 Vincenzo Joseph, #4 Carter Starocci, and #5 David McFadden. Vincenzo Joseph is number three in the rankings for runner-up finishes at the World Team Trials and US Open where he won matches over the likes of #2 Chance Marsteller, #6 Alex Dieringer, and #7 Taylor Lujan. Joseph's only losses this domestic season were to #5 David McFadden in the US Open finals and to Marsteller in a three-match series in the World Team Trials finals. Carter Starocci is number four in the rankings off a true third finish at Final X and a third-place finish at World Team Trials where he beat McFadden and #6 Alex Dieringer. Starocci finished third at the 2021 World Team Trials as well where he beat #9 Evan Wick, #2 (74) Jason Nolf and Marsteller. Starocci's only loss at the World Team Trials was to Marsteller in the quarterfinals. McFadden takes number five in the rankings for a US Open title where he beat Marsteller and Joseph that was followed by a fourth-place finish at World Team Trials where he beat 2019 74 KG Final X runner-up #7 Isaiah Martinez and #10 Brayden Thompson, but lost in the semifinals to Marsteller and #4 Starocci for bronze. Dieringer is number six in the rankings after a third-place finish at the US Open and making the semifinals of the World Team Trials. Dieringer took wins over Marsteller, Martinez, #8 Taylor Lujan and Wick against losses to Joseph in the US Open and World Team Trials semifinals and to Starocci in the World Team Trials consolation semifinals. Martinez takes the number seven spot in the rankings for beating US Open fourth place finisher Lujan in the World Team Trials consolation quarters. Martinez failed to place due to losses from Dieringer and McFadden in the championship quarterfinals and consolation semifinals. Taylor Lujan fills the number eight spot in the rankings off a fourth-place finish at the US Open, where he beat Thompson and Wick. Brayden Thompson takes the number nine spot for finishing fifth at the US Open, where he upset 6th seeded Michael O'Malley and winning a Junior World Team Trials title over Luca Augustine. Wick takes the final spot in the rankings at number ten for placing seventh at the U.S. Open and beating Isaiah White in the blood round after White had upset U23 World Team Trials runner-up O'Malley the match before. 86KG 2021 Olympic champion David Taylor owns the top spot in the ranking for winning Final X over #2 Zahid Valencia. Zahid Valencia is at number two for finishing runner-up at Final X and winning World Team Trials over #3 Mark Hall. Hall is at number three for winning the true third match at Final X against #4 Trent Hidlay and for winning the US Open over #6 Marcus Coleman. Hidlay took third at World Team Trials by beating #5 Drew Foster and Coleman, lost the true third match at Final X to Hall and won U23 World Team Trials over Trent Munoz to lock down the number four spot in the rankings. Foster is ranked fifth for beating US Open runner-up #6 Marcus Coleman and #7 Andrew Morgan at World Team Trials on his way to a fourth-place finish after losses to Hall and Hidlay in the semifinals and third-place match. Coleman is number six in the rankings for finishing runner-up at the US Open, where he beat second-seeded Nick Reenan and #8 Owen Webster. Reenan is not ranked because he went 79 KG for the World Team Trials and went 0-2 with losses to #9 (79) Brayden Thompson and #8 Taylor Lujan. Andrew Morgan is seventh in the rankings for beating US Open fourth place finisher #9 Caden Steffen and #10 Owen Webster at World Team Trials. Caleb Hopkins is number eight in the rankings for beating Open fourth place finisher Steffen in the blood round at World Team Trials after Hopkins had finished sixth at the US Open due to a consolation semifinal loss to Steffen and a loss in the fifth place match to Webster. Caden Steffen is ranked #9 for beating Morgan and Hopkins in the US Open, which was subsequently followed by losing to both Morgan and Hopkins at World Team Trials. Webster is #10 for beating #8 Caleb Hopkins twice at the U.S. Open; in the championship quarterfinals and in the fifth place match. Webster went 0-2 at World Team Trials with losses to #4 Trent Hidlay and #7 Andrew Morgan. 92KG Returning world bronze medalist J'den Cox won the top spot in the rankings by coming out on top of a three-match series against #2 Nate Jackson at Final X. Nate Jackson is number two in the rankings after his runner-up finish at Final X and title at World Team Trials over #4 Isaac Trumble. Jay Aiello is number three for winning the true third match at Final X against World Team Trials runner-up Trumble. US Open runner-up Isaac Trumble is fourth in the rankings for finishing runner-up at the World Team Trials to Jackson and losing his true third match against Aiello. Trumble's best wins of this season were avenging his US Open finals loss to #5 Cam Caffey in the World Team Trials semifinals and beating U.S. Open third place finisher #7 Max Shaw in the US Open semifinals. Caffey is fifth in the rankings off the strength of a US Open title with victories over Trumble and Battista that was followed up by a fourth-place finish at World Team Trials off losses to Jackson in the semifinals and Aiello in the bronze medal match. Battista is sixth in the rankings off a 4th place finish in the US Open, where he lost to #7 Max Shaw that he then avenged in the repechage bracket of World Team Trials. Max Shaw is seventh for finishing third at the U.S. Open and beating Battista and following it up by going 0-2 at World Team Trials with losses to Jackson and Battista. Jacob Cardenas is at number eight for winning the U23 World Team Trials. Christopher Smith is ninth in the rankings for finishing fifth in the U.S. Open. Jacob Koser is tenth in the rankings for finishing sixth in the U.S. Open. 97KG 2021 Olympic and World runner-up Kyle Snyder is number one in the domestic rankings for winning Final X over #2 Kollin Moore. Michael Macchiavello is third in the rankings for finishing runner-up to #2 Kollin Moore at World Team Trials and winning the US Open. Macchiavello had wins this season over #5 Ethan Laird and #6 Timothy Dudley. Ben Kueter is fourth in the rankings for winning Junior World Team Trials and the Junior World championships. While some may take issue with his lack of domestic Senior competition, Kueter's win over Rifat Gidak in the JR world finals after Gidak had upset the returning U23 world champion Amirali Azarpira in the semifinals is better than any win that athletes ranked fifth through tenth have. Ethan Laird is fifth in the rankings for taking third at World Team Trials over #6 Timothy Dudley and avenging his loss from in the fifth place match of the U.S. Open to #7 Samuel Mitchell. Dudley is sixth in the rankings after a fourth-place finish at the U.S. Open and World Team Trials. Mitchell is seventh in the rankings for beating Laird at the U.S.Open. Tanner Sloan is eighth in the rankings for winning the U23 World Team Trials. Nick Stemmet is ninth for finishing runner-up at the U23 World Team Trials. Duncan Lee is tenth for finishing in seventh place at the U.S. Open. 125KG Hayden Zillmer is number one in the rankings for winning Final X over two-time world bronze medalist #2 Nick Gwiazdowski. Dom Bradley is number three in the rankings for taking third at World Team Trials and finishing runner-up at the US Open to Zillmer. Ty Walz is number four for taking bronze at the U.S. Open and fourth at World Team Trials and notching wins over #5 Tony Cassioppi and #8 Demetrius Thomas. Tony Cassioppi is fifth in the rankings for beating #6 Derek White at World Team Trials and beating #9 Zach Elam in the U23 World Team Trials finals. White is sixth in the rankings for beating #7 Christian Lance at World Team Trials. Lance is seventh in the rankings for taking sixth in the US Open, where he beat made the quarterfinals and lost to #8 Thomas, then beat White in the blood round then lost to Walz and Lucas Davison. Lance avenged his loss to Davidson at World Team Trials but was beaten by #6 Derek White and eliminated in the repechage bracket. Thomas is eighth in the rankings for getting fourth at the U.S.Open where he beat Lance and Davison, but followed it up with a loss in the round of 16 of World Team Trials to Lance and was eliminated in the consolation quarterfinals by Walz. Elam is ninth in the rankings for finishing runner-up to Cassioppi at U23 World Team Trials and beating #10 Tyrie Houghton in the semifinals after Houghton had upset the Senior US Open fifth-place finisher, Lucas Davison, in the quarterfinals. Pound for Pound Kyle Dake is number one in the pound-for-pound rankings based on his three world titles (‘18 & ‘19 at 79KG, ‘21 at 74KG) and his Olympic bronze medal plus his wins over #2 David Taylor, #3 Jordan Burroughs, #8 J'den Cox, #14 Zahid Valencia, #17 Alex Dieringer and #24 Jason Nolf. The rest of the top five is all returning World/Olympic medalists in #2 David Taylor, #3 Jordan Burroughs, #4 Kyle Snyder, and #5 Thomas Gilman as their elite domestic and international wins warrant their top five status. Seth Gross is at sixth in the pound-for-pound rankings based on his wins over #7 Daton Fix and #5 Thomas Gilman. Daton Fix is seventh for past wins over #6 Seth Gross and #5 Thomas Gilman. Fix's consistency from 57-61KG and coming off a world silver medal weighs more heavily for me than #8 J'den Cox's resume that's dependent on good wins from six years ago (#1 Kyle Dake at Olympic Trials) and five years ago (#2 David Taylor at 2017 World Team Trials) coupled with unranked losses (Illia Archaia of Ukraine at the 2021 Yasar Dogu) plus losing to #5 Kyle Snyder and failing to win world's hurts his pound for pound status. Chance Marsteller is at ninth for going through the meatgrinder that was 79 KG this season and managing to take a match off of returning 79 KG world champion #3 Jordan Burroughs at Final X and winning matches against #13 Vincenzo Joseph, #15 Carter Starocci, and #15 David McFadden. Zain Retherford completes the top ten at tenth after making his third world team by beating #11 Jordan Oliver at the 70KG Final X and while there is an understandable push for #12 Yianni Diakomihalis to be top ten, both Zain and JO have avenged their losses to him from 2019 and are deserving of pound for pound spots ahead of him based off that. Vincenzo Joseph is in at thirteen for wins over Marsteller and #17 Alex Dieringer this season. Joseph was a runner-up to Marsteller in the World Team Trials finals. Zahid Valencia is in at fourteen for runner-up finishes to Dake at 2018 79 KG Final X and finishing runner-up to Taylor this year at 86 KG Final X. Valencia is the consensus number two at 86 KG and currently ranked ninth internationally and boasts a pound for pound win over #17 Alex Dieringer, so being right in the middle of the rankings at #14 is a perfect spot for him. Two-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci is in the rankings at fifteen for beating #16 David McFadden and #17 Alex Dieringer at 79 KG World Team Trials and Starocci also took third in 2021 at World Team Trials where he beat #9 Chance Marsteller and #24 Jason Nolf. Joey McKenna is in at eighteen for beating Retherford at the 2021 Olympic Trials and beating Diakomihalis at 2019 Senior Nationals and taking a match over Yianni at the 2021 World Team Trials. Vito Arujau sits at #19 for putting together runner-up finishes at the 2021 57 KG Olympic Trials and this year at Final X, both to Gilman. Arujau's win that anchors him to the pound for pound is Fix at the 2021 Olympic Trials. Nate Jackson sits at number twenty in the rankings after a runner-up finish at Final X at 92 KG, where he took a match against #8 J'Den Cox. Kollin Moore is in at twenty-one for three straight World/Olympic Trials runner-up finishes going back to 2021 when he was runner-up to #4 Kyle Snyder at the 97 KG 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, runner-up to #8 J'den Cox at the 2021 92 KG World Team Trials, and runner-up this year to #4 Kyle Snyder at 97 KG Final X. 125 KG Final X champion Hayden Zillmer is twenty-two in the rankings for beating two-time world bronze medalist #23 Nick Gwiazdowski to secure the 125 KG world championships spot. 74 KG Final X runner-up Jason Nolf slots in at twenty-four in the rankings. While that may seem low for someone of the skill caliber of Nolf, Nolf has just begun to establish himself as a serious international contender in freestyle and has been stuck behind the likes of #1 Kyle Dake and #3 Jordan Burroughs and hasn't been able to get any particular signature wins to his name due to the difficulty of the weight classes he's been in. Nolf also has a loss to #15 Carter Starocci from the 2021 79 KG World Team Trials. As it stands, Nolf's best current wins domestically are David Carr and Isaiah Martinez and his best international wins are #9 Timur Bizhoev (RUS) and Khetag Tsabolov (SRB). Very solid but in weights with pound-for-pound standouts like Burroughs and Dake, it's hard to break through with that. Joe Colon finishes the rankings at #25 based on his 2018 61 KG world bronze medal, victory over 2018 61 KG world champion Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (CUB) and two wins over #6 Seth Gross.

