InterMat Staff

PITTSBURGH -- Sophomore Dom Forys of the University of Pittsburgh wrestling team delivered a speech Tuesday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center as part of the White House's "It's On Us" campaign, headlined by Vice President Joe Biden. The event was the first stop on the Vice President's multi-city tour for the campaign that addresses sexual assault on college campuses. "Today was an awesome experience," Forys said. "It was great being able to get in front of everyone and present something that is really going to take a collective effort from everyone to eliminate." Forys, a student-athlete and member of Greek life, was among other Pitt students to deliver a speech this afternoon. For more information on the campaign, visit ItsOnUs.org.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Jon Sioredas, head wrestling coach at Grand Canyon the last two seasons, has been named to the same position at Cal Poly. Jon SioredasThe announcement was made Tuesday by Mustang Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman. Sioredas replaces Brendan Buckley, Cal Poly's head coach the last five seasons who resigned last month in order to accept a position as executive director of Beat the Streets Wrestling, New York City. "I am honored and excited to lead a program with such rich tradition," Sioredas said. "I would especially like to thank Don Oberhelman and the Cal Poly Athletic Department for giving me this opportunity. "Our expectations at Cal Poly are simple: to graduate with a meaningful degree, have a reputation of excellence on campus and in the community, and to produce NCAA All-Americans and national champions," Sioredas added. Sioredas (suh-REE-duss) brings to Cal Poly an extensive background of collegiate coaching experience on top of his All-American wrestling days at Tennessee at Chattanooga. He guided Grand Canyon to five dual meet wins in his second season (2015-16), including victories over Campbell, Cornell and The Citadel. Also that year, Sioredas coached three All-Americans at the National Collegiate Open. Sioredas was an assistant coach at Chattanooga for two seasons. UTC finished the 2013-14 dual season ranked in the national top 25, at one point ranking as high as No. 19. The Mocs also captured the regular-season conference title, the conference tournament title, and qualified five for the NCAA tournament in Oklahoma City, with two seeded in the top 10. Prior to his two seasons in Chattanooga, Sioredas spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Old Dominion. He helped guide the Monarchs to the top 25 in dual meet rankings four of his six years, with four All-Americans and an NCAA finalist. ODU also had 10 NWCA All-Academic honors, as well as being named top 10 in the nation in grade-point average during his tenure. During his 10 years of coaching -- two as a head coach and eight as an assistant -- Sioredas has coached five top-25 teams, one NCAA Division I national finalist, four NCAA All-Americans, 38 national qualifiers, 12 Academic All-Americans and helped with six top-20 recruiting classes. An All-American while competing at Chattanooga, Sioredas finished fifth in the 165-pound weight class in the 2005 NCAA Division I Championships. He was a two-time Southern Conference Champion and 2005 SoCon Wrestler of the Year and Tournament MVP. Sioredas, recently inducted into the Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics Hall of Fame, graduated from UTC in 2005 with a degree in sociology and anthropology. He earned his master's degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, in 2009. A native of Chesapeake, Va., and a 2000 Great Bridge High School graduate, Sioredas was a Virginia state champion, All-American and national champion. He amassed a 181-13 career prep record, becoming the fourth winningest wrestler in Virginia high school history. Sioredas and his wife, Michele, have a son, Braden.

EDMOND, Okla. -- Joey Davis added another honor to his outstanding legacy Monday when the Notre Dame College senior was named the 2015-16 NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year. Joey Davis (Photo/Notre Dame College)Davis capped off an unprecedented career with his fourth straight national championship March 12 in Sioux Falls, S.D., taking the 184-pound crown to end the season 21-0 with six major decisions, five technical falls and one fall. He became just the fifth Division II wrestler to win four national titles and the first to finish unbeaten, completing his career with a perfect 133-0 record. Davis is the ninth recipient of the NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year award that was voted on by the Division II head coaches. He collected 28 of the 34 first-place votes cast and ended with 125 points to easily outdistance runner-up Nick Becker of Wisconsin-Parkside. California Baptist's Joe Fagiano and Lindenwood's Terrel Wilbourn were the other two finalists. "I want to thank all of the college coaches that voted for me," said Davis, who was named Outstanding Wrestler at this year's national tournament. "I am very honored to be the Division II Wrestler of the Year. It's a great feeling to finish off my collegiate career with this award. I also would like to thank my family, coaches, teammates and Notre Dame for all the support over my four years." Davis burst on the Division II scene in dramatic fashion as a freshman in 2012-13, going 33-0 en route to capturing the 165-pound national title. The Compton, Calif. native moved up to 174 pounds the next season and went 43-0 in claiming another gold medal before winning again at 174 in 2014-15 to cap a 36-0 campaign. He joined Iowa State's Cael Sanderson (Division I) and Augsburg's Marcus Levesseur (Division III) as the only NCAA wrestlers to finish a career unbeaten. "We are extremely proud of Joey's accomplishments," Notre Dame co-head coach Anthony Ralph said. "To go undefeated over the past four years is an amazing feat. Joey's work ethic is second to none and his dedication to be the best was inspiring to witness. I couldn't imagine being under the amount of pressure that he was in his final match, but he handled it like the true champion he is." Previous winners of the award were Nebraska-Kearney heavyweight Tervel Dlagnev (2008), Nebraska-Omaha 157-pounder Todd Meneely (2009), Pittsburgh-Johnstown 133-pounder Shane Valko (2010), Western State 197-pounder Donovan McMahill (2011), Upper Iowa 133-pounder Trevor Franklin (2012), Grand Canyon heavyweight Tyrell Fortune (2013), Kutztown heavyweight Ziad Haddad (2014) and Central Oklahoma 165-pounder Chris Watson (2015).

Cael Sanderson, who led his Penn State wrestlers to a perfect 16-0 season and the 2016 Big Ten and NCAA Division I team titles, has been named InterMat Coach of the Year for 2016, the amateur wrestling website announced on Monday. Cael Sanderson coaching at the NCAAs in New York City (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)This is the third time Sanderson has been selected for this award since it was created in 2006, having been named Coach of the Year in 2012 (as Penn State head coach) and in 2007 (heading up the Iowa State Cyclones), making him only the second three-time winner (joining Ohio State's Tom Ryan). Presented each year to the best college coach in all divisions, the award is based solely on the balloting of writers and executives at InterMat prior to the announcement of any other national wrestling media awards. Each staff member is asked to select five coaches and rank them from first to fifth. Point values are assigned to each placement, ranging from one point for a coach listed fifth on a voter's ballot, up to nine points for a first-place choice. Sanderson's name was listed at the top of six of the ten InterMat staffer ballots, for a total of 78 votes. In second place was Virginia Tech head coach Kevin Dresser, No. 1 choice of three on the InterMat staff, with 61 votes. The other coach featured at the top of one InterMat voter ballot was Nick Mitchell of Grand View University of Des Moines. The head coach of the 2016 NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) team champions received a total of 15 votes. Since Sanderson took the helm at Penn State in April 2009, his Nittany Lions have claimed a total of five NCAA team titles in the past six years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016). That puts the Heber City, Utah native in some very elite company with two other legendary Division I head coaches whose programs have accumulated exactly five team crowns: current Oklahoma State head coach John Smith, and the late Harold Nichols of Iowa State. (There are a number of coaches who earned more than five NCAA team titles. Three coached at Oklahoma State: Myron Roderick (seven, 1950s-60s), Art Griffith (eight, 1940s-50s), and Ed Gallagher (11, 1928-1940). Dan Gable's teams at University of Iowa earned 15 team titles.) The just-concluded season was golden for the 2004 Olympic gold medalist and his wrestlers. Penn State compiled a perfect 16-0 overall record (9-0 in Big Ten dual meets) for 2015-16, then capped that with team titles at the 2016 Big Ten conference championships and 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. At this year's Nationals, Sanderson's Nittany Lions clinched the team title during Saturday morning's action. By the time the finals had been completed that night, Penn State could claim 123 team points -- a considerable distance ahead of second-place Oklahoma State's 97.5 -- along with two individual champs in Nico Megaludis at 125 pounds, and Zain Retherford at 149. "At the beginning of the season it seemed like there would be a battle for the team title at the NCAA tournament. When the event actually came about, there was still a battle, but it was for second place. Cael Sanderson's Nittany Lions not only won every competition they entered this year, but distanced themselves from the field in a surprising fashion," said InterMat's Tom Franck. Cael Sanderson with Nico Megaludis before the NCAA semifinals (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)"What is remarkable is the extent to which Cael Sanderson gets his wrestlers to compete as he did -- creating angles, seeing not-obvious scoring opportunities and seizing them -- sometimes in creative ways. It is rare to see a Penn State wrestler get out-scrambled. They are always in shape, offensive-minded and compete in a way that is always more about wrestling than it is about brawling. In short, Cael Sanderson has developed a style that is not only successful, but is fun to watch and helps promote the sport of wrestling." Sanderson winning the InterMat 2016 Coach of the Year honors completes a sweep of all three national collegiate awards presented by InterMat this year. Late last week, the website announced Zain Retherford as InterMat 2016 Wrestler of the Year, and Jason Nolf as InterMat 2016 Freshman of the Year. 2016 InterMat Coach of the Year Voting Results 1st-5th-Place Votes: 9-7-5-3-1 Total Votes/(First-Place Votes) 1. Cael Sanderson (Penn State) 78 (6) 2. Kevin Dresser (Virginia Tech) 61 (3) 3. Pat Popolizio (N.C. State) 30 4. John Smith (Oklahoma State) 28 5. Tom Ryan (Ohio State) 22 6. Nick Mitchell (Grand View) 15 (1) 7. Rob Koll (Cornell) 6 8. Eric Keller (Wartburg) 5 9. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud State) 4 10. Brian Smith (Missouri) 1 Past Winners -- InterMat Coach of the Year 2015: Tom Ryan, Ohio State 2014: Tim Flynn, Edinboro and J Robinson, Minnesota 2013: John Smith, Oklahoma State 2012: Cael Sanderson, Penn State 2011: Mike Denney, Nebraska-Omaha 2010: Rob Koll, Cornell 2009: Tom Ryan, Ohio State 2008: Tom Ryan, Ohio State 2007: Cael Sanderson, Iowa State 2006: John Smith, Oklahoma State

Riley Lefever, three-time NCAA Division III champ at 184 pounds for Wabash College in Indiana, has been named Wrestler of the Year by d3wrestle.com, the website announced Friday. Riley Lefever was named Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAAs and also earned the NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler Award for the second consecutive seasonA native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Lefever concluded a flawless 44-0 junior season -- including 23 pins and 10 technical falls -- with a dominating performance at the 2016 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships. He was the only wrestler in the tournament to score bonus points in every match, pinning his first two opponents before putting up major decisions against eventual 3rd place placer A.J. Kowal of Stevens Institute of Technology in the semifinals and runner-up Josh Thomson of Messiah in the finals. With his third title at 184, Lefever became only the fifteenth wrestler in Division III history to accumulate three consecutive national titles. If that weren't enough, Lefever -- now 119-3 in his collegiate career -- was also named the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament by the Nationals Wrestling Coaches Association and earned the NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler Award for the second consecutive season. Lefever's performance helped propel Wabash to fourth place in the team standings at the 2016 NCAAs. After claiming his third NCAA crown, Lefever said, "There were no nerves out there. The whole goal was to go out there, have fun, and put on a show. That's what I did. It was honestly just a blessing to be out here to compete with my teammates for a national title. I'll take the team trophy over an individual title any day." "Next season, Lefever will return with a chance to become the second ever four time NCAA Division III champion," is how d3wrestle.com concluded its announcement about its choice for 2016 Wrestler of the Year. If that happens, Riley Lefever would have to be a shoo-in for the website's 2017 Wrestler of the Year honors. Wabash College is one of only three all-male colleges in the U.S. Located in Crawfordsville, Ind. in far western part of the Hoosier State, Wabash has a total enrollment of just under 1,000 students.

Daniel Cormier, Ultimate Fighting Championships' light-heavyweight titleholder, two-time Olympic qualifier and former Oklahoma State All-American wrestler, has been forced to withdraw from a much-anticipated title defense vs. Jon Jones at UFC 197 later this month because he has suffered a foot injury. Daniel CormierThe 37-year-old Cormier posted this message on Facebook Saturday: "The decision to not fight on April 23rd was one of the hardest decisions I've had to make. I've been scheduled to fight 18 times and I have made that walk every time. I want to apologize to Jon Jones, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White and all of the UFC fans for not being able to defend my title. This truly saddens me, but as with everything else in life, it goes on. The recovery should not take very long and I can't wait to compete and defend my title again. For all the fans, thanks for your support, I appreciate each and every one of you. DC." UFC President Dana White announced that Ovince St. Preux will replace the injured Cormier in the top-of-the-card event vs. Jones slated for Saturday, April 23 MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Cormier won the UFC light-heavyweight title in May 2015 in a match vs. Anthony Johnson. He successfully defended the title this past October vs. Alexander Gustafson at UFC 192. Top-ranked Cormier has an overall professional mixed martial arts record of 17-1, and 6-1 in UFC; Jones, ranked No. 2, is 21-1 in MMA overall, and 15-1 UFC. Jones' new UFC 197 opponent, St. Preux, is the No. 8 ranked light-heavy, with an overall 19-7 record, 7-2 in UFC. Prior to launching his MMA career in September 2009, Cormier was a two-time NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) champion at Colby Community College in Kansas, who then transferred to NCAA Division I powerhouse Oklahoma State. The Louisiana native earned All-American honors by making it to the 184-pound finals of the 2001 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, where he lost to Iowa State's Cael Sanderson, 2004 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle, now head coach at Penn State. In addition to his college credentials, Cormier earned a place on the US freestyle team for the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

In the iconic 1960s film "The Graduate", a family friend has one word of advice for the fresh-out-college Dustin Hoffman character: "Plastics." Darrell McNairAsk Darrell McNair, CEO of an Ohio-based plastics firm, for one word that has guided his success, and he likely would say, "Wrestling." McNair is owner and CEO of MVP Plastics Inc. which serves the automobile industry. However, before entering the corporate world, McNair wrestled at Downers Grove North High School in suburban Chicago, then at Kent State University in northeast Ohio, wrestling for head coach Ron Gray, two-time NCAA champ for Iowa State in the late 1950s. In a March 29 feature in Plastics News magazine, McNair, 53, explained what he took from his on-the-mat career that he uses today to run his business headquartered in Middlefield, Ohio, west of Cleveland. "Clearly, wrestling was key to defining who I am today in terms of the discipline one must have, the commitment one must have, time, the dedication and the challenges," McNair, 53, told Jeremy Carroll of Plastics News. "A lot of times when you're in business, particularly as the CEO, you feel like you're out there by yourself sometimes. When you're out there wrestling, unlike team sports, it's you and the other fella out there on the mat going head to head. So clearly it was a learning or development experience." According to his bio at the business website Crain's Cleveland, McNair wrestled 98 pounds in his first three years and 119 in his senior year at Downers Grove North. He added, "I was nationally ranked and placed fourth in the Junior Nationals and fourth in the Junior Olympics (1979)." "(McNair) once wrestled a match at 134 pounds at Kent State University during his freshman year despite a growth spurt that would have him regularly competing at 150 pounds. (It was a bad idea.)," Plastics World reported. The 1980 Kent State yearbook, the Chestnut Burr, states that McNair was the team's Outstanding Freshman Wrestler, competing at 142. However, a shoulder injury pretty much ended McNair's mat career after two seasons for the Golden Flashes. The Plastics World feature goes on to show how McNair is trying to make his business more competitive in global markets. For example, he's learning Spanish so he can better serve auto plants in northern Mexico.

