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USA Wrestling Kids Freestyle National Recap

USA Wrestling Kids Freestyle National Recap

Jul 3, 2015 by Ryan Holmes
USA Wrestling Kids Freestyle National Recap
The third and final leg of the USA Wrestling National Triple Crown concluded yesterday as over 260 wrestlers from across the country competed in the Freestyle National Championships.

When it was all said and done, four wrestlers walked away with the prestigious USA Wrestling National Triple Crown Award. Taking home the award this year was FloWrestling No. 12 wrestler Cullan Schriever from Iowa, FloWrestlings No. 14 wrestler Beau Bartlett from Pennsylvania, 128-pound Alfonso Martinez from Arizona and 190-pound Luke Luffman from Illinois.

Below, we take a look at the top place winners in each of the Schoolboy weight classes.

70-pounds
Oklahoma State Champion, Carter Young, took home the 70-pound Freestyle National Championship by posting a 4-0 record. He won his final bout of the day with a 10-0 tech-fall victory over Drake Ayala of Iowa. Greco National Champion, Jett Strickenberger, won the bronze medal with a 12-2 tech-fall victory over Caleb Coyle of Nebraska.

77-pounds
Cullan Schriever of Iowa, who is ranked No. 12 by Flo, dominated his way to a National Triple Crown as he won all five of his bouts by tech-fall. He posted a perfect record in the 77-pound weight class which included a 10-0 tech-fall victory over Minnesota State Champion Paxton Creese. Creese eventually fell to the bronze medal as he lost a tough 9-5 decision to Jacob Rundell of Illinois in the true second place bout.

84-pounds
Greco National Champion, Dylan Ragusin of Illinois, won his second National Championship in as many days as he took home the 84-pound title. Ragusin posted a perfect 5-0 record which included a 10-0 tech-fall victory over Colorado State Champion Beau Ohlson. Olson held onto the silver as he defeated Leif Schroeder of Montana 13-11 in the true second place bout.

91-pounds
Carson Manville from Virginia, ranked No. 27 on the Junior High Big Board, continued his dominating season as he took home the 91-pound Freestyle National Championship with an 8-2 victory over Folkstyle National Champion Keegan O’Toole. Taking home the bronze was Reid Ballantyne of Minnesota who defeated Andrew Sanders of Minnesota 5-4 in the Consolation finals.

98-pounds
Antonio Segura of Colorado won the 98-pound title with an 11-4 decision over Angel Rios of Idaho. Riso eventually fell to third as he lost to Consolation Champion Sterling Quinn of Montana by tech-fall 19-8 in the true second place bout.

105-pounds
Taking home the 105-pound title was Alex Monsconi of Indiana who defeated Illinois State Champion Dominic Zaccone 5-4. Pennsylvania State Champion, Sam Hillegas (No. 2 on FloWrestling), won the bronze medal when he defeated Folkstyle and Greco National Champion Cade DeVos (No. 36 on FloWrestling) by decision 12-10.

112-pounds
Ranked No. 14 by FloWrestling, Beau Bartlett of Pennsylvania won the National Triple Crown, as he went unscored upon in the 112-pound bracket. Bartlett posted five straight shutout tech-fall victories including in the championship where he defeated Michael Kistler Jr of Pennsylvania 12-0. Kistler Jr was able to keep the silver as he defeated Consolation bracket winner Phillip Moomey of Nebraska 9-7.

120-pounds
Aidan Medora of Wisconsin won his first National Title of the season as he defeated Folkstyle and Greco National Champion Abe Assad of Illinois in the 120-pound title bout 5-2. Aaron Bahr won the bronze with a 6-4 decision over Ryan Ripplinger of North Dakota.

128-pounds
Alfonso Martinez of Arizona won the National Triple Crown as he won all five of his bouts in the 128-pound weight class. Martinez took home the title when he defeated Frankie Tal-Shahar by fall in 2: 26. Carter Tuttle wrestled back for second as he defeated Tal-Shahar by fall in the true second place bout in 1:38.

136-pounds
Nevan Snodgrass of Ohio won the 136-pound title with a 10-2 decision over Joshua Otto of Wisconsin. Battling back for third place was Peter Christensen of Illinois who tech-falled Nathan Fuller of Wisconsin 10-0.

144-pounds
Adrian St. Germain of Washington won his second National Championship in as many days as he won the 144-pound Greco title. He won all three bouts by tech-fall including a 10-0 victory over Michael Cassidy of Missouri. Cassidy held onto second as he defeated Aaron Gandara of Arizona 4-3 in the true second place bout.

152-pounds
Devin Winston of Missouri took home the 152-pound title with a 14-6 decision over Anthony Jaden Glauser of Illinois. Glauser eventually fell to third as he lost in the true second place bout to Bryant Schaaf of Wisconsin due to injury.

160-pounds
Drew Hennessey of Wisconsin won the Greco title on Wednesday and then took home the Freestyle title yesterday. He won the 160-pound gold with a victory by fall over Andrew Butera of Ohio in 1:14. Taking home the bronze was Hayden Rockman of Virginia who defeated Jeremiah Hollen of Arizona 8-5.

175-pounds
Illinois State Champion, Jacob Kaminski dominated the 175-pound title as he won three of his four bouts by fall. He used a victory by fall in the finals to defeat Erich Osteen of California in 1:50. Ashton Sharp of Missouri won the bronze with a 10-8 decision over Damarzhe Nelson of Oregon.

190-pounds
Luke Luffman won the National Triple Crown as he took home the 190-pound title with a 10-0 tech-fall victory over Connor Bourne of Nevada. Bourne held onto the silver as he defeated Jacob Somlai of Wisconsin by tech-fall in the true second place bout.

210-pounds
Kade Carlson of Utah won the 210-pound title as he defeated Chase Dockter of North Dakota 9-3. Taking home the bronze was Adam Sepan of Colorado who defeated Collin Breitenbach of Wisconsin 12-4.

265-pounds
Andy Garcia, who took home the Greco title on Wednesday, added another as he won the 265-pound Freestyle National Championship. He defeated Branden Lange of Wisconsin by fall in 3:38 to win the title. Taking home the bronze was Ryan Skillington of Missouri.