2022 World Team member Jesse Thielke (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 63kg Greco-Roman Entries Abdeldjebar Djebbari (Algeria) 2x African Champion Hrachya Poghosyan (Armenia) 2021 U23 World Bronze Medalist, 2x European 5th Place For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

2022 NCAA semifinalists Daton Fix (left) and Michael McGee (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) I've been on this train for a few years now. Almost all conferences have various matchups between each other in basketball, baseball, and other sports. Wrestling had tried that with the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, but it's been awhile since those went away. I have believed they could, and I think fans would have some interest in the event. It's now officially happening between the Big Ten and EIWA. With the Big Ten announcing this event, I thought I would expand a little on how the Big 12 could possibly do something similar. My initial thought, a few years ago, was why not just have schools schedule programs from other conferences and call it the Big 12. vs. the ACC or MAC vs. PAC 12, etc… No real additional effort as far as scheduling it all as a group, just put the “conference vs. conference” tag on it to add some interest and possibly get fans a little more into it. Ex. Oklahoma State fans would be engaged in watching Iowa State wrestle and vice versa as it is for the conference as a whole. I think that concept works and could certainly be applied here as long as you have a few schools from each conference willing to schedule each other for it. The other angle is what the Big 10 and EIWA are doing here. Get a few teams from each conference involved, then schedule them all to come to a site and wrestle each other. I think, and obviously others do as well, that this concept works too. What I would try is something like this. Big 12. Vs. ACC or PAC 12. Get groups of schools from a specific region and have them host. Ex. Iowa, Colorado, and Oklahoma have two Big 12 schools. North Carolina has three ACC schools and Virginia has two. PAC 12 has three schools in California and the Big 12 has a California school. Year one. The state of Oklahoma hosts. They could do it in Norman or Stillwater or even at a neutral site like the BOK center of the PAYCOM Center (PAYCOM CEO Chad Richison is a former wrestler). Year 1. Both Oklahoma schools compete along with a few other Big 12 schools vs. the ACC or PAC 12. Year 2. Do the same thing but in another region with more than one program and bring in a few other schools that are available. Ex. The state of Virginia hosts with various other ACC schools competing against some from the Big 12, and on and on if it's something that draws interest. I tweeted this and it's a pretty good example of a few specific teams, but you could certainly interchange some of that and it would still conceptually work. Conference realignment has become such a huge part of the dialogue in college sports these days that fans of schools are legitimately engaged and interested in the success of their schools' conference vs. other conferences. Why not capture that interest in wrestling? Use it to build the wrestling brands of the programs in each of these conferences and build interest in the sport. We've all seen decent ideas in wrestling fail, but I truly believe this is something that “could” work if implemented correctly.