Sunday marked the conclusion of the three-day NHSCA Nationals in Virginia Beach. Champions were crowned, and medalists determined for the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes. Below are the medal match results. Senior Nationals 113 pounds 1st: No. 6 Tommy Cox (Deer Park, N.Y.) technical fall Austin Neal (R-S Central, N.C.) 18-3 3rd: Fabian Gutierrez (Adams City, Colo.) decision Hasan Krigger (Central Gwinnett, Ga.) 5-3 5th: No. 19 (at 106) Tyson Klump (Nazareth, Pa.) decision Christian Ordaz (Franklin, Texas) 5-0 7th: Liam Cronin (Servite, Calif.) pin Majid Corbett (Sumter, S.C.) 0:49 120 pounds 1st: Codi Russell (Collins Hill, Ga.) decision Romelle Person (Maplewood, Mo.) 8-6 3rd: Peter Del Gallo (Gardiner, Maine) decision Todd Small (Central Gwinnett, Ga.) 4-2, overtime 5th: No. 20 Trey Chalifoux (Father Ryan, Tenn.) decision Antonio Sparacio (North Babylon, N.Y.) 6-4 7th: Dominic Latona (Thompson, Ala.) decision Matteo DeVincenzo (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) 4-0 126 pounds 1st: Lane Peters (Claymont, Ohio) decision Freddy Eckles (Lake Shore, N.Y.) 5-2 3rd: Matthew Seitz (Monsignor Farrell, N.Y.) decision Anthony Foggia (Northern Burlington, N.J.) 4-3 5th: Troy Stanich (Roxbury, N.J.) pin Gavin Melendez (Gilroy, Calif.) 5:47 7th: Garrett O'Shea (Morris Knolls, N.J.) over Alex Vargas (Syosset, N.Y.) by forfeit 132 pounds 1st: No. 15 Jake Spiess (Delta, Ohio) decision Connor Wallace (Hickory, Va.) 3-1, overtime 3rd: Logan Sims (Woodland, Ga.) decision Brett Kulp (Exeter Township, Pa.) 2-0 5th: Derek Miller (Clay, Fla.) decision Brett Underwood (Piedmont, N.C.) 4-3 7th: Keegan Duncan (Trinity, Ky.) major decision Matthew Kieta (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) 8-0 138 pounds 1st: No. 6 (at 145) Kanen Storr (Leslie, Mich.) decision No. 14 (at 145) Jarrett Degen (Belgrade, Mont.) 4-3 3rd: Brendan Fitzgerald (Grandview Hts., Ohio) pin Josh McClure (Fulton, Mo.) 1:43 5th: Ethyn Ewing (Canyon, Calif.) over No. 16 (at 145) Chris Diaz (Archer, Ga.) by forfeit 7th: Michael Murphy (Baylor School, Tenn.) decision Alec Baker (La Costa Canyon, Calif.) 2-1 145 pounds 1st: Luke Weber (Forsyth, Mont.) decision Jon Errico (Brunswick, Ct.) 3-1 3rd: Tyler Gazaway (New Providence, N.J.) decision Rian Burris (White Knoll, S.C.) 6-4 5th: Jaron Jensen (Herriman, Utah) decision Jake Douglas (Lake Stevens, Wash.) 3-1 7th: Angel Vasquez (Lafayette, Ky.) pin Chris Moungle (South Mecklenburg, N.C.) 2:49 152 pounds 1st: No. 5 (at 160) Austin Kraisser (Centennial, Md.) decision No. 16 (at 160) Parker Simington (Thompson Valley, Colo.) 5-2 3rd: Matt Finesilver (Cherry Creek, Colo.) decision No. 17 Jimmy Saylor (Easton, Pa.) 8-1 5th: Jose Taylor (Arlington Martin, Texas) decision Dakota Gardner (Fredonia, N.Y.) 3-1, overtime 7th: Ben Anderson (Pleasant Grove, Utah) decision Sawyer Davidson (Asheboro, N.C.) 8-3 160 pounds 1st: No. 8 (at 182) Daniel Bullard (Archer, Ga.) decision No. 12 (at 170) Elijah Cleary (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 3-2 3rd: No. 20 (at 170) A.J. Alford (Fort Dorchester, S.C.) pin Eric Reyes (Dedham, Mass.) 2:3 5th: No. 19 Giovanny Bonilla (Osceola, Fla.) major decision Justin Pichedwanta (Mayfair, Calif.) 10-2 7th: Ricky Stamm (Division Avenue, N.Y.) decision Lawrence Kosoy (Olympic Heights, Fla.) 9-7, overtime 170 pounds 1st: No. 17 (at 160) Abner Romero (Buchanan, Colo.) decision Dalton Robertson (Weld Central, Colo.) 4-2, overtime 3rd: No. 10 Austin Bell (Belle Vernon Area, Pa.) major decision Alex Hopkins (Westminster Christian, Mo.) 11-1 5th: Dylan Barreiro (Pinkerton Academy, N.H.) decision Koy Wilkinson (Pleasant Grove, Utah) 7-3 7th: Tyler Mullen (North Valley, N.J.) decision Nunzio Crowley (Eastchester, N.Y.) 6-4 182 pounds 1st: No. 6 Dakota Geer (Franklin, Pa.) decision No. 19 Antonio Agee (Hayfield, Va.) 4-2, tiebreaker 3rd: Garrett Hoffman (Montoursville, Pa.) decision Eli Spencer (Stuttgart, Germany) 8-2 5th: Bob Coleman (Hermiston, Ore.) decision Alan Clothier (Lawrence, Kansas) 9-4 7th: Mitchell Owens (Todd Beamer, Wash.) major decision Troy Allen (Hanover, Va.) 12-2 195 pounds 1st: Jay Aiello (Westfield, Va.) decision No. 11 Drew Phipps (Norwin, Pa.) 12-8 3rd: Gary Traub (Sycamore, Ohio) pin Nick May (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, Mich.) 4:20 5th: Guy Patron, Jr. (Jesuit, La.) over Ryan Thomas (American Heritage, Fla.) by forfeit 7th: Hunter Yeargen (Willard, Mo.) pin Tre'Shoun Rogers (Oscar Smith, Va.) 1:38 220 pounds 1st: Robert Winters (Colonial Forge, Va.) decision Jerek Cropper (Manchester, Ohio) 9-3 3rd: Alex Daniels (Independence, W.Va.) major decision Jalen Gowdy (Sandusky, Ohio) 9-1 5th: Lathan Bumgarner (North Gaston, N.C.) pin Joe Fusco (Shawseen Valley Tech, Mass.) 3:15 7th: Bret Winters (Hoover, Ala.) decision Andrew Wade (Easton, Md.) 11-4 285 pounds 1st: Matt Adams (New Lexington, Ohio) pin Mitch Bischoff (Norton, Ohio) 2:36 3rd: Gabriel Beyer (Leon, Fla.) pin Jarrod Snyder (Bakersfield Frontier, Calif.) 0:55 5th: No. 14 Edwin Rubio (John Glenn, N.Y.) decision Christian Rebottaro (Monta Vista Christian, Calif.) 5-3 7th: Jerhett Lee (Hebron, Texas) decision Sam Bouis (Lancaster, Va.) 5-2 Junior Nationals 106 pounds 1st: Trevor Edwards (Matoon, Ill.) decision Jake Ferri (Shawseen Valley Tech, Mass.) 4-3 3rd: Elijah Varona (South Dade, Fla.) decision Robert Hartling (E.O. Smith, Ct.) 9-6 5th: Nick Schutzenhoffer (Christian Brothers Academy, N.J.) decision Kenny Kerwin (Passaic Valley, N.J.) 4-3 7th: Ryan Mock (Huntington, N.Y.) decision Sam Braswell (Matoaca, Va.) 5-4 113 pounds 1st: Esco Walker (Hopewell, N.C.) decision T.J. Hicks (Bradley Central, Tenn.) 4-2 3rd: Trevon Majette (Oscar Smith, Va.) decision Joe Thomas (South Carroll, Md.) 5-1 5th: Geo Barzona (Central Mountain, Pa.) decision Brett Rezendes (Bridgewater Rainham, Mass.) 7-1 7th: Dallas Wilson (Wichita South, Kansas) decision Victor Lopez (West Orange, N.J.) 5-4 120 pounds 1st: Drew Mattin (Delta, Ohio) decision Jose Tapia (Capital, N.M.) 1-0, ultimate tiebreaker 3rd: Daniel Planta (St. Paul's, Md.) decision Corey Secrist (Petersburg, W.Va.) 6-3 5th: Jake Cherry (Central Dauphin, Pa.) decision Davion Fairley (Union Grove, Ga.) 1-0 7th: Gavin Hutchins (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) major decision C.J. Walz (Central Valley Academy, N.Y.) 13-1 126 pounds 1st: Allan Hart (St. Edward, Ohio) pin No. 16 (at 132) Kyran Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) 5:00 3rd: Bradley Beaulieu (Marshwood, Maine) decision K.J. Fenstermacher (Bethlehem Liberty, Pa.) 4-3 5th: Danny Bertoni (Middletown, Md.) decision Robert Garcia IV (Selma, Calif.) 8-3 7th: Isaiah Palomino (Bellarmine, Calif.) pin Hunter Reed (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) 1:54 132 pounds 1st: No. 14 Tanner Litterell (Tuttle, Okla.) technical fall Sammy Hepler (Tri-Valley, Pa.) 15-0 3rd: No. 17 (at 126) Brian Courtney (Athens, Pa.) decision Zack Donathan (Mason, Ohio) 4-2 5th: Jimmy Hoffman (Hazleton, Pa.) major decision Chris Scorese (Cranford, N.J.) 11-2 7th: Chase Archangelo (Smyrna, Del.) decision Matthew Swanson (Lynbrook, N.Y.) 5-2 138 pounds 1st: Denton Spencer (Camden County, Ga.) decision No. 18 Alec Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) 4-2 3rd: Tanner Smith (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) decision Bryce Marcus (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla.) 6-2 5th: Vincent Dolce (Seton Catholic, Ariz.) decision Robert Cleary (Edison, N.J.) 6-5 7th: Ethan Krause (Georgetown Prep, Md.) pin Kyle Kirkham (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 3:48 145 pounds 1st: No. 5 (at 152) Quentin Hovis (Seton Catholic, Ariz.) decision Connor Melbourne (John Jay Cross River, N.Y.) 9-2 3rd: Nick Palumbo (Lenape Valley, N.J.) decision Evan Barczak (Monroe Woodbury, N.Y.) 3-1, overtime 5th: David San Miguel (Bellarmine, Calif.) decision Tanner Cook (Central Valley Academy, N.Y.) 7-2 7th: Ryan Monteiro (Minnecahug, Mass.) decision Austin Wilkerson (Brookville, Va.) 10-3 152 pounds 1st: Bryce Rogers (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) decision No. 8 Stephan Glasgow (Bound Brook, N.J.) 5-3 3rd: No. 18 (at 145) Jake Brindley (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) decision Max Wohlabaugh (Winter Springs, Fla.) 3-2 5th: Zach Ancewicz (John Glenn, N.Y.) decision Brandon Konecny (Seton Catholic, Ariz.) 1-0 7th: Skitch Light (Central Dauphin, Pa.) decision Christian Walden (Airline, La.) 7-6 160 pounds 1st: Kyle Cochran (Paramus, N.J.) pin No. 15 (at 152) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth, Pa.) 8:25, ultimate tiebreaker 3rd: Bryan McLaughlin (Woodbridge, N.J.) fall Hayden Hastings (Sheridan, Wyo.) 4:00 5th: Ty Bagoly (Exeter Township, Pa.) pin Joe Accousti (Newtown, Ct.) 2:22 7th: Shawn Mosca (Carle Place-Wheatley, N.Y.) decision Jake Maxwell (Buena, N.J.) 2-0 170 pounds 1st: Anthony Falbo (Newtown, Ct.) decision Andrew Berreyesa (Reno, Nev.) 4-3 3rd: Casey Cornett (Simon Kenton, Ky.) decision Caleb Little (Jefferson, Ga.) 3-1 5th: George Walton (Bound Brook, N.J.) over Drew Peck (Chambersburg, Pa.) by forfeit 7th: Frankie Guida (Parkland, Pa.) decision Alex Kauffman (Vinita, Okla.) 6-2 182 pounds 1st: John Borst (Sherando, Va.) decision Chasen Blair (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) 8-3 3rd: Matthew Waddell (Gilmer, Ga.) decision Khamari Whimper (Baylor School, Tenn.) 7-6, overtime 5th: Kendall Elfstrum (Monroe Woodbury, N.Y.) pin Tyler Stepic (St. Edward, Ohio) 3:56 7th: Antonio Stewart (Camden County, Ga.) over Brandon Moen (Owatonna, Minn.) by forfeit 195 pounds 1st: Noah Adams (Independence, W.Va.) decision Zane Black (The Phelps School, Pa.) 10-4 3rd: John Kelbly (Smithville, Ohio) decision Eli Grape (Upper St. Clair, Pa.) 6-4 5th: Haydn Maley (Roseburg, Ore.) over Justin Allman (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) by forfeit 7th: Joe Marcano (Brandon, Fla.) decision Tanner Zagarino (Mattituck, N.Y.) 10-3 220 pounds 1st: No. 8 Jared Campbell (St. Edward, Ohio) major decision Quinn Miller (Archer, Ga.) 13-4 3rd: Chei Hill (South Dade, Fla.) major decision Teron Robinson (Walt Whitman, N.Y.) 12-4 5th: Ryan Ellefsen (Goshen, N.Y.) over No. 14 Seth Janney (Malvern Prep, Pa.) by forfeit 7th: Robert Melise (Phillipsburg, N.J.) decision Jeffrey Allen (Amherst County, Va.) 4-3 285 pounds 1st: Kyron Taylor (South Dade, Fla.) decision Levi Seabolt (Gilmer, Ga.) 8-3 3rd: No. 16 Sammy Evans (Grapevine, Texas) decision Brian Andrews (Grapevine, Texas) 3-1 5th: Brian Barnes (McMinville, Ore.) decision Laith Alsous (Lewisburg-Porter, N.Y.) 2-1 7th: Brendan Marsocci (Byron Bergen, N.Y.) Sammy deSeriere (Mullen, Colo.) pin 0:48 Sophomore Nationals 106 pounds 1st: No. 7 Nico Aguilar (Gilroy, Calif.) pin Isaiah Delgado (El Paso Eastwood, Texas) 5:02 3rd: Dalton Rohrbaugh (Spring Grove, Pa.) decision Drew Bennett (Fort Dodge, Iowa) 9-5, overtime 5th: Dante Mininno (Gateway, N.J.) decision Cole Laya (East Fairmont, W.Va.) 4-3 7th: Andrew Lucero (Pueblo East, Colo.) decision Kyle Kaiser (Paramus, N.J.) 6-0 113 pounds 1st: Chris Wright (Central Dauphin, Pa.) decision Cameron Fusco (Seckman, Mo.) 12-5 3rd: Mike McAteer (Whitfield, Mo.) decision Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.) 6-4 5th: Cole Rhone (Benton, Pa.) major decision Louis Newell (Seneca Valley, Pa.) 11-2 7th: Antonio Mininno (Gateway, N.J.) decision Hunter Graf (Hunterdon Central, N.J.) 2-0 120 pounds 1st: Joe Casey (Bound Brook, N.J.) decision Chase Zollmann (Poway, Calif.) 8-2 3rd: Ryan Moore (Walton Verona, Ky.) decision Brian Stuart (North Hagerstown, Md.) 6-4, overtime 5th: Ethan Leake (Buchanan, Calif.) decision Chase Bittle (Althof Catholic, Ill.) 6-5 7th: Levi Englman (Colonial Forge, Va.) decision Seth Brown (Coventry, R.I.) 4-3 126 pounds 1st: No. 6 Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) decision No. 14 Jacori Teemer (Long Beach, N.Y.) 5-3 3rd: Weston DiBlasi (Park Hill, Mo.) decision Andrew Wert (Central Dauphin, Pa.) 12-7 5th: Malcolm Robinson (St. John's College, D.C.) major decision Kyle Slendorn (Howell, N.J.) 19-7 7th: Steven Schwab (St. Augustine Prep, N.J.) decision Ian Pulli (Nazareth, Pa.) 5-4 132 pounds 1st: No. 19 (at 138) Grant Aronoff (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla.) decision Alex Felix (Gilroy, Calif.) 6-0 3rd: No. 14 (at 120) Jack Davis (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) decision Zach Melloh (Indianapolis Cathedral, Ind.) 3-1 5th: Peter Myndresku (Archer, Ga.) technical fall Alex Hart (Independence, W.Va.) 18-3 7th: Brett Villarreal (Buchanan, Calif.) decision Irman Heard (St. John's College, D.C.) 10-7 138 pounds 1st: Aaron Brooks (North Hagerstown, Md.) decision Cole Corrigan (Toms River East, N.J.) 7-0 3rd: Jaxen Gilmore (Yukon, Okla.) decision Trent Johnson (John Hardin, Ky.) 8-1 5th: Zach Hartman (Belle Vernon Area, Pa.) decision Chase Anklam (Pen Argyl, Pa.) 2-0, overtime 7th: Michael Vernagallo, Jr. (Wolf Den, N.C.) decision Brian Meyer (Phillipsburg, N.J.) 13-6 145 pounds 1st: Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Hts., N.J.) pin Mason Smith (Walton Verona, Ky.) 1:54 3rd: Colton Denney (Heritage Hall, Okla.) decision Colt Yinger (Nelsonville York, Ohio) 1-0 5th: Danny Braunagel (Althof Catholic, Ill.) decision Lucas Cordio (Nashoba Regional, Mass.) 10-8 7th: Justin McCoy (Chestnut Ridge, Pa.) over Joel Romero (Buchanan, Calif.) by forfeit 152 pounds 1st: Billy Higgins (Skutt Catholic, Neb.) decision Derrick Smallwood (North Hardin, Ky.) 9-6 3rd: Noah Warren (Perry Meridian, Ind.) decision Brock Bushfield (Billings Skyview, Mont.) 9-4 5th: Kellen Ekern (Mexico, Mo.) decision Robert Patrick (Ligonier Valley, Pa.) 12-11 7th: Brady Chrisman (Medina, Ohio) decision Bronson Harmon (Oakdale, Calif.) 6-4, overtime 160 pounds 1st: Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.) decision David Crawford (Canfield, Ohio) 5-3 3rd: Leo Tarantino (Tampa Prep, Fla.) decision Dalton Group (Susquenita, Pa.) 4-3 5th: Michael Petite (Piscataway, N.J.) decision Joshua Flanagan (Valley, Colo.) 3-0 7th: Adam Henderson (Blue Ridge, Ariz.) pin Nick Giantonio (Christiansburg, Va.) 1:36 170 pounds 1st: Jack Flynn (Francis Howell, Mo.) pin Zac Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.) 2:48 3rd: Josh Bechen (Catholic Memorial, Mass.) pin Chase Forrester (Commerce, Ga.) 1:22 5th: Noah Liles (Bremen, Ga.) over Josh Ramirez (Archbishop Rummel, La.) by forfeit 7th: Quentin Milliken (Cumberland Valley, Pa.) pin Carter Davis (St. Christopher's, Va.) 3:19 182 pounds 1st: Anthony Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.) decision Anthony Walters (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) 4-1 3rd: Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) pin Gage Braun (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) 5:54 5th: Garrett Joles (Boyceville, Wis.) decision Gerardo Hernandez (Capistrano Valley, Calif.) 12-6 7th: Joshua Molinar (El Paso Eastlake, Texas) over Kione Gill (Enumclaw, Wash.) by forfeit 195 pounds 1st: Gavin Hoffman (Montoursville, Pa.) pin Cody Howard (St. Edward, Ohio) 1:32 3rd: Matthew Ceparano (Southern Alamance, N.C.) decision Antonio McCloud (Cincinnati Elder, Ohio) 9-7 5th: Bryce de Maille (Oakdale, Md.) decision Joe Miller (McQueen, Nev.) 3-1 7th: Jens Ames (St. Christopher's, Va.) pin Jake Croston (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) 2:50 220 pounds 1st: Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) decision Josiah Jones (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) 2-1, tiebreaker 3rd: Deonte Wilson (Amityville, N.Y.) decision Tommy Mommer (Cibola, Ariz.) 7-1 5th: Chaston Holley (Cabell Midland, W.Va.) decision Max Darrah (Whitfield, Mo.) 3-2 7th: Javier Salvador (Heritage, Tenn.) decision Jacob McClaine (Lebanon, Ind.) 3-2 285 pounds 1st: Brey Walker (Southmoore, Okla.) pin Calvin Hayford (Mt. Anthony Union, Vt.) 1:25 3rd: Terrese Aaron (Mexico, Mo.) pin Alec Moore-Nash (Cincinnati Elder, Ohio) 2:31 5th: Seven Richards (Cass, Ga.) pin Jacob Coppenger (Heritage, Tenn.) 3:39 7th: Trevor Burns (Grassfield, Va.) pin Timmy McCauley (Cranberry Area, Pa.) 0:57 Freshman Nationals 106 pounds 1st: Cam Enriquez (Stroudsburg, Pa.) decision Josh Blatt (North Henderson, N.C.) 8-5 3rd: Kai Orine (Seckman, Mo.) decision Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.) 3-1 5th: Cahal Donovan (Phoenix, N.Y.) technical fall Joseph Otero (Cleveland, N.M.) 17-2 7th: Brandon Paulson (Clovis, Calif.) decision Brayden Palmer (Beech, Tenn.) 5-0 113 pounds 1st: No. 12 (at 106) Matthew Olguin (Buchanan, Calif.) decision Lucas Revano (Camden Catholic, N.J.) 5-1 3rd: James McClain (Franklin, Texas) major decision Kyle Gollhoffer (Woodland, Ga.) 9-1 5th: Bryce Andonian (St. Edward, Ohio) pin Asa Garcia (Avon, Ind.) 6:00 7th: Gabe Hixenbaugh (Thompson, Ala.) decision Garrett Kloeppel (Parkway South, Mo.) 6-2 120 pounds 1st: Jordan Decatur (CVCA, Ohio) decision No. 7 (at 113) Julian Chlebove (Northampton, Pa.) 7-3 3rd: Jaden Abas (Bakersfield Frontier, Calif.) major decision Kyle Mosher (South Side, N.Y.) 14-3 5th: Austin Kolvek (Park Hill, Mo.) decision Noah Strout (, N.H.) 8-6 7th: Luke Mazzeo (Emerson-Park Ridge, N.J.) decision Kyle Fields (Danbury, Ct.) 6-2 126 pounds 1st: Connor McGonagle (Timberlane, N.H.) major decision Gabe Miller (Pequea Valley, Pa.) 10-2 3rd: Marco Regalbuto (Brecksville, Ohio) decision Spencer Leonhardt (Freedom, N.C.) 6-2 5th: Silas Shaw (Mooresville, N.C.) over Jeffrey Thomas (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) by forfeit 7th: Anthony Croce (Camden Catholic, N.J.) decision Runfola (Letchworth, N.Y.) 8-3 132 pounds 1st: Jason Kraisser (Centennial, Md.) pin Michael Weber (Forsyth, Mont.) 1:36 3rd: Jacob Mariakis (Ridgeland, Ga.) decision Nick Montalbano (Seneca Valley, Pa.) 1-0 5th: Joe Sacco (South Plainfield, N.J.) decision Ethan Kelly (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) 5-2 7th: Weston Milnes (Seton Catholic, Ariz.) decision Javier Tapia (Capital, N.M.) 13-7 138 pounds 1st: Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) decision Tristen Cabinta (Salem, N.H.) 5-0 3rd: Jackson Turley (St. Christopher's, Va.) major decision Alec Sampson (Dallas, Pa.) 10-2 5th: Dempsey Carroll (Copenhagen Central, N.Y.) over Nathan Villarreal (Gilroy, Calif.) by forfeit 7th: George Worthy (Paulsboro, N.J.) pin Jacob Nolan (Saranac, N.Y.) 4:31 145 pounds 1st: Joseph Barnes (Gilroy, Calif.) pin Nolan Hogue (Walsh Jesuit, Ohio) 3:19 3rd: Ricky Cabanillas (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) decision Robert Kanniard (Wall Township, N.J.) 7-0 5th: Mason Reiniche (Baylor School, Tenn.) decision Todd Perry (South Dade, Fla.) 3-0 7th: Jack Chesman (Pearl River, N.Y.) decision A.J. Lonski (Delbarton, N.J.) 3-1, overtime 152 pounds 1st: No. 12 Julian Ramirez (Tampa Jesuit, Fla.) pin Edmund Ruth (Susquehanna Township, Pa.) 3:46 3rd: Mark Cardwell (Monache, Calif.) decision Joseph Hatcher (Piscataway, N.J.) 15-10 5th: Anthony Astarian (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) decision Joseph Wilson (Camden Catholic, N.J.) 3-1, overtime 7th: Jake Logan (New Rochelle, N.Y.) over Isaiah DeJesus (Notre Dame, Pa.) by forfeit 160 pounds 1st: Gary Wokojance (Barberton, Ohio) decision Drake Engelking (Longmont, Colo.) 11-9, overtime 3rd: Santino Morina (Paulsboro, N.J.) decision Andrew DiBernardo (West Chester East, Pa.) 6-0 5th: Chris Langguth (Rootstown, Ohio) Shane Noonan (Hazleton, Pa.) pin 2:25 7th: Miguel Hernandez (Pasco, Fla.) major decision Jacob Cardenas (Queen of Peace, N.J.) 10-1 170 pounds 1st: Ryan Reyes (Clovis West, Calif.) decision Ethan Martin (Rural Retreat, Va.) 7-3 3rd: Christian Rodriguez (Selma, Calif.) pin Nicholas Racine (Piscataway, N.J.) 3:27 5th: Craig Urbas (State College, Pa.) over L. Fernandes (Voorhees, N.J.) by forfeit 7th: Danny Acevedo (Warren Central, Ind.) decision Joey Perkins (Masconomet, Mass.) 7-1 182 pounds 1st: Drake Barbee (Stilwell, Okla.) decision Kesean Brown (Bramberg-Ehrhardt, S.C.) 5-3 3rd: Christian Knop (Alexandria, Ala.) decision Kolt Schaeffer (Tri-Valley, Pa.) 6-4 5th: Ben Cianchetti (Naperville Central, Ill.) decision Kevin Makosy (Urbana, Md.) 2-0 7th: Jeremy Nutt (Camden Catholic, N.J.) decision Elijah Ballew (Blue Ridge, S.C.) 9-3 195 pounds 1st: Owen Trephan (Ashley Ridge, S.C.) over Terren Swartz (Campbell County, Wyo.) by forfeit 3rd: Victor Jaquez (Bellarmine, Calif.) decision Jameel Coles (The Phelps School, Pa.) 11-7 5th: Tyler Stein (Canfield, Ohio) pin Dony Gelnett (Upper Dauphin, Pa.) 7:46, tiebreaker 7th: Tarik Sutkovic (Thundebird, Ariz.) decision Luke Niemeyer (South Plainfield, N.J.) 2-0 220 pounds 1st: Zach Delvecchio (South Plainfield, N.J.) decision Jacob Slinger (Upper St. Clair, Pa.) 6-2 3rd: Jorden Pryor (Dunbar, Md.) major decision Donovan McCollister (Nelsonville York, Ohio) 17-5 5th: Caleb Allison (Weaver, Ala.) decision Wade Wheeler (Amherst County, Va.) 5-3 7th: Kyle Cornwell (Elwood, Ind.) over Mike Thomas (Fremont Ross, Ohio) by forfeit 285 pounds 1st: Louden Haga (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) vs. Tyler Cales (Greenbrier West, W.Va.) 3rd: McCowen (Grundy, Va.) decision Jervey Sistrunk (Bound Brook, N.J.) 3-1 5th: Jesse Polansky (Xavier, Ct.) pin Keegan Wilkinson (Pleasant Grove, Utah) 2:53 7th: Garrette Miller (Tri-Valley, Ohio) pin Keith Anderson (Palmer, Alaska) 1:50

