There's a bit of down time between the senior World Team Trials and Fargo, so we have time to examine both events.

People certainly love discussing the rookie world team members, one of whom is Thomas Gilman. And they absolutely love talking about crazy old Fargo brackets. How about some cross pollination of the two?

To wit: Gilman's 119 pound junior freestyle field from 2011. Below are the top eight placers from that bracket.

2011 Fargo Junior 119

1st Place - Thomas Gilman of Nebraska
2nd Place - David Terao of Hawaii
3rd Place - Tim Lambert of Michigan
4th Place - Cory Clark of Iowa
5th Place - Evan Silver of Maryland
6th Place - Jered Cortez of Illinois
7th Place - Nahshon Garrett of California
8th Place - Max Hvolbek of California

So right away, we have the last two national champs at 133 pounds. Gilman did not get to wrestle Nahshon Garrett, but he did beat Cork Clark 2-1, 1-6, 2-0 (under the old rules). He also beat future All American David Terao, and eventual Fargo champ Jered Cortez. Gilman's complete road:

Gilman's 2011 Fargo Path

Match #1 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Rami Haddadin (Utah) Dec 6-0,2-1
Match #2 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Curtis Lampert (Nevada) Dec 3-1,4-0
Match #3 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Max Rogers (New Jersey) Dec 6-0,5-1
Match #4 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Paul Petrov (Indiana) Dec 3-0,6-0
Match #5 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Hvolbek Max (California) Dec 3-0,5-0
Match #6 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Cory Clark (Iowa) Dec 2-1,1-6,2-0
Match #7 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Jered Cortez (Illinois) Dec 1-0,1-0
Match #8 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) received a bye.
Match #9 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Cory Clark (Iowa) Dec 2-1,1-6,2-0
Match #10 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) received a bye.
Match #11 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over Jered Cortez (Illinois) Dec 0-1,0-1
Match #12 Thomas Gilman (Nebraska) over David Terao (Hawaii) Dec 4-1,2-1

Also in this bracket were two-time All American Dylan Peters, four-time NCAA qualifier Tim Lambert, three-time NCAA qualifier Paul Petrov and former Stanford starters Evan Silver and Max Hvolbek.



It must also be mentioned that not only did Gilman go through Terao for his first Fargo title, he also had to beat him to qualify for the trials. Check out their semifinal match from the last chance qualifier.