2021 World Silver Medalist Kayla Miracle (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 62kg Women's Freestyle Entries Tetiana Omelchenko (Azerbaijan) 4x European Bronze Medalist, 2017 U23 World Bronze Medalist, 2019 World 7th Place Lais Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil) 2021 World 5th Place, 2x Pan-American Champion, 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Silver Medalist For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

2021 EIWA Finalist Nick Palumbo (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Sacred Heart! NCAA Qualifiers (2) 2021 #24 Nick Palumbo (157 lbs), #33 Joe Accousti (184 lbs) EIWA Finalists 2021: Nick Palumbo (157) Dual Record 2021-22: 1-9 2021: 0-2 2019-20: 8-6 2018-19: 5-7 2017-18: 2-10 2016-17: 3-12 2015-16: 2-15 2014-15: 1-12 2013-14: 3-11 2012-13: 0-11 Head Coaching History John Clark (2017 - Present) Andy Lausier (2012-2017) Best Lineup (Comprised of Wrestlers from 2013-2022) 125 - Ryan Burns 133 - Gerard Daly: 2016 EIWA 7th Place 141 - Paul Klee 149 - Kyle Brady 157 - Nick Palumbo: 2021 NCAA Qualifier, 2021 EIWA Runner-Up 165 - Brandon Levesque 174 - Conan Schuster: 2015 EIWA 6th Place 184 - Joe Accousti: 2021 NCAA Qualifier, 2021 EIWA 6th Place 197 - Robert Hetherman 285 - Ray Sherwood: 2016 EIWA 8th Place For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Missouri Navy NC State Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota State Northern Colorado Northern Illinois Northern Iowa Northwestern Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon State Penn Penn State Pittsburgh Princeton Purdue Rider Rutgers

2019 World Champion Jacarra Winchester (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 55kg Women's Freestyle Entries Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada) 2022 Pan-American Gold Medalist, 2022 GP of Spain Silver Medalist, 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Silver Medalist, 2019 U23 World 5th place Mengyu Xie (China) 2019 Asian Gold Medalist, 2019 World 10th Place, 2022 Ian Corneanu & Ladislau Simon Memorial Bronze Medalist For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

2022 NCAA All-Americans Rocky Elam (left) and Yonger Bastida (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Wrestling season is a few months away but we're starting to see some schedules trickle out and I felt this would be a good time to look at some duals that we should see every year involving Big 12 programs. Oklahoma State-Oklahoma Bedlam. Two of the sport's most historic programs and one of the most heated in-state rivalries in all of college sports. The thing here is this could be in jeopardy with OU on their way out of the conference and on their way to the SEC; though, of course, they may stay in the Big 12 for wrestling. Whatever happens with realignment, this rivalry will hopefully continue as it's really a great one for the sport. Iowa State-Northern Iowa Naturally, there may be a bit of a theme to the in-state rivalries in this story, but I think the unique and interesting thing regarding this one is the fact that Iowa doesn't wrestle Northern Iowa. So this makes this rivalry even bigger than it normally would be. Plus, it's the only in-conference matchup in the state of Iowa, so all the way around, this is a great matchup between two excellent programs that you really want to see each season. North Dakota State-South Dakota State The “Dakota Marker”. Another built-in rivalry that crosses all sports for these schools. One that gets both fanbases interested regardless of what's going on. Two solid programs that should be competitive every year and create a great wrestling environment. West Virginia-Pitt This is the only one that includes a team not in the Big 12 with Pitt. But the “Backyard Brawl” is a must for West Virginia every year. Regardless of what they have scheduled in conference every season, we should hope to see WVU-Pitt scrap every season. Northern Colorado-Air Force I don't know how heated of a rivalry this could become, given Air Force's status as a service academy and not a state school. But with two Big 12 teams, and the only Division 1 wrestling programs in the state of Colorado, this one has some of the right ingredients to blossom into a good annual matchup for each school. Both crowned their first Big 12 Champions last year with Andrew Alirez(UNCO) winning 141 and Wyatt Hendrickson(Air Force) winning heavyweight. And their dual last year came down to a tie going to criteria and giving Northern Colorado the one-point edge over Air Force 19-18. It's not Bedlam or the Cy-Hawk series or some of the other big in-state rivalries we see in the sport, but if cultivated correctly this could be a solid matchup every year to really draw in the Colorado wrestling fans and community. Utah Valley-Cal Baptist I'm taking a bit of a unique angle with this one. These two programs don't have a long history or any tight connection, they've only wrestled two times ever with Utah Valley winning both. But with both being the furthest west programs in the Big 12 and no clear rivals to line up with? Why not establish one now? Wyoming-Oklahoma State The Cowboys vs. The Cowboys, Pistol Pete vs. Pistol Pete, John Smith vs. Mark Branch. A lot of great built-in storylines with this one that creates a bit of a unique rivalry between the two. Missouri-Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Iowa State In my opinion, all four of these teams should wrestle each other every year. Conference realignment has made a mess of things, but these old Big Eight/Big Twelve rivalries hold a lot of weight for fans. And routinely having these matches and keeping these rivalries is big for every one of these programs and for the sport. I'm glad Missouri's back in the conference, I hope OU gets to stay, and I hope we see a lot of these matchups every single year.

2020 Olympic champion David Taylor (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Welcome to another edition of the Jagger Friday Mailbag. As we approach Labor Day weekend it sort of feels like the proverbial calm before the storm as the action starts to heat up next weekend. And what a way to kick off the fall season of wrestling. We start off with Who's Number One on early Friday evening and go straight into a week's worth of the Senior World Championships. Big Bossman Earl has already kicked off some previews and Seth Petarra will have some pumpkin spice rankings on the way to get you warmed up. So get that last family time in this weekend as the temperature drops in these next few months, the amount of wrestling shall rise. But first some questions. Who pulls off a better head wrap, Jordan Burroughs or Nico Megaludis? Jkos11 The easy answer is to say Burroughs since his head wrap is synonymous with winning world titles and doing laps with Old Glory. But like you said, Nico liked the tweet so I awarded him the title of best head wrap. Sorry JB, you can't win 'em all. Where should Christian Carroll end up? Wyoming to be Eagan trained? JL Vice I think you picked the wrong Cowboys there. Let's face it, Oklahoma State hasn't had the best summer. Bringing in Carroll could be just the jolt that this still very talented team needs to get back on track. Can he do a Cowboy cut job and get down to 197? How about a Cowboy bulk job and anchor the lineup at heavyweight? Either spot fills a huge need for JT Realmuto's uncle. Lots of hubbub about this Premier League and the clubs that compete in it. For us non-football fans, can you please give us a Senior-level wrestler that could correspond best with each club? UWW Creative My dear friend Mr. Creative is trying to bust my chops over my complaints about constant soccer talk lately. Look, I'm not a soccer guy. Never will be. Sorry, it's just not my sport and I don't know anything about it or how to compare it to Senior wrestlers. But I know someone who does. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you my good buddy and rising chess star of the Michigan circuit @Oldestgreatest with a comprehensive list of your favorite association football clubs as wrestlers. Take it away, OG! Manchester City-David Taylor. Highly successful, nice and smooth, can score in bunches. Liverpool-Hassan Yazdanicharati. In your face, aggressive style, extremely loud and possibly annoying fanbase. Chelsea-Deepak Punia. Inexplicably popular. Not that good. Tottenham-Frank Chamizo. Great on the counterattack, doesn't control the pace the way you'd like, can be inconsistent but high upside. Arsenal-Jordan Oliver. Very smooth, attacking style, sometimes a mixed bag of results. Manchester United-Kyle Snyder from 2-3 years ago. Much analysis about why he's fallen off (when he hasn't). Some haters reveling in his losses. West Ham-Andrew Howe. Meat and potatoes style, always very solid. Never reached the very top internationally, but was up there for a while. Leicester-Alex Dieringer. Very good, but hasn't quite made a world team/Champions League, has struggled with injuries. Brighton-Ilyas Bekbulatov. The hipster's favorite for a few years now, but yet to appear on the biggest stage. Wolverhampton-Nick Gwiazdowski. Like the soccer Wolves, the Wolfpack wrestler has been a solid contender for years Newcastle-Adam Batirov. Had totally fallen off the radar until suddenly oil money came calling. Crystal Palace-Hayden Zillmer. Was always hanging around, made a big leap in the last year. Brentford-Doug Zapf. Not well known, but smart and scrappy. Aston Villa-Evan Henderson. Been around forever, had recent success working with a new coach. Southampton-Zane Richards. Good wrestler/team that people tend to forget about, but that I really like. Everton-Zach Sanders. Been around forever. Has a dedicated fanbase. Occasionally pulls off the big upset. Leeds-Austin Desanto. Very aggressive style, in a lot of entertaining matches. Widely hated by outsiders. Fulham-Dan Vallimont. Seemed to be on the bubble of Trials qualification/the Premier League every year. Bournemouth-Alexandru Chirtoaca. Not quite good enough for the elite, but not as bad as their most humiliating loss might suggest. Nottingham Forest-Anzor Boltukaev. Went crazy going all in on one year, almost paid off. Whoa! Oldest and Greatest coming through! Bet you didn't see an Alexandru Chirtoaca reference coming! Also my first guest writer! Also the last soccer talk you'll find here! Thanks for this, OG. I asked and you more than delivered. Is it time to maybe name an heir to the mailbag? Nah, I still got plenty left in the tank! I'm interested in your opinion on non-wrestling topics. What is the go-to football snack for each game time? Luke Wise Now, this is the kind of football talk I can get behind. Call me old-fashioned but there's nothing I love more than ten straight hours of eating and watching football. Depending on where you live, the season can span various stages of weather and that usually affects my snacking. The first few weeks are still basically summer so there's still a lot of fruit and ice cream between grilling. Then in the fall, it's never difficult to find donuts and cider from various pumpkin farms spread across North Jersey. Those are all the rage around here nowadays. Come November, you're going to want to go with whatever leftover Halloween candy you have or can steal from your kids. Later in the month, there's usually no shortage of pies for Thanksgiving. Then you get to the Christmas season and it's just cookies mixed in with green and red M&M's until you need an emergency dentist appointment. Of course, if you're currently wrestling, these options may not work out so well for you. Sorry. I did my time cutting weight. You'll get your chance one day to also throw dieting out the window. Until then, keep your hands out of my candy bowl and go burn some calories shoveling snow. Alright all you Jagoffs and Jaggettes, it's Labor Day Weekend and I work a laborious job so it's time for me to wrap this up and head into the weekend right. Come back next week as I list the criteria for the Jagger Hodge Award and break down the movie The Wrestler. Much like Matt Damon's appearances on Jimmy Kimmel, we simply ran out of time. Many thanks to @Oldestgreatest for the soccer comparisons, thanks to Earl for patiently waiting for me to finish so he can post this, and thanks to Willie for giving me the opportunity to write this column. We're going on a year now and I still can't believe I do this. Jagger out!