Championship matches were set in Virginia Beach on Saturday at the NHSCA Nationals. Those will take place at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday. Top eight place finishers were also determined, those wrestlers will compete in a session starting at 9:00 a.m. with the consolation quarterfinals. Seniors 113: No. 6 Tommy Cox (Deer Park, N.Y.) vs. Austin Neal (R-S Central, N.C.) 120: Codi Russell (Collins Hill, Ga.) vs. Romelle Person (Maplewood, Mo.) 126: Lane Peters (Claymont, Ohio) vs. Freddy Eckles (Lake Shore, N.Y.) 132: No. 15 Jake Spiess (Delta, Ohio) vs. Connor Wallace (Hickory, Va.) 138: No. 6 (at 145) Kanen Storr (Leslie, Mich.) vs. No. 14 (at 145) Jarrett Degen (Belgrade, Mont.) 145: Jon Errico (Brunswick, Ct.) vs. Luke Weber (Forsyth, Mont.) 152: No. 5 (at 160) Austin Kraisser (Centennial, Md.) vs. No. 16 (at 160) Parker Simington (Thompson Valley, Colo.) 160: No. 8 (at 182) Daniel Bullard (Archer, Ga.) vs. No. 12 (at 170) Elijah Cleary (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 170: Dalton Robertson (Weld Central, Colo.) vs. No. 17 (at 160) Abner Romero (Buchanan, Colo.) 182: No. 6 Dakota Geer (Franklin, Pa.) vs. No. 19 Antonio Agee (Hayfield, Va.) 195: No. 11 Drew Phipps (Norwin, Pa.) vs. Jay Aiello (Westfield, Va.) 220: Jerek Cropper (Manchester, Ohio) vs. Robert Winters (Colonial Forge, Va.) 285: Mitch Bischoff (Norton, Ohio) vs. Matt Adams (New Lexington, Ohio) Juniors 106: Trevor Edwards (Matoon, Ill.) vs. Jake Ferri (Shawseen Valley Tech, Mass.) 113: Esco Walker (Hopewell, N.C.) vs. T.J. Hicks (Bradley Central, Tenn.) 120: Drew Mattin (Delta, Ohio) vs. Jose Tapia (Capital, N.M.) 126: No. 16 (at 132) Kyran Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) vs. Allan Hart (St. Edward, Ohio) 132: Sammy Hepler (Tri-Valley, Pa.) vs. No. 14 Tanner Litterell (Tuttle, Okla.) 138: No. 18 Alec Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) vs. Denton Spencer (Camden County, Ga.) 145: No. 5 (at 152) Quentin Hovis (Seton Catholic, Ariz.) vs. Connor Melbourne (John Jay Cross River, N.Y.) 152: No. 8 Stephan Glasgow (Bound Brook, N.J.) vs. Bryce Rogers (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 160: No. 15 (at 152) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth, Pa.) vs. Kyle Cochran (Paramus, N.J.) 170: Anthony Falbo (Newtown, Ct.) vs. Andrew Berreyesa (Reno, Nev.) 182: John Borst (Sherando, Va.) vs. Chasen Blair (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) 195: Noah Adams (Independence, W.Va.) vs. Zane Black (The Phelps School, Pa.) 220: No. 8 Jared Campbell (St. Edward, Ohio) vs. Quinn Miller (Archer, Ga.) 285: Kyron Taylor (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Levi Seabolt (Gilmer, Ga.) Sophomore 106: No. 7 Nico Aguilar (Gilroy, Calif.) vs. Isaiah Delgado (El Paso Eastwood, Texas) 113: Chris Wright (Central Dauphin, Pa.) vs. Cameron Fusco (Seckman, Mo.) 120: Chase Zollmann (Poway, Calif.) vs. Joe Casey (Bound Brook, N.J.) 126: No. 6 Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) vs. No. 14 Jacori Teemer (Long Beach, N.Y.) 132: No. 19 (at 138) Grant Aronoff (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla.) vs. Alex Felix (Gilroy, Calif.) 138: Aaron Brooks (North Hagerstown, Md.) vs. Cole Corrigan (Toms River East, N.J.) 145: Mason Smith (Walton Verona, Ky.) vs. Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Hts., N.J.) 152: Derrick Smallwood (North Hardin, Ky.) vs. Billy Higgins (Skutt Catholic, Neb.) 160: David Crawford (Canfield, Ohio) vs. Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.) 170: Zac Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.) vs. Jack Flynn (Francis Howell, Mo.) 182: Anthony Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.) vs. Anthony Walters (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) 195: Gavin Hoffman (Montoursville, Pa.) vs. Cody Howard (St. Edward, Ohio) 220: Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) vs. Josiah Jones (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) 285: Brey Walker (Southmoore, Okla.) vs. Calvin Hayford (Mt. Anthony Union, Vt.) Freshmen 106: Cam Enriquez (Stroudsburg, Pa.) vs. Josh Blatt (North Henderson, N.C.) 113: No. 12 (at 106) Matthew Olguin (Buchanan, Calif.) vs. Lucas Revano (Camden Catholic, N.J.) 120: No. 7 (at 113) Julian Chlebove (Northampton, Pa.) vs. Jordan Decatur (CVCA, Ohio) 126: Connor McGonagle (Timberlane, N.H.) vs. Gabe Miller (Pequea Valley, Pa.) 132: Michael Weber (Forsyth, Mont.) vs. Jason Kraisser (Centennial, Md.) 138: Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Tristen Cabinta (Salem, N.H.) 145: Nolan Hogue (Walsh Jesuit, Ohio) vs. Joseph Barnes (Gilroy, Calif.) 152: No. 12 Julian Ramirez (Tampa Jesuit, Fla.) vs. Edmund Ruth (Susquehanna Township, Pa.) 160: Drake Engelking (Longmont, Colo.) vs. Gary Wokojance (Barberton, Ohio) 170: Ryan Reyes (Clovis West, Calif.) vs. Ethan Martin (Rural Retreat, Va.) 182: Kesean Brown (Bramberg-Ehrhardt, S.C.) vs. Drake Barbee (Stilwell, Okla.) 195: Terren Swartz (Campbell County, Wyo.) vs. Owen Trephan (Ashley Ridge, S.C.) 220: Zach Delvecchio (South Plainfield, N.J.) vs. Jacob Slinger (Upper St. Clair, Pa.) 285: Louden Haga (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) vs. Tyler Cales (Greenbrier West, W.Va.)

