Will The Next Nathan Tomasello Be In Tulsa This Weekend?

Many of the top college wrestlers used to compete in Tulsa Nationals. 2015 NCAA Champion Nathan Tomasello talks about his experience at the storied event. FloWrestling produced a FloFilms piece on Tomasello, along with two other freshmen, Bo Jordan and Ol

Jan 17, 2017 by Mark Bader

Will The Next Nathan Tomasello Be In Tulsa This Weekend?

Live On Flo This Week: 1/20 WVU at Oklahoma State | 1/20-21 Flo Tulsa Nationals | 1/22 Who's Number 1 Duals, South Dakota State at Oklahoma State, Eastern Michigan at Northern Iowa

Could the next Nathan Tomasello be wrestling at the Flo Tulsa Nationals this weekend?

Absolutely.

Nathan Tomasello started wrestling when he was in grade school and at the time was playing other sports like baseball, football and soccer. It was not until he was in junior high when his youth coach approached him and asked him if he wanted to be the best at wrestling.

If you know anything about Nathan Tomasello it shouldn't surprise you that he jumped all over the opportunity. Nathan recalls his coach telling him, "If I wanted to be the best guy and if I was really serious I would put more time and go to these tournaments like Tulsa, like Reno, like the Big Horn Nationals and Liberty Nationals."

And that is exactly what Nathan did. He traveled across the country to seek out all of the best competition and make himself better.

I would say it paid off. The Ohio State Buckeye won the NCAA crown as a freshman, was 3rd last year and has since moved up to 133 where he is currently undefeated and ranked #1.

This weekend marks one of the biggest youth tournaments of the year with the Flo Tulsa Nationals taking place in Tulsa, OK. You will see some of the best youth talent from across the country come together to do battle. Undoubtedly some of the kids we see wrestle this weekend will be the same kids we see wrestling in the NCAA Tournament in the 2020's.

The Flo Tulsa Nationals take place this Friday and Saturday January, 20-21 and you can watch all the action LIVE right here on FloWrestling.

In addition to winning an individual NCAA Championship, Nathan was a part of the team champion Ohio State Buckeyes. The team was lead by four-time NCAA Champion Logan Stieber and was fueled by freshmen Tomasello, Bo Jordan and Kyle Snyder. Learn about these wrestlers and their stories in The Program- Ohio State:

WATCH- Episode One: The Freshmen
WATCH- Episode Two: The Stieber Brothers
WATCH- Episode Three: The Team