130 kg World Team Member Cohlton Schultz (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 130kg Greco-Roman Entries David Ovasapyan (Armenia) 2x U23 World Medalist (2,3), 2022 European 7th Place, 2021 World 11th Place, 2018 Junior World Silver Medalist Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan) 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2022 Matteo Pellicone Silver Medalist, 2015 World 5th Place For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

60 kg World Team Member Ildar Hafizov (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 60kg Greco-Roman Entries Abdelkarim Fergat (Algeria) 4x African Champion Gevorg Gharibyan (Armenia) 2020 European Gold Medalist, 2021 World 5th Place For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

2022 53 kg World Team member Dom Parrish (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 53kg Women's Freestyle Entries Leyla Gurbanova (Azerbaijan) 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup Bronze Medalist, 2x Junior World Medalist (1,3) Samantha Stewart (Canada) 2021 World Bronze Medalist, 2022 Matteo Pellicone Bronze Medalist, 2016 Pan-American Champion For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

2019 NCAA Champion Anthony Ashnault (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Rutgers! NCAA Qualifiers (62) 2022 #23 Dylan Shawver (125 lbs), #22 Joey Olivieri (133 lbs), #3 Sebastian Rivera (141 lbs), #12 Mike Van Brill (149 lbs), #33 Connor O'Neill (174 lbs), #20 John Poznanski (184 lbs), #14 Greg Bulsak (197 lbs) 2021 #3 Sebastian Rivera (141 lbs), #10 Mike Van Brill (149 lbs), #26 Jackson Turley (174 lbs), #6 John Poznanski (184 lbs), #33 Billy Janzer (197 lbs) 2020 #16 Nic Aguilar (125 lbs), #10 Sammy Alvarez (133 lbs), #31 Mike Van Brill (157 lbs), #21 Billy Janzer (184 lbs), #17 Jordan Pagano (197 lbs) 2019 #3 Nick Suriano (133 lbs), #33 Peter LiPari (141 lbs), #1 Anthony Ashnault (149 lbs), #16 John Van Brill (157 lbs), #29 Joe Grello (174 lbs), #21 Nick Gravina (184 lbs) 2018 #4 Nick Suriano (125 lbs), Scott DelVecchio (133 lbs), Eleazar DeLuca (149 lbs), #15 John Van Brill (157 lbs), #6 Richie Lewis (165 lbs), #14 Nick Gravina (184 lbs) 2017 Scott DelVecchio (133 lbs), #5 Anthony Ashnault (141 lbs), #15 Ken Theobold (149 lbs), #13 John Van Brill (157 lbs), Jordan Pagano (174 lbs), Nick Gravina (184 lbs), Matt Correnti (197 lbs) 2016 Sean McCabe (125 lbs), #16 Anthony Giraldo (133 lbs), #4 Anthony Ashnault (141 lbs), Tyson Dippery (149 lbs), #9 Richie Lewis (157 lbs), #7 Anthony Perrotti (165 lbs), Phil Bakuckas (174 lbs), #15 Nick Gravina (184 lbs), Hayden Hrymack (197 lbs), #12 Billy Smith (285 lbs) 2015 Scott DelVecchio (133 lbs), #7 Anthony Ashnault (141 lbs), Ken Theobold (149 lbs), #13 Anthony Perrotti (157 lbs), Billy Smith (285 lbs) 2014 Vinnie Dellafave (133 lbs), Ken Theobold (149 lbs), Anthony Perrotti (157 lbs), Billy Smith (285 lbs) 2013 Vinnie Dellafave (133 lbs), Trevor Melde (141 lbs), Scott Winston (157 lbs), Nick Visicaro (165 lbs), Greg Zannetti (174 lbs), Dan Rinaldi (184 lbs), Billy Smith (285 lbs) NCAA Champions Nick Suriano (133 - 2019) Anthony Ashnault (149 - 2019) NCAA All-Americans 2022: Sebastian Rivera (141 - 3rd), Greg Bulsak (197 - 8th) 2021: Sebastian Rivera (141 - 4th), Jackson Turley (174 - 8th), John Poznanski (184 - 4th) 2019: Nick Suriano (133 - 1st), Anthony Ashnault (149 - 1st) 2018: Nick Suriano (125 - 2nd), Scott DelVecchio (133 - 6th) 2017: Anthony Ashnault (141 - 6th), Ken Theobold (149 - 7th) 2016: Anthony Ashnault (141 - 4th), Anthony Perrotti (149 - 8th) 2015: Anthony Ashnault (141 - 8th) 2014: Anthony Perrotti (157 - 8th) NWCA All-Americans Sammy Alvarez (133 - Second Team) Nic Aguilar (125 - Honorable Mention) NCAA Round of 12 Finishers John Van Brill (2018 - 157) Richie Lewis (2018 - 165) Scott DelVecchio (2017 - 133) Nick Gravina (2017 - 184) Billy Smith (2016 - 285) Big Ten Champions 2019: Nick Suriano (133), Anthony Ashnault (149) 2017: Anthony Ashnault (141) 2016: Anthony Ashnault (141) Dual Record 2021-22: 16-5 2021: 0-4 2019-20: 10-7 2018-19: 12-6 2017-18: 8-7 2016-17: 12-5 2015-16: 16-5 2014-15: 14-7 2013-14: 11-5 2012-13: 16-4 Conference Tournament Placement Big Ten 2021-22: 9th 2021: 10th 2019-20: 12th 2018-19: 8th 2017-18: 11th 2016-17: 8th-tie 2015-16: 5th 2014-15: 11th EIWA 2013-14: 3rd 2012-13: 5th NCAA Tournament Team Placement 2021-22: 20th-tie (28.5 points) 2021: 28th 13th-tie (37.5 points) 2019-20: No Tournament 2018-19: 9th (51.5 points) 2017-18: 11th (42.5 points) 2016-17: 19th (24.5 points) 2015-16: 15th (30 points) 2014-15: 31st-tie (9.5 points) 2013-14: 34th (11.5 points) 2012-13: 35th-tie (7.5 points) Head Coaching History Scott Goodale (2007 - Present) Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22) 125 - Nick Suriano: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#3 and #4 seeds), 2x NCAA All-American (1st, 2nd), 2019 Big Ten Champion, 2022 NCAA Champion for Michigan 133 - Scott DelVecchio: 3x NCAA Qualifier, 2018 NCAA All-American (6th) 141 - Anthony Ashnault: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#1, #4, #5, and #7 seeds), 4x NCAA All-American (1st, 6th, 4th, 8th), 3x Big Ten Champion 149 - Ken Theobold: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#15 seed), 2017 NCAA All-American (7th), 2014 EIWA 3rd Place 157 - Anthony Perrotti: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#7 and #13 seeds), 2x NCAA All-American (8th x2), 2014 EIWA 3rd Place 165 - Richie Lewis: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#6 and #9 seeds), 2018 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher, 2018 Big Ten 3rd Place 174 - Jackson Turley: 2021 NCAA All-American (8th) 184 - John Poznanski: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#6 and #20 seeds), 2021 NCAA All-American (4th), 2021 Big Ten 3rd Place 197 - Greg Bulsak: 2022 NCAA All-American (8th), 3x NCAA Qualifier for Clarion 285 - Billy Smith: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#12 seed), 2016 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher, 2014 EIWA Runner-Up Recruiting Number of Big Boarder's Per Year 2022: #12 Brian Soldano (NJ), #43 PJ Casale (NJ), #59 Luke Gayer (CA), #71 Jon Fongaro (NJ), #236 Brandan Chletsos (PA) 2021: #10 Dean Peterson (NJ), #24 Kyonte Hamilton (NJ), #54 Joey Olivieri (NJ), #69 Anthony White (NJ), #190 Dylan Weaver (NJ), #245 Michael Cetta (NJ), #266 John O'Donnell (NJ) 2020: #40 John Poznanski (NJ), #44 Connor O'Neill (NJ), #63 Dylan Shawver (OH), #164 Andrew Clark (NJ) 2019: #5 Jojo Aragona (PA), #30 Jackson Turley (VA), #33 Ryan Vulakh (PA), #36 Sammy Alvarez (NJ), #47 Robert Kanniard (NJ) 2018: #34 Nic Aguilar (CA), #41 Billy Janzer (NJ), #97 Jake Benner (NJ) 2017: #26 Stephen Glasgow (NJ) 2016: #43 Kevin Mulligan (NJ), #54 Joe Grello (NJ), #56 Matt Correnti (NJ), #113 Brett Donner (NJ), #128 Brandon Paetzell (NJ), #137 Alex Mackall (OH) 2015: #69 Ronnie Gentile (NJ) 2014: #51 Anthony Giraldo (NJ), #81 Wesley Bernard (IN), #97 Vinny Corsaro (IN) 2013: #8 Anthony Ashnault (NJ), #56 Tyson Dippery (PA), #107 Taylor Jackson (FL), #185 Corey Stasenko (NJ), #193 Nick Gravina (NJ) For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Missouri Navy NC State Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota State Northern Colorado Northern Illinois Northern Iowa Northwestern Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon State Penn Penn State Pittsburgh Princeton Purdue Rider