The first leg of the USA Wrestling Triple Crown for the Cadet and Junior levels came to its conclusion this afternoon with the Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Champions and medalists were determined for 15 Junior and 17 Cadet weight classes. The other two less of the Triple Crown will be held in Fargo, N.D. during late July at the ASICS/Vaughan Cadet and Junior Nationals, the competitions in Greco-Roman and freestyle. Results of the Junior National medal matches. 100 pounds 1st: Mosha Schwartz (Ponderosa, Colo.) pin Cody Holmes (Two Rivers, Wis.) 2:40 3rd: Darrick Stacey (Bonneville, Idaho) decision Carlos Posas (Madera South, Calif.) 2-0 5th: Cooper Cox (Catoosa, Okla.) decision Zach Miller (Simley, Minn.) 9-4 7th: Giovanni Villegas (Turlock, Calif.) decision Ernest del Rio (Ariz.) 6-4 106 pounds 1st: Ty Smith (Nev.) decision Kade Lincoln (Skyline, Idaho) 7-5 3rd: Izzak Olejnik (Bakersfield, Calif.) major decision Dalton Stutzman (Layton, Utah) 8-0 5th: Michael Spangler (Kapaun-Mt. Carmel, Kansas) over Dillon Gottschalk (Dubuque Hempstead, Iowa) by forfeit 7th: no match 113 pounds 1st: No. 4 Danny Vega (Ironwood Ridge, Ariz.) technical fall No. 10 (at 106) Kyle Biscoglia (Waukee, Iowa) 20-5 3rd: No. 8 (at 106) Patrick McKee (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.) pin Cameron Spires (Timberland, Mo.) 4:16 5th: Cole Smith (Marshfield, Ore.) decision Riley Lull (Fernimore, Wis.) 4-2 7th: Oscar Nellis (Rancho Buena Vista, Calif.) decision Nathan Rankin (Plano East, Texas) 8-6 120 pounds 1st: No. 3 Roman Bravo-Young (Sunnyside, Ariz.) decision Brenden Baker (Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Iowa) 3-1 3rd: Connor Brown (Oak Grove, Mo.) decision Brock Bergelin (Denmark, Wis.) 5-2 5th: Boo Dryden (Haysville Campus, Kansas) decision Ethan Smiley (Beech Grove, Ind.) 4-0 7th: Jacob Garrison (Meridian, Idaho) decision Alex Cavanaugh (Rossville, Kansas) 5-2 126 pounds 1st: Paul Konrath (Connections Academy, Ind.) decision Tucker Sjomeling (Delano, Minn.) 5-1 3rd: Paul Bianchi (Two Rivers, Wis.) decision Jake Gliva (Simley, Minn.) 5-2 5th: Rylee Molitor (Sartell-St. Stephen, Minn.) decision Victor Gliva (Farmington, Minn.) 9-2 7th: Conner Ward (Shawnee-Mill Valley, Kansas) decision Jeremy Trinh (Oxnard, Calif.) 6-2 132 pounds 1st: No. 11 (at 138) Chris Sandoval (Pueblo County, Colo.) decision Chris Deloza (Clovis North, Calif.) 4-2 3rd: Gary Joint (Lemoore, Calif.) decision Gabe Townsell (Oak Park River Forest, Ill.) 6-3 5th: Jake Bergeland (Centennial, Minn.) decision Trent Leon (Kaukauna, Wis.) 4-0 7th: Jackson Stuaffacher (Scott West, Minn.) over Keaton Geerts (New Hampton, Iowa) by forfeit 138 pounds 1st: No. 12 Navonte Demison (Bakersfield, Calif.) major decision Corey Shie (LaSalle, Ohio) 13-5 3rd: No. 5 Mitchell McKee (St. Michael-Albertville, Minn.) decision Jimmy McAuliffe (Reavis, Ill.) 9-4 5th: Parker Filius (Havre, Mont.) decision Zach Barnes (Southeast Polk, Iowa) 8-5 7th: Zander Silva (Alta Loma, Calif.) decision Jake DiBenedetto (Lincoln-Way East, Ill.) 6-0 145 pounds 1st: Alex Lloyd (Shakopee, Minn.) decision Jake Rando (Holy Cross, La.) 13-10 3rd: Jackson Gallagher (Bettendorf, Iowa) decision Julian Flores (San Marino, Calif.) 6-5 5th: Kyle Hatch (Warsaw, Ind.) technical fall Tyler Shilson (Centennial, Minn.) 22-7 7th: Ryan Rochford (Rio Rancho, N.M.) decision Austin Yant (Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa) 9-2 152 pounds 1st: No. 5 (at 145) Zander Wick (San Marino, Calif.) major decision No. 7 (at 138) Hunter Marko (Amery, Wis.) 12-4 3rd: Zemua Baptista (Friend, Neb.) decision Joshua Kim (Santiago Corona, Calif.) 9-7 5th: Collin Kraus (Stoughton, Wis.) major decision Joshua Bryant (Coon Rapids, Minn.) 23-9 7th: Jacob DeSersa (Hot Springs, S.D.) technical fall Cody Tyler (St. Mary's, Kansas) 15-0 160 pounds 1st: No. 4 (at 152) Evan Wick (San Marino, Calif.) decision Bailee O'Reilly (Goodhue, Minn.) 6-1 3rd: Ricky Gonzalez (Bakersfield, Calif.) decision Dru Kuchenbaker (Milaca-Faith Christian, Minn.) 3-2 5th: Paxton Mewes (Jamestown, N.D.) over Sam Loera (Bakersfield, Calif.) by forfeit 7th: Steven Lawrence (Portage, Ind.) pin Gavin Davy (Eldorado, N.M.) 1:00 170 pounds 1st: No. 6 Drew Hughes (Lowell, Ind.) pin No. 6 (at 152) Colton Clingenpeel (Council Bluffs Jefferson, Iowa) 1:15 3rd: No. 15 (at 182) Jack Jessen (Willowbrook, Ill.) decision No. 16 Marcus Coleman (Ames, Iowa) 6-3 5th: Clay Lautt (St. James Academy, Kansas) decision Ben Bolingbroke (Clearfield, Utah) 5-1 7th: Sawyer Massie (Hudson, Wis.) over No. 14 Anthony Mantanona (Palm Desert, Calif.) by forfeit 182 pounds 1st: No. 14 Kyle Betourne (Bishop McNamara, Ill.) decision Max Lyon (Western Dubuque, Iowa) 7-4 3rd: Casey Randles (Sandpoint, Idaho) pin Dylan Anderson (Hudson, Wis.) 2:46 5th: Jesse Shearer (West Fargo, N.D.) decision Cale Davidson (Goodard, Kansas) 2-1, tiebreaker 7th: Zac Stork (Atlantic, Iowa) decision Jordan Shahrikian (Hononegah, Ill.) 7-6 195 pounds 1st: Andrew Davison (Chesterton, Ind.) pin Samuel Grove (Morehead, Minn.) 4:00 3rd: Chad Porter (Desert Vista, Ariz.) decision Anthony Capul (Andale, Kansas) 10-6 5th: Bailey Kelly (Topeka Seaman, Kansas) pin Andrew Demos (Warren, Ill.) 0:38 7th: Elias Rosales (Bakersfield, Calif.) decision Donovan Doyle (Iowa City West, Iowa) 3-1, overtime 220 pounds 1st: No. 1 Gable Steveson (Apple Valley, Minn.) technical fall Evan Ellis (Eastern, Ind.) 22-6 3rd: Slade Sifuentes (Lake Mills, Iowa) decision Jordan Magnuson (Valley City, N.D.) 5-3 5th: Nathaniel Holloway (Clovis North, Calif.) decision MasonHawkins (Farmington, Minn.) 3-2 7th: Dylan Gillette (Francis Howell Central, Mo.) pin Jaron Christiensen (Abilene, Kansas) 4:54 285 pounds 1st: No. 3 Carter Isley (Albia, Iowa) decision Aaron Costello (Western Dubuque, Iowa) 3-1 3rd: No. 19 Andrew Piehl (Rogers) decision Chase Miller (Olathe North, Kansas) 3-1 5th: Gavin Nye (Corning, Calif.) pin Zach Muller (Downers Grove South, Ill.) 1:39 7th: Elden Picou (Manhattan, Kansas) pin Arath Rangel (Centennial, Nev.) 3:32 Results of the Cadet National medal matches. 88 pounds 1st: Cullan Schriever (Iowa – 8th grade) decision Emilio Haynes (Neb.) 3-2 3rd: Destin Summers (Snake River, Idaho) major decision Braxton Brown (Texas) 12-2 5th: Cody Minor (Wis.) decision Jason Henschel (Kansas) 5-2 7th: Jaden Verhagen (Kaukauna, Wis. – 8th grade) pin Colin Benson (Wis.) 94 pounds 1st: Andrew Chambal (Davison, Mich. – 8th grade) major decision Evan Yant (Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa – 8th grade) 13-2 3rd: Timothy Levine (Calif. – 8th grade) pin Isaac Romero (Helena, Mont.) 3:32 5th: Derek Ramos (Hillcrest, Idaho) decision Daniel Kimball (Don Bosco, Iowa) 8-3 7th: Ryan Haynes (Pekin, Ill. – 8th grade) decision Samuel Bruss (Wis. – 8th grade) 12-6 100 pounds 1st: Steele Dias (Green Valley, Nev.) decision Eric Faught (Clear Lake, Iowa) 6-4 3rd: Keegan O'Toole (Wis. – 8th grade) decision Leif Schroeder (Mont. – 8th grade) 12-6 5th: Jacob Moran (Crown Point, Ind.) decision Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho) 2-0, overtime 7th: William Zernich (Green Valley, Nev. – 8th grade) decision Brenden Johnson (Calif. – 8th grade) 8-6 106 pounds 1st: Jace Koelzer (Olathe South, Kansas) decision Jonathan Prata (Downey, Calif.) 4-3 3rd: Noah Surtin (Edwardsville, Ill.) decision Adrian Marque (Castle View, Colo.) 5-0 5th: Eric Barnett (Hortonville, Wis.) decision Antonio Lorenzo (Del Oro, Calif.) 5-2 7th: Derek Gilcher (Mich. – 8th grade) decision Tyson Humphreys (Utah – 8th grade) 10-4 113 pounds 1st: No. 9 (at 106) Aaron Cashman (Mound Westonka, Minn.) decision 3-1 Kyle Burwick (Hettinger/Scranton, N.D.) 3rd: Drew Eller (Colo. – 8th grade) major decision Tyler Barraclough (Utah) 11-2 5th: Jeremy Ayala (Iowa – 8th grade) major decision Antonio Saldate (Las Vegas, Nev.) 18-9 7th: Gable Fox (Don Bosco, Iowa) decision Skyler Crespo (Mich. – 8th grade) 4-2 120 pounds 1st: Jesse Vasquez (Calif. – 8th grade) major decision Drake Doolittle (Webster City, Iowa) 12-4 3rd: Robert Precin (Andrew, Ill.) decision Gabe Ruepke (Chariton, Iowa) 5-2 5th: Eric Rivera (Clovis North, Calif.) pin Derek Droegemueller (Champlin Park, Minn.) 2:53 7th: Devin Onwugbufor (Wichita Northwest, Kansas) decision Dawson Sihavong (Buchanan, Calif.) 9-7, overtime 126 pounds 1st: Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa. – 8th grade) decision Joshua Saunders (Mo. – 8th grade) 11-6 3rd: Marcus Castillo (Mountain View Marana, Ariz.) decision Bret Wilson (Rogers, Minn.) 7-4 5th: Kyle Parco (San Ramon Valley, Calif.) decision Aidan Medora (Wis. – 8th grade) 10-3 7th: Cade Lindsey (Derby, Kansas) decision Jevon Parrish (Olathe North, Kansas) 5-3 132 pounds 1st: Sebus Swiggum (Apple Valley, Minn.) pin Harlan Steffensmeier (Fort Madison, Iowa) 3:15 3rd: Alfonso Martinez (Ariz. – 8th grade) decision Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.) 5-3 5th: Sonny Santiago (Calif. – 8th grade) decision Desmond Bowers (Green Valley, Nev.) 7-5 7th: Ryan Steffen (Crestwood, Iowa) decision Parker Benekas (Colo.) 5-4, tiebreaker 138 pounds 1st: Brock Hardy (Box Elder, Utah) major Fidel Mayora (Ill. – 8th grade) 9-0 3rd: Tyler Eischens (Anoka, Minn.) decision Zane Musselman (Monticello, Utah) 3-2 5th: Jason Tvinnereim (Jackson County Central, Minn.) decision Dominick Ambrose (Providence Catholic, Ill.) 4-0 7th: Kaden Spindler (West Central Area, Minn.) pin Brayden Ebbs (McNary, Ore.) 2:50 145 pounds 1st: Jared Franek (West Fargo, N.D.) decision Kasper McIntosh (Portage, Ind.) 3rd: Anthony Jackson (Simley, Minn.) decision Jack Eiteljorge (Carmel, Ind.) 12-5 5th: Dawon Andrews (Safford, Ariz.) decision Devin Roberts (Apple Valley, Minn.) 3-2 7th: Zach Lee (Kaukauna, Wis.) pin Colton Vest (South Tama County, Iowa) 1:54 152 pounds 1st: Tyler Dow (Stoughton, Wis.) decision Jordan Komac (Great Falls, Mont.) 9-3 3rd: Will Harter (Stillwater, Minn.) decision Kaleb O'Reilly (Goodhue, Minn.) 7-6 5th: Joshua Otto (Arrowhead, Wis.) pin Nolan Kicmal (Wis.) 1:20 7th: Zach Reese (Lockport, Ill.) pin Chance Hinrichs (Bemjidi, Minn.) 1:43 160 pounds 1st: No. 9 Travis Wittlake (Marshfield, Ore.) technical fall Oszkar Kasch (Crown Point, Ind.) 18-3 3rd: Troy Fisher (Goddard, Kansas) decision Luke Clark (St. Croix, Wis.) 5-0 5th: Bryce Alsteen (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.) decision Ryne Lewis (Pima, Ariz.) 7-2 7th: Jacob Wempen (Linn-Mar, Iowa) decision Parker Keckeisen (Nicolet, Wis.) 3-2 170 pounds 1st: Devin Winston (Park Hill, Mo.) pin Logan Hutcherson (Reno, Nev.) 0:58 3rd: Cade Pederson (West Fargo, N.D.) decision Rockne Hurley (Penn, Ind.) 5-1 5th: Aaron Deike (Wahpeton, N.D.) decision Jacob Robles (Brophy Prep, Ariz.) 8-2 7th: Sean Urban (Hosington, Kansas) decision Cameron Raising (New Hampton, Iowa) 5-4 182 pounds 1st: Lucas Davison (Chesterton, Ind.) pin Daniel Kerkvleit (Simley, Minn.) 2:58 3rd: Sebastian Mordecai (Sunnyside, Ariz.) decision Ryan Cosio (Temecula Valley, Calif.) 4-2 5th: Tyler Buesgens (Scott West, Minn.) decision Bobby Striggow (Orono, Minn.) 2-0, overtime 7th: Jacob Kaminski (Ill. – 8th grade) major decision Rowan Morgan (Mounds View, Minn.) 11-3 195 pounds 1st: Andrew Salemme (Marquette, Wis.) decision Eli Pokorney (Chesterton, Ind.) 8-4 3rd: Tyler Moore (Two Rivers, Wis.) decision Cameron Sauerwein (Harrison, Ohio) 6-2 5th: Luke Luffman (Urbana, Ill.) major decision Mitchell Stahlberg (Iowa) 9-1 7th: Aeron Day (New Hampton, Iowa) decision Max Olinger (Mount Horeb, Wis.) 8-4 220 pounds 1st: Sergio Villalobos (Downers Grove South, Ill.) decision Maverick McPeek (Dakota, Ill.) 9-4 3rd: Colton Hellman (Princeton, Minn.) decision Tanner Weber (Markesan, Wis.) 4-2 5th: Jacob Miller (Kansas) pin Mario Perez (Kansas – 8th grade) 2:03 7th: Nate Lloyd (Luxemburg-Casco, Wis.) pin Max Bunning (Minn.) 1:20 285 pounds 1st: Ronald Tucker, Jr. (Lockport, Ill.) decision Spencer Trenary (Pocahontas, Iowa) 4-2, ultimate tiebreaker 3rd: Micheal Jeffus (Calif.) pin Branden Lange (Evansville/Albany, Wis.) 4:17 5th: Gerardo Nava (Rio Mesa, Calif.) decision Scott Arnold (Francis Howell Central, Mo.) 1-0 7th: Korby Keehner (MPL Mar-Mac, Iowa) pin Liam Stone (Iowa – 8th grade) 1:00

