Masonbuckeye

I think there’s also a very good chance all these guys will medal!

If I had to pick the US reps today based purely off of guesswork I’d go 61: Vito 70: Yianni 79: Nolf 92: Zahid

61: Frontrunner: Vito Contenders: Daton, Nashon, Gross, DeSanto (will he go?) Darkhorse: Marcus Blaze 70: Contenders: James Green, Alec Pantaleo, Yianni (sounds like he’s going), probably more guys I can’t think of but this feels like a hard weight to pick without Zain in the field. 79: Frontrunner: Marsteller (Will he go?) Contenders: Nolf?, Burroughs?, Starocci? O’Toole? Ringer? This weight feels difficult to pick when we don’t have a good feel at all for what most of these guys will do 92: Frontrunner: Zahid Valencia Contenders: Mike Macch, Hidlay potentially, probably more than this

Cuz it's Purdue

Didn't he wrestle Snyder not too long ago?

I think I would go: 61 KG: Vito (Maybe we see Gilman... but even still Vito if healthy plows through 61 again) 70 KG: Pantaleo (Could change if people like Nick Lee and Yianni are in the field) (Full size new hip James Green could be dangerous) 79 KG: Nolf (Carter and Marsteller will also be tough matchups here and if Ringer can make the weight again he looked the best he has in a while) (Also will JB show up?!?!) 92 KG: Valencia (Could change depending on if DT shows up, but Zahid is clearly the number 3 at 86 and he mowed through 92 trials last year)

I think he ends up at PSU... Hoping he's a Buckeye though.

These things are true.

Zahid looked better against Brooks...

All won at least one hodge trophy minus Snyder, not too shabby.

Tame interview I thought

Seeing him in tears embrace with Tom and Dan broke me.

He beat Byrd and Mendez at Big Tens that year.

Aaron Nagao was a transfer to Penn State from Minnesota this season and did not reach the high AA expectations that were placed upon him at the beginning of the season and actually finished worse than last season. This might be Buckeye bias but I saw this dude handle the current 141 national champ and face of the tOSU program, Jesse Mendez, fairly easily. Now you'd look like a fool to think Nagao would be better than Mendez in any capacity. WHAT HAPPENED WITH NAGAO???? Would it be a possibility that getting beat up in the PSU room shot his confidence where he probably beat up on most of the dudes at Minnesota? Anyone have anything to add?

What about Barraclough at 65 or 74?

IMar at 125 Kilos

With Thomas Gilman losing the first time since 2021 and even still that being a NLWC event, does this open up the opportunity for guys like Spencer, Suriano, Vito, Daton and others to win the Olympic trials since Gilman has to go through the gauntlet as well? (especially if Richards doesn't sit in the finals)