Three-time World/Olympic medalist Sarah Hildebrandt (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 50kg Women's Freestyle Entries Patricia Bermudez (Argentina) 6x Pan-American Medalist, 2016 Olympic 5th Place Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan) 4x Olympic Medalist (2x 2nd, 2x 3rd), 6x World Medalist, 2x World Champion, 7x European Champion For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Two-Time World Team member Alan Vera (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo/UWW) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 87kg Greco Roman Entries Bachir Sid Azara (Algeria) 4x African Champion, 2022 Dan Kolov/Nikola Petrov 5th Place, 2020 Olympic 7th Place Michael Wagner (Austria) 2022 GP of Spain Bronze Medal, 2021 European 9th Place For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Two-Time World Team member Kamal Bey (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo/UWW) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 77 kg Greco Roman Entries Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia) 2021 World Champion, 2022 European Champion, 2x Junior World Medalist (1st, 2nd), 2021 European U23 Champion Rohan Kalisch (Austria) 2021 World 27th Place For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

2021 NCAA Finalist Jesse Dellavecchia (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Rider! NCAA Qualifiers (44) 2022 #30 Richie Koehler (133 lbs), #16 Quinn Kinner (141 lbs) 2021 #31 Jonathan Tropea (125 lbs), #24 Richie Koehler (133 lbs), #17 McKenzie Bell (141 lbs), #4 Jesse Dellavecchia (157 lbs), #27 Jake Silverstein (165 lbs), #7 Ethan Laird (285 lbs) 2020 #4 Jesse Dellavecchia (157 lbs), #23 Dean Sherry (174 lbs), #16 Ethan Laird (197 lbs), #31 Ryan Cloud (285 lbs) 2019 #27 Anthony Cefolo (133 lbs), #14 Jesse Dellavecchia (165 lbs), #30 Dean Sherry (174 lbs), #32 Ethan Laird (197 lbs) 2018 JR Wert (125 lbs), #4 Chad Walsh (165 lbs), Dean Sherry (174 lbs) 2017 BJ Clagon (157 lbs), #5 Chad Walsh (165 lbs), Michale Fagg-Daves (184 lbs), #8 Ryan Wolfe (197 lbs) 2016 Rob Deutsch (133 lbs), BJ Clagon (149 lbs), #15 Chad Walsh (157 lbs), #12 Conor Brennan (165 lbs), Ryan Wolfe (197 lbs), Mauro Correnti (285 lbs) 2015 Rob Deutsch (133 lbs), Chuck Zeisloft (141 lbs), #15 BJ Clagon (149 lbs), #14 Chad Walsh (157 lbs), Conor Brennan (165 lbs), Ryan Wolfe (197 lbs) 2014 #11 Rob Deutsch (133 lbs), Chuck Zeisloft (133 lbs), Ramon Santiago (165 lbs), Conor Brennan (174 lbs), Clint Morrison (184 lbs) 2013 Jimmy Morris (133 lbs), Zac Cibula (157 lbs), Ramon Santiago (165 lbs), Donald McNeil (197 lbs) NCAA Champions None NCAA All-Americans 2021: Jesse Dellavecchia (157 - 2nd) 2017: Chad Walsh (165 - 7th), Ryan Wolfe (197 - 7th) 2016: Chad Walsh (157 - 5th) 2015: BJ Clagon (149 - 5th) NWCA All-Americans Jesse Dellavecchia (157 - First Team) Ethan Laird (197 - Honorable Mention) NCAA Round of 12 Finishers Ethan Laird (2021 - 285) Chad Walsh (2018 - 165) BJ Clagon (2017 - 157) Conor Brennan (2016 - 165) Ryan Wolfe (2016 - 197) Conference Champions MAC 2022: Richie Koehler (133), Quinn Kinner (141) 2021: Jesse Dellavecchia (157) 2020: Jesse Dellavecchia (157) EWL 2019: Dean Sherry (174), Ethan Laird (197) 2018: Chad Walsh (165), Dean Sherry (174) 2017: BJ Clagon (157), Chad Walsh (165), Ryan Wolfe (197) 2016: Rob Deutsch (133), Conor Brennan (165), Ryan Wolfe (197) 2015: Rob Deutsch (133), BJ Clagon (149), Chad Walsh (157), Connor Brennan (165), Ryan Wolfe (174) 2014: Rob Deutsch (125), Ramon Santiago (165), Conor Brennan (174) CAA 2013: Ramon Santiago (165) Dual Record 2021-22: 4-10 2021: 4-1 2019-20: 12-3 2018-19: 8-5 2017-18: 13-5 2016-17: 13-1 2015-16: 12-9 2014-15: 13-8 2013-14: 14-8 2012-13: 10-8 Conference Tournament MAC 2021-22: 8th 2021: 3rd 2019-20: 4th EWL 2018-19: 2nd 2017-18: 2nd 2016-17: 2nd 2015-16: 1st 2014-15: 2nd 2013-14: 4th CAA 2012-13: 2nd-tie NCAA Tournament Team Placement 2021-22: 35th (5.5 points) 2021: 20th (22 points) 2019-20: No Tournament 2018-19: 37th-tie (7 points) 2017-18: 45th-tie (3 points) 2016-17: 21st-tie (20 points) 2015-16: 24th (19 points) 2014-15: 27th (15.5 points) 2013-14: 37th (9 points) 2012-13: 40th (4.5 points) Head Coaching History John Hangey (2017 - Present) Gary Taylor (1978 - 2017) Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22) 125 - Rob Deutsch: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#11 seed), 3x EWL Champion 133 - Richie Koehler: 2x NCAA Qualifier, 2022 MAC Champion 141 - Quinn Kinner: 2022 NCAA Qualifier (#16 seed), 2022 MAC Champion 149 - BJ Clagon: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#15 seed), 2015 NCAA All-American (5th), 2x EWL Champion, 2017 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 157 - Jesse Dellavecchia: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#4 x2 and #14 seeds), 2021 NCAA All-American (2nd), 2020 NWCA First Team All-American, 2x MAC Champion 165 - Chad Walsh: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#4, #5, #14 and #15 seeds), 2x NCAA All-American (5th, 7th), 3x EWL Champion 174 - Conor Brennan: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#12 seed), 2016 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher, 3x EWL Champion 184 - Clint Morrison: 2014 NCAA Qualifier 197 - Ryan Wolfe: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#8 seed), 2017 NCAA All-American (7th), 3x EWL Champion, 2016 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 285 - Ethan Laird: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#7 and #16 seeds), 2020 NWCA Honorable Mention All-American, 2021 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher, 2019 EWL Champion Recruiting Number of Big Boarder's Per Year 2022: #24 Hunter Mays (NJ) 2021: #27 David Szuba (NJ), #178 Matt Hoelke (NJ) 2020: #104 Shane Reitsma (NJ), #147 Angel Garcia (PA), #196 Tyler Klinsky (NJ) 2018: #31 Frankie Gissandanner (NY) 2016: #125 Evan Fidelbus (PA) 2013: #12 BJ Clagon (NJ), #80 Wayne Stinson (NJ), #98 Chad Walsh (NJ), #157 JR Wert (VA) For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Missouri Navy NC State Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota State Northern Colorado Northern Illinois Northern Iowa Northwestern Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon State Penn Penn State Pittsburgh Princeton Purdue

(photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The California RTC has made big waves on the West Coast wrestling scene recently. You may have heard of the California RTC College Combine - an event in a league of its own, with a men's AND women's combine. This provides the opportunity for women to be recruited, in an event of their own. “Coaches from every division, coast to coast, are coming in to check out all this talent,” said Jimmy Overhiser, Director of Operations of the California RTC. This event is already full for the men's combine - there's a few slots left (as I write this) for the women's combine. California is an under-recruited area of the country - a “gold mine,” if you will, of untapped talent waiting to be mined and forged into the fires of competition. “We want to serve the youth of California to get the opportunities they deserve with recruitment for college wrestling. They may not be able to make the trips out east, so we're bringing the process to them.” A goal of this event for the RTC is to make college wrestling more accessible across socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, as California and the surrounding states are diverse areas. “Our program takes pride in fostering community, culture, and empowering the next generation of student-athletes to be the best versions of themselves, we want them to attain success on and off the mat.” While at the combine, student-athletes will have the opportunity to learn about the college admissions process, financial literacy, and can attend a recruitment fair where they can meet coaches from Cali JuCo, NJCAA, NCAA DI/DII/DIII, and NAIA programs. Without spoiling too much about some of the talent that's going to be on display at the combine, those registered include five former and current Team USA members, Fargo Champions, State Champions, and many more highly sought after prospective-student athletes. Keep an eye out for some hammers from Cali this year, the recruits of today are the champions of tomorrow. The Combine is set for September 17th and 18th. For more information about the event check the California RTC website.

2022 World Team member Benji Peak (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo/UWW) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 72 kg Greco Roman Entries Ulvu Ganizade (Azerbaijan) 2022 European Bronze Medalist, 2021 U23 World Bronze Medalist, 2019 Junior World Silver Medalist Deyvid Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 2022 European 7th Place, 2019 U23 World 5th Place For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

3x World Team Member Max Nowry (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo/UWW) With the U17 World Championships in July and U20's in August, it means that we are on the precipice of the Senior World Championships, which take place September 10-18th from Belgrade, Serbia. Final X determined the Americans who will compete at world's and, for the most part, the rest of the world has made it official who will participate, as well (A country can change their entry up until 24 hours before their style starts weigh-ins). So who should our Americans look out for in the quest for gold? Below we have credentials for all of the current entries, along with seeds for the 2022 tournament, medalists from 2021, and information about the US entrant. 55 kg Greco-Roman Entries Rudik Mkrtchyan (Armenia) 2x European Bronze Medalist, 2022 Pytlasinski Cup 5th Place, 2018 World Military Champion Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan) 2x European Champion, 2018 World Champion, 3x World Medalist, 2022 Matteo Pellicone Silver Medalist, 2x Junior World Champion For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page.