Wrestling on Friday at the NHSCA Nationals in Virginia Beach, Va. saw the field knocked down to the quarterfinals in the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior divisions. No wrestlers were eliminated from the tournament as consolation wrestling commences on Saturday. Wrestling on Saturday includes the quarterfinals and semifinals on the championship side, which start at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, with consolation wrestling taking the field down to most likely one win away from All-American status. Competition concludes on Sunday starting with consolation at 9:00 a.m. and the medal matches at 2:00 p.m. Seniors 113: No. 6 Tommy Cox (Deer Park, N.Y.) vs. Tristan Stetson (Keene, N.H.), Fabian Gutierrez (Adams City, Colo.) vs. Josh Venia (Toledo Central Catholic, Ohio); Austin Neal (R-S Central, N.C.) vs. Majid Corbett (Sumter, S.C.), Christian Ordaz (Franklin, Texas) vs. No. 19 Tyson Klump (Nazareth, Pa.) 120: Matteo DeVincenzo (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) vs. Codi Russell (Collins Hill, Ga.), Peter Del Gallo (Gardiner, Maine) vs. Todd Small (Central Gwinnett, Ga.); Anthony Argentieri (Kenmore West, N.Y.) vs. Romelle Person (Maplewood, Mo.), Dominic Latona (Thompson, Ala.) vs. No. 20 Trey Chalifoux (Father Ryan, Tenn.) 126: Lane Peters (Claymont, Ohio) vs. Tito Colom (St. Francis, N.Y.), Garrett O'Shea (Morris Knolls, N.J.) vs. Anthony Foggia (Northern Burlington, N.J.); David Crumby (Southeast Guilford, N.C.) vs. Matthew Seitz (Monsignor Farrell, N.Y.), Derek Spann (Adirondack, N.Y.) vs. Freddy Eckles (Lake Shore, N.Y.) 132: No. 15 Jake Spiess (Delta, Ohio) vs. Derek Miller (Clay, Fla.), Matthew Kieta (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) vs. Brett Kulp (Exeter, Pa.); Keegan Duncan (Trinity, Ky.) vs. Connor Wallace (Hickory, Va.), Logan Sims (Woodland, Ga.) vs. Brett Underwood (Piedmont, N.C.) 138: No. 6 (at 145) Kanen Storr (Leslie, Mich.) vs. Alec Baker (La Costa Canyon, Calif.), Brandon Fitzgerald (Grandview Hts., Ohio) vs. Josh McClure (Fulton, Mo.); No. 16 (at 145) Chris Diaz (Archer, Ga.) vs. D.J. Hendrickson (Western Heights, Okla.), Doug Gudenburr (Ringgold, Pa.) vs. No. 14 (at 145) Jarrett Degen (Belgrade, Mont.) 145: Jon Errico (Brunswick, Ct.) vs. Anthony Scrivani (Kittattiny, N.J.), Justin George (Mountain View, Ga.) vs. Rian Burris (White Knoll, S.C.), Jaron Jensen (Herriman, Utah) vs. Jake Douglas (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Isaiah Brooks (North Hagerstown, Md.) vs. Luke Weber (Forsyth, Mont.) 152: No. 5 (at 160) Austin Kraisser (Centennial, Md.) vs. Jose Taylor (Arlington Martin, Texas), Matt Finesilver (Cherry Creek, Colo.) vs. Ben Anderson (Pleasant Grove, Utah); No. 17 Jimmy Saylor (Easton, Pa.) vs. Ruben Garcia (Selma, Calif.), Dakota Gardner (Fredonia, N.Y.) vs. No. 16 (at 160) Parker Simington (Thompson Valley, Colo.) 160: No. 8 (at 182) Daniel Bullard (Archer, Ga.) vs. Eric Reyes (Dedham, Mass.), Justin Pichedwanta (Mayfair, Calif.) vs. Ricky Stamm (Division, N.Y.); No. 20 (at 170) A.J. Alford (Fort Dorchester, S.C.) vs. No. 19 Giovanny Bonilla (Osceola, Fla.), Nathaniel Kale (West Caldwell, N.C.) vs. No. 12 (at 170) Elijah Cleary (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 170: No. 10 Austin Bell (Belle Vernon Area, Pa.) vs. Alex Hopkins (Westminster Christian, Mo.), Dalton Robertson (Weld Central, Colo.) vs. Tyler Mullen (North Valley, N.J.); Dylan Barreiro (Pinkerton Academy, N.J.) vs. Ben Bullins (Morehead, N.C.), Brian Buser (Tampa Jesuit, Fla.) vs. Marcus Kehr (Spring Grove, Pa.) 182: No. 6 Dakota Geer (Franklin, Pa.) vs. Luke Hodsden (Dripping Springs, Texas), Eli Spencer (Stuttgart, Germany) vs. Mitchell Owens (Todd Beamer, Wash.); Garrett Hoffman (Montoursville, Pa.) vs. Troy Allen (Hanover, Va.), Alan Clothier (Lawrence, Kansas) vs. No. 19 Antonio Agee (Hayfield, Va.) 195: No. 11 Drew Phipps (Norwin, Pa.) vs. Nick May (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, Mich.), Ryan Thomas (American Heritage, Fla.) vs. Treshoun Rogers (Oscar Smith, Va.); Guy Patron, Jr. (Jesuit, La.) vs. Ricardo Dawkins (General Brown, N.Y.), Torres Finney (Jones County, Ga.) vs. Jay Aiello (Westfield, Va.) 220: Lathan Bumgarner (North Gaston, N.C.) vs. Andrew Wade (Easton, Md.), Jerek Cropper (Manchester, Ohio) vs. Joe Fusco (Shawseen Valley Tech, Mass.); Jalen Gowdy (Sandusky, Ohio) vs. Alex Mai (Fort Morgan, Colo.), Alex Daniels (Independence, W.Va.) vs. Robert Winters (Colonial Forge, Va.) 285: No. 14 Edwin Rubio (John Glenn, N.Y.) vs. Mitch Bischoff (Norton, Ohio), Jake Snyder (Frontier, Calif.) vs. Sam Bouis (Lancaster, Va.); Christian Rebottaro (Monte Vista Christian, Calif.) vs. Matt Adams (New Lexington, Ohio), Jerhett Lee (Hebron, Texas) vs. Gabriel Beyer (Leon, Fla.) Juniors 106: Elijah Varona (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Kenny Kerwin (Passaic Valley, N.J.), Trevor Edwards (Mattoon, Ill.) vs. Samuel Braswell (Matoaca, Va.); Robert Hartling (E.O. Smith, Ct.) vs. Ryan Mock (Huntington, N.Y.), Nick Schutzenhoffer (Christian Brothers Academy, N.J.) vs. Jake Ferri (Shawseen Valley Tech, Mass.) 113: Dallas Wilson (Wichita South, Kansas) vs. Esco Walker (Hopewell, N.C.), Geno Barzona (Central Mountain, Pa.) vs. Jacob Dunlop (Belle Vernon Area, Pa.); Joey Thomas (South Carroll, Md.) vs. Nicholas Daggett (Chatham Central, N.C.), Travis Kinn (Dawson County, Mont.) vs. T.J. Hicks (Bradley Central, Tenn.) 120: Drew Mattin (Delta, Ohio) vs. Hayden Uhler (Camp Verde, Ariz.), Daniel Planta (St. Paul's, Md.) vs. Luke Werner (Bethlehem Liberty, Pa.); Ian Timmins (Wooster, Nev.) vs. Jose Tapia (Capital, N.M.), Davion Fairley (Union Grove, Ga.) vs. Jake Cherry (Central Dauphin, Pa.) 126: No. 16 (at 132) Kyran Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) vs. Hunter Reed (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.), Dane Heberlein (Alexander, N.Y.) vs. Robert Garcia IV (Selma, Calif.); Danny Bertoni (Middletown, Md.) vs. K.J. Fenstermacher (Bethlehem Liberty, Pa.), Isaiah Palomino (Bellarmine, Calif.) vs. Allan Hart (St. Edward, Ohio) 132: No. 17 (at 126) Brian Courtney (Athens, Pa.) vs. A.J. Leitten (Fort Mil, S.C.), Samuel Hepler (Tri-Valley, Pa.) vs. Christian Miller (Plainview, Neb.); Zack Donathan (Mason, Ohio) vs. Jimmy Hoffman (Hazelton, Pa.), Matt Swanson (Lynbrook, N.Y.) vs. No. 14 Tanner Litterell (Tuttle, Okla.) 138: No. 18 Alec Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) vs. Tanner Smith (Mechanicsburg, Ohio), Bryce Marcus (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla.) vs. Ethan Krause (Georgetown Prep, Md.); Robert Cleary (Edison, N.J.) vs. Dallas Bulsak (South Park, Pa.), Morgan Fuenfinger (Hibbing, Minn.) vs. Denton Spencer (Camden County, Ga.) 145: No. 5 (at 152) Quentin Hovis (Seton Catholic, Ariz.) vs. Ryan Monteiro (Minnechaug, Mass.), Brock Port (Bellefonte, Pa.) vs. Evan Barczak (Monroe Woodbury, N.Y.); Connor Melbourne (John Jay Cross River, N.Y.) vs. Austin Wilkerson (Brookville, Va.), Ben Gore (Orting, Wash.) vs. Nick Palumbo (Lenape Valley, N.J.) 152: No. 8 Stephan Glasgow (Bound Brook, N.J.) vs. Ty Purler (Francis Howell, Mo.), Brad Loughlin (Yorktown, Ind.) vs. No. 18 (at 145) Jake Brindley (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.); Matthew Sells (Blackman, Tenn.) vs. Max Wohlabaugh (Winter Springs, Fla.), Zach Ancewicz (John Glenn, N.Y.) vs. Bryce Rogers (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) 160: No. 15 (at 152) Travis Stefanik (Nazareth, Pa.) vs. Hayden Hastings (Sheridan, Wyo.), Shawn Mosco (Carle Place, N.Y.) vs. Bryan McLaughlin (Woodbridge, N.J.); Ty Bagoly (Exeter, Pa.) vs. Luke Sorboro (Rootstown, Ohio), Joseph Accousti (Newtown, Ct.) vs. Kyle Cochran (Paramus, N.J.) 170: Anthony Falbo (Newtown, Ct.) vs. Alex Kaufman (Vinita, Okla.), Caleb Little (Jefferson, Ga.) vs. Casey Cornett (Simon Kenton, Ky.); Shane Sosinsky (Northern Highlands, N.J.) vs. Andrew Berreyesa (Reno, Nev.), Jacob Hart (Independence, W.Va.) vs. Drew Peck (Chambersburg, Pa.) 182: Brandon Moen (Owatonna, Minn.) vs. Khamari Whimper (Baylor School, Tenn.) vs. John Borst (Sherando, Va.) vs. Noah Bushman (Cave Spring, Va.); Kanan Sarver (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) vs. Tyler Stepic (St. Edward, Ohio), Cade Belshay (Buchanan, Calif.) vs. Chasen Blair (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.) 195: Noah Adams (Independence, W.Va.) vs. Joe Marcano (Brandon, Fla.), Haydn Maley (Roseburg, Ore.) vs. Peter Abraham (Padua, Ohio); Justin Allman (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) vs. Sean O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.), Tanner Zagarino (Mattituck, N.Y.) vs. Zane Black (The Phelps School, Pa.) 220: No. 8 Jared Campbell (St. Edward, Ohio) vs. Jeffrey Allen (Amherst County, Va.), Chei Hill (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Terron Robinson (Walt Whitman, N.Y.); No. 20 Quinn Miller (Archer, Ga.) vs. Robert Melise (Phillipsburg, N.J.), Ryan Ellefsen (Goshen, N.Y.) vs. No. 14 Seth Janney (Malvern Prep, Pa.) 285: No. 16 Sammy Evans (Alcoa, Tenn.) vs. Jamez Young (Sandusky, Ohio), Kryon Taylor (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Dia Gray (Nansemond River, Va.); Brian Andrews (Grapevine, Texas) vs. Brian Barnes (McMinville, Ore.), Sammy deSeriere (Mullen, Colo.) vs. Levi Seabolt (Gilmer, Ga.) Sophomores 106: No. 7 Nico Aguilar (Gilroy, Calif.) vs. Kyle Kaiser (Paramus, N.J.), Dante Mininno (Gateway Regional, N.J.) vs. Drew Bennett (Fort Dodge, Iowa); Dalton Rohrbaugh (Spring Grove, Pa.) vs. Isaiah Delgado (Eastwood, Texas), Cole Laya (East Fairmont, W.Va.) vs. Andrew Lucero (Pueblo East, Colo.) 113: Cole Wyman (Brockton, Mass.) vs. Louis Newell (Seneca Valley, Pa.), Chris Wright (Central Dauphin, Pa.) vs. Michael McAteer (Whitfield, Mo.); Cole Rhone (Benton, Pa.) vs. Justin Vines (Wantagh, N.Y.), Hunter Graf (Hunterdon Central, N.J.) vs. Jakob Camacho (Danbury, Ct.) 120: Chase Bittle (Althoff Catholic, Ill.) vs. Josh Mason (Blue Mountain, Pa.), Chase Zollmann (Poway, Calif.) vs. Ethan Leake (Buchanan, Calif.); Brian Stuart (North Hagerstown, Md.) vs. Ryan Moore (Walton Verona, Ky.), Matt Fields (Walsh Jesuit, Ohio) vs. Joe Casey (Bound Brook, N.J.) 126: No. 6 Joey Silva (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) vs. Steven Schwab (St. Augustine Prep, N.J.), Weston DiBlasi (Park Hill, Mo.) vs. Malcolm Robinson (St. John's College, D.C.); Andrew Wert (Central Dauphin, Pa.) vs. Alex Isbrandt (Miami East, Ohio), Ian Pulli (Nazareth, Pa.) vs. No. 14 Jacori Teemer (Long Beach, N.Y.) 132: No. 19 (at 138) Grant Aronoff (St. Thomas Aquinas, Fla.) vs. Irman Heard (St. John's College, D.C.), Peter Myndresku (Archer, Ga.) vs. Zach Melloh (Indianapolis Cathedral, Ind.); Alex Hart (Independence, W.Va.) vs. No. 14 (at 120) Jack Davis (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.), Brett Villarreal (Buchanan, Calif.) vs. Alex Felix (Gilroy, Calif.) 138: Aaron Brooks (North Hagerstown, Md.) vs. Jake Benner (Ocean Township, N.J.), Chase Anklam (Pen Argyl, Pa.) vs. Michael Verngallo (Wolf Den, N.C.); Cole Corrigan (Toms River South, N.J.) vs. Trent Johnson (John Hardin, Ky.), Matthew Dallara (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) vs. Jaxen Gilmore (Yukon, Okla.) 145: No. 19 Anthony Artalona (Tampa Prep, Fla.) vs. Mason Smith (Walton Verona, Ky.), Lucas Cordio (Nashoba, Mass.) vs. Danny Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.); Joel Romero (Buchanan, Calif.) vs. Colt Denney (Heritage Hall, Okla.), Colt Yinger (Nelsonville York, Ohio) vs. Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) 152: Robert Patrick (Ligonier Valley, Pa.) vs. Derrick Smallwood (North Hardin, Ky.), Ryan Devivo (Xavier, Ct.) vs. Kellen Ekern (Mexico, Mo.); Brock Bushfield (Billings Skyview, Mt.) vs. Noah Warren (Perry Meridian, Ind.), Joey Sanchez (St. Paris Graham, Ohio) vs. Billy Higgins (Skutt Catholic, Neb.) 160: David Crawford (Canfield, Ohio) vs. Jacob Sarow (Akron, N.Y.), Michael Petite (Piscataway, N.J.) vs. Dalton Group (Susquenita, Pa.); Leonardo Tarantino (Tampa Prep, Fla.) vs. Joshua Flanagan (Valley, Colo.), Andrew Chapman (Columbus North, Ind.) vs. Josh Stillings (Pennridge, Pa.) 170: Bryar Newbary (Sentinel, Mont.) vs. Zac Braunagel (Althoff Catholic, Ill.), Quentin Milliken (Cumberland Valley, Pa.) vs. Noah Liles (Bremen, Ga.); Chase Forrester (Commerce, Ga.) vs. Justin Harter (Greece Athena, N.Y.), Sebastian Rawls (West Orange, N.J.) vs. Jack Flynn (Francis Howell, Mo.) 182: Anthony Montalvo (Buchanan, Calif.) vs. Ryan Smenda, Jr. (Fleming Island, Fla.), Miles Nuessle (Liberty, Ariz.) vs. Gage Braun (St. Paris Graham, Ohio); Anthony Walters (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) vs. Peter Acciardi (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.), Garrett Joles (Boyceville, Wis.) vs. Gerardo Hernandez (Capistano Valley, Calif.) 195: Gavin Hoffman (Montoursville, Pa.) vs. Douglas Simmons (Canastota, N.Y.), Ray-Karl Irving (Henry Clay, Ky.) vs. Joe Miller (McQueen, Nev.); Jake Croston (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) vs. Antonio McCloud (Cincinnati Elder, Ohio), Andrew Marshall (Lincoln Sudbury, Mass.) vs. Cody Howard (St. Edward, Ohio) 220: Ben Goldin (Lake Highland Prep, Fla.) vs. Javier Salvador (Heritage, Tenn.), Tommy Mommer (Cibola, Ariz.) vs. Max Darrah (Mexico, Mo.); Maguire Horl (St. Anthony's, N.Y.) vs. Chaston Holley (Cabell Midland, W.Va.), Payton Wilson (Orange, N.C.) vs. Josiah Jones (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) 285: Brey Walker (Southmoore, Okla.) vs. Trevor Burns (Grassfield, Va.), Ryan Bracken (Blanchard, Okla.) vs. Terrese Aaron (Mexico, Mo.); Seven Richards (Cass, Ga.) vs. Jacob Coppenger (Heritage, Tenn.), Calvin Hayford (Mt. Anthony Union, Vt.) vs. Timmy McCauley (Cranberry, Pa.) Freshmen 106: Beau Bayless (Reynolds, Pa.) vs. Cam Enriquez (Stroudsburg, Pa.), Kai Orine (Seckman, Mo.) vs. Malyke Hines (Osceola, Fla.); Josh Blatt (North Henderson, N.C.) vs. Joseph Otero (Cleveland, N.M.), Brayden Palmer (Beech, Tenn.) vs. Cahal Donovan (Phoenix, N.Y.) 113: Jon Bailey (Sparta, Wis.) vs. Asa Garcia (Avon, Ind.), James McClain (Franklin, Texas) vs. No. 12 (at 106) Matthew Olguin (Buchanan, Calif.); Bronson Garber (Upper Dauphin, Pa.) vs. Bryce Andonian (St. Edward, Ohio), Gabe Hixenbaugh (Thompson, Ala.) vs. Lucas Revano (Camden Catholic, N.J.) 120: No. 7 (at 113) Julian Chlebove (Northampton, Pa.) vs. Charles Chapman (Fremont Ross, Ohio), Austin Kolvek (Park Hill, Mo.) vs. Kyle Mosher (South Side, N.Y.); Jaden Abas (Bakersfield Frontier, Calif.) vs. James Ruona (Canon City, Colo.), Luke Mazzeo (Emerson-Park Ridge, N.J.) vs. Jordan Decatur (CVCA, Ohio) 126: Connor McGonagle (Timberlane, N.H.) vs. Sam LoFaso (Padua, Ohio), Luca Frinzi (Bethlehem Catholic, Pa.) vs. Marco Regalbuto (Brecksville, Ohio); Spencer Leonhardt (Freedom, N.C.) vs. Mark Roybal (Morenci, Ariz.), Chase Runfold (Letchworth, N.Y.) vs. Gabe Miller (Pequea Valley, Pa.) 132: Jacob Mariakis (Ridgeland, Ga.) vs. Dillon Nichols (Mexico, Mo.), Joe Sacco (South Plainfield, N.J.) vs. Michael Weber (Forsyth, Mont.); Javier Tapia (Capital, N.M.) vs. Nick Montalbano (Seneca Valley, Pa.), Ethan Kelly (Westmont-Hilltop, Pa.) vs. JasonKraisser (Centennial, Md.) 138: Brevin Balmeceda (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Owen Davis (Hanover, Pa.), Alec Sampson (Dallas, Pa.) vs. Nathan Haubert (Palisades, Pa.); Nathan Villarreal (Gilroy, Calif.) vs. Dempsey Carroll (Copenhagen Central, N.Y.), Jacob Nolan (Saranac, N.Y.) vs. Tristen Cabinta (Salem, N.H.) 145: Ricky Cabanillas (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) vs. Levi Farris (Palmer, Alaska), Seamus Selmi (Chevy Chase, Md.) vs. Nolan Hogue (Walsh Jesuit, Ohio); Todd Perry (South Dade, Fla.) vs. Chris Mayer (Mt. Anthony Union, Vt.), Joseph Barnes (Gilroy, Calif.) vs. Mason Reiniche (Baylor School, Tenn.) 152: No. 12 Julian Ramirez (Tampa Jesuit, Fla.) vs. Landon Fowler (Blackman, Tenn.), Joseph Hatcher (Piscataway, N.J.) vs. Mark Cardwell (Monache, Calif.); Austin Belcher (Cincinnati Elder, Ohio) vs. Joseph Wilson (Camden Catholic, N.J.), Anthony Astarian (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) vs. Edmond Ruth (Susquehanna Township, Pa.) 160: Drake Engelking (Longmont, Colo.) vs. Jacob Cardenas (Queen of Peace, N.J.) vs. Chris Langguth (Rootstown, Ohio) vs. Jacob Guida (Parkland, Pa.); Gary Wokojance (Barberton, Ohio) vs. Santino Morina (Paulsboro, N.J.), Andrew DiBernardo (West Chester East, Pa.) vs. Gabriel Lee (Archer, Ga.) 170: Ryan Reyes (Clovis West, Calif.) vs. Nicholas Recine (Piscataway, N.J.), Anthony Morina (Paulsboro, N.J.) vs. Christian Rodriguez (Selma, Calif.); Cole Urbas (State College, Pa.) vs. L. Fernandes (Voorhees, N.J.), Danny Acevedo (Warren Central, Ind.) vs. Ethan Martin (Rural Retreat, Va.) 182: Christian Knop (Alexandria, Ala.) vs. Cylus Hoke (Culver, Ore.), Jeremy Nutt (Camden Catholic, N.J.) vs. Kesean Brown (Bamberg-Ehrhardt, S.C.); Drake Barbee (Stilwell, Okla.) vs. Kevin Makosy (Urbana, Md.), Ben Cianchetti (Naperville Central, Ill.) vs. Elijah Ballew (Blue Ridge, S.C.) 195: Terren Swartz (Campbell County, Wyo.) vs. Tyler Stein (Canfield, Ohio), Jameel Coles (The Phelps School, Pa.) vs. Luke Niemeyer (South Plainfield, N.J.); Derek Skeehan (Reynolds, Pa.) vs. Victor Jacquez (Bellarmine, Calif.), Dony Gelnett (Upper Dauphin, Pa.) vs. Owen Trephan (Ashley Ridge, S.C.) 220: Zach Delvecchio (South Plainfield, N.J.) vs. Caleb Allison (Weaver, Ala.), Chris Williams (Heritage, Tenn.) vs. Donovan McCollister (Nelsonville York, Ohio); Jorden Pryor (Dunbar, Mo.) vs. Kyle Cornwell (Elwood, Ind.), Jacob Slinger (Upper St. Clair, Pa.) vs. Wade Wheeler (Amherst County, Va.) 285: Louden Haga (Parkersburg South, W.Va.) vs. Dylan Anderson (Ridgeland, Ga.), Keith Anderson (Palmer, Alaska) vs. Jesse Polansky (Xavier, Ct.); Mike McCowen (Grundy, Va.) vs. Jervey Sistrunk (Bound Brook, N.J.), Tyler Cales (Greenbrier West, W.Va.) vs. Garrett Miller (Tri-Valley, Ohio)

USA Wrestling has released a special set of men's freestyle rankings for those athletes qualified to compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on April 9-10. Rankings have been set for the top eight wrestlers for each of the six Olympic weight classes based on following criteria: 1) head-to-head victories, 2) wins over common opponents and 3) whether or not an athlete was a member of the 2015 U.S. World Team. Results that were considered include any tournament an athlete has competed in since Jan. 1, 2015. This includes both domestic and international matches during that time period. If an athlete was a member of the 2015 U.S. World Team and qualified the weight, he will be competing at in Iowa City for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, then that athlete was automatically granted the No. 1 ranking and will be the No. 1 seed at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. A computer system which compiled all of the relevant data was used to help create these rankings. The three athletes automatically earning the No. 1 ranking include Tony Ramos at 57 kg/125.5 lbs., Jordan Burroughs at 74 kg/163 lbs. and Kyle Snyder at 97 kg/213 lbs. By winning a medal at the 2015 World championships (both gold), Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Snyder have advanced to the best-of-three Championship Series in their weight class and will not participate in the morning Challenge Tournament in Iowa City. The following rankings will serve as the baseline for which athletes will be seeded at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. All athletes who have currently qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials are listed below, but only the top-eight have received a ranking. At the seeding meeting in Iowa City, all of the athletes entered will receive a seed and byes will be placed accordingly to the highest seeded wrestlers. Official U.S. Olympic Team Trials seeding per weight class is subject to change based on the outcome of the Last Chance Olympic Qualifier to be held this weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa and the coaches seeding meeting after wrestlers weigh-in in Iowa City. U.S. Olympic Team Trials Men's Freestyle Qualifier Rankings 57 kilos: Top-Eight Rankings 1. Tony Ramos, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC) 2. Tyler Graff, New Brunswick, N.J. (New York AC) 3. Daniel Dennis, Iowa City, Iowa. (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Coleman Scott, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Sunkist Kids) 5. Erkin Tadzhimetov, Orem, Utah (New York AC) 6. Sam Hazewinkel, Norman, Okla. (Sunkist Kids) 7. Joe Colon, Cedar Falls, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC) 8. Nathan Tomasello, Parma, Ohio (Titan Mercury WC) Additional Qualifiers Angel Escobedo, Ames, Iowa (New York AC) Alan Waters, Columbia, Mo. (Missouri Wrestling Foundation) Nico Megaludis, Murraysville, Pa. (Penn State/Nittany Lion WC) Nahshon Garrett, Chico, Calif. (Cornell/Titan Mercury WC) 65 kilos: Top-Eight Rankings 1. Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC/Hawkeye WC) 2. James Green, Lincoln, Neb. (Titan Mercury WC) 3. Jordan Oliver, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 4. Jimmy Kennedy, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) 5. Reece Humphrey, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC/Ohio RTC) 6. Logan Stieber, Columbus, Ohio (Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) 7. Aaron Pico, Whittier, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) 8. Kellen Russell, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) Additional Qualifiers Frank Molinaro, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) Jason Chamberlain, Lincoln, Neb. (Titan Mercury WC) Jayson Ness, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm) Dean Heil, Brunswick, Ohio (Oklahoma State/Cowboy WC) Zain Retherford, Benton, Pa. (Penn State/Nittany Lion WC) 74 kilos: Top-Eight Rankings 1. Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids) 2. Andrew Howe, Norman, Okla. (New York AC) 3. Chris Perry, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC) 4. Dan Vallimont, Long Beach, N.Y. (New York AC/Blue and Gold WC) 5. Kevin LeValley, Lewisburg, Pa. (Buffalo Valley RTC) 6. Nick Marable, Morgantown, W.Va. (Sunkist Kids) 7. Logan Massa, St. Johns, Mich. (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) 8. Adam Hall, Raleigh, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC) Additional Qualifiers Quinton Godley, Raleigh, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC) Isaiah Martinez, Lemoore, Calif. (Illinois/Titan Mercury WC) Alex Dieringer, Port Washington, Wis. (Oklahoma State/Cowboy WC) 86 kilos: Top-Eight Rankings 1. Jake Herbert, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) 2. Kyle Dake, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC) 3. David Taylor, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) 4. Keith Gavin, Charlottesville, Va. (Titan Mercury WC) 5. Ed Ruth, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 6. Jon Reader, Brookings, S.D. (Sunkist Kids) 7. Richard Perry, Philadelphia, Pa. (New York AC/Penn WC) 8. Clayton Foster, Laramie, Wyo. (GRIT Athletics /Wyoming RTC) Additional Qualifiers Tyler Caldwell, Stillwater, Okla. (Sunkist Kids) Austin Trotman, San Gabriel, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) Myles Martin, Penns Grove, N.J. (Ohio State/Titan Mercury WC) Gabe Dean, Lowell, Mich. (Cornell/Titan Mercury WC) J'Den Cox, Columbia, Mo. (Missouri/Missouri Wrestling Foundation) 97 kilos: Top-Eight Rankings 1. Kyle Snyder, Woodbine, Md. (Titan Mercury WC) 2. Jake Varner, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) 3. J.D. Bergman, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC/Ohio RTC) 4. Dustin Kilgore, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 5. Cayle Byers, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC) 6. Wynn Michalak, Champaign, Ill. (Titan Mercury WC) 7. Kyven Gadson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids) 8. Scott Schiller, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm) Additional Qualifiers Micah Burak, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC) Jeffery Felix, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Titan Mercury WC/Cliff Keen WC) Enock Francois, Ithaca, N.Y. (New York AC) 125 kilos: Top-Eight Rankings 1. Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids/Ohio RTC) 2. Zach Rey, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley AC) 3. Nick Gwiazdowski, Delanson, N.Y. (New York AC/Wolfpack WC) 4. Dom Bradley, Blue Springs, Mo. (Sunkist Kids) 5. Tyrell Fortune, Tempe, Ariz. (Titan Mercury WC) 6. Bobby Telford, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC) 7. Anthony Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm) 8. Eric Thompson, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC) Additional Qualifiers Connor Medbery, Loveland, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC) Justin Grant, Bloomsburg, Pa. (New York AC) Matt Meuleners, Lincoln, Neb. (Titan Mercury WC)