3x NCAA All-American Matt Kolodzik (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Princeton! NCAA Qualifiers (40) 2022 #3 Patrick Glory (125 lbs), #30 Marshall Keller (149 lbs), #5 Quincy Monday (157 lbs), #23 Travis Stefanik (184 lbs), #18 Luke Stout (197 lbs), #32 Matthew Cover (285 lbs) 2020 #2 Patrick Glory (125 lbs), #6 Matt Kolodzik (149 lbs), #5 Quincy Monday (157 lbs), #24 Grant Cuomo (165 lbs), #29 Travis Stefanik (184 lbs), #8 Patrick Brucki (197 lbs) 2019 #7 Patrick Glory (125 lbs), #5 Matt Kolodzik (149 lbs), #26 Quincy Monday (157 lbs), #31 Travis Stefanik (174 lbs), #31 Kevin Parker (184 lbs), #4 Patrick Brucki (197 lbs) 2018 #11 Matt Kolodzik (149 lbs), #16 Mike D'Angelo (157 lbs), Jonathan Schleifer (165 lbs), Patrick Brucki (197 lbs) 2017 Pat D'Arcy (133 lbs), #4 Matt Kolodzik (141 lbs), #16 Jordan Laster (149 lbs), Mike D'Angelo (157 lbs), Jonathan Schleifer (174 lbs), Brett Harner (197 lbs), Ray O'Donnell (285 lbs) 2016 Jordan Laster (141 lbs), Jonathan Schleifer (174 lbs), Abe Ayala (184 lbs), #7 Brett Harner (197 lbs), Ray O'Donnell (285 lbs) 2015 Jordan Laster (141 lbs), Chris Perez (149 lbs), Jonathan Schleifer (165 lbs), Brett Harner (184 lbs), #7 Abe Ayala (197 lbs) 2014 Abe Ayala (197 lbs) NCAA Champions None NCAA All-Americans 2022: Patrick Glory (125 - 2nd), Quincy Monday (157 - 2nd) 2019: Patrick Glory (125 - 6th), Matt Kolodzik (149 - 5th), Patrick Brucki (197 - 4th) 2018: Matt Kolodzik (149 - 3rd) 2017: Matt Kolodzik (141 - 7th) 2016: Brett Harner (197 - 8th) NWCA All-Americans Patrick Glory (125 - First Team) Matt Kolodzik (149 - First Team) Quincy Monday (157 - First Team) Patrick Brucki (197 - First Team) NCAA Round of 12 Finishers Jordan Laster (2015 - 141) EIWA Champions 2022: Quincy Monday (157) 2020: Patrick Glory (125), Matt Kolodzik (149) 2019: Patrick Glory (125), Patrick Brucki (197) 2018: Matt Kolodzik (149) 2017: Matt Kolodzik (141), Jordan Laster (149) 2016: Brett Harner (197) EIWA Runner's Up 2022: Patrick Glory (125), Travis Stefanik (184), Luke Stout (197) 2020: Quincy Monday (157) 2018: Mike D'Angelo (149), Jonathan Schleifer (165) 2015: Jordan Laster (141), Chris Perez (149) Dual Record: 2021-22: 6-5 2021: No Season (Ivy League) 2019-20: 9-4 2018-19: 9-6 2017-18: 4-9 2016-17: 9-8 2015-16: 8-8 2014-15: 9-9 2013-14: 11-4 2012-13: 2-13 EIWA Tournament Placement 2021-22: 3rd 2021: No Season (Ivy League) 2019-20: 5th 2018-19: 3rd 2017-18: 3rd 2016-17: 3rd 2015-16: 5th 2014-15: 7th 2013-14: 11th 2012-13: 12th NCAA Tournament Team Placement 2021-22: 16th (38 points) 2021: No Season (Ivy League) 2019-20: No NCAA Tournament 2018-19: 15th (35 points) 2017-18: 26th (17 points) 2016-17: 25th (15.5 points) 2015-16: 29th-tie (12.5 points) 2014-15: 31st-tie (9.5 points) 2013-14: 64th-tie (0.5 points) 2012-13: No Qualifiers Head Coaching History Chris Ayres (2006 - Present) Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22) 125 - Patrick Glory: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#2, #3, and #7 seeds), 2x NCAA All-American (2nd, 6th), 2x EIWA Champion, 2020 NWCA First Team All-American 133 - Pat D'Arcy: 2017 NCAA Qualifier 141 - Jordan Laster: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#16 seed), 2015 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher, 2017 EIWA Champion 149 - Matt Kolodzik: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#4, #5, #6 and #11 seeds), 3x NCAA All-American (3rd, 5th, 7th), 3x EIWA Champion, 2020 NWCA First Team All-American 157 - Quincy Monday: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#5 seed x2), 2022 NCAA All-American (2nd), 2022 EIWA Champion, 2020 NWCA First Team All-American 165 - Jonathan Schleifer: 4x NCAA Qualifier, 2018 EIWA Runner-Up 174 - Travis Stefanik: 3x NCAA Qualifier, 2022 EIWA Runner-Up 184 - Brett Harner: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#7 seed), 2016 NCAA All-American (8th), 2016 EIWA Champion 197 - Patrick Brucki: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#4 and #8 seed), 2019 NCAA All-American (4th), 2019 EIWA Champion, NCAA Qualifier for Michigan 285 - Ray O'Donnell: 2x NCAA Qualifier Recruiting Number of Big Boarder's Per Year 2022: #42 Ty Whalen (NJ), #75 Rocco Camillaci (NY), #76 Kole Mulhauser (NY), #226 Christopher Martino (ID) 2021: #122 Sebastian Garibaldi (NY), #127 Jacob Mann (MO), #221 Hudson Hightower (OH) 2020: #23 Luke Stout (PA), #66 Anthony Clark (NJ), #160 Nick Masters (GA), #181 Jonathan Miers (PA) 2019: #75 Sean Pierson (PA) 2018: #16 Patrick Glory (NJ), #71 Marshall Keller (VA), #79 Quincy Monday (NC), #85 Jake Marsh (OH) 2017: #35 Patrick Brucki (IL), #39 Travis Stefanik (PA) 2016: #63 Ty Agaisse (NJ), #72 Kevin Parker (NY), #79 Christian Araneo (NY) 2015: #6 Matt Kolodzik (OH), #93 Patrick D'Arcy (NJ), #101 Mike D'Angelo (NY), #118 Joe Tavoso (NJ) 2014: #26 Jonathan Schleifer (NJ), #73 Coy Ozias (VA), #136 Ian Baker (CA) 2013: #42 Brett Harner (PA), #50 Ray O'Donnell (PA), #164 Troy Murtha (MD) For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Missouri Navy NC State Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota State Northern Colorado Northern Illinois Northern Iowa Northwestern Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon State Penn Penn State Pittsburgh Purdue

Iowa transfer Brody Teske (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's been about two months since our last transfer update and there have been plenty of wrestlers who have new homes for the 2022-23 season. Being that it is late-August and many schools have already started even more have come to the forefront. Here's the latest edition of InterMat's Tracker Tracker.

2020 NWCA First Team All-American Dylan Lydy (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Purdue! NCAA Qualifiers (60) 2022 #9 Devin Schroder (125 lbs), #26 Matt Ramos (133 lbs), #20 Parker Filius (141 lbs), #19 Kendall Coleman (157 lbs), #25 Gerrit Nijenhuis (174 lbs), #30 Max Lyon (184 lbs), #11 Thomas Penola (197 lbs) 2021 #9 Devin Schroder (125 lbs), #25 Jacob Rundell (133 lbs), #18 Parker Filius (141 lbs), #15 Griffin Parriott (149 lbs), #9 Kendall Coleman (157 lbs), #19 Gerrit Nijenhuis (165 lbs), #16 Max Lyon (184 lbs), #19 Thomas Penola (197 lbs) 2020 #5 Devin Schroder (125 lbs), #32 Parker Filius (141 lbs), #16 Griffin Parriott (149 lbs), #6 Kendall Coleman (157 lbs), #4 Dylan Lydy (174 lbs), #30 Max Lyon (184 lbs), #6 Christian Brunner (197 lbs), #26 Thomas Penola (285 lbs) 2019 #17 Devin Schroder (125 lbs), #15 Ben Thornton (133 lbs), #30 Nate Limmex (141 lbs), #19 Griffin Parriott (157 lbs), #11 Dylan Lydy (174 lbs), #25 Max Lyon (184 lbs), #11 Christian Brunner (197 lbs), #33 Jacob Aven (285 lbs) 2018 #14 Luke Welch (125 lbs), Ben Thornton (133 lbs), #15 Nate Limmex (141 lbs), Jacob Morrissey (165 lbs), #15 Dylan Lydy (174 lbs), #16 Christian Brunner (197 lbs), Shawn Streck (285 lbs) 2017 Alex Griffin (157 lbs), Jacob Morrissey (174 lbs), Christian Brunner (197 lbs) 2016 Danny Sabatello (141 lbs), Alex Griffin (157 lbs), #8 Chad Welch (165 lbs) 2015 #11 Danny Sabatello (133 lbs), Nick Lawrence (141 lbs), Brandon Nelsen (149 lbs), Doug Welch (157 lbs), Pat Robinson (165 lbs), Chad Welch (174 lbs), Patrick Kissel (184 lbs), Braden Atwood (197 lbs) 2014 #7 Cashe Quiroga (133 lbs), Danny Sabatello (141 lbs), #15 Braden Atwood (197 lbs) 2013 Brandon Nelsen (141 lbs), #10 Ivan Lopouchanski (149 lbs), Tommy Churchard (157 lbs), Chad Welch (174 lbs), Braden Atwood (197 lbs) NCAA Champions None NCAA All-Americans 2013: Ivan Lopouchanski (149 - 7th) NWCA All-Americans Devin Schroder (125 - First Team) Griffin Parriott (149 - Honorable Mention) Kendall Coleman (157 - First Team) Dylan Lydy (174 - First Team) Christian Brunner (197 - First Team) NCAA Round of 12 Finishers Matt Ramos (2022 - 133) Max Lyon (2022 - 184) Devin Schroder (2021 - 125) Thomas Penola (2021 - 197) Dylan Lydy (2018, 2019 - 174) Christian Brunner (2019 - 197) Luke Welch (2018 - 125) Chad Welch (2016 - 165) Cashe Quiroga (2014 - 133) Big Ten Champions None Big Ten Runner's-Up 2021: Devin Schroder (125) 2020: Devin Schroder (125) 2020: Kendall Coleman (157) Dual Record 2021-22: 10-5 2021: 4-5 2019-20: 12-5 2018-19: 7-10 2017-18: 9-7 2016-17: 9-7 2015-16: 9-8 2014-15: 10-8 2013-14: 6-8 2012-13: 17-6 Big Ten Tournament Placement 2021-22: 10th 2021: 6th 2019-20: 5th 2018-19: 10th 2017-18: 9th 2016-17: 12th 2015-16: 10th 2014-15: 10th 2013-14: 11th 2012-13: 9th NCAA Tournament Team Placement 2021-22: 30th (10.5 points) 2021: 26th-tie (15.5 points) 2019-20: No Tournament 2018-19: 29th-tie (11.5 points) 2017-18: 28th-tie (12 points) 2016-17: 50th (2.5 points) 2015-16: 41st-tie (6.5 points) 2014-15: 42nd (4.5 points) 2013-14: 39th (7.5 points) 2012-13: 31st (11 points) Head Coaching History Tony Ersland (2014 - present) Scott Hinkel (2008 - 2014) Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22) 125 - Devin Schroder: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#5, #9 x2, and #17 seeds), 2x Big Ten Runner-Up, 2020 NWCA First Team All-American, 2021 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 133 - Cashe Quiroga: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#7 and #9 seed), 2010 NCAA All-American (6th), 2014 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher, 2014 Big Ten 3rd Place 141 - Danny Sabatello: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#11 seed) 149 - Ivan Lopouchanski: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#10 and #12 seeds), 2013 NCAA All-American (7th), 2013 Big Ten 3rd Place 157 - Kendall Coleman: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#6, #9, #19 seeds), 2020 NWCA First Team All-American, 2020 Big Ten Runner-Up 165 - Chad Welch: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#8 seed), 2016 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 174 - Dylan Lydy: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#4, #11, and #15 seeds), 2020 NWCA First Team All-American, 2x NCAA Round of 12 Finisher, 2020 Big Ten 3rd Place 184 - Max Lyon: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#16 seed), 2022 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 197 - Christian Brunner: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#6, #11, and #16 seeds), 2020 NWCA First Team All-American, 2019 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 285 - Thomas Penola: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#11 and #19 seeds), 2021 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher Recruiting Number of Big Boarder's Per Year 2022: #122 Brody Baumann (IN) 2021: #74 Stoney Buell (MI), #90 Ben Vanadia (OH), #94 Dustin Norris (OH), #174 Hayden Filipovich (IN), #198 Tristan Ruhlman (IN) 2020: #15 Gerrit Nijenhuis (PA), #64 Jacob Rundell (IL), #174 Trey Kruse (MN) 2019: #71 Travis Ford-Melton (IL), #76 Eli Pokorney (IN) 2018: #58 Emil Soehnlen (OH), #83 Kendall Coleman (IL) 2017: #47 Parker Filius (MT), #66 Max Lyon (IA), #68 Anthony Falbo (CT) 2016: #12 Griffin Parriott (MN), #28 Shawn Streck (IN), #60 Christian Brunner (IL), #104 Devin Schroder (MI), #140 Kobe Woods (IN) 2015: #59 Nate Limmex (MI) 2013: #119 Aaron Assad (OH), #133 Josh Farrell (IN), #137 Jacob Morrissey (WI) For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Missouri Navy NC State Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota State Northern Colorado Northern Illinois Northern Iowa Northwestern Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Oregon State Penn Penn State Pittsburgh