The last chance qualifier for the Olympic Team Trials is this weekend and for many of the nation's most aspirational wrestlers it's legitimately their last chance to qualify for next week's Olympic Team Trials. There isn't much about the actual event or wrestlers involved that is interesting to most readers. These are mostly the overworked assistant coaches of college programs, guys coming off season-long injuries and athletes who've been training in the background for three years, looking, hoping and wishing for that last chance at Olympic glory. The action this week won't be as technical as it will next week, and it won't be as dramatic as it will be in August, but it will be heartfelt and passionate competition. There is no recent precedent in men's freestyle where a last-chance qualifier has gone on to win the starting spot, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. Who doesn't love a good Cinderella story? As a broadcasting note, all the action of the Olympic Team Trials will be on NBCSports.com with the Saturday finals live on NBCSN and a short tape delay version for Sunday's broadcast. On a personal note, I'm getting married next Saturday and while I'm sure it will be a low stress affair, anyone who has gone through the process can probably agree that it's best I be present this weekend and focus on my family and friends. Alas, no mailbag next week. However, I will be watching the opening rounds of the tournament as I climb into my monkey suit and rehearse my vows. In two weeks I'll be ready to discuss the results. Until then it's matrimony, trying to prevent my wrestling friends from burning down the reception hall and a brief mini-moon filled with sun and gambling. To your questions … Q: Who do you think has the best chance to medal for the U.S. at each freestyle weight class, and who do you think will win the Trials at each weight class? -- @J_Agnitsch125 Foley: I'm not as good as I'd like to be in knowing how freestyle wrestlers from the United States match up with each other, but I've seen most of the top guys overseas. That might not play a major factor in Iowa City next weekend, but it has always given me some insight on how they will do internationally, which is only to say I'm more likely to flub a qualifier than miss on Olympic placement. Still, this is a tall task! In order of likely qualification with chance of earning an Olympic medal in parenthesis. 57 kilos: Tony Ramos (20%), Nahshon Garrett (10%), Coleman Scott (20%) 65 kilos: Logan Stieber (20%), Brent Metcalf (35%), Jordan Oliver (10%) 74 kilos: Jordan Burroughs (99.999%) 86 kilos: Kyle Dake (10%), David Taylor (25%), Richard Perry (10%) 97 kilos: Kyle Snyder (80%), Jake Varner (30%) 125 kilos: Tervel Dlagnev (40%), Nick Gwiazdowski (20%) Q: Seems like Jim Zalesky was fired as head coach of Iowa for getting results similar to what the Hawkeyes are currently experiencing. Will Tom Brands be on the hot seat if he does not bring a team title back to Iowa soon? -- Matt Ryan Morningstar and Tom Brands at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com)Foley: Whoa. Uh, no … The problem facing Iowa isn't that they have Tom Brands, it's that Penn State has Cael Sanderson. I think the firing of Zalesky was built into that post-Gable ideology that Iowa should exist for epochs as the best wrestling team in the country. They believed his NCAA team titles were the result of inertia and then he progressively did worse each season. The Brands bros. don't suffer that same fate since they took the program back to the top, winning NCAA titles from 2008-2010 in his second to fourth seasons. While he hasn't won in the last six years, he also hasn't finished outside of the top four. The standard of fans caught in the 1980s might be to win an NCAA title each season, the ground has shifted and that's just not likely for any program. Maybe the only way for Iowa to win an NCAA title is to be in position to strike in the off-chance that Sanderson's Penn State squad is in a rebuilding year. Q: Zander and Evan Wick became the first twins to win California state wrestling titles. How many other sets of twins have won state high school wrestling, NCAA, or Olympic medals? Who are they and when was the last time this has happened? -- Gregg Y. Foley: The most famous set of twins to win Olympic gold at the same tournament are Ed and Lou Banach, who both won gold at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. For others we are going to need the comments section to help us! Q: So what's the deal with Iowa? Why does it seem that they cannot shoot a leg attack? I was in New York for the tournament and I feel I can count on one hand how many leg attacks they fired off (aside from Thomas Gilman and Cory Clark). They were often in OT in 1-1 matches and I recall one Iowa wrestler being down by a point in the third and getting hit for stalling. Back in the day, they were non-stop attacking. The Brands' were non-stop attack guys. Why does it seem that they simply cannot fire off an attack? -- Sean M. Foley: I'd need to revisit all their matches to confirm how little they shot, but I do remember that Coach Gable said during the broadcast he was noticing a lack of penetration. Some of that was opportunity-based, since guys like Clark couldn't make it past the hands of their opponents, but others were simply not attempting attacks at all. There might have been a lack of game-planning for certain athletes, but I also think that the rule changes, which kept wrestlers in the circle more effectively meant that Iowa guys weren't getting more opponents who could hand fight. That's a reach, but for certain we were not seeing the types of attacks that hammers like Brent Metcalf made famous for the Hawkeyes. Something to watch for next year will be how they are firing off attacks at the start of the season in contrast to the end of the season. Might be a significant difference and an area to investigate. MULTIMEDIA HALFTIME A discussion by author Josh Waitzkin on making opponents feel uncomfortable and the idea of transitioning positions in combat sports. For those who hate-read you can also see me getting almost-choked by an angry 200-pound black belt! Traditional wrestling does have comical moments Q: What do you think of this new headgear? -- Brian L. Foley: No. We should always welcome innovation, but adding a pad to the front of your head does not in any way prevent a concussion. The science has shown that football players suffer more blows to the head simply because they do have a helmet on their head. The padding only incentivizes the contact which causes a concussion! While I don't want to discourage anyone from trying to create sensible solutions, this product should be seen as a weapon on the mat. It will decrease inhibitions and increase head-butting and ramming, both of which are far too common already. The key to reducing concussions in American wrestling is to make illegal the extracurricular bats to the head and senseless aggression that often becomes the centerpiece of matches. With less focus on aggression and more on technique there would be a reduction in concussions and an increase in American wrestling success overseas. We don't need or want helmets of any sort. Q: J'den Cox announced he is going to 86 kilos for Olympic Team Trials. First, what are his chances to make the team? Second, with the NCAA two-hour weigh-ins vs. the international day-before weigh-in, why don't we see more guys who wrestle 197 pounds cut to 189 pounds with a day to recover as opposed to wrestling up at 215 pounds like most seem to do? -- Dan B. Missouri's J'den Cox rides Minnesota's Brett Pfarr in the NCAA semifinals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Foley: As I mentioned last week, I don't see Cox making the team, but I do think that he can be a powerful addition to Team USA for the next Olympic quad. Another eight pounds is roughly an additional five percent of their body weight. I'd assume that most guys don't have it on them, but I also can't think of an example of a wrestler like Cox who right out of college went up instead of down. The additional time is certainly helpful, but in no way should we assume that the wrestlers don't feel the burden of the cut. Emaciated, gaunt and otherwise dreadful looking, often the cost of the cut isn't just physical, but emotional. These are dangerous, labor-intensive cuts that have an effect on athletes. I suppose that if some don't cut it's because they simply hate that part of the sport. Looking back, I certainly do. Q: This question may show my lack of knowledge of international wrestling as I am a relatively new spectator, but I am curious as to why most competitors for the U.S. men's World and Olympic teams tend to stay with their collegiate coaches when competing in freestyle? At least from what I can tell there are not too many coaching changes made by athletes with the transition from college folkstyle to international freestyle. I would think some athletes would benefit from a change in coaching and hearing a new voice. Is the system similar for the top U.S. female competitors? -- Scott S. Foley: Most of the top college coaches seem to also be top freestyle coaches. That's at least true with Cael Sanderson, John Smith, Zeke Jones, Mark Manning and other coaches with regional training centers. One exception is Tom Ryan and Ohio State who does have an RTC but is not the main coach. That role seems to be filled by Lou Rosselli. A major factor may also be age and exposure. The top guys coming out of college have really only known one elite system and most lack a social network that provides them the opportunity to move about. That dynamic shifts a little once they make their way to the OTC in Colorado Springs and meet more coaches and athletes. As we saw with Ed Ruth, that can end up influencing coaching changes. Michigan is also an example of a place that aggregates talent, having attracted a smattering of athletes from Illinois, Northwestern, Cal Poly and others to their training facility. For women most of the coaching is concentrated in Colorado Springs with the USA National Team coaches. Most will move there as soon as it's possible, which seems smart since they have such a variety of training partners. There was also a training facility at Northern Michigan led by Shannon Gillespie, which helped produce many of the women on the current roster, including three-time World champion Adeline Gray.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Freestyle wrestler Brent Metcalf, a hopeful for the 2016 Olympics in Rio and the top-ranked competitor in the 65-kilogram weight class, has tabbed Rising Star Management Group (RSMG) as his marketing and representation agency of record. Metcalf becomes the first wrestler on RSMG's roster of clients, which includes NASCAR drivers Michael Annett, Parker Kligerman and Kyle Benjamin, among others. Hailing from Davison, Mich., Metcalf is one of the country's most decorated wrestlers. A four-time champion in the U.S. World Team Trials, he also scored two championships apiece in the U.S. Open, the World Cup and the NCAA Tournament, the latter as a member of a University of Iowa team coached by the legendary Tom Brands. In 2008, Metcalf became the first college sophomore to win the Dan Hodge Trophy, awarded annually to the nation's most outstanding collegiate wrestler. "Rising Star Management Group has presented me with a great plan for the future, with a goal of maximizing my journey to this summer's Olympics," said Metcalf. "I'm thrilled to be the founding client for their wrestling division. Their passion for the sport and knowledge and experience within the sports marketing landscape are what led me to choose them. I'm honored to have RSMG in my corner." "Brent will make a tremendous representative for our country at the Olympic games, and will represent companies and brands in a similar manner going forward," said Kurt Smith, president and founder of RSMG. "We're excited to welcome him to the fold. His commitment to his craft is something with which we at RSMG identify." About Rising Star Management Group With offices in Mooresville, N.C. and Des Moines, Rising Star Management Group is an innovative, results-driven and brand marketing and athlete representation agency. RSMG's collective experience specializes in athlete and event marketing and representation, while maximizing brand awareness for partners.

Penn State redshirt freshman Jason Nolf caps off a stellar season by being voted 2016 InterMat Freshman of the Year, the amateur wrestling website announced on Thursday. Jason Nolf finished his freshman season with a record of 33-2 (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)This award, presented each year since 2006 to best college freshman wrestler in all divisions, is based exclusively on the balloting of writers and executives at InterMat prior to the announcement of other national wrestling awards. Each staff member is asked to select five freshman wrestlers and rank them from first to fifth. Point values are assigned to each placement, ranging from one point to a wrestler listed fifth on a voter's ballot, up to nine points for a first-place vote. Nolf was the top vote-getter on a total of seven ballots out of ten, for a total of 82 votes. Although Nittany Lion teammate Bo Nickal did not receive any first-place nominations, he placed second in the overall vote totals, with 56. Ohio State's Myles Martin was listed at the top of the remaining three InterMat staff members' ballots, earning a total of 45 votes. When Jason Nolf committed to wrestle at Penn State in the summer of 2013, one media report at the time described the three-time Pennsylvania state champ from Kittanning High as being a "baby-faced assassin" who will "get his hand raised often at Rec Hall [home gym for the Nittany Lion wrestling program]." Coming off a redshirt freshman year where he lost only one match (the finals at the Southern Scuffle), Nolf made a major impact this season, compiling a 33-2 record in 2015-16, including 15 pins, 11 tech falls, and five major decisions. He made headlines in January by pinning defending 157-pound champ Isaiah Martinez of Illinois in a regular-season bout, snapping Imar's 61-match win streak. Nolf's only two losses the entire season were to the Fighting Illini Martinez (last year's InterMat Freshman of the Year) in the 2016 Big Ten Wrestling Championships finals, and in the title bout at the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. "Though he came up short in the NCAA finals, Jason Nolf captivated wrestling fans this year by not only pinning previously undefeated Imar, but dominating all other opponents," according to InterMat senior writer T.R. Foley. "He is special and the next three years are sure to be exciting." On Wednesday, InterMat revealed it had selected Nolf's teammate Zain Retherford as its 2016 Wrestler of the Year. The website will announce its choice for Coach of the Year in the coming days. 2016 InterMat Freshman of the Year Voting Results 1st-5th Place Votes: 9-7-5-3-1 Total Votes/(First-Place Votes) 1. Jason Nolf (Penn State) 82 (7) 2. Bo Nickal (Penn State) 56 3. Myles Martin (Ohio State) 45 (3) 4. Joey McKenna (Stanford) 29 5. Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 17 6. Daniel Lewis (Missouri) 10 7. Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) 7 8. David McFadden (Virginia Tech) 3 9. Brett Velasquez (St. Cloud State) 1 Past Winners -- InterMat Freshman of the Year 2015: Isaiah Martinez, Illinois 2014: Jason Tsirtsis, Northwestern 2013: Alex Dieringer, Oklahoma State 2012: Logan Stieber, Ohio State 2011: David Taylor, Penn State 2010: Kyle Dake, Cornell 2009: Andrew Howe, Wisconsin 2008: Mike Grey, Cornell 2007: Jake Varner, Iowa State 2006: Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota  

Garrett Hammond, who was a reserve wrestler this year for Penn State at 165 pounds, will be transferring to Drexel University for the 2016-17 season. He will have two years remaining of eligibility to compete for the Dragons, where he projects to either the 157 or 165 pound weight classes. Coming out of high school in 2013, Hammond was the No. 70 overall recruit per InterMat. He went 29-7 as an unattached wrestler in 2013-14, which was his redshirt year for the Nittany Lions. In the 2014-15 season, he was the starter at 165 pounds, going 23-12. Hammond missed out on an at-large berth for the NCAA tournament after failing to place in the Big Ten tournament, even though his ranking position was such that he likely earned a qualifying spot for the conference. This past season, he went 19-3 competing in open tournaments as a backup, also at 165 pounds.

WATERLOO, Iowa -- The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum is hosting a special autograph signing with Dan Gable at the UNI-Dome on Friday, April 1 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The signing will take place during USA Wrestling's Folkstyle Nationals. "USA Wrestling always puts on great events, and I'm proud to be part of this one," said museum namesake Dan Gable. "I always enjoy coming back to Cedar Falls." Gable is arguably the greatest athlete and coach ever. In 1972 won a gold medal at the Munich Olympics without surrendering a point. As the head coach at the University of Iowa he led the Hawkeyes to 15 NCAA team titles in 21 years, compiling a 355-21-5 dual meet record. The UNI-Dome has been an excellent facility for wrestling competitions. The UNI-Dome was also where Dan Gable won his final NCAA tournament as the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes in 1997, setting the record for most points scored at 170. That National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum is located at 303 Jefferson St. in Waterloo. All are welcome to attend this special autograph signing at the UNI-Dome. For more information call (319) 233-0745 or e-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org.

The final stage of U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualification is set for this weekend as the Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier will be held in conjunction with the Cliff Keen/USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, April 1-3. Over 175 wrestlers will compete between all three international styles for one final spot at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials to be held on April 9-10 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Only the champion in each weight class will qualify to compete in Iowa City. Greco-Roman will compete on Friday, men's freestyle will take the mat on Saturday and women's freestyle will round out the competition on Sunday. This is the last of the #Road2IowaCity U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifying tournaments. Several top national and local names are registered to compete at the Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier this weekend. In Greco-Roman, 2006 World champion and former Bellator Bantamweight and Featherweight champion Joe Warren will take his shot at the 59 kg field. Two-time NCAA Div. II champions for Nebraska-Kearney, Daniel Deshazer and and Romero Cotton, will try their hands at Greco-Roman in Cedar Falls. Past Junior Nationals champions Taylor LaMont and Hayden Tuma are among the younger entrants in the Greco-Roman field. The men's freestyle field is littered with talent led by past U.S. World Team member Obe Blanc, Junior World bronze medalist Stevan Micic and past NCAA champions Robert Hamlin and David Zabriskie. NCAA runners-up currently included in the field are Andrew Hochstrasser, Montell Marion, Joshua Kindig, Chase Pami and Bo Nickal. Zabriskie was a NCAA champion for Iowa State in 2010 and Marion finished as NCAA runner-up for Iowa in 2012. Additional local stars that will be wrestling in the men's freestyle competition include two-time NCAA All-American for Iowa State Earl Hall, Cyclone WC athlete Deron Winn, past NCAA qualifier for Iowa State and current Panther WC athlete Andrew Sorensen and Northern Iowa standouts Max Thompsen and Blaize Cabell. Veteran Trinity Griffin headlines the women's freestyle competition that will feature many young stars on the women's scene. The Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier field is expected to grow deeper with additional athletes able to register on site. The Cliff Keen/ USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals will wrestle side-by-side with the U.S. Olympic Team Trials hopefuls with Bantam, Intermediate, Novice, Schoolboy, Cadet, Junior and Veterans divisions being contested over three days. Over 1,500 wrestlers from across the U.S. are registered for Folkstyle Nationals. Fans can watch both the Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier and Cliff Keen/USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals live, in its entirety, on Flowrestling.com. LAST CHANCE OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFIER April 1-3 at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa Event Schedule Friday, April 1 10:00 a.m. -- Greco-Roman Session I (Preliminaries through Semifinals, Consolations) 4:30 p.m. -- Greco-Roman Session II (Consolations, 3rd Place) 5:30 p.m. -- Greco-Roman Session III (Championship Finals) Saturday, April 2 8:30 a.m. -- Men's Freestyle Session I (Preliminaries through Semifinals, Consolations) 2:30 p.m. -- Men's Freestyle Session II (Consolations, 3rd Place) 4:00 p.m. -- Men's Freestyle Session III (Championship Finals) Sunday, April 3 9:00 a.m. -- Greco-Roman Session I (Preliminaries through Championship Finals) CLIFF KEEN/USA WRESTLING FOLKSTYLE NATIONALS April 1-3 at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa Event Schedule Friday, April 1 10:30 a.m. -- Junior and Cadet Session I 4:30 p.m. -- Junior and Cadet Session II Saturday, April 2 8:30 a.m. -- Junior and Cadet Session II (Semifinals, 3rd, 5th, 7th) 12:00 p.m. -- Junior and Cadet Session IV (Championship Finals) 2:30 p.m. -- Bantam, Intermediate, Novice and Schoolboy Session I Sunday, April 3 9:00 a.m. -- Bantam, Intermediate, Novice and Schoolboy Session II, Veterans Competition

Zain Retherford runs out onto the mat for his NCAA finals match (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Zain Retherford, 2016 NCAA Division I champ at 149 pounds for Penn State who earned Big Ten Wrestler of the Year and NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler honors during the entire season, has been voted 2016 InterMat Wrestler of the Year, the amateur wrestling website announced on Wednesday. Presented each year since 2006 to the best collegiate wrestler in all divisions, the award is based exclusively on the balloting of wrestlers and executives at InterMat prior to the announcement of other college wrestling awards. Each staff member is asked to select five wrestlers and rank them from first to fifth. Point values are assigned to each placement, ranging from one point to a wrestler listed fifth on a voter's ballot, up to nine points for a first-place vote. Retherford received five of the ten first-place ballots for a total of 70 votes, edging out Oklahoma State three-time champ Alex Dieringer, who was listed at the top of four InterMat staffers' ballots, for a total of 68 votes. The other wrestler to be listed at the top of a staffer ballot was four-time, undefeated NCAA Division II champ Joey Davis of Notre Dame College in Ohio, who received nine votes. A native of Benton, Pa., Retherford was a two-time Pennsylvania high school state champ who had been the No. 3 ranked recruit in the nation overall by InterMat in 2013. He immediately suited up his first year for Penn State, compiling a 33-3 overall record during the 2013-14 season. He was runner-up at 141 the 2014 Big Ten conference championships, and earned All-American honors by placing fifth at the 2014 NCAAs. After taking a redshirt season in 2014-15 where he did not compete in any open tournaments, Retherford came roaring back this season, posting a perfect 33-0 record (including 15 pins). He not only grabbed the 149-pound crown at the 2016 Big Ten championships, but also ran away with Big Ten Wrestler of the Year honors. Zain Retherford rides Michigan's Alec Pantaleo in the NCAA semifinals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)In keeping with his No. 1 seed status at the 2016 NCAAs, Retherford dominated at 149, putting 28.5 team points on the board for the Nittany Lions -- the most of any wrestler at the NCAAs at Madison Square Garden -- by scoring a major decision (10-1 over Iowa's Brandon Sorensen in the finals), a technical fall and three pins. Retherford's run at the 2016 NCAAs was arguably a key ingredient in Penn State being declared team title winner before Saturday night's finals. "Zain Retherford was the nation's most dominant wrestler on the nation's most dominant team this season," said Andrew Hipps, InterMat owner. "He separated himself from his competition as evidenced by earning bonus points in all five of his matches at the NCAAs. Retherford was never seriously threatened this season. His leadership also cannot be overstated and was a big reason the Nittany Lions won their fifth NCAA title in six seasons." In the coming days, InterMat will announce winners of its annual Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year honors. 2016 InterMat Wrestler of the Year Voting Results 1st-5th Place Votes: 9, 7, 5, 3, 1 Total Votes/(First-Place Votes) 1. Zain Retherford (Penn State) 70 (5) 2. Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) 68 (4) 3. Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) 46 4. Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) 29 5. Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) 20 6. Joey Davis (Notre Dame College) 9 (1) 7. Nick Gwiazdowski (N.C. State) 5 8. J'den Cox (Missouri) 2 9. Gabe Dean (Cornell) 1 Past Winners – InterMat Wrestler of the Year 2015: Logan Stieber, Ohio State 2014: David Taylor, Penn State 2013: Kyle Dake, Cornell 2012: Ed Ruth, Penn State 2011: Jordan Burroughs, Nebraska 2010: Jayson Ness, Minnesota 2009: Jake Herbert, Northwestern 2008: Brent Metcalf, Iowa 2007: Ben Askren, Missouri 2006: Ben Askren, Missouri

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- NC State redshirt-senior Nick Gwiazdowski has been named the 2016 ACC Wrestler of the Year, the third consecutive season he has won the conference's top award. He becomes only the second wrestler in ACC history to be named Wrestler of the Year three straight times, having also been voted the award after the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Only NC State's Sylvester Terkay, another heavyweight, had previously won ACC Wrestler of the Year three times (1991-92-93). The ACC award was determined by a vote of the league's six wrestling head coaches. Gwiazdowski, who this year claimed his third ACC title at 285 pounds, finished as the NCAA runner-up after winning the national title in 2014 and 2015. He also became the second ACC wrestler to reach the NCAA Championship finals for three consecutive years, joining only North Carolina's T.J. Jaworsky, a three-time NCAA champion (1993-94-95). Gwiazdowski, who had won an ACC-record 88 consecutive matches until dropping a sudden-victory, 7-5 overtime loss in this year's NCAA Championship finals, completed his career with a 34-1 record this past year, posting a perfect 5-0 record in the ACC and winning his third straight ACC title. He is one of just two ACC wrestlers in history to have won back-to-back national titles. His last loss prior to the overtime loss in the NCAA finals to Kyle Snyder of Ohio State was on January 2, 2014. A four-time NCAA All-American, who also finished eighth nationally while a freshman at Binghamton, Gwiazdowski was named the Most Valuable Wrestler at this year's ACC Wrestling Championship in leading NC State to its first team title since 2007. In his three-year NC State career, was 28-0 against all ACC competition, with 23 bonus point wins. In all three of his seasons, he led the conference with the most individual dual points in conference action, going a perfect 16-0 in ACC duals. "Nick being honored as the ACC Wrestler of the Year is a great recognition and coming from one of the best conferences in the nation, it is truly an honor," said NC State head coach Pat Popolizio. "For him to win this award three straight seasons is an impressive accomplishment and shows you how instrumental he has meant to our success. "He has helped to brand NC State to what it is today and he has helped elevate the academic and competitive nature of our program and the entire ACC overall. We look forward to his future wrestling endeavors, and he will truly be missed." Gwiazdowski will next travel to Iowa City, Iowa, and compete for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2016 USA Wrestling Olympic Trials April 9-10.

Most of us don't give any thought to the weigh-in process in college wrestling. The only time fans and wrestling media care is when an athlete fails to make weight and is unable to compete. After all, the actual weigh-ins are conducted out-of-sight of the public and the press ... so our ideas of what goes on when wrestlers step onto the scale are based on what we've seen in movies or heard anecdotally. However, the subject of weigh-ins has been on my mind lately, in light of the first-ever weigh-ins/finals preview held at the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday afternoon, March 19, before the ten title bouts. I had written about the event for InterMat in advance, so the wrestling community could plan to attend if interested. I had been curious as to how it went ... but didn't see much in the way of comment about it online. That changed after reading fellow InterMat writer T.R. Foley's "Grading 2016 NCAAs at NYC" article which appeared at this website on Thursday, March 24. He provided an analysis of various aspects of the just-concluded NCAAs, including the weigh-ins/finals preview event which took place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Here's what Foley wrote: "The one major dud of the event seemed to be the weigh-ins at the theater. While these weigh-ins are meant to draw attention to the sport they seemed to be less about the athletes and more about those in charge of showcasing the event. Wrestling doesn't just need promotion, it needs intelligent promotion." As someone who's very interested in the positive promotion of college wrestling -- as well as its history -- I thought it was time to provide some insight of my own into the weigh-in process overall, which tends to be shrouded in mystery and folklore. Wrestling weigh-ins: Out of sight, out of mind The weigh-in at NCAA college wrestling championships, dual meets and tournaments is as much a part of the sport as the mat or singlet. You can't wrestle without weighing in ... yet, unlike the wrestling surface or the standard uniform which we all can see, stepping onto the scale is a process that's conducted behind-the-scenes. Weigh-ins are closed to the public and the press. Even the exact weights are not made public (with one exception this writer remembers from covering the 2010 NCAAs, when the organization shared actual first-day weights of the 33 heavyweights). Yet, even sports fans who don't know a takedown from a touchdown have an idea of what goes on behind the closed doors of a weigh-in, thanks to Hollywood movies such as "Vision Quest" and "Foxcatcher" -- as well as documentaries like "Wrestling With Iowa" -- that shape our notions of the process and what it looks like: a bunch of guys in briefs, lined up to step onto a scale, sometimes forced to strip off their underwear to lose that critical last few ounces to make weight. As for real-life weigh-ins ... nowadays, rules require wrestlers to wear "suitable undergarments" -- meaning briefs/shorts for all athletes, and, for women, something to cover their breasts. This is to prevent photos and videos of naked young athletes to be disseminated online. Yet this happened at least once in an era long before cameras on smartphones, as evidenced when someone left a video camera running in an open locker, lens pointed the shower room, at a major college wrestling tournament nearly two decades ago. Tapes were sold online. At one time, it appears that the press was allowed into a college weigh-in -- at least twice. In an early edition of Amateur Wrestling News, its coverage of the 1957 NCAA championships at the University of Pittsburgh included an entire page of images from that historic event ... including a photo of the backside of a naked, unidentified wrestler while an official fiddled with the sliding weights on the scale, and at least two others (presumably coaches) look on intently. In another example without any photos -- yet paints a word picture nevertheless -- "The Cowboys Ride Again!" -- the classic book chronicling the history of Oklahoma State wrestling by Bob and Doris Dellinger -- includes an account from the Daily O'Collegian (the Oklahoma State student newspaper) of a February 1935 weigh-in between the men of Stillwater vs. their cross-state rivals from Norman, the Oklahoma Sooners. Here's just a sample: A naked blond dwarf with a red splotch of Mercurochrome on his neck stepped onto the scales. He was Rex Peery, Aggie national collegiate champion at 118 pounds. Forty pairs of eyes focused on the dancing needle that finally came to rest at 117 1/2 pounds. "Check!" said Coach Keen [Paul Keen, Oklahoma head coach, and brother of Cliff Keen, legendary Michigan coach.] "Get 'em on quick!" said Coach Gallagher [Ed Gallagher, who headed up the Cowboy mat program from World War I to World War II.] and Peery hustled into a pair of blue and white striped undershorts. With rare exceptions such as these, college weigh-ins are out-of-sight of the media, not to be shared in photos or videos or write-ups. By contrast, weigh-ins for professional mixed martial arts events are media spectacles, captured on camera, and in the words of MMA writers. We see athletes -- many of them former college mat stars -- step onto the scale in their underwear, then stepping off to do fighter face-offs that sometimes degrade into trash talk, shoving and punches being thrown. Nahshon Garrett flexes after stepping on the scale at the weigh-in ceremony (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)2016 finals weigh-in ceremony The 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City featured something of a hybrid event the Saturday afternoon before the finals seemingly intended to bring a bit of MMA showmanship into college wrestling. Held the iconic arena's Theater, the first-of-its-kind event was billed as a finals preview/weigh-in ceremony. It opened with the weigh-ins, incorporating the actual scale used for the 1971 "Fight of the Century" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the Garden. One by one, each of the 20 of the finalists stepped onto that historic scale, in pairs, starting with the 125-pounders, and going in ascending order to conclude with the heavyweights. This public weigh-in show (available for viewing online) could be described as a G-rated version of a MMA weigh-in. There were no scantily clad ring girls ... or athletes in briefs; all of the 2016 NCAA finalists were fully clothed in school warm-ups. Some did some muscle-flexing, but that was the extent of the theatrics. Likewise, there were no fireworks in the face-offs of the two finalists in each weight class; in fact, most appeared to merely look -- not stare -- at each other, without any threatening gestures or pushing or shoving or thrown punches. After a few seconds of standing face-to-face posing for cameras, most of the finalist pairs shook hands and parted ways. (Despite use of an actual scale, the weights that were called out were those of the weight classes in contention -- 125 pounds, 133, etc. -- not the actual "here's exactly how much Alex Dieringer weighs." Those actual weights were recorded earlier Saturday, in a traditional weigh-in out of sight of fans and media, as they have been for years.) MMA flavor in amateur weigh-ins In recent years, MMA-style weigh-ins have crept into some unique amateur wrestling events. Some of the various attempts at paid amateur wrestling such as Agon Wrestling had weigh-ins that had many of the elements of an MMA event, complete with ring girls, and with some of the wrestlers wearing nothing but briefs and a double-bicep pose ... along with a few intense stare-downs where the two wrestlers got chest-to-chest. But no fisticuffs that I remember. Arguably the most intense weigh-in between two former college mat champs at an amateur wrestling event took place a couple years ago at Grapple at the Garden 2 at Madison Square Garden. In addition to the dual-meet tournament featuring a number of colleges from across the country, there was a special wrestling match between Bubba Jenkins and Frank Molinaro, who had been teammates at Penn State until Jenkins was dismissed from the team and transferred to Arizona State. Molinaro posted some images from the weigh-in showing two guys standing chest-to-chest wearing briefs and fierce glares ... and in comments from Jenkins on his Twitter account, including "I hate that they put me and Frank the skank in the same sentence. I don't even like 2 see his name next to mine. #karmacoming4yoass." Amateur wrestling has come a long way in terms of trying to make the sport more fan-friendly and appealing to non-fans as well. In recent years, ESPN's NCAA broadcasts have featured a bit more theatrics, with more dramatic lighting as the wrestlers each enter the arena, smoke plumes coming out from matside as the wrestlers step onto the mat and as matches end, providing mics for some of the referees, and more sophisticated camerawork that brings viewers closer to the action. All that said, it's hard to imagine the powers-that-be in college wrestling wanting to add too much dramatic flair to a sport that is based on honest competition. (There's always the looming concern of avoiding any imagery that seems too much like WWE.) It'll be fun to see if the 2016 NCAA weigh-in ceremony was a one-time thing ... or becomes a staple of future championships. Only time will tell.

NEWTON, Iowa -- Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer, fresh off winning a third NCAA championship, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ASICS. The 165-pound Dieringer earned 27 of the 45 first-place votes to becomes the second Oklahoma State wrestler -- joining former Cowboy Steve Mocco (2005) -- to win the award that was created by WIN founder Mike Chapman in 1995. Alex Dieringer gets in on a shot against Isaac Jordan in the NCAA finals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)The Dan Hodge Trophy is named after the former University of Oklahoma wrestler who won three NCAA championships (1955-57) and never allowed a takedown in his college career and pinned 36 of 46 victims. Criteria for the award includes a wrestler's record, number of pins, dominance on the mat, past credentials, quality of competition, sportsmanship/citizenship and heart. "This is the best group of Hodge Trophy finalists we've ever had for the award," said WIN Publisher Bryan Van Kley. "We're extremely proud to announce Alex as this year's winner. He obviously won the award over a group of finalists who all were extremely dominant and who could have been worthy Hodge winners on any given year. Wrestling was just blessed this year with several student-athletes who were going were going for the pin every match and looking to dominate every time they stepped on the mat." Dieringer, a native of Port Washington, Wisc., ended his Cowboy career on an 82-match winning streak, including 33-0 with 12 pins, seven technical falls and eight major decisions this past season, which ended with Dieringer's 6-2 victory over Wisconsin's Isaac Jordan at the 2016 NCAA Championships in New York City, March 19. Overall, Dieringer finished 133-4 and 19-1 at the NCAAs over four years as the Cowboy earned All-American honors each season. His only NCAA loss came in the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Championships, where Dieringer claimed third place at 157 pounds. One year later, Dieringer scored a 13-4 major decision against Minnesota's Dylan Ness for the 157-pound championship. In 2015, Dieringer moved up to 165 pounds and defeated Indiana's Taylor Walsh for his second national title. Dieringer became the 16th all-time Oklahoma State wrestler to win three national championships and 14th Cowboy to earned four All-American honors. "The award went to the right guy," an excited Oklahoma State coach John Smith told WIN when notified of Dieringer winning the "Heisman Trophy" of wrestling. "This has been his No. 1 goal all year." Dieringer will receive the actual 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy on Thursday, April 21, at the Oklahoma State wrestling banquet in Stillwater, Okla. Finishing second to Dieringer was Penn State sophomore Zain Retherford, a two-time All-American, who claimed his first national championship at 149 pounds with a 10-1 major decision against Iowa's Brandon Sorensen in the New York City. Retherford won the on-line fan vote, which accounted for two of the 45 votes. A total of 149,592 votes were cast March 22-25 with Retherford collecting 41,221 compared to 38,716 for Dieringer. The remaining voters were each former Hodge Trophy winner, select national wrestling media representatives, retired college coaches from each region of the country and a representative of each national wrestling organization. There were two other finalists for the award: Ohio State sophomore Kyle Snyder, who defeated two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski for the heavyweight championship; and Cornell senior Nahshon Garrett, a four-time All-American, who defeated Iowa's Cory Clark for the 133-pound championship at the recent NCAAs.

EDMOND, Okla. -- A foursome of national champions who had a combined 117-6 record in 2015-16 have been selected as finalists for the NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year award as determined by the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. Notre Dame 184-pounder Joey Davis, Wisconsin-Parkside 174-pounder Nick Becker, Lindenwood 157-pounder Terrel Wilbourn and California Baptist heavyweight Joe Fagiano were selected to represent their respective regions on the national ballot. The ninth winner of the NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year award will be announced Monday, April 4. East Region Wrestler of the Year Davis won his fourth consecutive national title this season to cap a 21-0 season that including six major decisions, five technical falls and one fall. Davis finished his career with a perfect 131-0 record in becoming just the fourth four-time Division II national champion. He won at 165 as a freshman, then at 174 as a sophomore and junior before moving up to 184 this season. Becker was selected Midwest Region Wrestler of the Year after ending a dominating 41-0 sophomore campaign with the national title. Becker had 11 technical falls, 10 falls and 10 major decisions this season. He scored 517 match points and had a 109-7 advantage in takedowns. Wilbourn went 26-0 with 10 bonus-point wins as a senior this season en route to taking the 157-pound crown and earning Central Region Wrestler of the Year honors. Wilbourn was a two-time All-American at 149 and the national runner-up last year before moving up a weight this season. West Region Wrestler of the Year Fagiano won two of his four national tournament matches by fall en route to becoming CBU's first Division II national champion and ending a 29-6 season that included 10 falls, three major decisions and a technical fall. The senior beat four Division I national qualifiers this season and five of his six losses were to Division I opponents. Fagiano placed in two of the most prestigious Division I tournaments in the country, taking seventh at the Las Vegas Cliff Keen Invitational and eighth at the Midlands Championships.

Alex Dieringer, who just completed his Oklahoma State wrestling career with his third NCAA title and fourth All-American honor, has been named the 2016 Pound-for-Pound award winner by Amateur Wrestling News, the magazine announced Thursday. The annual award, now in its second year, is a product of Amateur Wrestling News' ongoing feature where the magazine's staff lists the nation's top ten wrestlers each issue, regardless of weight or collegiate division. As the magazine's press release stated, "The concept isn't new -- boxing's premier spotlight Ring Magazine has been doing it for decades." Dieringer won his third title at the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in New York just last weekend, joining an exclusive club of only 15 other Cowboy wrestlers with a trio of titles in the 86-year history of the NCAA championships. The product of Port Washington, Wisconsin wrapped up his career with a 133-4 overall record for a 97 winning percentage, on top of an 82-match win streak. Dieringer has held the No. 1 ranking in all national polls at 165 pounds for the 2015-16, and has occupied AWN's Pound For Pound top slot the entire season. Isaiah Martinez, back-to-back NCAA 157-pound champ for Illinois, was runner-up in the Pound for Pound contest, while J'den Cox, twice titlist for Missouri at 197, placed third. Other wrestlers included in the AWN feature throughout the 2015-16 season include Nick Gwiazdowski of N.C. State; Cody Brewer of Oklahoma; Ohio State's Nathan Tomasello, Bo Jordan and Kyle Snyder; Gabe Dean, Nahshon Garrett, and Brian Realbuto of Cornell; Jason Tsirtsis of Northwestern; Penn State's Morgan McIntosh, Zain Retherford, and Jason Nolf; and Dean Heil of Oklahoma State. Joey Davis, Notre Dame College standout who won his fourth NCAA title this month and was never defeated, was the only Division II wrestler included in this feature. Instead of being presented with a trophy or plaque, Dieringer will receive The Hammer, symbolic for the idea behind the Pound for Pound award, according to Amateur Wrestling News. Dieringer is the second collegiate wrestler to receive the Pound for Pound award. Last year's award was presented to four-time NCAA champion Logan Stieber of Ohio State.