4x NCAA All-American Hayden Hidlay (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Hayden Hidlay battled to the very last whistle of his decorated career at NC State, where he was the school's first-ever five-time All-American, and was interviewed on national television the moment that lengthy career ended at the 2022 NCAA Championships. What followed was honest, raw and emotional, and the message managed to transcend the bubble of college wrestling and meander into the mainstream with nearly 300,000 views to date. That two-minute interview captured the hardships and the blood and sweat that went into Hidlay's impact on a Wolfpack program that grew right along with him. He shared his love for his brother, Trent, and modestly said he was never “the best” or “the worst” guy at his weight. While that may be true, Hidlay was damn close to being the best. Hidlay finished his NC State career with a 110-11 record, one appearance in the NCAA finals, finishes of third, fourth and fifth, and four ACC individual titles. He went 19-3 and placed third at 174 pounds in his final season, which included a loss to Penn State national champ Carter Starocci in the championship semifinals and a pair of wins over fellow Pennsylvania native Michael Kemerer of Iowa. Hidlay sought no pity with his self-deprecation following a 12-4 major decision over Kemerer in the third-place match, but rather inspired with the sentiment that he did all he could and was proud of that fact, even if he came up short of where he ultimately wanted to go. The magic of that interview was that Hidlay was processing his entire career, both the pride and the disappointment, in real-time and he took thousands of others along for the ride. “In the moment, during those things, you're so tired, and you sort of start talking and you feel like, ‘Man, I could be talking complete gibberish right now,' but maybe it's in those moments that your true self kind of comes out and your true thoughts are able to come out,” Hidlay said. “And at that point, there is a weird mixture of relief that I was done and a little bit of sadness that I hadn't completed or accomplished the goals that I had hoped for. But a lot of it was just I was pretty thankful for how far I've gone and pretty thankful for the support that I've had. I guess whenever you combine all those things, you say some things that will inspire people. It's one of those things that I didn't realize at the time, how impactful it could be.” Hayden Hidlay (left) in the 2022 NCAA 3rd Place bout (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Coach Pat Popolizio and the NC State program are hoping Hidlay can continue making the same kind of impact on every wrestler who walks through their doors. The idea throughout Hidlay's sixth and final season of competition was to observe everything around him with a future transition into coaching in mind. The next step in that process was for Hidlay to stay with the program in a newly created role as student-athlete development coordinator. That role will include bringing new Wolfpack wrestlers up to speed on the program, how things are done, and how to be successful there. He will also have a hands-on role by working with them in the practice room. In announcing the position, Popolizio called Hidlay “one of the most impactful student-athletes that I have ever seen.” “All along, we knew he was going to get into coaching, it was just getting things figured out here, and how we can make that work to where he's able to get his needs met, learn our system, learn behind the scenes, what coaching really is,” Popolizio said. “As an athlete, you're consumed with your own career, and now you've got to flip that switch to be a coach. “I just think he has all the natural ability to lead and connect with people and athletes on the team, recruits, other coaches, administration. He's got a great skill set. So, we knew we needed to keep him here, and he's gaining valuable experiences as we speak.” Popolizio had seen Hidlay working with his teammates and had communicated with him enough to know that he had the ability to reach just about anyone. Popolizio had also watched that interview and caught the sting of disappointment in Hidlay's voice as he worked through his emotions with a microphone in his face. None of it sounded to Popolizio like gibberish, as Hidlay suggested, but he connected with the fact that Hidlay hung up his shoes with a void he knew he couldn't fill. Popolizio thinks that's only going to help Hidlay make a successful transition onto an NCAA coaching staff, which he surely hopes is on his own at NC State. “I think things like that make you a better coach down the road, someone that's still hungry and is processing why things didn't play out the way they did,” Popolizio said. “I think that makes you think about what you can do to help people and I think you saw that in that interview. He's more willing to sacrifice things for other people, and I think that's what makes a great coach.” For Hidlay, the learning process began last season with the knowledge that his career as a competitor was coming to an end. He looked at the sport differently and had the luxury of thinking outside his own wrestling journey, thanks in part to the decision to move up to 174 pounds and cut less weight. And as the end did come into focus, Hidlay started to realize more and more that all he wants is to stay close to the sport. Now, instead of speaking from his heart on an ESPN broadcast, he takes on the responsibility of lighting fires under athletes and pushing them beyond what they think their own limits are. If all goes to plan, maybe Hidlay can even help a few win the NCAA title that eluded him. “It's definitely a shift and definitely a change, but one that I'm really, I'm really happy that I've made,” Hidlay said. “I don't really have to concentrate on the ramifications of what I eat and how I sleep. There's a lot of pressure off my shoulders, but I still really enjoy being in the mix with guys. That's something that I'm going to have a hard time getting away from, just being in the room. “I just really like the sport and I like to be able to wrestle, and that's something I hope I can do for a long time.”